JANUARY.

THEME FOR THE MONTH-WINTER.

It is pleasant to think, just under the snow, That stretches so bleak and blank and cold, Are beauty and warmth that we cannot know, Green fields and leaves and blossoms of gold. -Selected.

Interesting and profitable talks for morning exercises may be given upon snowflakes, ice, frost, glaciers, icebergs; also upon the winter games of skating and tobogganing.

Showing an interest in children's sports may become a valuable aid in discipline.

Children will enjoy hearing about the snowshoes and the skis, and how useful the snowshoes were to the Indians in hunting their game in the early days before the white man came.

Where are skis and snowshoes used mostly at the present time?

THE ESQUIMO.

While the children are interested in winter and winter sports is an excellent time to study the life of the Esquimo and also the Laplander.

Let the children locate the country of the Esquimo on a globe, then by use of pictures take them on a journey to this land of ice and snow. The

SUITABLE PICTURES.

Winter Morning in the Barnyard.

An Old Monarch.

Monarch of the Glen.

Winter.

Leaving the Hills. (Sheep.)
Sunset.
Solitude.

Day's Work Done.

PARQUETRY.

The material may be in the form of tablets or parquetry papers, and consists of squares, circles, half-circles, and different forms of the triangle. These are supplied in all the different colors and tints and afford an excellent opportunity to display taste in the arrangement of color as well as of form.

It is better to begin with the square, as it is more closely connected with the cube already studied. Later combine squares and circles, and squares and triangles.

Following are a few designs suggested:

Make the hut with sticks and cover with the same material.

Dress Esquimo dolls and place on the table near the hut. Make sleds, spears, Esquimo boat, and

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Number may be taught with the parquetry papers. Ask the children to make as many designs as possible, using four squares and two circles, or

Curves are always restful to the eyes, and develop the spiritual side of the child's nature, and thus the value of this work is inestimable.

The material used consists of whole rings, half rings, and quarter rings of iron or steel, put up in boxes containing 36 whole rings, 54 half rings, and 36 quarter rings of various sizes.

Paper rings in a variety of shades and tints may

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NEW YEAR. Does every child learn something every day, not review something he has learned?

Do not talk-talking is not teaching. Let your pupils talk.

Short recitations bring the best results.
Ask definite questions, not leading ones.

Do not repeat the answers. It cultivates inattention.

Know the lesson you wish to teach.

Point out in advance the main facts in a lesson. Teach the children to think.

important than remembering.

Thinking is more

Make arithmetic practical. Drill in making change.

Show an interest in each individual pupil.
Teach by example as well as by precept.

"True worth is in being, not seeming,

In doing each day that goes by
Some little good, not in dreaming
Of great things to do by and by.”

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP AND MAN

Publishers-The Kindergarten Magazine Co., Manistee, Michigan.

Owners (If a corporation, give names and addresses of stockholders holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of stock):

The Kindergarten Magazine Co., Manistee, Michigan. An informal corporation, all the stock of which is owned by J. H. Shults and Grace Dow.

Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities:

No bonds, mortgages, or other securities of any kind are outstanding against the Kindergarten Magazine Co., so far as known to the undersigned.

KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE Co.
J. H. SHULTS,

EDUCATIONAL NOTES

President Geo. E. Vincent, of the University of Minnesota, inagurated a Traveling University one year ago, and the experiment will be repeated this year. The plan is something more than merely university extension. To all intents and purposes a representative portion of the university-faculty, students and equipment-is temporarily detached and transferred to other parts of the State, thus actually extending the benefits of the State's costliest educational plant to a wider field than ever before. The plan is considered by the United States Bureau of Education an excellent device for bringing together for mutual profit a State university and the people who support it. What "University Week" really is may be seen from a typical program. Each day of the six is devoted to some special topic, with lectures and demonstrations during the day time and high-class entertainments at night. Thus: Monday is business men's day. There are lectures on all kinds of topics interesting to business men, from marketing problems to fighting forest fires, as well as a few talks of more general nature. In the evening there is a concert by the University Glee Club. Tuesday is art and literature day with lectures on libraries, children's books, women's clubs, civic betterment, the drama, and similar subjects. There is a reading hour in the afternoon, in charge of a trained elocutionist, and an industrial art exhibit; in the evening an illustrated lecture: "Art in Common Things." Wednesday is home welfare day. In the day sessions such problems as "The Human Beings of High-School Age," "Why Babies Die," rational living, kindergartens, and industrial education are considered, while at night a prominent educator gives an illustrated lecture on "How Minnesota Educates Her Children." Thursday is public health day, with appropriate lectures and exhibits. In the evenings there is a dramatic recital of a modern play. Friday is farmers' day, and live questions of farm policy are discussed by experts in agriculture. There is also an address on "The Social Possibilities of Rural Communities," by an educator who has made special studies in this field. In the evenings professors from the university give a scientific demonstration of the gyroscope and liquid air. Saturday is town and country day, with "Social Life in Town and Country" as the leading topic. In the evening the University Dramatic Club appears in Shakspere's Merchant of Venice.

There is an "Oriental Institute" for languages at Naples, Italy, with an attendance of 460. Seventy-eight students are taking Arabic, 16 Turkish, 32 Persian, 68 Amharic (the court language of Abyssinia), 85 Chinese, 63 modern Greek, 81 Albanian, and 80 Japanese. Some of the students pursue two or more of these languages concurrently.

Ancient farm-houses have been gathered from all parts of Denmark and placed in the grounds of the famous Danish National Museum at Lyngby, with a view to educating the people in their national history. There are gallaries filled with old furniture, antique coaches, hearses that belonged to different guilds, with their fun

Messrs. Houghton Mifflin Company announce that Mr. Franklin S. Hoyt has recently been made a Director of the Company. Mr. Hoyt joined the Educational Department of this Publishing House in 1907, as editorial advisor. He brought to this work an understanding of the needs of the schools acquired through a varied and successful experience in teaching and in supervisory work, in all grades from the kindergarten up through the University and in some of the important school systems of the country. Beginning his career as a teacher in secondary schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he became principal of the high school in New Milford, Connecticut, and afterwards was Principal of the Model Schools connected with the Normal School at New Haven, Connecticut, and Supervising Principal in the New Haven public schools. His last position in school work was that of Assistant Superintendent in the Indianapolis public schools where he served for six years.

Since his association with Houghton Mifflin Company the educational list of this House has been greatly extended, especially along the lines of basal textbooks for the grades and the high school, and professional books for the teacher and the student of education. Mr. Hoyt's closer identification with this Publishing House is an indication of the increasing importance which it attaches to the building up of its Educational Department. It is one of a very few publishing houses to have in charge of its educational list a trained specialist in education. This guarantees the most careful preparatory work on every new educational publication issued by this House, and its close adaptation to the needs and conditions of the class room.

Labeling Rural School Houses.

Labelling country schoolhouses so that every citizen may know whether his school is up to standard is the device of the Illinois State school authorities, according to information received at the United States Bureau of Education.

The schools are inspected as to grounds, building, furnishings, heating, ventilation, library, water supply, sanitation, and qualifications of the teacher.

If the essentials of a good school are found present a diploma is granted the district and a plate is placed above the door of the schoolhouse designating it as a "Standard School." Upon fulfillment of certain further requirements a higher diploma will be issued and the plate will read "Superior School.”

Already 657 of the 10,532 one-room schoolhouses in Illinois have earned the right to be called standard schools and to display the plate accordingly.

This interesting device is part of a vigorous campaign waged by the State of Illinois in behalf of rural schools. Two experts on rural education, U. J. Hoffman and W. S. Booth, under the direction of Hon. F. G. Blair, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, are devoting their entire time to the country and village schools.

