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will carry along the work in any and
all states until the state institutions
are ready to cooperate.
Reading Courses Prepared
twenty-five reading courses have
been prepared and sent to prospective
readers who have made application.
These are: Great Literary Bibles"
E"Great Literature-Ancient, Medieval
| and Modern; Miscellaneous Reading
Course for Parents miscellaneous
Reading Course for Boys" Miscel-
laneous Reading Course for Girls
Thirty Books of Great Fiction" /"
Thirty World Heroes" American
Literature" Thirty American He
aod aoes Her Amsrlcan Hs1dsa, History" Franc
can Democracy" The Cali of the
Blue Waters (seamanship)." "Iron
and Steel" bodybuilding" Machine
bante bsR Master Bulde4s H5eign of T6das T5das
Teaching" Twenty Good Books for
,, Parents" agriculture and Country
Life" How to Know Architecture"
"..Gitizenship and Government" and
All of these courses have been pre-
pared by specialists in the various sub
Jects, including William Lyon Phelps.
Yale University; Richard Burton. Uni
l..
Smith, University OF Virginia; Prof. T.
N. Carver, Harvard University: Prot.
j C. E. Ladd. Cornell University: Prof W
H. Mace, professor of history. Syracuse
University; Dr., Wilbur F. Gordy,
Riic.". professor of history. Washington
and Lee University DR.. William Starr
Myers, professor of history, Princeton
University; Dr.. George D. Strayer, pro
fessor of educational administration,
T<lY TTy.ir hnT "
prominent in the word of letters and
history as authors and educators
Prepared offered Courses.
For example, the courses on great
literature, great fiction and American
literature were prepared by commit
tee consisting of Prof. William Lyon
Phelps Of Yale.' Prof Charles Forster
Smith Of the University of Wisconsin,
Prof Richard Burton OF the University
Of Minnesota and Prof c. Alphonso
Smith Of the University Of Virginia.
The course on teaching was prepared by
Prof George d. Strayer of Columbia
University.
Three of the most popular Of these
reading courses were prepared by Miss
Mary r. Parkman. herself writer OF
note and teacher in the Wilson Norma
; School. Washington. These are Thirty
American Heroes. Thirty World
Heroes" and Master Builders OF To
day"
These reading courses are Of varying
| length. Citizenship and Government"
comprises twenty books in four sections.
Master Builders of Today comprises
sixteen and Thirty American Heroes"
comprises thirty.
Application blanks for enrolment in
any course are supplied by the Wash
! ington Office OF any of the CO.
operating state institutions, on request
When a reading course is selected the
list of books to be read is sent to the
applicant, who then writes in, telling
when he started reading. AS each book
is finished a summary Of II must be
/ sent in. When all the summaries are In
! q set of test questions Is sent TO the
/ reader. When these are answered sat
isfactoriIy a certificate signed by the
/ state superintendent Of pubic instruc-
! tion, by the director of extension work
in the state university and by the
United States commissioner Of education
Is awarded fer each reading course az
completed. Each course must take not
more than three years.
Education Free OF Cost.
This is the only demonstration IN TIE
United States where the people OUTSIDE
Of institutions desiring 10 further their
education can do so free Of charge.
These courses carry no credit feature
In institutions of higher education, but
several institutions have given credit by
special arrangements to readers afte.'
/ they have completed the courses.
The United States government has
/ thus undertaken the work of home ed
ucation because ii recognizes that TIL
safety of the nation lies in the perpetua-
| ton of our home and educational life
| 1t knows that there must be something
| to hold the family together. sometime
worth while that will bring them
around the evening lamp" as IN the
| oider dayS