and taste in the choice of plays, and will be the right sort of moral force in furthering the best interests of people. It is difficult to recommend a list of books on all these subjects which will please all: Tastes differ; conditions differ, and the number of books extant is beyond compute. The following bibliography, however, is chosen because it contains material with which teachers are acquainted. It will be noticed that the books are arranged according to departments of work, that some magazines and magazine articles are mentioned, and that some specific "pieces" and plays are recommended. same. DECLAMATIONS. "How to Speak in Public", Grenville Kleiser, Funk & Wagnalls. "How to Read and Declaim", the "How to Develop Personality", the same. "Handbook of Best Readings", Clark, Scribner's. Shoemaker's Collections, Penn. Pub. Co. "School Speaker", Hyde, Ginn & Co. "The Speaking Voice", Everts, Harpers. "The Province of Expression", Curry, Boston School of Expression. "High School Education", Johnston, Scribner's, (which contains an ample bibliography.) Scenes from "The Tale of Two Cities", "Lorna Doone", "The Idylls of the King", "Julius Cæsar", "Henry V", Browning's poems, Milton's "Paradise Lost", Longfellow's "Morituri Salutamus", The Book of Ruth, "London", by Lamb, scenes from modern historical novels, or dramatic short story writers, such as London, Kipling, or Bennett, scenes from the Greek tragedies, etc. PUBLIC SPEAKING. "Public Speaking", Shurter, Allyn & Bacon. "Argument and Debate", Duncan, Denney, McKinney, the American Book Co.. "Oral Composition", EDUCATION, 31: 449. "Power to Think Straight", Nation, 91: 333. "Forms of Public Address", Baker, Ginn & Co. "Extemporaneous Oratory", Buckley, Methuen. "Hints on Writing and Speech Making", Higginson, Longmans. "How to Gesture", Ott, Hinds & Noble. "The World's Famous Orations", Bryan, Funk & Wagnalls. "Select Orations Illustrating American History", Harding, Macmillan. "Intercollegiate Debates", Pearson, Hinds & Noble. The Speaker, a quarterly magazine by Pearson. "Masterpieces of Modern Oratory", Shurter, Ginn & Co. "How to Attract and Hold an Audience", Esenwein, Hinds & Noble. "Essentials of Public Speaking for Secondary Schools", Fulton and Trueblood, Ginn & Co. FESTIVALS. "Play", Angell, Little, Brown & Co. "Folk Dances", Burchenal, Boston Music Co. "Book of Days", Chambers. "The Dramatic Festival", Craig, Putnam's. "Holy Days and Holidays", Deem, Funk & Wagnalls. "Historical Pageants", Miller. "Festival", Chubb, Cyclopedia of Education, Vol. II. "Types of School Festivals", Manny, Elementary School Teacher, March, 1907. "Holiday Selections", Rice. "Folk Festivals", Needham. "Festivals and Plays", Chubb, Harpers. DRAMATICS. "The Drama, its Laws and Technique", Woodbridge. "Study of the Drama", Matthews. "Dramatizations of Novels", Matthews. "Dramatizations", Wilstach, The Dial, 33:5. "The Art of Playwriting", Hennequin. "The American Playwright", W. T. Price. A few modern plays: "Mice and Men", "An American Citizen", "Lend me Five Shillings", "Nephew or Uncle", "Mistress Penelope". Of course Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Tennyson, Longfellow, Howells, a little of the Greek; Jones, and Ibsen. What Does it Cost to Build a College?* PROFESSOR WALLACE N. STEARNS, FARGO COLLEGE, I FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA. T may seem strange that one duly occupied should turn aside to discuss this theme. The anomaly, however, may be explained by the fact that such matters were for a time our portion, by the fact that there is an ever-present effort to multiply colleges at the expense of merit, and, further, by the fact that the question has been squarely put— "What does it cost to found a college?" The problem is three-fold: endowment, plant, and maintenance. It stands to reason that success depends upon a live community comfortably housed and put above the worry attendant upon uncertainty. We begin in reverse order the consideration of the items mentioned above. After all, a college faculty is not to be built up by creating places and then filling them, but rather by securing the services of able men. Allowance must be made, however, for a few standard professorships, covering subjects fundamental to the work of such an institution. We venture the following, for example, as a minimum list: 1 1 1 1 Rhetoric, English Composition,.. We are reprinting this article from the June number of "Education" because of a most unfortunate blunder whereby the drawing prepared by Prof. Stearns and constituting an essential part of his article, was omitted in that number. It is one of those unaccountable and inexcusable blunders which occasionally happen in printing and editorial offices. We have no self justification to offer for its occurrence; but we make what amends we can to the author and to our readers, by publishing the article in proper form at this first available opportunity. -Editor of "Education." 1 Physical Director for Men, College Phy sician Physical Director for Women, College We thus have a total of fourteen professors and six instructors of some rank below that of full professor. Allowing for a minimum of $1500 a year for a professorship, and $1000 a year for an instructorship, we have a total as follows: Engineer (and fitter) at $75 a month..... Total, To the above must be added for fuel, upkeep of buildings, janitor service, stationery and stenographic service, telephone, repairs, support of libraries and laboratories, insurance, advertising, and kindred expenses, say $9,000.00. A prosperous conservatory would soon be self-supporting, and need not be added to necessary provisions in the budget. Total $40,000.00. Buildings and grounds should be so arranged as to provide in advance for growth, unity in design, and changing conditions. A twenty-acre campus is a modest estimate. Else there will ere long be a jumble of buildings, a cluttered up campus, and distorted prospect due to changing plans. The buildings of a college group about five points: Library, Laboratory and Recitation, Dormitory, Recreation, and Worship and Assembly. An ideal arrangement might be: * A start could be made with buildings 3, 4, 9 (power house). The next to be added would be 2, 6, and 7. The character of the construction of the buildings must be considered. In America we are too fond of building up to be burned down. Better a slower growth materially, and a better product. The time is soon here when nothing less than fireproof construction will be tolerated. For the less important structures slow-burning construction might do. The provision of heat and light from a central plant-the only wise, economical methodreduces danger and risk to a minimum. From the outset there should be an effort made at uniformity in style and plan. This is not a luxury, but a sane attempt at economy. Perhaps no style of architecture more fully combines simplicity, dignity, economy, and usefulness than the Jacobean, a mode of architecture gaining favor and currency. A last step, and most important, is endowment. Gifts, plans, hopes, and success all depend on the idea of permanence. Show men of wealth that there is room and a need and the promise of enduring, and gifts will follow. Show the public that there is an assurance of permanence; and students will enroll. Demonstrate an ability to maintain excellence in standards and work, and success is assured. Our budget, $40,000 calls for adjustment. An enrollment of two hundred students, we will assume, in Arts at an annual tuition and incidental fee of twenty-five dollars: |