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omingo, in the second judicial district. The Conners School, at 

 Warner, in the second district, received classes in February, 

 1909. The schools for the remaining districts opened for work 

 late in the fall of 1909, and attempted to carry on but two terms 

 of the year's work. 



The schools possess no dormitories, but they hope to receive 

 appropriations for these at the session of the legislature sitting 

 during the winter of 1910-11. Each school expects then to have 

 a central plant worth about $30,000, exclusive of the land, except 

 the school at Helena, which now has a building and equipment 

 valued at $50,000, presented to the state. 



The only courses offered are the agricultural and domestic 

 economy courses. Each school maintains a three-year course 

 in agriculture and home economics, and three years of " prepar- 

 atory " work, that of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. No 

 pupil is admitted to these grades who has similar privileges 

 in his home district. Students over sixteen may take certain 

 special courses. The older schools are also maintaining " short 

 courses " of two weeks for farmers and their wives. These 

 include instruction and demonstrations in domestic economy, 

 canning, preserving, and cooking, for the women, and various 

 agricultural subjects for the men. 



The regular courses comprise for the three years approxi- 

 mately 150 periods of recitation work, and 75 hours of prac- 

 tical work, averaging for each week, 163^ recitation periods, and 

 83^ hours practice, though the latter is less in the third year than 

 during either of the other two. 



The school at Tishomingo enrolled for the year 1908-9, 9 in 

 the second year, 24 in the third year, and 64 in the three years 

 of the grade work (special course), total 97, averaging 17 years 

 of age. These students were drawn from ten counties. The 

 faculty numbered 6 teachers. The agricultural work was car- 

 ried on by the principal and another agriculturist. 



The school at Broken Arrow opened its doors in November, 

 1909, with an enrollment of 176, with 8 instructors and assistants. 



