Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-11-04
CORRESPONDENCE COURSES
PROVING VERY POPULAR.

correspondence courses for student
and teachers who wished to do nor
NAL school work but were unable t,
attend normal school during tn,
coming year has met with instan
response from many students ant
teachers. So many inquiries hay,
been received that it has been deem
ed best to publish more specific infor
nation with respect to the courses tt
be offered The following statements
concerning the courses have been pre-
pared by the instructors in charge Of
the sevral courses. Necessarily these
statements are brief. Further inform
ation concerning them may be secure.
from the correspondence secretary.
| Agriculture.
/ The course in Agriculture is ar
ranged primarily to fit teachers tc
take up Systematically and intelli-
Egently the teaching of Agriculture In
the rural and grade schools.
Four books are used in this course;
the regular text used in the Normal
School work and three reference
books. The regular text used ia War
ren's Elements of Agriculture and is
g. mc-s advanced text than tn. teach.
ers would desire to Use in the school
room. The reference books are Sc.
lected from those most widely us d
In the teaching of Elementary Agri
culture. In this way the teacher
gets more advanced work than is Of
fered in the elementary text and be-
comes familiar with the best element
airy texts in use.
The course very thoroughly covers
all OF the elementary principles of
Agriculture and is designed to fit the
teacher to offer them in the rural and
graded schools. 1t includes laboratory
work, giving plans for the construc-
ton OF simple laboratory apparatus
and outlines many experiments. Con-
Guiding, instruction in school garden
ing is given. This covers the plan
ming, laying out and planting of school
grounds, and of rural and suburban
homes.
The following are the texts used: /
Elements of Agriculture, Warren,
$1.35, The Macmillan Co. Chicago.
Agriculture for Beginners, $50, Bur-
kett Hin & Stevens, CHM & CO. |
Chicago.
Agriculture for Schools OF the Pa
cific Slope, Hilgard & Ousterhout,
s1.OO, The Macmillan Co., Chicago.
How to make School Gardens, $50
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York.
Algebra.
The aim of this course is to give
thorough understanding, or review,
of the fundamental principles Of al
zebra, and at the same time to de-
velop the reasoning ability of the stu
dent A great deal Of emphasis will
be placed on the equation as a tool
for, the solution of problems in phys
les and other sciences, as we'll as
problems which the students may
meet in every day life.
Texts, Hawkes., Luby and Touton,
S1.OO, CHM & Company, Chicago.
American Literature.
A rapid survey of American literary
history will be supplemented by col
lateral readings of master pieces of
both poetry and prose.
Text: Newcomers American Lit
srature, $1.OO, Scott, Foresman & Co.,
Chicago.
Arithmetic.
The aim Of this course is to give
he student a thorough review of A.
'ithmetic, teaching him the practical
lse of numbers and developing his
arithmetical power. Problems true
o the present day commercial and in
iustrial life will be emphasized.
Text: Southworth-Stone, 45c, San
'orn & Company, Chicago.
Civics.
This course is intended to give the q
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tudent a thorough knowledge of the >
principles of national, state, county
md municipal government.
Texts: Ashley's American Govern :
aept. The Macmillan Co., Chicago, cd 9
'tate Depositaries, $1.O0.
State Constitution, Secretary of a
tate Boise, 35c.
Economics @
The student is expected in this s
curse to get thorough understand t
ng of the underlying principles of a
oltical economy. The text, Bull q
ck's Introduction to Economics, is v
eadable and interesting in itself. Il
his should prove a profitable and p