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for the most part, in the classes already provided in the present 

 curriculum. . . . The work of adjusting or readjusting 

 the instruction in schools to the needs of children will have 

 to be largely through a reorganization of the subject matter 

 in the old subjects, through a correlation of necessary instruc- 

 tion in nature study, agriculture, and domestic science with 

 that in all the old subjects, and in approaching all subjects 

 from a new and different viewpoint. 



" Many of the principles found in the ordinary text books 

 in arithmetic should be omitted and practically all of the prob- 

 lems should be restated. The ideal text for the rural school 

 should emphasize such principles as are needed from time to 

 time in the daily life on the farm and in the farmer's business 

 affairs with the outside world; the problems set for solution 

 should be very practical in nature. 



" In physiology and hygiene the rural-school teacher should 

 teach, among other things, the sanitation of the home in regard 

 to pure water supply, cleanliness in dairy, outhouses, back 

 yards, the protection of food from flies, fumigation and disin- 

 fection in case of contagious diseases. Instruction should also 

 be given in the causes and method of prevention of tubercu- 

 losis, typhoid fever, and other preventable diseases. 



" Ko subject in the public-school curriculum lends itself 

 so easily and effectively to the scheme of correlating with the 

 regular work these practical nature and farm-life subjects as 

 does language work Every child, has his language lesson 

 every day throughout the eight years of his public-school life. 

 Subjects for these language lessons must be chosen by the 

 teacher, and they must be closely related to the child's life and 

 interests if the work is to be interesting and effective. 



" No better or more attractive source from which these sub- 

 jects may be chosen can be found than the realms of nature 

 study, agriculture, and domestic science. Prom these sources 

 most of the subjects for both oral and written language, or 

 composition ■work, should be drawn. iSubjeets chosen from 

 these fields are interesting because they are real and vital 



