line Zachert, Libraries; C. V. Kirby, Art; J. A. Foberg, Mathematics; J. L. Barnard, Social Studies; F. T. Struck, Industrial Education. Lee Driver was drafted for courses in Rural Education by State College, Thiel College, Clarion Normal and Slippery Rock Normal. His assistants R. C. Shaw and T. A. Bock gave courses in Rural Education at Grove City College and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively. At the University of Pittsburgh, James N. Rule gave a course in High School Education and J. M. Glass, in Junior High School work. A. L. Rowland gave a course in Teacher Training; Erna Grassmuck, in Geography; H. C. Eicher, in Educational Administration and H. L. Holbrook, in Guidance. The University of Pennsylvania, in addition to T. A. Bock, drafted Ortor Lowe for a course in English and Erna Grassmuck for Geography. G. C. L. Reimer organized Bucknell's first summer school but was soon drafted by the Bloomsburg State Normal School. Hollis Dann, organizer of the West Chester Summer School of Music, again directed_the work there. He was assisted by Clara Sanford. C. Valentine Kirby gave a course in art at Carnegie Tech and O. D. Evans, a course in Continuation School Work at Columbia. A. W. Castle gave courses in Americanization at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and the University of West Virginia. Several of the Department members took courses at different summer schools as follows: Muriel Brown, Leland Stanford University; Edna M. Kugler, Temple University; Mildred Fischer, New York School of Social Workers; Lu M. Hartman and J. Y. Shambach, Columbia University; H. C. Fetterolf, W. P. Loomis and G. D. Whitney, State College. COLLEGES AND NORMAL SCHOOLS Forty-six hundred teachers were graduated from teacher training institutions in Pennsylvania during last year. Figures from the 47 accredited colleges show the number of graduates to be over 7,000, the largest in the history of the State. Among these graduates were E. G. Gushee, sixty-three years old of Philadelphia and Mrs. S. Shoemaker Farley, age fifty-seven, of Swarthmore, who received the Bachelor of Science Degree from Temple University and State College, respectively. Of the 7,000 graduates, 1,980 took educational courses and will enter the teaching profession. The normal schools established high water mark in the number of graduates, 2,618 having received diplomas in June. These figures include the largest number of male graduates since the establishment of normal schools in 1859. Cheyney Normal School, organized two years ago, graduated 21. Record classes prevailed in secondary education, 31,000 having finished in the first class high schools. This large number is attributed to the influence of junior high schools. These have had a phenomenal development in Pennsylvania and hold many students in high school until the completion of the course. It is estimated that 30 per cent of the high school graduates will enter higher institutions this fall. STATE CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION The eleventh annual State Conference for directors of vocational schools and teachers of vocational agriculture was held at State College August 20-22. pproximately one hundred twenty-five were in attendance, including in addition to those mentioned above, members of the Vocational Bureau of the State Department, of the Rural Life Department of Penn State, and a number of teachers of agriculture from West Virginia under the leadership of Dr. C. H. Winkler, Professor of Agricultural Education in West Virginia University. The keynote of the conference "A Bigger Program for Vocational Education in Pennsylvania" was stressed by L. H. Dennis, State Director of Vocational Education. Out-ofstate speakers included T. E. Browne, State Director of Vocational Education for North Carolina; W. F. Stewart, Professor of Agricultural Education, University of Ohio and Dr. C. H. Lane of the Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D. C. One day was devoted to recent developments in technical agriculture, under the direction of Dean R. L. Watts and Professors F. D. Gardner, A. A. Borland, R. V. Blasingame, W. H. Tomhave, J. E. McCord and D. E. Haley, all of Pennsylvania State College. BULBS AND FLOWERS Fragrant, sweet-scented winter flowers in the school room and in the home are a delight to every one, as are also the Easter flowers and the early outdoor flowers of spring. They grow from bulbs narcissi, hyacinths, tulips, daffodils-grown in the low fertile lands of Holland for several years until large and strong and then sent to this country. Bulbs must be planted in the fall, just before the ground freezes, and allowed to lie in the ground over winter. Some of them can be grown in water and pebbles instead. Any good book on flowers or any bulb catalog will furnish detailed information on planting or a circular can be had from the State Department of Public Instruction. The bulbs should be purchased early in the fall. Each year the Pittsburgh teachers order many hundred thousands of bulbs for their pupils. Why should not every teacher in Pennsylvania do the same this fall, so that every child may grow at least one flower? COURSES OF STUDY IN AGRICULTURE. A pamphlet entitled "Courses of Study in Agriculture" has recently been published by the Department of Public Instruction. The pamphlet is available to any one in Pennsylvania having need of outlined courses in agriculture. Courses for three types of agricultural education are given: prevocational agriculture for rural schools and junior high schools; general agriculture for high schools and vocational agriculture for high schools. The syllabus in agriculture for rural schools is arranged for the seventh and eighth grades and outlined on the basis of four lessons a month. The work in the seventh grade covers work with farm crops and in the eighth grade, work with farm animals. Class work is developed around junior home projects. Dauphin. Elk... Greene. George Keitel... Helen Pennypacker. Leona Anderson. Harry Kulberg... Thomas Waggoner.... Eleanor J. Brown. . Dorothy Hollar.... Woodlawn Harrisburg Tech. Reading Girls Altoona Butler Mt. Aloysius Acade my, (Cresson) Emporium State College New Bethlehem Renovo Meadville Shippensburg Harrisburg Tech. W. Phila. Girls S. Brownsville . Tionesta . Chambersburg Arthur McCullough..... Waynesburg The syllabus in general agriculture for high schools has a threefold aim: first, to present historical background of the development of agriculture in America; second, to become familiar with the social, economic, scientific and occupational phases of farm life; third, to pro- Huntingdon..... Clare Butler... vide such activities as will give those contemplating agriculture as a vocation sufficient experience to enable them to determine more wisely their adaptability to farming as a career. The syllabus in vocational agriculture for high schools is developed in considerable detail, giving the courses to be taught, methods of instruction, program of studies and outlines for various agricultural home projects correlating with the school instruction. Appropriate reference works and lists of equipment and supplies are given. 