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AUDUBON WORK IN SCHOOLS.

Figures are now available regarding
the work done in the schools OF the State
by the New Jersey Audubon Society.
during the school term which closed with
the summer holidays.
Audubon work in the schools is carried
on through the organisation OF bird
clubs Invitations to effect such organ
izations are sent by the society to all of
the teachers OF the state. A teacher ac-
cepting the invitation explains the plan
to her pupils and invites them to Join.
Ten Is the minimum membership for a
club and 10 cents each the nominal Zee
for membership. The teacher then sends
to the society report OF the club or
ganised. with the names and fees of the
members. and in return receives a set OF
ten bird leaflets for each pupil, each
leafet including four pages of text, de-
scriptlve Of the appearance, habits. song,
period OF year in New Jersey and par
ticularly the character OF insect or weed
seed food of the species n oolored plate
OF the bird and an outline drawing to be
colored by the pupil In imitation OF the
plate She also receives Tor herself and
the use Of the club copy OF the ''0uide
to the Birds of New Jersey" containing
brief text OF every species OF bird re-
corded from New Jersey. and colored
plates OF sixty-four OF them.
The ten leanets used Tor the past sea-
sons work covered seventeen birds. two
each being treated IN seven OF the leaf
let's
ThFc' hundred and seventy-two such
clubs ere organized in the State dur
inc the past term. with a total member
snip OF S,40S. In many Of these clubs
much enthusiasm was shown In carrying
o. the study OF the birds treated in the
le 49,. taking observation walks TO see
and 60 the birds themselves, and in
competing for PRICES offered by the so
ciety for composiNbn, drawing. &C.
The Audubon ociety Is a philan-
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PUBLICATIONS. for entrance TO Yale

A PUBLICATIONS. for entrance 70 Yale
n University. New Haven. Conn.
make 1t certain that there will be
no falling of In membership in the fresh
man class which will enter the univer-
sity next month.
Statistics complied In the registrati ton
offices establish the fact that tho fresh
man class OF the academic department
members this fall, while that of the
tween $50 and as members. ......-
As the freshman class In the academic
department had 32S members last year
that Of the coming school year will just
about equal it. possibly, a triffe smaller.
The Sheffield Scientific School freshman
class numbered asa last year. and in
dications are that this figure will be
slightly exceeded this fall. b.
These figures have put an end to the
belief that young men below draft age
will decline to enter college, knowing
that they will be called upon for over
seas war duty before their college work
and will drop out when they are called
upon for military duty. taking military
courses when at Yale and fitting them
selves for officers commissions as the
larger part Of their military training
as an undergraduate.
Yale's upper classes will again be
seriously affected by the draft and by
volunteer duty. Last year there were
only about 1000 undergraduates in the
university when the school year closed
in June, against more than 3.400 when
America entered the world war In
April, 1919.
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thropic organization. entirely dependent
on membership dues and contributions
for the funds with which its work Is
carried on. II has been making spe-
cial campaign to secure funds with
which to continue and develop this
school work during the coming school
term, but according to report the re-
suits are not at all encours sing. 30 that
Il seems probable that the work Will
have to be curtailed instead Of enlarged.
This is much to be regretted. While war
economies are a necessity and to be ex-
pected. II Is unfortunate that such a
work (Which IL real war work, teach
ing bird value In cro- increase and con-
serration) had to suffer. Not only has
the Audubon teaching been OF great
value as an exposition OF the relation
ship between birds and war gardens. but
II has also been an improving influence
on child characters 1t Is reported that
In Wichita, Kan. a boy who had come
to be the terror Of the town was entirely
reclaimed and became worthy young
man through his teachers guidance In
bird study.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY.

