Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-30

State-aided Industrial schools are now
maintained in nineteen Massachusetts
communities.
Alstria's Giant universities had 26,321
students last year, OF whom 2.130 vera
Women. Tho seven technical schools had
$500 in attendance.
Plans have been started by the
Deutschcr Ncrein at Columbia University
for the organization Of a union Of German
student societies I'm American uni
versitics
Nearly 700 titles I'm many LANGUAGES
mako mp the 'Bibliosraphy OF the Teach
ing of Mathematics" by David Eugene
Smith of Teachers College, Columbia
University, and Charles Godfather of
Budapest, hungary. The photography has
just been published for free distribution
by the United States Bureau Of Educa-
tion.
UookWorm disease costs Arkansas more
than onc-forrth of It's annual cotton crop.
according 10 the Hon. George Z. Cook.
superintendent Of public instruction.
Physicians and teachers are cooperating
vigorously with the state board Of health
in their campaign for rural sanitation in
that state.
There are G35 colleges and universities
listed by the United states Bureau of
Education IN the current Educational
Directory. Ohio and Pennsylvania each
have ~ institutions of college rank, and
New York and Illinois SO Missouri has Is,
Iowa and Tennessee u, virginia %, North
Carolina 22. Indiana and kentucky p,
Georgia 70, Kansas 70. and Massachusetts,
Is.
The Massachusetts board of education
has a deputy commissions for vocational
education. His duties include supervision
of State expenditures in aid of vocational
schools; definitions OF standards Of in
struction; approval of courses, teachers,
etc; and, in general, the enlightenment
of public opinion on this form of educa-
ton.
There are 10l teachers Of agriculture in
the normal schools Of the United States,
according to figures compiled by the
United States bureau of Education.
Eighteen of them teach agriculture alone:
= teach agriculture in combination with
one or more sciences; nine teach two
other subjects; and one three other sub
iects. One normal school teacher handles
agriculture in combination with the fol-
lowing: Pedagogy. didactics. history OF
education. clvics. child study. and school
management"
\ bill providing for vocational, continual
ton schools has been introduced in the
Washington Legislature. II provides for
compulsory continuation schooling for six
hours weekly, three We IS for boys and
two years for girls. after the age OF
fifteen. The plan is somewhat similar to
the Cooley proposal in Illinois, but
differs I'm empowering the local school
board to appoint the board to have
charge Of vocational raining In this and
other respects it resembles the Wisconsin
law enacted in 1871.
\ moving picture film entitled Tooth
Ache rs one # the agencies employed
by the National Mouth Hygiene a~ssocis-
ton to demonstrate the Importance of in
struction in the care Of the teeth. Dr.
w. G. Ehersole Of Cleveland, Onto, who
is secretary Of the organization. says: II
believe tina if each child he taught 90
keen thoroughly clean and healthy the
gateway to his system, the mouth, we
shall have a healthier. more self-respoct-
Ing. and all-around better class of citi-
zens for the ucNt ~gcucration" It Is be-
neved that Tooth Acme viii help de-
velop public interest IN oral h,sioue.