﻿AGRICULTURAL TRAINING EO]{ EMPLOYED TEACHERS. 



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cases courses are presented which aim to help teachers in elementary 

 and secondary schools in the teaching of agriculture, particular 

 attention being given to the pedagogy of the subject. 



Most of t he summer sessions continue for at least six weeks. Some 

 are in session for as long as 10 or even 12 weeks. In some it is possi- 

 ble for the student of agriculture who wishes to specialize in that sub- 

 ject to have two lessons each day in agriculture, thus completing in 

 6 weeks, for example, what amounts to 12 weeks' work. In most of 

 the institutions of college grade college credit is allowed for work 

 done at the summer session. In two or three institutions the regular 

 school session continues throughout the summer, the faculty, equip- 

 ment, and methods of the summer quarter being the same as during 

 any other term of the school year. For the teacher who cares to 

 sacrifice the possible pleasures of the vacation period for the oppor- 

 tunity of self-improvement, and who can afford the expense, the ad- 

 vantages of the summer school over any form of nonresident study 

 are obvious. The instruction is usually of a high class; there are the 

 inspiration and enthusiasm which come from association with others 

 interested in the same line of work; and there are usually adequate 

 equipment and apparatus for laboratory and field work, since the 

 sessions are held at some established college or normal school, so 

 that its entire plant is available to the, summer students. 



The following is a list of institutions maintaining summer courses 

 in agriculture: 



List of institutions maintaining courses in agriculture in summer sessions. 



State. 



Institution. 



Locaticr*. 



Nature of course offered. 





Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College for Negroes. 



Alabama Polytechnic Insti- 

 tute. 



Howard College 



Tuskegee Institute (colored). . . 



University of Alabama 











El. agr., teaching agr., and gar- 

 dening. 





Eastlake 





Tuskegee Insti- 

 tute. 

 University 



Several courses in gen. agr. 



El. and see. agr., biological nat. 



study, 6 wks. 

 El. agr. 







San Diego 



El. agr., methods of agr. instr., 



6 wks. 

 El. and sec. agr.; also grad. 



work. Several special courses 



for teachers, 6 wks. 

 Gen. agr. and gardening, 6 wks. 





University of California 



Colorado Agricultural College. . 

 Denver Normal School 





Fort Collins 





Connecticut 





Nature study and agr. for 



teachers, 4 wks. 

 El. agr. 











Rollins College 



Winter Park 





Georgia 





Nature study, el. and sec. agr., 



5 wks. 

 El. agr. and gardening. 



Idaho 



Lewiston State Normal School. 

















Illinois 



Northern Illinois State Nor- 

 mal School. 

 State Normal Universitv 



De Kalb 



schools, 6 wks. 

 El. agr. and nature study for 

 teachers. 











sec. agr., agrl. nat. study. A 

 series of 6 courses offered; 2 

 each year for 3 years. 