Illinois does not merely ask that the schools be brought up to standard; the State tells how it can be done. In a bulletin sent to every teacher in the State the requirements for a standard school are set forth. Among the specifications are: An ample playground; good approaches to the school; convenient fuel houses; the building, sound, in good repair, and painted; improved heating arrangements-a jacketed stove in the corner of the room instead of an unprotected stove in the center; floor and interior of building clean and tidy; suitable desks for children of all ages properly placed; a good collection of juvenile books, maps, and dictionaries; a sanitary water supply; the school well organized with regular attendance and at least seven months' schooling every year; the teacher must have not less than a high-school education, receive a salary of at least $360 per annum, and be ranked by the country superintendent as a good or superior teacher.

The more ambitious districts, aspiring to the "Superior" diplomas, will have to meet the following additional requirements: A playground of at least one-half an acre, level, covered with good grass, and provided with trees and shrubs; sanitary drinking appliance; separate cloak rooms for boys and girls; room lighted from one side or from one side and rear; adjustable windows fitted with good shades; heat provided by basement or room furnace, with proper arrangements for removal of bad air and admission of pure air; at least eighty library books, ten suitable for each grade; two good pictures on the wall; provision for instruction in agriculture, manual training, and domestic arts; the teacher to be a high-school graduate with normal-school training and to receive at least $480 per annum; the work outlined in the State course of study to be well done.

A two years' course in forestry has been instituted at the University of Wisconsin to meet the

Department of Superintendence.

The meeting of the Department of Superintendence and other Associations held in connection therewith will begin February 24 and close March 1, 1913. Philadelphia was chosen as the place of meeting, and the Bellevue-Stratford will be the hotel headquarters. Most of the meetings will be held in the Central High School, which is conveniently reached by street car one block distant from both hotel and high school.

The Trunk Line Association has granted a fare and a half round-trip ticket from points within its territory, tickets being on sale February 20 and thereafter. The New England Passenger Association and the Southeastern Passenger Association have agreed in this certificate plan agreement. It is probable that the Southwestern Passenger Association will also grant the same reduction. The lines in the Central Passenger Association are already on a two-cent a mile basis, so that members living in that territory and wishing to avail themselves of the reduction in the other territories will be obliged to purchase a second ticket when they reach the border of the Central Passenger Associations's territory. Arrangement has been made under which the return trip may be started on Wednesday, March 5. This will give those who desire an opportunity to witness the inauguration of President Wilson,

In addition to the regular program of the Department of Superintendence, there will be meetings of the National Council of Education, the Department of Normal Schools, the National Society for the Study of Education, the Society of College Teachers of Education, the National Committee on Agricultural Education, the Educational Press Association of America, the National Council of Teachers of English, Conferences of State Superintendents of Education, Conferences of Teachers of Education in State Universities, Conferences of Teachers in City Training Schools, and meetings of the American School Peace League, the International Kindergarten Union, and the National Association of School Accounting Officers.

They do not allow working to interfere with going to school in Hammond, Indiana. Special arrangements are made whereby boys and girls may work half a day in certain commercial establishments and attend school the balance of the day. Hammond is a manufacturing community, where the temptation to boys and girls is strong to leave school and earn a living. Supt. McDaniel's plan makes it possible for boys and girls to earn money, remain in school, and also make themselves more efficient industrially.

The school farm movement in Wake County, North Carolina, which has attracted wide attention, is described by County Superintendent Judd in an illustrated bulletin just issued by the United States Bureau of Education.

Two thousand one hundred and ninety women attended the University of Paris during the past year. Ninety-nine studied law, 570 medicine, 248 science, 32 pharmacy, and the remainder were in the course

