The principal instructors were: Roy W. Cloud, County Superintendent of Schools, San Mateo County; Miss Louisa Spencer, Penmanship Supervisor and Lecturer; George Hjelte, Assistant State Supervisor of Physical Education; Miss Norma Petro Harter, Supervisor of Music, Sutter County; Miss Grace Fernald, Author New State Series Speller; W. M. Proctor, Department of Education, Leland Stanford University; R. A. Peterson, Department of Education,

University of California; C. M. Osenbaugh,

President, Chico State Normal School; F. L. Kleeberger, Professor of Physical Education for Men, University of California; Harvey V. Miller, Sacramento.

Any superintendent, supervisor or teacher who is thinking of installing laboratory furniture, should secure a copy of the Kewaunee Book. It tells all about laboratory equipment for physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture, electricity, domestic science or art, manual training or the kindergarten. Address all inquiries to the Kewaunee Mfg. Co., Kewaunee, Wis.

In the introduction, and breeding and rearing and marketing of reindeer, Alaska has a distinctly educational problem. Of the 1280 animals imported in the decade before 1900, increased now to 150,000, two-thirds are owned by natives, and represent values of $2,500,000. The interest constitutes vocational and industrial education of the best kind. Permanent life interests are cultivated, settled habits develop, economic independence and co-operation are stimulated, and education of the school kind, also, encouraged.

The youngest high school in California is the Piedmont High School. The voters of the city of Piedmont voted to organize a high school district co-terminous with the city on January 6, 1920, and on March 25th voted more than 3 to 1 in favor of the issuance of $250,000 worth of bonds to buy a site and build a high school building. After careful negotiation, the Board of High School Trustees received an offer of 27 acres of land in the old Piedmont Springs Park, for the sum of $75,000. The price was so reasonable, and available land was so scarce, that a consultation was held with the City Trustees, and as a result, the entire 271⁄2 acres were purchased and divided as follows: Two acres bought by the Elementary School Board as a site for a future elementary school, 11%2 acres bought by the High School Board as a site for Piedmont High School and athletic grounds, and the remainder by the city of Piedmont as a public park. This virtually means that the Piedmont High School will be situated on a 25-acre site, overlooking Lake Merritt and the center of Oakland, and San Francisco Bay. The building will be placed on an elevation of 293 feet above the sea level, with a more magnificent outlook than probably any other school building in the state. At this time the plans for the new building are practically complete. There are ten class rooms of the usual type and ten special rooms. The aim of

The "Three in One" series, containing text, grammar, and prose composition.

Vergil's Aeneid-Burton. Characterized throughout by simplicity and the elimination of extraneous matter.

A Latin Grammar-Burton. Scholarly yet simple.

General Science-Lake. A book which teaches the pupil what he needs and what he can use.

Advanced Physiology and HygieneConn and Budington. Revised, 1919. Up-to-date and scientific.

Written and Spoken English-Clippinger. Teaches in the most thorough, practical way the English for complete living.

The Elements of Economics-Bullock. Fairminded in its discussion of all the important problems of the day. Parson's High School Song BookJust the kind of songs needed for assembly singing.

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the school will be largely preparatory training of professional people and business leaders. Between 90 and 95 per cent of the graduates of Piedmont elemenary schools have gone to the University. It will perhaps be the unique feature of the school that it departs from the two present trends in high school organization, namely, toward the cosmopolitan type and toward the vocational type, to be largely a college preparatory school. In organization, it is both a junior and senior school combined under one roof. The function of the junior division, however, will be to try out the pupil in many lines of work with a view of discovering his special abilities. For this reason, required work in music, shop work and home economics is conducted through the ninth year. As early as the seventh year, however, the student may elect instrumental music, French or science. The senior division as planned, will be organized not by departments, but by major groups. For example, the preparatory engineering group will embrace the work in mechanical drawing, physics and the mathematics major, and until the school becomes too large, these subjects will all be taught by the same man, and it is hoped always to be under the supervision of one head. It is planned also to have an arts group, a pre-medical group and other groups as needs arise. Such an arrangement should keep the teachers' minds focused upon the student and his future work rather than upon the subject matter of the curriculum.

