The work in Industrial Arts for the first five grades is prescribed for both boys and girls, but at the beginning of the Sixth Grade a differentiation is made, the boys continuing in the field of industry, while the girls begin the study of some of the more practical problems of their subsequent life-work.

We believe the love of the beautiful to be as instinctive as any emotion, " that art is an expression of energy in terms of beauty" (A. W. Dow), "an artist one who gives form to a beautiful conception" (C. H. Caffin), and that "a child has the right to five inheritances—religious, literary, scientific, aesthetic, and institutional" (N. M. Butler).

The work in Physical Education is required of all pupils and is conducted by specially trained teachers in the various gymnasiums of the school. The time assignment is five twenty-minute periods per week for grades one and two, four twenty-minute periods for grades three and four, and three thirty-five-minute periods for grades five, six, and seven.

The curriculum of the Horace Mann Elementary School, as published in five numbers of the TEACHERS COLLEGE RECORD in 1906 and 1907, has long since been out of date as well as out of print. In response to many requests, therefore, this revision of the course of study is published.

Nature-study appears upon the official program as occurring two or three times a week for the first five years of the elementary school,—the periods occupying twenty minutes in the first three grades and a half-hour in the fourth and fifth grades.

A detailed outline of industrial art in each grade.

The study of English naturally occupies an important place in the school program. Regarding it as the most efficient means of culture at our command, we make it the " core," as Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler styles it, of our curriculum, devoting more time to it than to any other subject, and considering it the chief standard for measuring the progress and ability of our pupils.

The curriculum of the Horace Mann Elementary School, as published in five numbers of the TEACHERS COLLEGE RECORD in 1906 and 1907, has long since been out of date as well as out of print. In response to many requests, therefore, this revision of the course of study is published.

The general tendency in the teaching of elementary mathematics at the present time seems to point first, toward the introduction of problems which have to do with the conditions of life in the sections where the pupils live; second, toward a kind of drill which shall make for greater speed and accuracy in the four fundamental processes; third, toward enlisting a broad-minded and self-dependent attitude in the pupil's approach to problems; and fourth, toward a familiarity with numbers through their daily use in manual arts and games.

INTRODUCTION The earth is the home of man. He lives upon its surface, moves over its waters, and breathes the air which envelops it. It prompts and influences his energies.

The purpose of this study of New York is to acquaint the children with their own city, to interest them in the efforts of its best citizens toward a higher ideal of city life and government, and to inspire them with a desire to do something for their city. This knowledge should include (1) the actual physical features of the city; ...

The present course of study in history presents many modifications of the course published six years ago. We have been and still are trying out new ideas both as to subject matter and method, so that the outline offered here is not final, but represents what at the present time seems best adapted to the particular needs of our pupils.

The plan for the music of the elementary grades is based upon " Education Through Music'" by Professor Farnsworth of Teachers College. The work is divided into three groups: From Song to Notation, Grades 1-3; from Notation to Song, Grades 4-6; Broadening Musical Experience, Grades 7-8.

AN EXPERIMENT IN THE TEACHING OF HOMONYMS It is current practice in our schools to teach homonyms in pairs or groups, such as piece, peace, colonel, kernel.