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Household management in the high school, Beknick Allen {Proc. Cent. 

 Assoc. Sd.. and Math. Teachers, I4 (1914), pp. 151-154). — The author gives her 

 experience in teaching household management for the first time to high school 

 girls. The work was centered around the preparation of food and cleaning, 

 keeping in mind their scientific, economic, and civic aspects, and considering the 

 relative values of each of the different household activities. The class met for 

 single periods of 45 minutes every day for one semester. 



Teaching of food through preparation of meals, Agnes Wilson (Proc. Gent. 

 Assoc. Sd. and Math. Teachers, 14 {1914)1 PP- 154, 155). — This paper briefly 

 describes the work of two practical housekeeping centers in the tenement 

 district of Chicago. 



High school dietetics, Ada Hillikr (Proc. Cent. Assoc. Sci. and Math. 

 Teachers, 14 (1914), PP- 158-160). — Suggestions are offered on when and how 

 to teach dietetics in the high school. 



Eirst lessons in cooking, Cora B. Miller (Foi-t Dodge, Iowa: Supervisor 

 Dom. Sci. and Dom. Art Fort Dodge Pub. Schools [1916], pp. 58, figs. 2).— This 

 test for elementary schools is arranged in 36 lessons, and comprises a study of 

 the different foods classified on the basis of composition and origin, their eco- 

 nomic and food values, and directions for cooking and planning and serving 

 meals. Supplementary lessons, instructions on hygiene, and suggestions for 

 rural school work are appended. 



Drafting in dressmaking classes, Agnes K. Hanna (Proc. Cent. Assoc. Sci. 

 and Math. Teacliers, 14 (1914), PP- 161-166). — The author discusses the value 

 of pattern drafting in general school work and in vocational training in the 

 needle trades, the selection of the drafting system to be used in class work, 

 and the method of presentation. It is found that drafting as an end in itself 

 is "of value only to the highly .specialized pattern maker. Its value lies in its 

 abiiltj' to offer a comprehensive and effective study of certain principles of line 

 which are fundamental in garment construction, its essential value being the 

 economy of effort which this study should secure in comparison with the more 

 empirical method of experimentation." 



Teaching house decoration in the high school, Isabel Clark (Proc. Cent. 

 Assoc. Sci. and Math. Teachers, 14 (1914), PP- 156-158). — A brief account is 

 g^veu of how a course in house decoration was presented in one period a week 

 to the sophomore girls in tlie domestic art class at the high school in Oshkosh. 

 Wis. 



Woodworking problems, S. T. Newton (Manitoba Agr. Col. Bui. 20 (1916), 

 pp. 69, figs. 52). — These problems for members of boys' and girls' club contests 

 have been pi-epared to teach them how to handle the ordinary carpenter's tools 

 and how to read working drawings. Projects have been chosen that are useful 

 around the farm home, including a poultry fattening crate, milking stool, farm 

 gate, etc. 



MISCELLAHEOIiS. 



Annual Report of Florida Station, 1915 (Florida Sta. Rpt. 1915, pp. 

 GXXXl-\-Xl, figs. 14). — This contains the organization list, a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, a list of the publications of the 

 year, a general review of the work of the station during the year, and depart- 

 mental reports, the experimental features of which are for the most part 

 absti-acted elsewhere in this issue. Analyses of Japanese cane are also Included. 



Report of the Guam Agricultural Experiment Station, 1915 (Guam Sta. 

 Rpt. 1915, p^p. 4S, pis. 7, flgs^. 4). — This contains reports of the agronomist in 

 charge and the animal husbandman and veterinarian, and apicultural notes. 



