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Fifth Year. 
Reading; includiEg stories of our 
country and lessons in agricul- 
ture and home economics 
Spelling 
Language 
Arithmetic 
Writing 
Music 
Drawing 
Geography; including in part phys- 
ical geography in respect to the 
work done by nature 's forces in 
preparing soils 
History 
Physiology 
Nature Study 
General exercises 
Literary society work. 
Sixth Year. 
Reading; lessons should include 
animal life and adventure 
Spelling 
Language 
Arithmetic 
Writing 
Music 
Drawing 
Geography 
History 
Physiology; including principles of 
nutrition and food values 
Co-operative enterprises 
Agriculture; 1st half-year, the af- 
fairs of agriculture; 2nd half- 
year, the soil. 
General exercises; for boys, wood- 
work; for girls, sewing. 
Seventh Year. 
Reading and Literature . Music 
Spelling History 
Arithmetic Co-operative enterprises 
Grammar Agriculture; farming schemes 
Writing General exercises 
Geography; combined with phys- Literary society work, 
ical geography 
Eighth Year. 
Reading and Literature Geography 
Spelling History 
Grammar Agriculture 
Arithmetic; including farm pro- General exercises 
blems, land surveying and farm Literary society work 
statistics 
CAUSE OF RETARDATION IN COUNTRY SCHOOLS. 
(Report of N. E. A.,' 1905, Rural Schools, pages 50-51.) 
The poor results in the teaching of the common branches, too 
often apparent, are given as good and sufficient reasons why no 
other work should be attempted. It is assumed that the poor 
quality of these results is due to lack of time in the school and 
that, therefore, there is no time for anything else. 
The other objection is that the course of study is now over- 
crowded and that, in rural schools especially, the variety and num- 
ber of classes renders it impossible to organize and instruct addi- 
tional classes in new stibjects. 
As to the first objection, it may be said that the poor results 
in the teaching of the common branches is not due to lack of time 
on the part of pupils, so much as to poor teaching and lack of 
proper organization. 
