AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION". 691 



The extension work of the College of Hawaii, V. MacCauohey (Co/. Hatcaii 

 C'in: .;i (IDL'i), pp. HO). — An account is liivcu of the object and organization of 

 tlic exlt'iisioii work of the College of Hawaii. 



Agricultural and household science extension schools and community 

 federations, A. W. Nolax and K. E. Hieronymus (Agr. Col. E.rt. I'nir. HI.. 

 Form 21 (Ji)Ly), pp. I'l, figs. //). — The author.s give a description of the organiza- 

 tion and work of agricultural and household science extension schools, includ- 

 ing typical programs conducted by the College of Agriculture of the University 

 of Illinois, together with suggestive topics and an outline of a con.stitutiou for 

 coDMiuuiity fe(l<M'ations. 



Extension work in Minnesota, Mary L. Bull {Jour. Home Econ., .) (1912), 

 No. 2, pp. 159-101). — The home economics extension work of the University of 

 Minnesota is described. 



Social and civic work in country communities, Ellen B. McDonald, Rosa 

 M. Cheney, G. F. Comings, and W. E. Lauson {[Wis. State Supt. Puh. Instr.] 

 Bui. 18 (1913), pp. 138, figs. 20). — In this bulletin a subcommittee of a com- 

 mittee of 15, appointed by the state superintendent of schools to investigate 

 conditions in the rural schools of Wisconsin, endeavors to show the i)art the 

 home, the school, and the iH?()ple must take in social and civic work in country 

 communities. Concrete suggestions are presented for special school and social 

 programs, for the organization for intellectual development of young people 

 who no longer attend school, for gatherings for older pe jple. for the training of 

 teachers for social and civic improvement work, for the organization of per- 

 manent clubs for the betterment of home, civic and social, industrial and eco- 

 nomic, and educational conditions, and for the federation of these organiza- 

 tions, and an account is given of what Wisconsin is doing for social and civic 

 improvement in rural communities. An article on Farmers' Organizations in 

 the Past, by George Wehrwein, and apjiendixes on school industrial credit for 

 home industrial work, a sugge.sted constitution for a neighborhood improvement 

 club, and a list of references for teachers and others interested in country life 

 improvement, are included. 



Instruction trains (Agr. Gaz. Canada, 1 {19J4), No. 9, pp. 712-729, figs. 5).^ 

 This is a symposium on the methods and experiences of the Provinces of New 

 Brunswick, Quebec. Ontario. Manitoba. Saskatchewan, and Albei'ta, witli '"bet- 

 ter farming specials." 



The Los Angeles nature-study exhibition, C. I>. Edwards (Xaturc-i^tudg 

 Rev., 10 (1914)- No. 7, pp. 263-270, figs. .3). — This is a description of the .second 

 annual nature-.study exhibition of the Los Angeles city schools, held June 6. 



New course of study (Xeuer Lehrplan, Proskau, Germany: Konigl. Lchranst. 

 Obst. u. Gartcnbau, 19lJf, pp. 27). — This is an outline and description of the 

 new 2-year course of study, including a schedule of hours, of the Royal Insti- 

 tute for Pomological and Horticultural Instruction in Proskau. 



Pre- vocational agricultural work in the public schools of Indiana (Dept. 

 Puh. Instr. [/«(/.], Ed. Pubs., Bui. 8 (IDl.'i), pp. 3/).— The purpose of this bulle- 

 tin is to give suggestions on what the schools are expected to do in pre-voca- 

 tional agricultural work and how the work should be done in 1014-15. by means 

 of type studies based on the state course of study in agriculture. Lists of agri- 

 cultural books and api:)aratus for the seventh and eighth and high school grades 

 are included. 



[Rural school agriculture] (Rural School Agr. [Unir. Minn.], 2 (1913), Xos. 

 5, pp. h fig. 1; 6, pp. Ji, fig. 1; 7, pp. Jf, fig. 1; 8, pp. 4. fig. 1; 9, pp. 4. fid- 1 ; ^> 

 (1913). Xos. 1. pp. 4, fig. 1; 2, pp. 4, fig. 1; 3, pp. 4, fig. 1; Sup. pp. 4; 4, pp. 8. 

 figs. 5; 3 (191.',), Xos. 5, pp. 8, figs. 7; 6, pp. 8, figs. 5; 7, pp. 8, figs. 2; 8, pp. 8, 

 figs. 2; 4 (1914), Xos. 1, pp. 8, figs. 2; 2, pp. 8, figs. 2). — These circulars treat in 



