Art School of the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana Summer School, June 10 to August 31, 1912. Classes in Drawing, Painting, Design and Ceramic Decoration. Special six weeks course for public school teachers, July 8 to August 17, under Mrs. Martha Feller King. Outdoor Sketching class under William Forsyth. Special attention to commercial art and decorative designing. Splendid facilities for thorough practical training. Large faculty. School delightfully located. Certificates for work. Reasonable terms. For catalogue address Dept. E. Winter term of Twelfth Year Opens Sept. 30, 1912. WILLIAM COUGHLEN, Acting Director. "Lippincott's Second Reader" (J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia) by Homer P. Lewis, Superintendent of Public Schools, Worcester, Mass., and Elizabeth Lewis. This reader continues the use of the same sort of material for reading as was employed in the First Reader, i. e., fables, folk-lore, legends, myths, and fairy tales. The child encounters the paragraph in its simplest form. He is taught to learn the process of forming adverbs from simple adjectives by adding "ly." Drill on such points will prove of lasting value, and will enable the child to take up later the subject of technical grammatical construction. with ease. (The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis) by M. V. O'Shea, Professor of Education, the University of Wisconsin. This work is full of merit as it contains typical and practical examples of effective teaching from the kindergarten to the university. The treatment throughout is based almost wholly upon the descriptions of typical lessons, given in sufficient detail to indicate the aim, in each one, and the method of attaining it. A copy should be placed in every school library. It will prove a very valuable work for teachers' read ing circles. The ability of Dr. O'Shea "Everyday Problems in Teaching" ing exponent of practical teaching. PERSONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT Prof. G. M. Wilson has tendered his resignation as superintendent of the Connersville schools to take effect July 1. In the Fall he will enter Columbia University for his Doctor's degree. Mr. Wilson has certainly proven himself quite successful in his work of supervision. He has been in charge of the Connersville schools for four years. As evidence of the esteem in which he is held the members of his Board of Education authorized the printing of a second edition of his course in arithmetic. We are pleased to add that the address he delivered at St. Louis before the Department of Superintendence in February attracted much attention. It seems probable that he will seek a college position after graduating from Columbia University. Considerable interest is manifested by the teachers of Marion county in the prize essay contest that is conducted by the Scientific Temperance Instruction department of the W. C. T. U. Twenty-five dollars in gold will be awarded the teacher, normal or high school pupil writing the best essay on "The Best Methods of Teaching the Nature and Effects of Narcotics." Essays are to be graded entirely upon the presentation of the subject. The maximum number of words shall be 1500, and the minimum 800. The winner in the Marion county contest will be entered in the National contest for the $50.00 prize. Essays must be in the hands of Mrs. Frances Metz, Bridgeport, Ind., before June 15th. The reasons why no one can afford to carry insurance except for protection are set forth clearly in Shera's Life. Insurance Catechism and other writings. Superintendents, principals and teachers can learn these truths and teach them to business and professional people during vacation and receive handsome pay for it. Frank D. Shera, 151 East Market street, Indianapolis, will mail literature and full particulars upon request. The many teachers in Indiana and elsewhere who have had the pleasure of listening to the Institute addresses of Dr. I. W. Howerth will be delighted to learn that he has been tendered the position of Professor of Education and Director of the University Extension Department in the University of California at a salary of $4,000 per year. resumed her professional work in New York City, and will continue as soloist at the Second Presbyterian church, of Newark, N. J. Judging from her success thus far she has a most promising future. After serving two years as Deputy Commissioner of Education at Boston, Prof. Chas. A. Prosser resigned to accept the position of Secretary of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education in New York City at a salary of $6,000 per year. His contract is for five years. The honor is richly deserved, and thousands of our readers will be delighted to learn. of it as Mr. Prosser was former superintendent of schools at New Albany, Ind. The announcement of his new position was made at a dinner given at the Hotel Kimball at Boston. Mr. Prosser has won the respect and confidence of the educators of Massachusetts. May he be equally successful at New York. The Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education there was established nearly six years. ago by men who had become impressed with the immense efficiency of industrial training in Germany. The two main objects of the Society are, first, to influence legislation on the question of industrial education education in the various studies for the purpose of obtaining the wisest laws; second, to arouse interest and enthusiasm in other parts of the country. Books! Books! Books! A $36 set of Stevenson_____. $14.00 A $20 set of U. S. Histories---- 7.00 |