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courses with the work of the ordinary public high school. It is based on the 

 following premises: (1) This is feasible; (2) it meets the demands of the 

 age; and (3) it is democratic. The author believes that the principle of educa- 

 tional segi'egation if carried to a wide development in the interest of all classes 

 of industrial workers would become insupportable at public expense. He con- 

 cludes that " if separate [agricultural] schools are to be provided, with the 

 light before us no State would be justified in establishing more than three or 

 four for experimental purposes." 



Agriculture in the public schools, H. D. Groves {Rpt. W. Va. Bd. Agr., 1910, 

 Ao. 18, pp. 771-77 J/). — The purpose of this article is to show the importance of 

 agriculture as a public school study. The author holds that as the schools 

 can teach only a limited portion of the experience of the race, that portion 

 which is of most worth mast be selected for formal instruction. He believes 

 that agriculture is highly educative, interesting, inspiring, and intensely prac- 

 tical, and that teachers may successfully begin the teaching of it without 

 knowing '■ everything about agriculture," and later acquii'e the best prepara- 

 tion jiossible. 



The place of forestry in general education, H. A. Smith (Forestry Quart., 

 S {1910), No 2, pp. 191-195). — A paper read at the conference of Forest Schools, 

 Washington, D. C, December 30 and 31, 1909. 



After noting the increasirg extent to which the subject of forestry is gain- 

 ing educational recognition " from the nature-study work of the primary 

 schools to the elective courses of the student approaching his degree," the 

 author proceeds to develop an argument in favor of the cultural value of for- 

 estry, basing this upon the advancing educational conception of what consti- 

 tutes real culture, including the element of moral and civic obligation. 



A suggested course in household administration, Gwendolyn Stewart 

 (Jour. Home Econ., 2 (1910), Ao. 2, pp. 226-232). — This article presents a sug- 

 gested four-year course in household administration, and reports the results 

 of eorresi)ondence in regard to home economics courses at Bryn Mawr, Mount 

 Holyoke, Radcliffe, Vassar, and Wellesley colleges, the Woman's College of 

 Baltimore, and in the home economics departments of the universities of Cali- 

 fornia and Missouri. 



Nature study and gardening for rural schools, G. W. Carver (Alabama 

 TusJccgcc Sia. Bui. 18, pp. 3-23, figs. 11). — This bulletin introduces a novel 

 feature in children's garden work in the form of a partnership contract between 

 the two or three responsible for care of each plat, thus developing the social 

 and business abilities of the workers. Other features not always found in 

 such work which are described are seed testing, simple bookkeeping, insect 

 remedies, homemade fertilizers, a monthly plaiating calendar, tree planting, 

 lawn making, and window boxes. 



Small gardens for small gardeners, Lillian C. Flint (Chicago, 1910, pp. 118, 

 figs. 50). — This gives a series of chapters on plants adapted to children's garden 

 work, with particular emphasis on the wild flowering plants that can be success- 

 fully introduced into the home or school garden. 



Exercises in elementary agriculture for Maine rural schools, J. E. McClin- 

 TOCK and E. D. Waid {Augusta, Me.: State Ed. Dept., 1910, pp. i5).— This 

 publication contains 21 exercises for school work, chiefly on elementary soil 

 physics and seed germination. The equipment needed is indicated for each 

 exercise, and references to publications bearing on the topic studied are given. 



Field zoology, Lottie E. Crary (Philadelphia. 1910. pp. XII+36Ji, figs. 

 117). — This volume, one of a series to be published, deals with insects and 

 birds of the field. It is designed as a text-book for high schools, and should 

 prove serviceable as a guide to teachers and classes in secondary agricultural 



