writings on the subject. When it has studied the first twenty or twentyfive years of the colonial history and learned something of the law's and customs, let them read a few selected pages, taken in succession, of the recbrd of the Massachusetts general court; if towns have been studied about, a few pages of some of the most ancient of New England town records. If the difficulties of the voyages, and of migration have been dwelt upon, some of the extant journals, Higginson's or Winthrop's, etc. But to state such cases as this makes it evident that the material for-such work is not now published in available form for class use, and every text-book, and, in fact, every teacher, would need a different set of selections to accompany the class work. Perhaps the time is not far distant when the larger schools will provide funds for printing such supplemental matter as the conduct' of the history classes makes desirable.When a class is more advanced and especially if it is studying only one phase of historical development, such as constitutional history, for example, it needs no text-book. It can draw its material from the general or special histories, and, if it is dealing with institutions, every available document should be studied directly. WEBSTER COOK DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL ELECTIVE WORK IN THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSES. SHOULD ELECTIVE WORK BE PROVIDED AND ENCOURAGED.IT is the purpose of this paper to introduce the subject of electives in the high school, to present some facts kindly furnished the writer by superintendents and principals throughout the state in answer to seven questions, and to point out some more or less obvious deductions from this correspondence. Naturally there is quite a difference of opinion among educators of good judgment as to the advisability of offering optional studies, or as to the extent to which substitutions should be allowed. One superintendent in the state says, " We do not think it is necessary to have substitute studies. It gives poor students a chance to form bad habits from frequent changes, and good ones do not need it."Another superintendent, in a system of schools where an elective course is offered, says, "I am decid.edly in favor of electives within bounds. I think it is a cruel wrong to many girls to force them through certain studies, such as geometry and mathematical physics. Many a boy that would shine in a shoe factory or grocery store is spoiled by a diet of Latin for which he' has no taste or digestive organs. We have been blindly following the traditions for gentlemen's sons in England, writings on the subject. When it has studied the first twenty or twentyfive years of the colonial history and learned something of the law's and customs, let them read a few selected pages, taken in succession, of the recbrd of the Massachusetts general court; if towns have been studied about, a few pages of some of the most ancient of New England town records. If the difficulties of the voyages, and of migration have been dwelt upon, some of the extant journals, Higginson's or Winthrop's...
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