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Miscellaneous. 



In accordance with a provision of the 

 Board of Education, the Superintendent 

 of Schools, Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, is 

 authorized to grant to teachers and 

 classes permission to visit the Phila- 

 delphia Museums once a year for half 

 a day, upon the written request of the 

 Principal. 



LEOTURE SUBJECTS. 

 For Fourth Grades. 

 The United States.— Some of the most 

 important plant, animal and mineral 

 products; important industries charac- 

 teristic of various parts of our couutiy ; 

 lumbering in the north, south and west; 

 fishing for cod, salmon, etc., in Atlantic 

 and Pacific ; cotton and sugar production 

 in the south; grain fields and cattle 

 ranches of the middle west ; fruit raising 

 in California and Florida ; mining iu the 

 Rockies and Alaska; iron, coal and 

 petroleum in Pennsylvania ; glimpses of 

 interesting natural features, Niagara 

 Falls, the Yellowstone, etc.; types of the 

 inhabitants of various regions. 



Note. — This lecture is necessarily very 

 general. Teachers preferring to do so 

 can arrange for separate lectures on the 

 Southern States or the Western States. 



Wheat from the Seed to the Table.— 

 Cultivation, harvesting, transportation 

 and manufacture of wheat and flour in 

 the United States. It will be the aim 

 in this lecture to draw attention not 

 only to wheat and flour as important 

 materials of commerce and to the 

 machinery and processes employed in 

 wheat raising and manufacture, but also 

 to the occupations of men in agricul- 

 ture, manufacturing, transportation and 

 trade. 



For Fifth Grades. 



The West Indies.— Especially the 

 beautiful islands of Cuba and Porto 

 Rico— sugar, tobacco and tropical fruits ; 

 the people, their manners, customs and 

 occupations ; cities and towns ; means 

 of transportation. 



South America. — Principal cities; peo- 

 ple, manners and customs ; industries 

 and productions ; coffee and rubber in 

 Brazil, wheat and cattle in Argentina, 

 cocoa in Ecuador, mining in the Andes. 

 Some of the most interesting plants 

 and animals ; the great forests, plains 

 and mountains ; the Andes and the 

 Amazon. 



Note.— Teachers desiring to have a 

 single country or section treated in 

 greater detail can arrange for a lecture 

 on Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, 

 Peru, or the Andes. 



For Sixth Grades. 



India — Life and habits of the people ; 



caste; curious customs; characteristic 

 scenes in the large cities ; bazaars ; 

 palaces ; important industries, such as 

 tea, rice, coconut, spices, mining ; tigers 

 and elephants ; glimpses of the rivers, 

 forests and mountains. 



Japan. — Native life in city and country; 

 foreign influence ; manners and customs ; 

 residences and shops ; temples and idols ; 

 the growing of rice and tea ; camphor ; 

 silk culture ; pottery and art work ; 

 bamboo and other forests. 



China.— A trip through the Celestial 

 Empire ; Pekiu, Hongkong, Canton, and 

 other cities ; native shops and foreign 

 quarters ; canals ; temples ; country 

 villages and farm life in the far in- 

 terior ; the culture of tea, rice and 

 opium ; curious means of transportation 

 and other features of interest. 



For Seventh Grades. 

 South Africa.— Cape Town, Kimber- 

 ley, Johannesburg, Durban ; farming 

 industries, fruit, wine growing, grain, 

 cattle and sheep; the diamond mines, 

 the gold workings, coal deposits ; Boers, 

 English, native black races ; the Cape to 

 Cairo Railway ; the wonderful falls of 

 the Zambesi. 



Central Africa.— The Congo and the 

 Niger ; native races, their manners and 

 customs ; cities and villages ; the jungle ; 

 palm oil and rubber ; wild animals. 



Philippines.— Civilised Christian peo- 

 ple of the north and central islands ; the 

 Moros of the south ; heathen tribes ; 

 manners and customs ; Manila hemp, 

 coconut, rice, resources and industries ; 

 education. 



Australia and New Zealand.— Prin- 

 cipal cities ; civilised and native people ; 

 occupations ; agriculture, stock raising ; 

 mining ; the Barrier Reef, pearl fishing ; 

 kangaroo and rabbit ; the desert of the 

 interior ; commerce. 



For Eighth Grades. 



Any of the subjects listed for the 

 lower grades may be selected. The 

 lectures will be more extensive, dealing 

 more fully with our trade relations with 

 -the couutry considered, and the im- 

 portant ptoducts exported. 



In addition the following subjects 

 touching on the whole world are 

 ai ranged : — 



Forests and Lumbering. — The forests, 

 important ti-ees, and methods of cutting 

 and getting them to market, with 

 glimpses of the lumbermen at work or 

 in camp in different sections of the 

 United States and Canada, Mahogany 



