OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 33 



THE EDUCATIONAL SUVREY 



T. E. Sullinger, 1916. 

 (Abstract) 



Teachers should make an educational survey of the communi- 

 ties in which they work so as to cooperate in improving them. 



In this study, "Such questions as the following were asked : 

 How many have you in the family? Number of children under 

 six? Number six and over who are under twenty? Number at 

 home? Number of girls and number of boys? Number of births, 

 deaths, and marriages within the past year? What is your occu- 

 pation? If farmer, give number of acres you own and also, num- 

 ber of bushels of corn, wheat, and oats produced. Number of 

 hogs, cattle, and horses? What crops do you market? Your 

 total receipts and total expenses the past year? Do you buy meat 

 and canned goods? Are you a church member? If so, of what 

 denomination? Do you or your family attend Sunday school? 

 Are you a member of some organization? If so, what? What kind 

 of drinking water do you use? Has it been analyzed and found 

 to be pure? How do you spend your leisure time? Do you own 

 real estate? Is it mortgaged? Is your house comfortable? Is 

 there shade in the yard? How long have you lived at your pre- 

 sent location? How much money do you borrow during the year? 

 At what rate of interest? Have .you a telephone? Do you take 

 a daily paper? Your county paper? What other papers do you 

 read? Is the family satisfied? If not, what seems to be the cause 

 of their dissatisfaction? How much sickness have you had within 

 the past year? If any please state the supposed cause. What do 

 you suggest as a means of improving the condition of your com- 

 munity? 



A FLOCK OF HAWKS 



Chas. N. Gould, 1916. 

 (Abstract) 



On October 4, 1916, when riding on the interurban from Okla- 

 homa City to El Reno about two miles west of Banner, the writer 

 saw a flock of between 100 and 150 marsh hawks in an alfalfa 

 field. He had frequently seen small flocks of half a dozen or more 

 circling in the air, but never before any considerable number of 

 hawks en the ground. 



