nterests of clearness and effectiveness. As Superintendent Daniel puts
the matter,--"We undertook to place before the teachers a definite
problem, and to put suggestions into tangible form. We stated that all
subjects could be taught with the books merely as helps and means to an
end, and contend further for the doctrine that a working knowledge of
books and subjects is far more desirable than accomplishing the feat of
memorizing the printed page." Many teachers will be astonished by the
doctrine which Superintendent Daniel evolves from this statement of
educational theory. "The teachers were asked to conduct the work in such
a manner that it would not be necessary to recite or take written tests
with closed books, but that school books be used as tools with which to
work, and that the child should use text-books as adults do books of
reference, while the teacher guides and directs in the development of
thought.["]

This attempt of Superintendent Daniel to proceed with the grammar school
work in a more natural way, and to relate all of it more closely to
life, met with some interesting results, as may be gathered from the
following test questions which were worked out by teachers in pursuance
of the instructions to make text-books incidental and thought primary in
the school work.

ARITHMETIC, THIRD B

Roy shops for his mother at Kirven's. He buys 2 boxes of hair
pins at $.05 each, 6 towels at $.10 each, and 5 handkerchiefs
for $.25. What was his bill? If he hands the clerk $1.00, how
much change will he receive?

THIRD A

If Isabel's 2 pair of shoes cost $4, how much will shoes for all
the girls in the class cost?

GEOGRAPHY THIRD B

Turn to the map on page 65 and find and write the names of seven
different shore forms.

ARITHMETIC, FOURTH B

In our room are 46 pupils. The class receives 230 tablets and
138 pencils for the term. How many of each does each child
receive?

GEOGRAPHY, FOURTH B

What products may be sent to us from New England? If they were
shipped from Portsmouth, N. H., on what bodies of water would
they travel?

GEOGRAPHY, FOURTH A

Why does the United States carry on more trade with the British
Isles than with Germany? At what seaport would our vessels land
in the British Isles? What would they carry and what would they
bring back?

GEOGRAPHY, FIFTH A

What highwa