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liim the best advice they cau on the basis of liis malie-up aud requirements. 

 " They ought not to hold liim within the limitations of theii- own curriculum, 

 which because of lack of means or of the aim of the Institution may be vei-y 

 narrow." 



It being impossible for any one school or college to teach everything, there is 

 a growing tendency to put all education on a public foundation. The State 

 or Nation, with the wealth at its command, can so arrange its educational 

 institutions that taken together they will provide instruction in all subjects, 

 except perhaps theology. Through scholarships or other means it can enable 

 students to easily move about from one institution to another wherever located. 

 To compete successfully with public institutions private schools will be more 

 and more compelled to associative effort accompanied by individual differentia- 

 tion. " There are many arguments in favor of colleges having from 500 to 

 1.000 students in undergraduate work. These usually can not cover a wide 

 range of work, and the student should choose the college be.st adapted to his 

 requirements. One thing is absolutely certain, that the attempt to run colleges 

 on the narrow curriculum in vogue 50 years ago will be a complete failure, or 

 if it has in some instances partial success it will be an injury to many of the 

 students." 



Agriculture, O. H. Benson and G. H. Betts (Indianapolis: The Bohbs-Merrill 

 Co., 1915 [16]+U-i+'^I+\.16}, figs. 189).— The text for the farm previously 

 noted (E. S. R., 33, p. 95) was also issued in the same year as a text for the 

 school and farm, including in addition, at the end of the book, instructions to 

 teachers on public school extension work, equipment, laboratory material, 

 method of instruction, seasonal order of study, and reference material. 



Agriculture, O. H. Benson and G. H. Betts (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-MerriU 

 Co., 1916, pp. ll6'\+520+XIX, pi. 1, figs. 211).— The above text has also been 

 adapted to Southern and Western conditions. Chapters have been added on 

 Agriculture in the South, Agriculture in Western States, Farming Under Irri- 

 gation, Cotton, Tobacco Culture, Sugar Farming, Culture of Citrus, Fruits 

 and Nuts in the South and We.st. The chapter on Home Canning of Fruits 

 and Vegetables has been extended to include the canning of soups and the 

 description of the five common methods of canning in use. canning equipment, 

 tinning, capping, and soldering, repair work, etc. 



Introduction to agriculture: Practical studies in crop production, C. M. 

 Weed and W. E. Riley (Boston: D. C. Heath & Co., 1916, pp. VI+268, figs. 

 131). — A chapter on Soils: Their Origin, Characteristics, and Improvements, has 

 been added to this text, which has been previously noted (E. S. R., 32, p. 393). 



Elementary agriculture for Alberta schools, J. McCaig (Toronto, Canada: 

 W. J. Gage <6 Co., Ltd., pp. X +11-256, pis. 1,0, figs. ^5).— This elementary text 

 for Alberta schools comprises five parts dealing respectively with the soil ; the 

 life cycle of the general plant ; tillage, with particular reference to prairie 

 agriculture ; representative crops ; types of farm enterprise ; and types and 

 breeds of farm animals. Each chapter includes practical exercises to be done 

 in the school, home and school garden, and field. 



Agricultural education and research (Rpt. Bd. Agr. Scot., 4 (1915), pp. 

 XIV-XIX). — An account is given of the progress in 1915 in agricultural edu- 

 cation and research work iinder the control of the Board of Agriculture of 

 Scotland. 



A county scheme for training women for farm work, R. N. Dowling 

 (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 23 (1916), No. J,, pp. 31,9-353, pi. i).— The author de- 

 scribes a scheme of the Lindsey Education and War Agricultural committees 

 for overcoming the prejudices against the employment of women in farm work 



