494 EXPERIMEISTT STATION^ RECORD. [Vol.41 



Agricultural yearbook for 1919, edited by H. M. Knttdsen {Landokonom. 

 Aarhog [Copenhagen], 20 {1919), pp. 1^6). — This is the annual directory of 

 public institutions and associations for tlie advancement of Danisli agricultui'e 

 in its various branches. A list of periodicals published in Denmark is appended. 



Georgia State plan for vocational education under the Smith-Hughes law, 

 1918 (Ga. State Vocat. Bd. [Bui.] 4 {1918), pp. 47).— This is an outline of the 

 plan for vocational education in Georgia for 1918-19. It is proposed to use 50 

 per cent of the funds available for training teachers for agricultural subjects, 

 20 per cent for home economics subjects, and 30 per cent for trade and in- 

 dustrial subjects. The length of the course for the training of vv^hite teachers 

 of agriculture is four years, or 144 semester hours, and of colored teachers, 

 one year. An outline is given of the 4-year agricultural course. Apprentice 

 teaching of at least 12 weeks will be done in congressional district agricultural 

 schools and rural county high schools or departments of agriculture in rural 

 high schools. 



Home economics education: Organization and administration, J. T. Berbt 

 and A. E. Richardson {Fed. Bd. Vocat. Ed. Bui. 28 {1919), pp. 6//).— This bulle- 

 tin discusses (1) the general provisions of the vocational education act with 

 reference to the distribution of funds and administrative machinery, and their 

 relation to home economics education; (2) special provisions relating to home 

 economics education in all-day schools and part-time and evening schools or 

 classes; (3) the training of teachers of vocational home economics under tlie 

 Smith-Hughes Act. 



A table showing the sequence of courses and the relationship of art and 

 science subjects to home economics subjects ; outlines of a suggested type of 

 courses for all-day classes, including a 2-year course in which half of the day, 

 or 15 hours a week, is devoted to home economics subjects and the other half 

 to related and nonvocational subjects ; 4-year courses for 6-hour and 5-hour 

 school days, respectively, in which one-half of the time is devoted to home 

 economics and related art and science; a suggested course in the use and 

 preparation of food for part-time classes ; a suggested course in clothing for the 

 family for evening classes ; and a tabular approximation of the time and dis- 

 tribution of subjects in a 4-year teacher-training course in vocational home 

 economics of 120 semester hours, are included. 



Home making. — Lessons for the seventh and eighth grades in the rural 

 schools of Indiana {Ind. State Dept. Pub. Instr. Bui. 31 {1918), Ser. I. pp. U,; 

 J, pp. U; K, pp. 11; L, pp. 8; M, pp. 15; N, pp. 13; O, pp. U; P, pp. 12).— This 

 is a continuation of this series of monthly lessons previously noted (E. S. R., 

 39, p. 498). The subjects dealt with are Care of the Family iH Health, Care 

 of the Family in Sickness, Selection of Clothing, House Decoration, House 

 Furnishing, Care of the House, Home Management, and How to Live. 



Suggestive lesson plans for teaching the budget, H. C. Goodspeed {Madison, 

 Wis.: State Dept. Pub. Instr., 1918, pp. 11). — The material in this pamphlet 

 comprises two lesson plans for children's budget and personal accounts and the 

 household budget and accounts, respectively, a suggestive form for household 

 accounts, and a dramatic exercise for 11 girls, entitled Our Budget. The lesson 

 plans set forth the teacher's aim, points to be taught, and the method of 

 presentation. 



Syllabus for nature study, humaneness, elementary agriculture, and home- 

 making {Univ. State N. Y. Bui. 675 {1918), pp. 52).— This syllabus is designed 

 to indicate the general scope and character of instruction to be given in nature 

 study and humaneness in grades 1 to 6, and in agriculture and home making, 

 taugl'.t by means of junior home projects, in grades 7 and 8 of the public schools 

 of the State of New York. 



