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care of the home with which the pupil in the elementary school should become familiar. The underlying thought for each problem should be: "Will this help the pupils to live more useful lives, and will it lead to better conditions in their homes?"
The lessons are purposely made simple, and the plans are definitely outlined, so that even the inexperienced teacher may be able to achieve a certain measure of success. The experienced teacher will find in them suggestions that may be of value in the further development of the course.
The teacher who desires to use this course will necessarily have to adapt it to her own community, and it is hoped that she may be able to do this with but little alteration. While conditions of living and choice of foods differ in various parts of the Province, the general principles of nutrition, the rules of sanitation, and the methods of cooking and serving are much the same for all.
Owing to the difficulty of securing time on the programme for frequent lessons in home-making, each of the courses has been limited to twenty lessons. Some teachers may not be able to have a greater number of lessons during the school year, and they may find it well to carry the three courses through three successive years. In other schools, where more frequent lessons can be given, it may be well to offer all three courses during one year. The courses in cooking and the care of the home can be advantageously combined, as many of the problems in both are related. The lessons in sewing may be given on another day of the week, or it may be well to give them early in the year, to be followed, later, by the cooking lessons. Thus an opportunity will be furnished for the making of the cooking aprons and the hemming of the towels.
It is most desirable that periods of at least forty minutes should be provided for all the practical lessons. Longer periods will be necessary for some of them, such as the preparation and the serving of a meal. If no practical work is undertaken in the lesson, a forty-minute period is sufficient.
LIBRARY ON HOME ECONOMICS FOR THE RURAL SCHOOL
In addition to the text-books recommended as sources of special reference for the rural teacher, the following books, bearing on home economics or on methods of teaching, are suggested for the rural school library. These books have been chosen with the threefold purpose of providing references for the teachers, reading matter for the pupils, and a lending library for the parents.
Laundering. Balderston, L. Ray. Pub. by the Author. Philadelphia $1.25
Country Life and the Country School. Carney, M. Row, Peterson & Co., Chicago 1.25
How the World is Fed. Carpenter, F. O. American Book Co., New York .60
How the World is Clothed. Carpenter, F. O. American Book Co., New York .60
How the World is Housed. Carpenter, F. O. American Book Co., New York .60
How We Are Clothed. Chamberlain, J. F. Macmillan's, Toronto .45
How We Are Fed. Chamberlain, J. F. Macmillan's, Toronto .45
How We Are Sheltered. Chamberlain, J. F. Macmillan's, Toronto .45
Bacteria, Yeasts, and Molds in the Home. Conn, H. W. Ginn & Co., Boston 1.00
The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book. Farmer, F. M. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. (McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, Toronto) 1.80
The Rural School Lunch. Farnsworth, N. W. Webb Pub. Co., St. Paul, Minn. .25
Clothing and Shelter. Kinne, H., and Cooley, A. M. Macmillan's, Toronto 1.10
Foods and Household Management. Kinne, H., and Cooley, A. M. Macmillan's, Toronto 1.10
Means and Methods of Agricultural Education. Leake, A. H. Houghton, Mifflin Co., New York. (Thos. Allen, Toronto) 2.00
Rural Hygiene. Ogden, H. N. Saunders, Philadelphia 1.50
Health and Cleanliness. O'Shea, M. V., and Kellogg, J. H. Macmillan's, Toronto .56
Rural Education. Pickard, A. E. Webb Pub. Co., St. Paul, Minn. 1.00
Manual of Personal Hygiene. Pyle, W. L. Saunders, Philadelphia 1.50
Feeding the Family. Rose, M. S. Macmillan's, Toronto 2.10
Food Products. Sherman, H. C. Macmillan's, Toronto 2.00

TWENTY LESSONS IN THE CARE OF THE HOME
SUGGESTIONS TO THE TEACHER
The purpose of this course is to give the pupils instruction in various household tasks, in order that better living conditions may be secured in the homes. The beauty and sacredness of an ideal home life should receive emphasis, so that the pupils may be impressed with the importance of conscientious work in the performance of their daily household duties. They should have some insight into the sanitary, economic, and social problems that are involved in housekeeping, so that they may develop an increased appreciation of the importance of the home-maker's work.
The two most important things to be taught are "cleanliness and order". Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the value of fresh air and sunshine and the necessity for the free use of hot water and soap. The value of property