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better physical equi|)ineiir. In general every school buildin;; that jicconiniodates 

 100 or more pupils, it is held, should provide a suitable auditorium with a 

 stage, a good stereopticon, and, if possible, a moving-picture machine; a lion)e- 

 economics laboratory with a lunch room adjoining; a gymnasium with shower 

 buths and lavatories; a well-equipped laboratory and classrooms for science 

 and agriculture; and a well-equipped room for farm shopwork. 



Attention is called to certain serious deficiencies of the rural school, viz, the 

 absence of real professional supervision, insufTicient revenue, and the untrained 

 teacher. Consolidation is advocated as the best means of securing offe<-tive 

 i'(>organization to remedy these defects. 



The future of agricultural education [in England and Wales], Loud Lee 

 OF FAi!t;ii,\M {Fruit, Floicer, and Yeg. Trades' Jour. [London], 37 (1920), Xo. 5, 

 pp. 109, 110). — In this sununary of a recent address by the IMinister of Agricul- 

 ture and Fisheries, outlining the plans that the ministry proposes to follow in 

 its effort to extend the advantages of agricultural education and spread the 

 results of agricultural research throughout England and Wales, it is stated 

 that a policy of decentralization will be followed and every use made of exist- 

 ing institutions. The principal effort of the ministry will be in the direction 

 of coordinating and stimulating local effort. The work of land settlement, it is 

 stated, has been given over to the county councils, and agricultural education 

 is to be extended also to ex-service men settled on the land. 



The Ministry of Education is in close and sympathetic union with the Min- 

 istry of Agriculture, and has asked only for adequate repre^^entation on the 

 agricultural subconimiltees if these are chosen by the counties to be the 

 medium of educational administiation. It is left to the counties to decide as 

 to whether their educational committee or their county agricultural commit- 

 tee is best fitted to further the cause of agricultural education. 



In 42 counties agricultural organizei's have been appointed, and special in- 

 structors in horticulture, dairying, and poultry raising are contemplated. The 

 policy of the mini.stry is also toward the establishment of demonstration farms, 

 arable dairy farms, and demonstration plats for grassland improvement. Great 

 Importance is attached to farm institutes, which are defiiUHl as agricultural 

 schools with agricultural courses for farmers' sons who have complete<l their 

 school e<lucation and are about to go upon the land, together with summer and 

 other special courses for women and others. 



Vocational agriculture for Idaho high schools, C. H. Wilson (Idiilio Jiiil. 

 Vocat. Ed., 1 {1919), No. 1, pp. 50). — This bulletin contains the requirements, 

 together with suggestions, with reference to agricultural instruction under the 

 State plan for vocational education in Idaho. .\ suggested course of study is 

 outlined, including general plant production in the first year, general ainmal 

 husbandry in the second year, farm machinery, motors, tractors, and concrete 

 construction in the third year, and farm management, farm accounting, market- 

 ing, and problems of rural economics in the fourth year, with comment.s. A 

 detailed outline of the first and second year courses, including suggested field 

 and laboratory exercises and practicums, projects, a pupil's project plan and 

 !rtudy outline, and references to the literature ; suggestions with reference to 

 tl»e agricultural room; and lists of api)arati < and materials for the laboratory 

 and of publications for the library are included. 



State-aided high school departments of honieniakiitg (I'nir. Stat(' .V. Y. 

 Bui. 698 {1919), pp. 11). — This bulletin sets forth the requirements of the edu- 

 cation law as amended to May 10. 1919, relating to State-aided high school 

 departments of home economics. A suggested curriculum for a high school 

 •ourse In home economics Is included. 



