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for a teacher who lias many other specialties besides. The botanist must also be a 
good and an enthusiastic teacher in his chosen held. In some localities preparatory 
schools and high schools will be able to present this course properly, having teachers 
trained in the subject and providing the necessary apparatus and other equipment. 
When this can not be done it is a mistake for a school to undertake the work at all, 
at least, to go beyond the grade of so-called "nature study." The fact is that most 
of our agricultural colleges will for a long time to come be obliged to offer a course 
in elementary or foundation botany, and every student who is going into any branch 
of agricultural work from the standpoint of agronomy should be required to take it. 
The committee on methods of teaching agriculture will recommend the adoption of 
this same general course, giving to it 120 hours" in the sophomore year and (i() hours 
in the junior year. The course in general is shown. by the following table, as fur- 
nished by Doctor True of the committee on methods of teaching agriculture: 
Agricultural coarse in college. 
[As proposed by Doctor True of the committee on methods of teaching agriculture.] 
Freshmen. 
Sophomores. 
Juniors. 
Seniors. 
Subject. 
Hour-. 
Subject. 
Hours. 
Subject. 
Hours. 
Subject. 
Hours. 
150 
150 
155 
120 
180 
Agriculture: 
Zootechny60 
Agronomy U0 
Meteorology ... 
A.g r i c ultural 
chemistry. 
Botanv * 
} 150 
GO 
180 
120 
80 
100 
GO 
Agriculture: 
ZooteehnylOO 
Agronomy 50 
Geology 
Botanv 
} 150 
120 
60 
Dairying, agri- 
culture, farm 
mec hanics, 
rural econo- 
my. 
V e t e r i n a r y 
medicine. 
Chemistry 
| 186 
180 
180 
Geometry and 
trig onome- 
trv. 
English 
Physiology 
Zoology 
Psychology — 
Mod e r n lan- 
guages. 
and forestry. 
180 1 History >uid 
190 
English 
Modern lan- 
guages. 
Drawing 
120 
60 
60 
750 
political 
economy. 
Ethics 
40 
Modern lan- 
guages. 
755 
750 
776 
Agricultural course in college. 
[Modified so as to include more Botany.] 
Freshmen. Sophomores. 
Juniors. Seniors. 
Subject. 
Hours. 
Subject. 
Hours. 
Subject. Hours. Subject. 
Hours. 
] 130 
GO 
IGO 
1G0 
SO 
100 
GO 
Chemistry 
150 
Zootechny go 
Agronomy 70 
Meteorology .. 
Airrienl tural 
Zootechny LOO 
Agronomy 50 
Geology 
t ,- n culture, farm 
f 1,HJ mechanics, 
rural econ- 
omy. 
60 V e t c r i n ;i ry 
medicine. 
| 80 
\ 80 Horticulture 
[ GO and forestry. 
180 History and po- 
litical econ- 
omy. 
120 Ethics* 
10 
1 186 
180 
180 
Gcomet ry and 
trigonometry. 
chemistry. 
L55 Botany 
120 Kmrlish 
Physiology 
/oology 
Psychology o ... 
190 
40 
.Mode ru lan- 
guages. 
iso 
Modem lan- 
guages. 
Drawing 
755 
750 
770 
776 
a Hours is used to indicate periods of class or laboratory work. 
ered equivalent to one hour recitation. 
^Surveying (elective) in place of ethics. 
• English composition (elective) in place of psychology, 
Two hours Laboratory are consid- 