SYRACUSE. y. Y. Aug. l0.--A SYRIA
cuse University. alumnee. relief unit 10
now being organized. 1t will leave for
France early In the fall and its ex-
penses will be be paid by the Syracuse
University War Service League. of which
William A.. Wood Of Boston is direc-
tor. e..
The faculty OF the university will take
action early next fall in regard to Ger
man as an entrance requirement. At the
present time two years OF the language
is prerequisite for the scientific course.
As several preparatory schools have
stopped teaching German. a modlfica-
ton Of this requirement will be neces-
sary. The board OF trustees has en-
powered the entrance committee to ad-
NIT students without German. pending
formal action by the. faculty. ..~-
Sixty-two students and six members
OF the faculty are attending the train.
ing camp at Plattsburg. Those who
qualify Will act as instructors OF THE
student battalion next fall. instruction
for National Army men Is being giVer
this summer at the Smith College of APP
piled Science. The first quota numbers
1862 men.
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Ignorance OF Germany. One must first
study. her on the spot, follow her eco
nonnic evolution and the development Of
her social institutions, the movement Of
her associations, the Instruction given in
her universities. One must watch over
all the manifestations Of her activity.
and. In order to be exact. our -infornia-
ton must be based on a knowledge Of
the German language II we are igno-
rant Of German. we do not know Ger
many. or, again. what Is more serious
stin. we shall only know and see OF her
what she wishes to show US. She will
appear generous, humanitarian. and
pacifst. and will conceal under the We
neer Of an innocent good nature, her
moral hideousness, which. when she re-
veals herself, revolts the human con-
science.
When peace Is signed the Germans
must be watched at home. but they must
also be watched here with US. What
makes the strength OF Germany Is above
all the manner in which she has known
how to establish herself In all countries.
Have France, England and America
been as attentive to the explanation OF
Germany and the tntrigues OF her
agents? It has required the Teutontc
misdeeds in America. the propaganda
in Ireland, Italy, Russia and France
even to open our eyes. Do not let US
hope to raise a wall which will protect
from attempts at invasion on the part
of Germany. She will have abroad her
associations churches, lodges. choral
societies. patronal or workingmen's syn
dicates who will all prepare for the
next war. II would be culpable not to
speak the language OF all these artisans
OF a powerful country like Germany. for
one must understand what they say.
read what they write and endeavor to
learn what they think"
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WILLIAMS COLLEGE.

Williams College has modified Its
course of studies for undergraduates to
eoorerete. most fully with the Govern
meht's plans for training college stu
dentsr This Is embodied In a statement
Of Dr.. Harry A. Garfield, president OF
Williams College.
DIR. Garfield points out that by order
Of President Wilson a new branch Of
the army has been created. known as
the Students Army Training Corps. The
COMMITTEES '.on' Education and Special
Trailing OF the War Department In
tends to have this new branch provide
an. ever increasing number of educated
and trained young men for the army's
needs.
To make: certain that Williams men
will measure up TO the highest possible
standard DR.. Garfield and the Williams
faculty have decided to permit special
courses In Spanish. Italian. modem Eu-
ropeap history. American history. chem
istry., physics, besides Increasing the
scope OF military instruction along the
lines suggested from. Washington.
Courses OF instruction are to be ar
ranged. however, by a faculty advisory
council, which will consider each stu
dents immediate needs for special
training. ~ o.
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TO PURGE THE TEXTBOOKS.

The National Committee OF Patriotic
Societies at Washington Is starting
nationwide survey Of school textbooks
with the purpose OF securing the gem
eral adoption OF those containing high
note OF patriotism and the elimination
OF such as carry any kind Of German
propaganda.
A statement sent out by the officers
to thousands OF local chairmen OF tho
toTty-two represented societies says: AT
the request OF the national committee
school book publishers throughout the
country have furnished US with copies
OF their readers. histories. civics. song
books and patriotic texts. A number of
the histories have been found to con-
tain matter laudatory to the German
Government and system numerous song
collections present German songs, some
times printed in the German language.
II Is high time that the insidlous Ger
man propaganda which for years has
circulated through our school system be
crushed Our people should have tho
assurance that from the head Of the
Bureau OF Education to the humblest
teacher in the district school the per-
sonnet OF our educational forces is ag-
gressively American. Local patriotic
leaders can do no more effective work
than by investigating the books In the
schools OF their community and seeing
that only those that are above suspicion
are used. They should also see that
books teaching patriotism are used in
every grade beginning next September
II there are members OF your school
board or teaching force whose loyalty
can be questioned see that they are
made to resign. II we are ever to have a
real patriotism In this country 1t must
be taught to our small children Now is
the time TO establish It. Every American
community has \ responsibility In this
matter which cannot be neglected II the
nation is to live UP to the ideals Of it's
founders"
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PREPARATORY SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND ACADEMIES

