“A Wild Goose Chase." A very unique story is told in the Ford Educational Weekly, No. 149, "A Wild Goose Chase," of how a flock of wild geese a few years ago in their migration from the southland to James Bay stopped to rest on the farm of Jack Miner at Kingsville, Ontario. Jack not only protected the birds from hunters but fed them, and they stayed a number of days with him. Now year after year they make a regular stop at Jack's farm. The flock that first came brought back friends with them until thousands of wild geese visit the farm each year. On the farm they are so tame that anyone can go right up to them but in the marshes outside the farm they are again the wild birds, frightened of all mankind. Besides scenes showing thousands of birds swimming around the pond at Miner's farm there are many unusual ones showing the flocks in flight and the strange figures they form as they fly. After his experiment with the geese Jack tried feeding some robins who stopped on his farm and they responded even more quickly to his friendliness. They are shown in the picture alighting on his head and arms and eating out of a spoon which his five year old son holds. Jack claims that the birds are not naturally wild but because of their treatment by man, have come to be afraid of him, and that any birds will respond to this friendliness once they have been convinced that man is their friend and not their enemy.

On Saturday, March 28, 1920, the Los Angeles City Schools will hold an examination for elementary and kindergarten teachers, including special teachers of agriculture, home economics and manual training for the elementary grades. The written examination will be given on Saturday and the oral examination during the Easter vacation week immediately following. Applications to take this examination must be filed prior to February 28, 1920. Those applicants who are unable to take examination on the dates outlined above will be notified to attend the examinations to be held July 10th to July 17th, 1920.

The Illinois Training School of Nurses at 509 South Honore Street, Chicago, offers every facility for those who wish to pursue work in this field. The opportunities presented in this school are most worth while whether one is to become a nurse, a teacher or manage the home. Courses are offered in home making in all its phases, in domestic science, hygeine, sanitation, study of the development of normal and defective children, how to prevent sickness or care for the sick and other like important matters. Those interested may correspond with this school for information.

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Progress in the administration of the Los Angeles schools is noted. Under the new superintendent, Mrs. Susan M. Dorsey, Mr. J. B. Monlux continues as Deputy Superintendent. Arthur Gould is advanced to First Assistant Superintendent; Mr. Harry M. Schafer to Second Assistant Superintendent. Miss Helen S. Watson has been named as Third Assistant and Mr. Robert H. Lane, as Fourth Assistant.

The two new appointments are especially merited. Miss Watson has for a number of years been Vice Principal of the Hollywood High School and has served the city for more than a decade. She is a product of the Los Angeles schools, the Los Angeles State Normal School and the University of California, with graduate work both at Berkeley and at Harvard. She is thoroughly qualified both from the standpoint of teaching and administration. She is familiar with the work of the grades as well as that of the high school; is fitted tempermentally for the position and is held in high regard by the entire teaching force of the city. Mr. Lane has for 20 years served in the Los Angeles system. He is a graduate of both the Los Angeles State Normal School and University of California. He was a most successful principal in the Los Angeles schools and before entering the city taught in the elementary schools in Southern California. The Department of Educational Research in Los Angeles was inaugurated by him three years ago. He is a thorough student of education and sociology and knows at first hand the present industrial and economic problems.

The largest gift at any one time to any educational institution in Southern California is that announced for Throop College of Technology a New Year's gift of a million dollars. This announcement was made by Dr. James A. B. Scherer, President of Throop College on his recent return from the East. The name of the donor is not given. It is specified that an equal amount must be obtained. President Scherer states that at least three million needed to the endowment fund at this time. Announcement is also made of a gift of $150,000 by Dr. Norman Bridge, who for many years has served as President of the Board of Trustees, and who has on many occasions contributed financially to the school.

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Because of the sympathetic relations that have for 50 years, existed between the governments of China and the United States, teachers, particularly, should be interested in the remarkable progress made by the Chinese. In the 27 provinces there 120,000 lower and 8,000 higher primary schools; 428 Middle schools for boys and, in five provinces, 9 for girls; 127 normal schools, beside 54 for girls. In addition to these there are 477 technical schools, (agriculture, commerce, industry, etc.) and 77 higher educational institutions. With more than 4,000,000 students, 320,000 teachers and $36,000,000 of school expenditures, it is a truly wonderful exhibit of educational achievements to have been effected, for the most part since the middle nineties.

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Ordinary paper throws a glaring reflection of light from its surface onto the delicate retina of the eye. Here is an added irritation to the already burdened optical nerves. Bank Stock successfully eliminates this objectionable feature. The delicate blue color of Bank Stock, evolved by a special chemical process, is the scientific way of overcoming this disadvantage. To teachers, who must look over many papers each day and to students, Bank Stock offers relaxation instead of eye-strain. Bank Stock is good for the eyes. Bank Stock is made into Composition Books, Note Books, Shorthand Blanks, Bookkeeping Blanks, Manual Training Pads and Fillers. A Free Bank Stock Test Card, together with a Bank Stock Suggestion List will gladly be sent upon request.

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Through P. G. Holden, Educational Director, the International Harvester Company, issues a 24-page monograph under the title "Rotation Plan-what it is and what it does." It is a simple, very concrete and convincing study of the means by which the teaching of agriculture may be vitalized-canning, corn-growing, fruit, seeds, weeds, soils, etc. Teachers will find it worth writing for. As an appendix there is given a list of the Company's publications, 36 of them varying in price from 1c to 50c each. The rate per hundred copies, also, is given. Address Harvester Bldg., Chicago.

Ford Weekly Shows How Barrels Are Made. The Ford Educational Weekly No. 177, "Hooping Up," opens with beautiful scenes in a forest of oak trees and ends with a forest of barrels and casks stacked higher than the giant trees from which they have been made.

And in between that forest at the beginning and those stacks of barrels at the end we are entertained by a pictorial description of the way in which barrels are made.

Barrels do not sound like an interesting topic, but it is most fascinating to watch them growing step by step from the forest where the trees are cut down, into the factory where they are made into barrel staves, and the detailed development of the barrel with special machinery to fashion each part and then assemble the parts. The final process of painting is also done by machinery and the uncolored barrels are whirled into the machine so rapidly, and almost immediately thrown out painted in varigated stripes that it almost makes one dizzy to watch them.

War Savings Stamps. The government is continuing the sale of War Savings Stamps, which offer a safe and easy way to save money. They are always redeemable at 10 days notice, in case of need, at cost plus interest earned.

Senator Cummins of Iowa is authority for the statement that P. G. Holden (noticed elsewhere for his recent campaigning in South Dakota) added $30,000,000 a year to the wealth of Iowa by showing the farmers how to raise more and better corn. That is a very practical art of education.

One of the most successful grade teachers' associations in all the Bay section is that of San Francisco. With a present membership of several hundred, the organization is working for a thousand in 1920. In the December Bulletin, Miss McDermott, vice president of the organization, has a discriminating discussion of the promotion-by-merit plans as tried in Chicago, Omaha, etc.

Readers are earnestly requested to notify us in case of non receipt of any number of the Sierra Educational News. This is especially important as postmasters do not forward second class matter. Many teachers change address during the year. Such should write our circulation department promptly, giving in all cases, both old and new address. Please state actly what numbers of the magazine have not reached you.

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