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work, and several other lines of study. A detailed description of all the 

 courses aiii)ears in the April number of the rnircrsitj/ of Virginia Record. 



Hampton Summer Session. — The Hampton Noinial and A^'rieultural Institute, 

 Hampton, \a.. announces a four wtH'ks" snuuner session for teachers, Jinie 15 

 to July 1.'?, with courses in cookinj:, dressmaking, manual trainiuj;, nature 

 study, iMMiltry keepini;, principles of teachinj^, and other academic subjects. 



Louis Queiros School of Agriculture. — A letter received from the director of 

 this institution, Mr. V. I). Smith, formerly director of the Michigan Stati(»u, 

 jlives numerous details refrarding tlie school, which is located at IMracicaba, 

 State of Sao I'aulo. Brazil. 



A definite oi-ixanization has recently been eflected, muler which authority is 

 concentrated almost entirely in the director, with the general supervision of the 

 secretary of agriculture. The regular course of study is modeled in a general 

 way after tliat at the Michigan College. It covers 3 years, with a jirejjara- 

 tory year of arithmetic, Tortuguese, French, geography, and history, and a sub- 

 sequent year of special elective work in any of the sciences or in practical 

 agriculture. The three-year course includes '.', semesters each of botany, chem- 

 istry and biology, and 1 semester each of stock judging, soils and plantations, 

 harvests and seed selection, veterinary clinics, and carpenter and blacksmith 

 work. 



The equipment includes a farm of SOO acres of excellent land, large barns, and 

 botanical, chemical, physical, and zoological laboratories. The faculty numbers 

 about 10 at present, among them being J. W. Hart, formerly of the I'niversity 

 of Illinois. The number of students is rapidly increasing and is expected 

 shortly to reach the limit that can be acconnnodated under present conditions. 

 For the maintenance of the school $274,000 is available for the present year in 

 addition to the receipts from farm products, which amount to about $15,000. 



Agricultural Instruction in Trinidad. — A recent number of The Agricultural 

 Ncus states that a course of lectures in agriculture is being given at the Port- 

 of-Spain Training School and the San Fernando Training School. The course 

 consists of thirty-six lectures, each of one hour's duration. One lecture is given 

 weekly at each sch(K>l. and an examination is held at the end of each twelve 

 lectures. 



Nature Study. — The Xatnrr-Stutly Rrririr began in May, 100S, a series of num- 

 bers, each of which is devoted to the nature-study work done in a particular 

 State. The May number deals with California, the October number with New 

 Jersey, the December number w'ith Illinois, and the number for February, 

 irK)J), with Indiana. The California number presents the Place of Nature 

 Study in the Normal School, Nature Study in the San Diego and Chico Normal 

 Schools, the Present Needs and the Outlook for Nature Study in California, 

 and a sununary by II. W. Fairbanks. The New Jersey number contains n 

 surA'ey of nature study in the State, elementary science in the schools of New- 

 ark, nature study at home, practical exi)eriments in the school room, a wilil 

 flower garden, school garden lessons at Montclair, and several other interesting 

 articles, including A Demand for a Philosophy of Nature Study by C. H. Ilobison. 

 The Illinois number includes articles on nature and other subjects of instruc- 

 tion, recent aspects of the nature-study movement, the nature-study situation 

 in Illinois, school-room study of a robin's nest, and a review of the work of the 

 John Swaney Ctmsolidated School. The Indiana number includes articles on 

 nature study in Indiana, the character, purpose, and extent of elementary 

 agriculture in Indiana, nature-study work in Elkhart and East Chicago, school 

 gardens at Delphi, corn contests in Hendricks County, and nature study in a 

 museum by the director of the Fairbanks Museum, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