fruits. home garden fruits, vegetable
culture and flower culture To Nav
Workers. the course in home garden
fruits 10 especially interesting. for In
this class will be studied the culture OF
bush fruits, grapes. strawberries and
dwarf tree fruits, especially those that
are adapted to the city and suburbs
Mr.. Kains's valuable course In vegetable
culture given last spring in the uni
versity under the emergency courses is
80 well known that we need not COM
ment on It particularly, His work Is
practical to an unusual degree. The
course in flower culture we are glad to
find restored to the curriculum in spite
Of the more practical demands OF war
times. =. 49,. 49,!
OF special interest to teachers Is Prof
Morean's class in materials in field
crops and soils for supervisors in high
schools ana for teachers in school gar
dens Another spring should hDd us
prepared to an even greater extent to
make use Of the school gardens of the
city. and 1t 10 none too early this fall for
teachers to md the instruction which
will be Of practical benefit TO them In the
spring. for II is now that We need to
prepare for spring gardens. H.
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vice. aeronautics and the like. the stu
dents will include subjects like engineer
ing. chemistry, electricity. medicine. &c
The plan Of coordination win include
these and other studies. and theso will
be arranged 80 as to be In greatest pos
sible harmony with the regular curricu-
lum of the college. Each institution will
thus be a factor toward a complete
whole and that factor for which its nor
nal courses best At 1t. All the cooper
ating colleges win! be part OF q system
In which military instruction will be
combined with allied academic instruc-
ton and regular studies. There will be
as a rule six hours a week OF military
instruction and four hours a week OF
allied academic subjects which have
military value.
The military subjects require hardly
any comment and will include calls
thenics. military drill. military science.
topography. map reading. military en-
gineerlng and the like. The required
academic subjects will really include
much of the regular work, modified per-
haps toward military requirements
Some OF these subjects are French and
German. with especial emphasis on
speaking rather than literature, and
English with reference to the prepara-
ticu Va iEttCLst lepotLo hho uooNA Atiohc-
Mathematics Is fundamental. physics
and chemistry become necessary, and
these ara included In general IN the
studies Of academic institutions Then
there are geography and geology, which
have military Importance the whole
study of technical Institutes Is OF war
value while for another division Of the
military work biology hygiene and
medicine are Of prime Importance.
There is nothing revolutionary in this
adaptation. and as has already been
said each college will be encouraged to
give It's cooperation. doing its bit within
those lines which will least disturb its
regular studies There Is wide latitude
in this adaptation, for example history
in some Of its pages might very readily
be counted as an allied academic study.
This Is the kind Of organization which
President Maclaurin has been asked to
head as director OF college training. and
to It he is giving all his energies this
summer. 1t is a very broad subject and
brings into coordination all kinds OF col
leges. academic. techn icai and medical,
and making them Of equal Importance in
the great project. The only limit Is that
the institutions shall be Of collegiate
grade, other grades of education being
cared for by other divisions of the great
educational system now springins into
being
2, Men in the s. A. T. c. will be enlisted.
will be furnished with uniform TO be
regularly worn, but will receive no pay,
1t Will be, expected that they complete
their courses. They, Will be more mill
tary In practice than the r. o. T. c. and
the men viii be subject to somewhat
.tricter military discipline. They will
be prepared in a way that will admit OF
no lost motion and at the same time
they win not be deprived OF cultural or
business preparation against the time
that the war shall be over.
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

EVANSTON. Ill, Aug. 10.-In order to
meet the evident desire of the War De-
partment TO qualify young men while in
college as rapidly as possible for mill
tary and other national service North
western University proposes two new
courses of study based largely on mill
tary training and subjects Immediately
connected with military service. The
first course makes provision for stu
dent TO secure a bachelors degree in
three years from. the date of his adm!s-
sion to college. provided he spends the
two intervening summers in study or
military training.
The course includes six hours of Mill
tary drill q week. in conformity to the
plans OF the War Department. with a
large amount OF mathematical and
scientific study. II Is equally valuable
to men planning to enter the navy. The
requirement for the bachelors degree re-
mains 100 semester hours as before, and
the usual courses in English. foreign
language and history are included. but
other courses bearing on the life and
physical condition OF the soldier are
given prominent place. The chief DIFF
ference between this course and the
ordinary course for degree is that
work commonly elected by the student
has been replaced by military subjects
The saving OF one year OF time and the
preparation for military or naval SER
vice are the notable features.
The university further proposes to
open the way for younger students to
profit by the provision OF the War De-
psrtment for military instruction In coll
leges, by Offering special college
course for conditioned students. BY this
arrangement young men with not more
than three units OF entrance condition
may enter the college course. provided
that II eighteen years OF age they enlist
In the Students Army Training Corps In
accordance with the plan OF the War
Department. II under IS years OF age
they must enroll for the prescribed
course and promise TO enlist on reaching
make up entrance deficiencies and COM
plete the course for bachelors degree
in four years OF study. including such of
the intervening summers as are neces-
sary.
The programme arranged for such stu
dents includes military training. English.
mathematics, n foreign language and a
laboratory science. 1t Is the declared
intention OF the War Department 10 re-
tain members OF the Students Army
Training Corps in college until they
reach the draft age unless urgent mill
tary emergencies should arise. These
changes In the curriculum have been
made as war emergency measures and IL
is expected that they will be discon-
tinued at the close OF the war.
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War Emergency Courses "
+. at. aWestern University
. EATURLNG eve distinct war emer

