The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-09-22
COURSE OF STUDY
IN COMMON SCHOOLS
Suggestions Are Made BY State
Officials
UNBROKEN LINE OF WORK
Course Suggested Would Put EIemen-
tary Schools of the State in
Line With High Schools
and Colleges.
UNBR0KEN LINE OF WORK

Montgomery, September 21.-(Special.)-
A course of study that will correlate
with the High school adoptions has been
made up and suggested to the elementary
schools of the state While sent out
under the approval of State Superntend-
ent of Education II. c. Gunnels it was
drafted and the work done by II. ]. Will
bingham, secretary of the state board
of examiners for teachers, and Prof. j j.
Doster, professor of secondary education
in the university. 1t takes up the books
of the new adoption and puts the COM
mon schools in line with the new stand
ards that are being worked out for the
entire school system, running from the
common schools through the high schools
to the colleges
Mr.. Gunnels, in speaking of the mat
ter, said that he regarded it as very I'M
portant that this course be used. While
there is no law enforcing such action he
thought that most, II not all, of the
schools would be glad to take it up as
it puts them in sympathy with the pro-
gressive ideas of school work that are
now being looked into and developed. Not
long ago a full course was adopted for
the county High schools and it Is the
intention of the department to see that
the uniform system is taken up by all
who are willing to get the best for the
schools.
The full suggestion for the new course
of study follows:
First Grade-The Arnold primer, Step
ping Stones. First reader, Baldwin's First
reader. Spelling, words taken from the
reader; drawing paper, nature study,
language. oral work; tablet and pencil,
number work, no book required; copy
book No. l.
Second Grade-Stepping Stones, Second
reader, Baldwin's Second reader, Eaton
speller, Van Amburgh's First Days in
Number, nature study, Alabama copy
book No. 2, language work, oral and
written, drawing, Nos. and 2; tablet and
pencil
Third Grade-Baldwlns Third reader,
Stepping Stones, Third reader; home
geography, Tarr & McMurry; Eaton's
speller, elementary arithmetic, Colaw,
Duke & Powers; Arnold's language les
sons with pen and pencil, Alabama copy
book No. 8, history, stories of great men
told by teachers and reproduced by pu-
pills. Drawing, Nos and A, tablet and
pencil.
Fourth Grade-Baldwins Fourth read
er, Stepping Stones. Fourth reader;
Eaton's speller. modern English, Book I;
Frye's First course in geography; ele-
mentary arithmetic, Colaw, Duke & Pow
ers history: Stories of ancient lands told
by teachers and reproduced by pupils;
Alabama copy books, No. 4, Drawing,
Nos. and 6.
Fifth Grade-Baldwin Fifth reader,
Stepping Stones, Fifth reader, Eaton 3
spellerf completed modern English, Book
l. completed; Krohn's physiology and n.y.
giene. book l; Practical arithmetic, Colaw,
Duke & Powers; United States History
Makers of American history; Frye's first
course in geography, completed; Brook s
mental arithmetic, Alabama copy book,
No. s.; drawing, No. Z.
Sixth Grade-Baldwin's Sixth reader;
Stepping Stones, Sixth grade; Reed S
word lessons. and Striplin's spelling
blanks; modern English, Book II; Frye s
higher geography; Holden's Real Things
in Nature; Thompson's United States his
tory, practical arithmetic, Colaw, Duke
& Powers; Brooks mental arithmetic;
Alabama copy book No. vi; Drawing,
No. g.
Seventh Grade-Practical arithmetic
completed; Thompsons United States his
tory, completed; Reeds word lessons
completed and Striplin's spelling blanks
modern English, Book H., completed
Krohn's physiology, Book II; Frye's
higher geography, completed agriculture
Duggar How We Are Governed in Ala
bama and the Nation, by McBain & Hill;
DuBoses history of Alabama; Alabama
COW book No, VII