79 STATE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED Results of the State Scholarship examinations, conducted in the various first class high schools of the State on May 4, show that 1,419 candidates, an increase of 339 over last year, took the examinations, Allegheny county leading with 212. South Philadelphia had the largest number of any high school. Thomas Elkins of Schenley High, Pittsburgh, made the highest mark of all the candidates, securing 282 points out of a possible 300. Theodore Broecker of the same school was second with 281. Dorothy Hollar, Chambersburg High, ranked third with 278; Gladys York of Marywood Seminary, Scranton, was fourth with 277; Eli M. Engle of Mt. Joy High and Myra O. Sheaffer, New Bloomfield High, tied for fifth place with 276. Section 4303 of the school code provides one scholarship for each county except those having more than one senatorial district. Philadelphia, Allegheny and Luzerne, because of this provision, get eight, six and two scholarships, respectively. A scholarship holder may attend any approved Pennsylvania college or university. The names of the winners are: Norman Shick. Indiana. .V. Lunette Johnson.. Orbisonia Brockwayville nary, (Scranton) Allentown Hazleton Wilkes-Barre Lancaster.... Eli M. Engle..... Thelma Kreiser... Mt. Joy . A. Louise Schaeffer Luzerne. Attendance Digest of School Attendance Laws and Employment of Minors Suggested Forms for Attendance Bureaus Commercial Education Elementary Education Arbor and Bird Day Bulletin Manual and Syllabus for Elementary Schools English Course of Study-Years VII-XII Foreign Languages Course of Study in Latin, French, German and Spanish High School Classification of High Schools Manual and Syllabus for High Schools Library Library Manual for High Schools Library Manual for Elementary Schools Mathematics Course of Study-Years VII-XII Music standers will not pay much attention to you; but if you should get down on your knees and pray to Almighty God or if you should stand bareheaded while a company of old soldiers marches by with flags to the breeze, some people will think you are showing off. Of all the signs and symbols since the world began there is none other so full of meaning as the flag of this country. That piece of red, white and blue bunting means five thousand years of struggle upwards. It is the full-grown flower of ages of fighting for liberty. It is the century plant of human hope in bloom. Your flag stands for humanity, for an equal opportunity to all the sons of men. Of course, we haven't arrived yet at that goal; there are many injustices yet among us, many senseless and cruel customs of the past still clinging to us, but the only hope of righting the wrongs of men lies in the feeling produced in our bosoms by the sight of that flag. a Other flags mean a glorious past; this flag, glorious future. It is not so much the flag of our fathers as it is the flag of our children, and of all children's children yet unborn. It is the flag of tomorrow. It is the signal of the "Good Time Coming." It is not the flag of your king, it is the flag of yourself and of Course of Study for Elementary and High all your neighbors. Pennsylvania Music Week Bulletin ment for Supervisors and Teachers Pre-Professional Education Drugless Therapy, Physio Therapy and Chi- Hospital Intern Information State Scholarship Examinations Don't be ashamed when your throat chokes and the tears come, as you see it flying from the masts of our ships on all the seas or floating from every flagstaff of the Republic. You will never have a worthier emotion. Reverence it as you would reverence the signature of the Deity. Listen, son! The band is playing the national anthem-"The Star-Spangled Banner!" They have let loose Old Glory yonder. Stand upand others will stand with you. THE SCHOOL LIBRARY It is impossible to prepare students adequately for their class work or for life, without a generous supply of good books. No school of any grade, whether it be the elementary school or a great university, is properly equipped unless it has a well organized library. What is a school library? It is a collection of books, periodicals, pamphlets and pictures, grouped and arranged for use, administered by some one who knows how to make books serve both pupils and teachers. The school library is the laboratory of every department. Here boys and girls may acquire a knowledge of how to use books, and the most valuable of all habits-the habit of reading. The well equipped, properly administered library is the heart of the school it serves. What are the chief functions of a school library? To supply books and magazines to supplement class work, to provide ide cultural reading, to impart a working knowledge of books and libraries for information, to provide the teacher with professional and cultural reading and with material for use in the preparation of classroom work. Allegheny County County Institute Pres. Milo H. Miller, Knoxville 226 100 2072 100 Braddock Pres. Frank J. Good, Braddock Pres. Thomas J. George, Carnegie No. of Per cent Members Teachers 108 100 60 100 Sec. Mrs. Edith M. Twitmeyer, Knox ville Pres. V. C. Nicklas, Clairton Sec. Sara J. Livingston, Homestead Blair County County Institute 634 100 501 100 Pres. H. J. Barett, Hollidaysburg Sec. T. S. Davis, Hollidaysburg Altoona Pres. G. D. Robb, Altoona Sec. H. W. English, Altoona Pres. M. B. Wineland, Juniata 318 100 52 100 Pres. Stanley R. Oldham, West Chester Sec. Lillian W. Pierce, West Chester Clarion County County Institute Pres. E. H. DeVilder, Leeper Clearfield County County Institute Pres. W. P. Trostle, Clearfield Du Bois Pres. W. H. Schoch, Du Bois Sec. Cannie Miller, Du Bois Clinton County County Institute 283 100 602 100 ... 86 100 |