EATURING eve distinct war emer-
gency schools the University Of
California summer session COM
neneed Its second six weeks course In
Berkeley on Monday, August s. The ses-
sion will close September IA. Schools
for the training OF reconstruction aids,
for nurses, for social workers, for ste
nograp4,ers and for laboratory technicians
are intended to prepare the student for
Immediate war work For persons In
terested In International politics Henry
Morse stephens. !Sather professor OF his
tory. will give a series Of fifteen lsctures
on. the world policy Of the German
Kaiser to the outbreak of the war In
1914. - -
Jessica B. Peixotto, professor of So
cial economics, and director Of the war
emergency school of social economics,
will outline the history and organlsa tioh
Of social agencies, with special study Of
case work as applied TO. the ordinary
problems Of community life and to. the
problems of civilian relief &c q, ...-
Elsie Blanchard. assistant. professor
Of reconstruction and therapeutic gym
nastics. will discuss methods OF organi-
zation used in military hospitals. An
army surgeon will address her classes on
topics relating to the main theme Of the
course. Alleen Higgins Sinclair, in
struotor in nursing subjects. wiz devote
two lectures weekly to the history of
nursing, the fundamental principles OF
ethics In application to the life and work
Of a nurse, and will also lecture on tile
use of drugs and solutions commonly
used In hospital wards. -.
Courses In advanced stenography. Of
nee. practice and. commercial arithmetic
will be supervised by Clyde e. Blanch-
ard. Instructor IN stenosraphy and ONCE
practice, assisted by Charles W. KIT. In
structor In stenography..
English and American Men Of Letters
and Their Common Democratic Ideals
will be the subject OF series Of lectures
by Herbert Ellsworth Cory. assistant
professor Of English. 49,.
No less important than the war
schools work will be the purposes of a
double course In elementary French. A
course In war service German for Of
ficers, nurses and Red Cross workers at
the front will enable them TO understand
common military phrases. to question
prisoners, to carry on simple converse
tons and to read German script.
The University OF california win aid
Herbert Hoover, Federal Food Admins
traitor. and Ralph p. Merritt, Food Adj
troller Of the university, in its courses
on Food and. Dietetics." war Time
Food Economics" and Food Conserva
ton" Agnes Fay Morgan assistant pro
fessor of household science. will have
charge OF these courses. 90.
The psychological factors involved In
rehabilitation and vocation adaptation
of wounded soldiers and cripplss will be
thoroughly discussed by DR.. Olga l.
Bridgman. instructor IN mental abnor.
malities Of childhood
Public speaking for four minute rner
win be directed by Duane G: Hunt, for.
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AGRICULTURE AT COLUMBIA.

OF the announcements Of courses to be
given this autumn which have come 10
our notice none has impressed US as
having more unique interest at this time
of national effort to increase the prod
ucts of our farms and gardens than the
ella sses in agriculture offered in the new
announcement OF the department Of agri-
culture of Columbia University.
The classes, which begin September
26, seem to be especially prepared for
the times. They are all open without
exception to the pubic on the payment
OF a modest fee, entrance exaininations
and all technical obstacles having been
for these courses removed. The classes
fortunately are so arranged that they
may be taken either during the day or
at night. to suit the convenience OF the
Individual students, In every case the
same professor lectures. whether the
class is given during the day or evening.
The fundamental course, which should
be taken by students who wish to lay a
solid foundation for future practical
work In agriculture, is known as an in
PRODUCTION to agriculture and meets
Saturday mornings or Wednesday eve
nings. The object Of this course Is to
give a student entering the study OF
agriculture a clear understanding Of the
problems and principles of present day
scientific agriculture. especially as preo-
tised within a few hundred miles of
New York city.
We are glad TO observe that conditions
around New York are especially studied
in this class, for II cannot be too often
stated that the student who intends to
study agriculture should choose the col
lege which IL nearest the locality where
he intends to practice. The instructors
at Columbia University doubtless know
more about the peculiar problems facing
tho agriculturists of Long Island and
towns near New York than do other ex-
perts FAR removed from the city.
The course in soils and fertilizers
deals with the principles OF management,
discusses the origin, composition and
properties OF the soil and the practical
considerations OF maintaining and in
creasing the crop producing powers OF
land. To render this course even more
valuable a special laboratory has been
devised in which the soil Of individual
gardens and farms Is tested and used
as the basis OF practical experiments.
The course In poultry husbandry be-
gins October 10 and is to be conducted
by one of The great authorities on that
subject. Prof. E. w. Benjamin OF the
New York City College of Agriculture
The raising Of poultry with commercial
success 10 at least difficult profession,
ana we are glad to know that Columbia
University, acting upon the advice of the
Federal authorities, has been able to offer
this exceptional course to residents of
the city. Opportunities for excursions,
special conferences and discussions Of
fered in all OF these courses apply par
ticularly to this course.
NJ. q. Rains. author OF many hand
books on horticultural subjects and for
years assistant editor of the American
Aoriculturtst, will offer courses in tree