those methods or practices which need to be encouraged or discour- 

 aged. Practices seen which violate pedagogical principles are 



Book open before instructor 



Constant reference to text by instructor 



Lack of discipline 



Calling on pupil before asking question 



Preventing discussion on part of pupils by dragging them back to 

 text or answering questions which other pupils could answer 



Discouraging questioning on the part of pupils 



Instructor doing most of the work 



Lack of explanation by instructor of work he is doing 



Lack of correlation between laboratory and class between the 

 work of different classes 



Not telling pupils what they are doing and why 



Not permitting students to go thru the whole process from begin- 

 ning to end 



Distracting the attention of pupils by interruptions 



Lack of respect for teacher on part of pupils 



Cheating by pupils 



Indistinct speech on part of teacher and pupils 



Overmuch memory work and insufficient reasoning by pupils 



Lecturing to small classes 



Supervision of instruction is either inadequate or conducted with- 

 out the spirit of helpfulness, so that it accomplishes little in the way of 

 eliminating these defects. If supervision were properly conducted 

 practices observed in the classrooms could not continue. 



Extension 



Extension work is unorganized and undeveloped. The largest feature 

 is the special classes conducted at the school. Work which is done 

 outside consists of lectures and direct aid to farmers. The latter would 

 take the time of one man for two days a week. Yet it is valued in a 

 school statement on the basis of a man's full time. 



The special classes consist largely of courses in domestic science which 

 women from the city come out to take one afternoon a week during the 

 spring and fall terms. These courses with a series of lectures in the 

 Milwaukee Public Library, a two weeks' summer course for rural 

 teachers with an attendance of thirty, and some lectures at social centers 

 constitute the greater part of what is called extension. It is estimated 

 that these activities cost one-sixth of the total operating expense, or about 

 $8,000. No definite cost or time records are kept. 