The Miessner is the one piano made especially to meet the needs of the schools. A liberal discount is being given to the schools, and the management is so confident that the piano will meet with approval, that they are willing to ship it to any school on 10 days' trial. Some interesting details are given on page 616. The Fresno State Normal School has been using a Miessner for two years with satisfactory results.

The American Crayon Company makes the announcement that it has opened an eastern office at the Bush Terminal Sales Building, 130 West 42nd street, with F. Edward Kaula as eastern and southern manager of the educational department. Mr. Kaula was formerly connected with the World Book Company.

With the opening of the fall term, the high school girls of Knoxville, Tenn., appeared in uniform dress attire. The costume consists of wool blue serge middy suit, with brown or black low-heeled shoes and hose to match. For spring and fall wear, it is provided that white or khaki middy blouses may be worn with the serge skirt. The costumes were selected by a committee of the local parent-teachers' association from specifications adopted by the board.

Banking machines have been installed in the public schools of Oak Park, Ill., to encourage thrift among the pupils.

FIREPROOF OR

FIRE TRAP?

O matter what precautions

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are taken sometime or other there may be a fire in one of your schools. ALL latest fire prevention methods may be used, but the paper, desks, chairs and other materials required in school work cannot be fireproof.

THEN too, there are several

other articles that could be fireproof which are often overlooked.

IN view of this and the nu

merous fires that are occurring in schools every day, there seems to be only one course to take-build schools that ARE fireproof. First. the floors, walls and ceilings. Then the doors, frames, window sashes, smoke screens, blackboard, chair rail, picture and baseboard mouldings that are so often wood just because we think they would burn with everything fireproof. DAHLSTROM'S can make

any of the last mentioned for your school in hollow metal that is beautiful and fireproof and which will reduce your repairing and refinishing bills tremendously.

Dahlstrom Metallic Door
Company

420 Buffalo St., Jamestown, N. Y.
San Francisco Office:
921 Hearst Bldg.

Teachers' salaries in Illinois have increased 45 per cent since 1913, and school janitors' salaries have increased 63 per cent, according to statistics compiled by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The average salary of a man teacher is now $1163 and of a woman teacher $801.

Of 6445 schools in France destroyed by the war, 5345 are reported as re-established in some form. In most instances, the buildings are cheap and temporary, but the important fact is that the children are in school.

The page in this issue concerning "Type Composition, the Great English Teacher," is most suggestive. By writing to F. K. Phillips, Manager, Educational Department, American Type Founders Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, you will get some worth while information.

More than 200,000 students in the United States are studying Spanish, which must in time conduce to an appreciation of Spanish literature and culture.

Bradford, England, is trying the experiment of maintaining a residential school under the control of the School Board. It is chiefly supported by fees.

Among Southern states, Mississippi is making noticeable progress. Four hundred consolidated schools reach nearly every county. Ninetyeight districts provide homes for teachers.

On November 16th Yuba City, by a vote of 240 to 22, carried a $56,000 bond issue to provide funds for a much-needed new grammar school building. The new building will be modern in every respect and will contain special rooms for laboratories, a gymnasium and a farm shop.

The following quotation from the October issue of the American Mathematical Monthly is of interest to the hundreds of teachers using the Hawkes, Luby & Touton Algebras: "At the last Yale commencement in conferring the degree of Master of Arts on Dean Hawkes of Columbia University, President Hadley said: 'Herbert Edwin Hawkes, B. A. Yale 1896, Ph. D. 1900; like many of his classmates, Dr. Hawkes became a member of the Yale Faculty, and taught mathematics for twelve years. In 1910 he was called to Columbia as professor; he was such a conspicuous success in administration that he was made Dean of the College. He is the author of books in his chosen field but his chief distinction is as a worker of miracleshe has made hundreds of young men love mathematics. Perhaps they would not love mathematics so much if they did not love him even more. A living force in education. "

San Bernardino City is just completing the last of four new school buildings erected during 1920. All are of Mission style, reinforced concrete with the latest improvements and conveniences.