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selected for future development is the type needed, several demonstration schools 

 were organized for 1918-19, the standard requirements for which include that 

 the school shall be organized on a departmental basis and shall embrace the 

 seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. The course of study shall include general 

 science in the seventh and eighth grades and manual arts and agriculture in 

 the ninth grade for boys, and home making, including cooking, sewing, home 

 sanitation, and decoration, etc., for girls. Suitable rooms and laboratory equip- 

 ment for these subjects are to be provided. The teachers must be normal school 

 or college graduates qualified to teach these subjects. 



Wisconsin laws relating to vocational education (Wis. Bd. Vocat. Ed. Bui. 

 3 {1919), pp. 20). — The text of the laws governing vocational education in Wis- 

 consin are given. 



Social surveys of rural school districts: How made and how utilized, 

 C. J. Galpin, G. W. Davtes, and G. Wyman-Stone {Wis. Agr. Col. Ext. Cire. 

 122 {1920), pp. 21t, figs. 15). — Directions are given for making a social survey 

 of the rural school district and for using it in the school. 



School house and shops for Arkansas schools of vocational agriculture 

 {[Univ. Ark., Col. Engin. [Pw&.], 1919], pp. 8, figs. 3). — This circular gives a 

 description of a schoolhouse arranged for a class of 30 students working in 2 

 sections in a cour.se in vocational agriculture. Views of front and side eleva- 

 tions, the floor plan, and a bill of material are included. 



Agi'iculture : Tentative course of study for schools of Montana, M. J. 

 Abbey {Helena, Mont.: [Supt. Pub. Instr.], 1917, pp. 39). — The author outlines 

 courses in agriculture for the seventh and eighth grades in city schools, or for 

 odd and even years in rural schools where the seventh and eighth grades are 

 combined. Instructions on methods of teaching are included. 



Nature study, geography, and agriculture, A. W. Blanton {Dept. Ed. Tex. 

 Bui. 105 {1919), pp. 48-58). — This is an outline of work, in seasonal sequence, 

 in nature study for the fii-st and second grades and in geography for grades 3 

 to 6, inclusive, with suggestions for teaching agriculture in the seventh grade 

 of the public schools of Texas. 



Reconstruction in the domestic science kitchen, H. C. Goodspeed {Madi- 

 son, Wis.: Dept. Pub. Instr., 1919, pp. 8, figs. 4)- — The author points out (1) 

 the disadvantages of the hollow square plan of desks in the domestic science 

 kitchen, as found in the majority of public schools, and (2) the advantages 

 of the group or unit arrangement, each unit accommodating four girls. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The impartiality of research, L. H. Bailey {Proc. Anier. Soc. Hort. Sci., 16 

 {1919), pp. 197-203). — An abstract of an address before a joint meeting of the 

 Botanical Society of America, the American Phytopathological Society, and the 

 American Society for Horticultural Sciene. 



Director's report for 1919, W. H. Jordan {New York State Sta. Bui. 470 

 {1919), pp. 28). — This contains the organization list and a review of the work 

 and publications of the station during the year. 



Annual Report of Pennsylvania Station, 1916 {Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 

 1916, pp. 603, pis. 60, figs, i^.)— This contains the organization list, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916, a report of the director on 

 the work and publications of the station during the year, departmental reports, 

 and many special articles abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



