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e. Possible Modifications. It is believed that the above 

 gradation of projects by years would be found a good outline for 

 the development of courses of study suited to local needs. It 

 would afford much flexibility as to details of schedules and in- 

 struction. At the same time it is recognized that other outlines 

 worthy of approval may grow from year to year out of the work 

 of the separate agricultural schools. 



H. Good Citizenship. Along with the major farming in- 

 terests of these four years there should be developed the inter- 

 ests and powers of good citizenship, through reading, discus- 

 sion of current events, and the clear and logical expression of 

 ideas in writing and public address. 



I. Home Residence and Work. a. Home Influence. 

 Students should reside at home. The age of the students makes 

 this desirable, if not imperative. 



~b. Home Experimentation. Residence at home should 

 vastly multiply the benefits of the school. There would be op- 

 portunity for the orderly but immediate trying out of new 

 ideas and methods, where otherwise habits of postponement 

 would be formed. From day to day the teachings of the school 

 should be subjected, on a modest scale at least, to the practical 

 tests of the home farm conditions of every student. In no 

 other way can the maximum value of such a school be realized. 



c. Home Credit. Home work should be provided for in the 

 system of marking, and full credit for it should be given 

 towards graduation. For promoting a keen spirit of emulation, 

 gatherings of pupils, parents and others should be held at the 

 best farms, or where the teachings of the school are best ex- 

 emplified. Prizes for excellence in home work should be 

 awarded. 



J. School Supervision. Home work should not only be 

 advised or suggested, it should also be actively supervised from 

 month to month. At least one instructor should be employed 

 for this purpose throughout the growing and harvesting seasons. 



K. Student Ownership. a. At the School. All flower 

 and vegetable gardening products of the student plots at the 

 school should be the property of the students, provided the 

 plots be regularly .and properly cared for throughout the sum- 



