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bearing the imprint of Houghton, Mifflin & 

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 chasological Expedition. The present num- 

 ber, which is marked Vol. I, contains papers 

 on A Few Summer Ceremonials at Zuui 

 Pueblo, with seventeen illustrations ; Zuni 

 Melodies, with the music transcribed from 

 the phonograph ; and a Reconnaissance of 

 Euins in or near the Zuui Reservation, with 

 eleven maps, plans, and illustrations. 



In Educational Papers by Illinois Sci- 

 ence Teachers it is stated that science is not 

 taught in the country schools, for two rea- 

 sons. The average teacher holds a second- 

 grade certificate, which does not represent 

 any scientific acquirement ; and the rural 

 tax-payer is afraid that scientific instruc- 

 tion may cost. In larger villages and cities 

 outside of Chicago an elementary training 

 may be found in high-schools, and occa- 

 sionally a graded science course is provided 

 from the beginning. A Xatural Science 

 Section was formed by the Ilhnois State 

 Teachers' Association in 1888. The papers 

 published include those read at the sessions 

 of 1889 and 1890. It is emphasized through- 

 out that elementary science can not be taught 

 by memorizing the zoological and botanical 

 classifications of text-books. A natural ob- 

 ject should be the first study, and generali- 

 zation can be learned from the attempts 

 to classify actual specimens. Among those 

 easily obtainable are domestic animals, in- 

 sects, common flowers, leaves, and table-salt. 

 Elementary physics is best studied in the 

 uses of the lever, cord and pulley, wheel, 

 axle, and ventilation of rooms. In the clos- 

 ing essay upon the material for science 

 study it is urged that the phenomena of life, 

 as exhibited in familiar animals, are more 

 interesting to the child than any facts of 

 structure. 



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