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Some educators advocate its coming after the other sciences, 

 which would place it in the fourth year, or at the lowest, in 

 the third. Others contend that it should function as the course 

 in introductory science for the entering high-school students. 



Table 21 



DlSTRIBtTTION OF SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO THE YeAR IN WhICH AGRI- 

 CULTURE IS Given 



No. of schools 



First year 



Second year 



Third year 



Fourth year '. 



Total 



First or second year 



First, second, or third 



First, second, third, or fourth 



Second or third 



Second, third, or fourth 



Ihird or fourth 



First or fourth 



Total of 145 courses of one year or less 



First and second years 



First, second, and third 



First, second, third, and fourth 



Second, third, and fourth 



Third and fourth 



Schools reporting 



o49 

 31 

 14 

 10 



104 



17 

 b, c2 

 7 

 5 

 2 

 7 

 1 



41 



2 

 1 



d6 

 2 

 1 



12 



el57 



a Lake Charles, La. Eighth grade is the first year of the high school. 



b Athens, Ga. Eighth, ninth, and tenth grades are the first, second, and third years 



of high school. ,, ,- j j 



c Holland, Ind., admits pupils of the eighth (grammar) grade as well as first and second 



year high-school students. 



d Fifteen schools including the Alabama schools. 



e One hundred sixty-nine schools including the Alabama schools. 



The advocates of physical geography some years ago, claimed 

 this as one of the strong points of their favorite. However, 

 it has been disappointing in that the number and variety of 

 scientific principles involved are too restricted to introduce to 



