394 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Interim memorandum on the teaching of housecraft in girls' secondary- 

 schools (London: Bd. Ed., 1911, pi). 71). — Pending the consideration and issue 

 of the full report of the consultative committee, to whom the Board of Educa- 

 tion has referred the question of the place to be assigned to home economics in 

 girls' secondary schools and the best lines on which to proA'ide for its teaching, 

 the board has prepared this memorandum as to what is being attempted in this 

 subject by a few schools of various types. The memorandum sets forth and 

 discusses the present condition of home economics teaching in girls' secondary 

 schools as regards such phases as the organization of the work in science and 

 home economics, correlation with science, methods of instruction, qualification 

 of teachers, equipment, and the time allotments of typical high schools, 

 secondary girls' schools, and secondary mixed schools. Typical syllabi of 

 courses being followed in certain secondary schools and brief accounts of home 

 economics teaching in secondary schools of the United States, Belgium, Den- 

 mark, France, Germany, Norway. Sweden, and Switzerland are appended. 



A handbook of home economics, Etta P. Flagg (Boston, 1912, pp. 98). — 

 This book, which plans to give a basis for the pupil to work from, consists of 

 a series of lessons in cooking, serving, laundry work, etc., which " may be com- 

 pleted in one school year or in two, according to the frequency of the lessons. It 

 is divided into two parts for the convenience of classes which devote two years 

 to the subject." Questions at the end of each lesson suggest the principal 

 points to be brought out. 



Household decoration, Helen B. Young (Cornell Reading Courses, Farm 

 House Ser., 1911, No. 1, pp. J1I-6J1, pis. 2, figs. 20). — This bulletin, with an intro- 

 duction by Martha Van Rensselaer, aims to review the principles underlying 

 the problem of home decoration. 



Household furnishing, HfeLEN B. Young (Cornell Reading Courses, Farm 

 House Ser., 1912, No. 2, pp. 65-8-'^ pis. 2, figs. 8). — The topics considered in this 

 pamphlet deal with the point of view in furnishing the home and its various 

 jjarts. 



A very real country school, B. H. Crociieeon (World's Work,, 23 (1912), 

 No. 3, pp. 318-326, figs. 5). — This article describes the work that has been 

 carried on during the past 2 years in the Baltimore County Agricultural High 

 School, which is located in the country. The i)rincipal of the school is con- 

 vinced of at least 3 things, viz: (1) That the vital school will be one placed 

 where the demand for it is strong, (2) that experiments and demonstrations 

 should be made on the farms of the community and not on the school farm, 

 and (3) that a rural school of the new type takes the whole devotion of the 

 man who would work it out. 



Patrons' meeting, Ida A. Tourtellot (Hampton Leaflets, 6 (1911), No. 5, 

 pp. 12, figs. 7).— This leaflet contains a suggestive outline for organizing and 

 conducting a patrons' meeting with a view to bringing friends, parents, teachers, 

 and children into closer relation with one another for the betterment of the 

 school and its surroundings, the home, and the lives of the people. 



