AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. ' 495 



Jessamine C. Williams {Manual Training and Vocational Ed., 16 {1914), ^'o. 2, 

 pp. 7Jf-Sl). — The subject matter of a laboratory course in foods is considered 

 from the points of view of the pupil, her environment, and the school. 



Home economics in village and rural schools, Frances L. Brown {Agr. Ed. 

 [Kuns. Agr. Col.], 6 {1914), No. 7. pp. 24, figs. 4)- — The author discusses the 

 importance of training for the home and plans for cooking, sewing, lunches, 

 and girls' clubs in village and rural scliools, including equipment. 



Domestic economy in the schools {Bui. Univ. Texas, No. 326 {1914), PP- 69, 

 pis. 4)- — This bulletin, edited by the Texas Home Economics Association, con- 

 tains suggested equipment and cost data for a domestic economy laboratory 

 and domestic art room and syllabi of domestic economy for elementary and 

 secondary schools of Texas. This is the first step of the association, organized 

 in 1913, in its endeavor to place the course of study in domestic economy 

 throughout the State on a uniform basis, raising the general standard of the 

 worlt, and obtaining for it the same credit and recognition accorded to other 

 subjects in the curriculum. 



[A course designed for instruction in food and cookery], Helen ]M. Spring 

 (Philadelphia: Drexel Inst., 1914, cards 4'^)- — Each of these cards covers a 

 special phase of food or cookery. They are designed for laboratory use. 



The busy housewife, Antonie Steimann {Die tUchtige Hausfraic. Stuttgart 

 and ricntui, 1913, vols. 1, pp. XVI+747, pis. 17, figs. 1443; 2, pp. 77+59.5, pU. 

 18, figs. 161, sup. pp. 7, pis. 6). — The first of these volumes has to do with 

 household labor of different sorts, clothing and garment making, sewing, em- 

 broidery, needlework, and similar topics, a series of patterns being appended. 

 The second has to do with food and its preparation, and has a supplement on 

 The Pig and its U.se as Food, containing a number of plates showing the method 

 of cutting up ix)rk, together with descriptive text. 



[Home economics instruction], Maky E. Frayser (Winthrop Normal and 

 Indus. Col. 8. C. Bui., 7 {1913), No. 1, pts. 1, pp. 22; 2, pp. 44; 7 {1914), Nos. 3, 

 pt. 2, pp. 36, figs. 9; 4, pt. 2, pp. 40, figs. 10). — These bulletins treat respectively 

 of a plan for organizing and operating homekeepers' clubs in South Carolina, 

 women's club programs in home economics, the care and feeding of children, 

 and fireloss cooking. 



School gardens, R. P. Steeves {Dept. Agr. New Brunswick Bui. 1 [1914], 

 pp. 7). — Suggestions for practical work in gardening during the fall term are 

 given. 



School and home gardening for use in primary grades {[Philippine] Bur. 

 Ed. Bui. 31, rev. {1913), pp. 115, figs. 75).— This bulletin outlines work in gar- 

 dening for the elementary schools of the Philippine Islands, in which it is a 

 i-equired and accredited subject. The preparing, planting, care, and products of 

 the school and home garden, school ground improvement, the teacher's home 

 garden, the garden during vacation, etc., are discussed, and suggestions offered 

 for classroom lessons. 



The 1914 corn campaign {[Philippine] Bur. Ed. Circ. 46, s. {1914). PP- 24)- — 

 This is a revision of Circular 80, previously noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 395), 



Arbor Day in California, 1914 {Sacramento: State Supt. Pub. Instr., 1914, 

 pp. 24). — This contains nature poems and songs; articles on Arbor Day. by 

 Theodore Roosevelt ; Birds and Their Relation to Agriculture, by Mrs. Ethel 

 Bloodgood, and California Trees; outlines for compositions, declamations, etc.; 

 facts about birds and trees; program suggestions, etc. 



Arbor Day observance, 1914, R. P. Steeves {Dept. Agr. Neic Brun-sirick 

 Circ. 1 {1914). PP- ■'()■ — Suggestions are offered to teachers and" others to encour- 

 age the improvement of rural school grounds as an observance of Arbor Day. 



