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value. These should be exposed somewhere in sight of the 

 pupils so that they become a part of their germinating artis- 

 tic and intellectual life. Reference books should be fur- 

 nished every school ; they may be drawn from public librar- 

 ies; sometimes they are willingly loaned for careful use by 

 private owners. Reading is to history what plants and ani- 

 mals are to nature study, the material with which to work. 

 Reading is a necessity. 



From the sixth grade on throughout life as a student, note 

 taking and the notebook have dignity and importance. In 

 the book are collected all papers of value, 

 B k separate sheets that are preserved as writ- 



ten. The best form of notebook that has 

 been evolved from our work is the one composed of separate 

 sheets, comprising work of all kinds connected with the 

 study, fastened together in a folder or a homemade cover of 

 pasteboard. Paper fasteners are not satisfactory for hold- 

 ing the leaves together as they do not permit the book to 

 open freely enough. A string holds the sheets safely and 

 allows ease in turning. 



The time given to history during the year is twenty weeks, 



in two periods of ten weeks each, alternating with literature 



periods of the same length. The daily 



allotment of time is forty-five minutes, 



twenty for study, twenty-five for recitation. 



The following thoughts are from a sixth grade teacher 1 : 

 For the history of primitive man Ragozin's " Earliest 

 Peoples " is used. The book is too difficult 

 to be put into the hands of the pupils for un- 

 aided reading and study, so it is read aloud 

 by the teacher. Discussions and reproductions by the class 



'Miss Charlotte Treanor. 



