ys of trade will be used for shipping oranges from
San Francisco to Columbus, Ga., by way of the Panama Canal? How
many miles is this, approximately? (Use rule and map on page
65.)

GEOGRAPHY, FIFTH B

What is the chief industry of the people of Columbus, and why?
Describe the climate of our city, tell what fruits, vegetables
and farm products find a market here. What would a boat coming
up the river bring to Columbus? What would it carry back?

Superintendent Daniel's viewpoint is clear and sane. "It is not
sufficient," he says, "to maintain courses in domestic science and
manual training for the grades, and to teach other subjects as if they
belonged to another realm." Consequently he has made every endeavor to
bring together the forces of the community and of the school in a
sympathetic whole, around which the educational life of the town must
center.

The industrial high school is an integral and highly important part of
the work in the Columbus schools. Side by side with the academic high
school, it affords an opportunity for the children who do not intend to
continue their educational work beyond high school grade to get some
assistance in the direction of a training for life activity. It was
originally intended to duplicate, in a measure, the conditions and hours
maintained in the industrial plants of the city. Formerly the school was
open for eleven calendar months; at the present time a vacation of six
weeks is allowed. The school hours are from 8 o'clock in the morning
until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for five days each week. Pupils who
have not maintained the required standard during the week are compelled
to attend school on Saturday.

All pupils of the Industrial High School are required to take academic
work of high school grade in mathematics, history, English, and
science.

The introduction of manual training and domestic science into the grades
of all Columbus schools has pointed many children in the direction of
the Industrial High School. While it is not the intention of the school
authorities to make the work of the Industrial High School final, it is
hoped that those children who are enabled to continue with educational
work are benefited markedly by this specialized course.

Throughout this deliberate attempt of the Columbus school administration
to make the schools fit the needs of the community there is evidence of
a scientific spirit which is in the la