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Miscellaneous, 



is only to familiarize the child with the 

 terms and forms used in the study of 

 grammar while in close connection with 

 the expression of the thought, the 

 natural way of learning the construction 

 of language. While the direction is to 

 teach the possessive case, tor instance, 

 it is not intended that the child is to 

 learn a grammatical definition or rule, 

 but that lie is led to observe its form, 

 and while the teacher calls his attention 

 to this the proper term may be used, 

 "possessive," and so with other grammat- 

 ical terms, as noun, verb, phrase, sen- 

 tence, etc. When speaking of words 

 mere is no more reason why the teacher 

 should not use the proper term than 

 there is when he is talking of numbers 

 and uses the term divisor, multiplier or 

 subtrahend. In this way the child is 

 familiarized with the forms of grammar 

 by hearing them when attention to 

 them is necessary all through the 

 grades. In the sixth and seventh grades, 

 children may use a grammar for re- 

 ference as they would use a dictionary, 

 and when they reach the eighth grade 

 the study of formal grammar will be 

 comparatively easy. 



7. The history work does begin at 

 home. We have Hawaiian legends, tales 

 from Hawaiian history, national stories 

 adopted, Chinese and Japanes stories 

 and myths, old stories of the Bast which 

 describe conditions of a primitive people, 

 stories suitable for festivals, as for 



Kamehameha Day, thanksgiving, Christ- 

 mas and Easter. In these legends and 

 stories we have the beginning of history 

 teaching, and it is not until the fifth 

 grade that there is any attempt to teach 

 formal history, 



RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS IN 

 AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE. 



Agricultural Economist and Horticul- 

 tural Review, Vol. XL1V-, No. 504, 

 (New Series) p. 319, December, 1911. 

 (From the Bulletin of the Bureau of 

 Agricultural Intelligence and of Plant 

 Diseases, 3rd Year, No. 2, February, 1912.) 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 

 has awarded twelve of these scholar* 

 ships in agricultural science. 



The scholarships have been established 

 in connection with the scheme for the 

 promotion of scientific research in agri- 

 culture, for the purpose of which the 

 Treasury has sanctioned a grant to the 

 Board from the development Fund. 



The scholarships are of the annual 

 value of £150, and are tenable for three 

 years. 



They have been established in order 

 to train promising students, under suit- 

 able supervision, with a view to their 

 contributing to the development of 

 agriculture, either by carrying out inde- 

 pendent research, or by acting in an 

 advisory capacity to agriculturists. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



PRESENTATION OF A PIECE OF 

 PLATE. 



(From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 



No. 1, 1912.) 

 The International Rubber Exhibition 

 held in London in July last was made 

 the occasion of an interesting present- 

 ation of a handsome silver salver to 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 

 commemoration of the part played by 

 this institution in the initiation of the 



Para rubber industry in the Eastern 

 Hemisphere, 



The presentation was made by the 

 Rubber Growers' Association at a ban- 

 quet held on July 7th, 1911, and the 

 salver was accepted on behalf of the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens by Sir W. T. 

 Thiselton Dyer. 



At the same time a telegram was sent 

 by the Chairman to Sir J. D. Hooker, 

 during whose directorship the introduo 

 tion of Hevea brasilienste to our Eastern 



