I6O METHODS IN TEACHING 



able to write a letter ordering a bill of goods, to make out 

 a bill to be sent with the goods ordered, to write a letter 

 sending the money to pay for the goods, and to write the 

 receipt for the money paid. Every paper must be accom- 

 panied by the proper addresses of the person to whom the 

 letter is sent and of the sender. The pupils also write many 

 original bills and letters. While making out these bills and 

 orders, the pupils are asked to learn from the daily paper 

 the actual prices of produce, and to use them in their trans- 

 actions. From these newspaper price-lists a great deal of 

 information is obtained concerning articles bought and 

 sold. In connection with letter writing, there is taught 

 how to subscribe for a newspaper or magazine. 



No written work in measurements is taken during this 

 year, but many applications of the tables already learned 

 are made, work with the ruler is frequent, 

 mentg and the tables are reviewed whenever it 



seems necessary. Some new measurements 

 are drawn on the board; the square rod is drawn on the 

 floor of the school room; the square mile is indicated as 

 lying between certain boundaries, and the pupils are en- 

 couraged to walk or ride over its area so as to become 

 familiar with its extent. Square and cubic measure are 

 emphasized, as being the least understood of all the tables, 

 but the work is in the nature of simple problems to make 

 the principles clear, rather than difficult problems for the 

 sake of the work itself. Drawings are made to represent 

 some of the solids measured by cubic measure, and the con- 

 tents are found. 



Simple interest is taken as a part of the money topic. 

 The subject is given in a very elementary manner. The 



