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(g) illustrations of school ground improvement, (h) methods of transplanting 

 trees and shrubs, (i) care after planting, (j) effect of landscape art on the home. 

 Some planting material, lists of hardy shrubs and vines. The rest of the 

 book is devoted to diagrams of different garden plans, which consider economy 

 of space, the kinds of vegetables to grow, the number of children at work, the 

 best methods of planting to be used ; points on soil preparation with illustra- 

 tions, pictures illustrating different garden operations, such as the proper 

 handling of fork, rake and by children at work. 



The Extension Service of Humboldt State Normal School, Areata, Cali- 

 fornia, under the direction of N. B. Van Matre has begun an active and exten- 

 sive plan of supervision of the rural schools of northwestern California. One 

 hundred seventy-two schools will be supervised by the faculty of the normal 

 school. 



Two plans of supervision will be used, differing only in the degree of their 

 intensity. 



This rural supervision work is being taken up with very definite plans and 

 purposes in mind and with equally definite ideas of the results to be obtained. 



Some of these results will be accomplished by the supervision. 



1 . Every effort will be made to keep away from the thought of standardiza- 

 tion. 



2. The slogan for this work will be SERVICE, SERVICE, MORE SER- 

 VICE AND BETTER SERVICE. 



3. Serve: Teacher, School, Trustees, Community, Elementary Education, 

 America. 



4. T6 establish a strong spirit of co-operation and a keener sense of respon- 

 sibility on the part of the school trustees and the residents of the district in the 

 success of their school. 



5. To establish the fact that for a community proposition to succeed each 

 member of the community must contribute to its success, and assume his share 

 of the responsibility. 



6. To educate the children for rural life rather than away from it. 



7. To thoroughly inspire every teacher with an enthusiasm for or at least 

 put her in such sympathetic relationship with her environment, that she can 

 conscientiously do her Full duty by the children in her school. 



8. Suggestions, helps and constructive criticisms will be given directly to 

 the teacher by the supervisor at the time of the visit. 



9. A very definite, concise report will be made to the normal school by the 

 supervisor. These reports will be made in duplicate so that the supervisor 

 may retain a copy which will be of great advantage on all subsequent visits. 



10. To establish the fact that the individual lesson is only a means to an 

 end. That education, growth and strength are the direct results of self- 

 activity. Therefore, the cause, purpose and plan of each lesson should so 

 motivate the child as to bring the desired self-activity. 