EDUCATIONAL NOTES

President Geo. E. Vincent, of the University of Minnesota, inagurated a Traveling University one year ago, and the experiment will be repeated this year. The plan is something more than merely university extension. To all intents and purposes a representative portion of the university-faculty, students and equipment-is temporarily detached and transferred to other parts of the State, thus actually extending the benefits of the State's costliest educational plant to a wider field than ever before. The plan is considered by the United States Bureau of Education an excellent device for bringing together for mutual profit a State university and the people who support it. What "University Week" really is may be seen from a typical program. Each day of the six is devoted to some special topic, with lectures and demonstrations during the day time and high-class entertainments at night. Thus: Monday is business men's day. There are lectures on all kinds of topics interesting to business men, from marketing problems to fighting forest fires, as well as a few talks of more general nature. In the evening there is a concert by the University Glee Club. Tuesday is art and literature day with lectures on libraries, children's books, women's clubs, civic betterment, the drama, and similar subjects. There is a reading hour in the afternoon, in charge of a trained elocutionist, and an industrial art exhibit; in the evening an illustrated lecture: "Art in Common Things." Wednesday is home welfare day. In the day sessions such problems as "The Human Beings of High-School Age," "Why Babies Die," rational living, kindergartens, and industrial education are considered, while at night a prominent educator gives an illustrated lecture on "How Minnesota Educates Her Children." Thursday is public health day, with appropriate lectures and exhibits. In the evenings there is a dramatic recital of a modern play. Friday is farmers' day, and live questions of farm policy are discussed by experts in agriculture. There is also an address on "The Social Possibilities of Rural Communities," by an educator who has made special studies in this field. In the evenings professors from the university give a scientific demonstration of the gyroscope and liquid air. Saturday is town and country day, with "Social Life in Town and Country" as the leading topic. In the evening the University Dramatic Club appears in Shakspere's Merchant of Venice.

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There is an "Oriental Institute" for languages at Naples, Italy, with an attendance of 460. Seventy-eight students are taking Arabic, 16 Turkish, 32 Persian, 68 Amharic (the court language of Abyssinia), 85 Chinese, 63 modern Greek, 81 Albanian, and 80 Japanese. Some of the students pursue two or more of these languages concurrently.

Ancient farm-houses have been gathered from all parts of Denmark and placed in the grounds of the famous Danish National Museum at Lyngby, with a view to educating the people in their national history. There are gallaries filled with old furniture, antique coaches, hearses that belonged to different guilds, with their fun

Messrs. Houghton Mifflin Company announce that Mr. Franklin S. Hoyt has recently been made a Director of the Company. Mr. Hoyt joined the Educational Department of this Publishing House in 1907, as editorial advisor. He brought to this work an understanding of the needs of the schools acquired through a varied and successful experience in teaching and in supervisory work, in all grades from the kindergarten up through the University and in some of the important school systems of the country. Beginning his career as a teacher in secondary schools in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, he became principal of the high school in New Milford, Connecticut, and afterwards was Principal of the Model Schools connected with the Normal School at New Haven, Connecticut, and Supervising Principal in the New Haven public schools. His last position in school work was that of Assistant Superintendent in the Indianapolis public schools where he served for six years.

Since his association with Houghton Mifflin Company the educational list of this House has been greatly extended, especially along the lines of basal textbooks for the grades and the high school, and professional books for the teacher and the student of education. Mr. Hoyt's closer identification with this Publishing House is an indication of the increasing importance which it attaches to the building up of its Educational Department. It is one of a very few publishing houses to have in charge of its educational list a trained specialist in education. This guarantees the most careful preparatory work on every new educational publication issued by this House, and its close adaptation to the needs and conditions of the class room.

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Nearly two thousand titles of books and articles on children appear in the "Bibliography of Child Study, 1910-11," compiled by the library of Clark University and just issued for free distribution by the United States Bureau of Education. Such topics of current interest as the Boy Scouts, Binet tests, exceptional children, crime among minors, infant mortality, eugenics, open-air schools, medical inspection, sex education, and vocational training are included in the titles listed.

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Separate schools are necessary for the proper solution of the vocational school problem in the United States, according to Edwin G. Cooley, of Chicago, special investigator of vocational education. These schools, says Mr. Cooley, must not be regarded as substitutes for the present schools, which are doing satisfactorily a necessary work, but as supplementary to them.

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At the Ghent world's exposition in 1913 there will be a number of international congresses, including one of teachers of domestic science and one of women engaged in farming, the latter in connection with a general congress of agriculturalists.

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A compulsory school-attendance law for Alaska is urged by Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education, who has charge of the schools for natives in the Territory.

Two-thirds of the high schools in the United States