girl in turn. The instructor kept her note book open before her. She 

 usually asked the question before naming the pupil, but there were sev- 

 eral exceptions to this. No effort was made to correlate the work with 

 that in botany and physiology. These classes and the laboratory 

 were isolated things. 



Home Management 



One student. 



The pupil had planned a home and was given two sums, one large 

 and one small, with which to make two plans for furnishing it. The 

 teacher sat beside the pupil and criticised the plans. The pupil had 

 two catalogs from which to select the home equipment. These the 

 teacher had gotten for her. 



Horticulture 



1 7 boys 



2 periods one laboratory and one outdoor section. 



The laboratory section was making grafts. Both instructor and pu- 

 pils were much interested. The instructor was kept very busy. The 

 pupils made about 20 grafts each, but they did not know what plants 

 they were grafting. Neither did they know how the string used was 

 prepared. The instructor said that he would plant the grafts to see 

 how many would grow. He did not say that he would let the boys 

 plant them. 



The outdoor section was spent in checking and planting trees. Each 

 boy had something to do. All were interested. The instructor was full 

 of life and kept all interested. The class showed good spirit. 



English 



Class of 1 3 boys and 2 girls. 



The first part of the lesson was given over to a written spelling les- 

 son. The papers were exchanged and the instructor spelled the words 

 while the pupils marked the papers. A story read the previous day 

 was then told by one of the girls. She told it well. Next some time 

 was spent on reading from " Myths of Greece and Rome." The pu- 

 pils were closely questioned about what they had read. One boy had 

 trouble in remembering, but after a second reading was able to tell 

 without stumbling. Another boy was interrupted because he put in a 

 word. This distracted his attention. The instructor never called on 

 listeners to correct mistakes. 



Throughout the period there was good order. The instructor has 

 much personality and he has the respect of the children. 



