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Excerpt from Patriotic Recitations: And Arbor Day ExercisesThe fourth division Of the volume contains suggestions respect ing Arbor Day. It is to be hoped, in addition to the comfort and pleasure to be derived from planting school grounds with suitable shade trees and otherwise improving them, that Arbor Day will be used by the teacher to foster in his pupils a love for the beautiful and grand in nature.Should the publishers see fit to issue a...

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Excerpt from A Manual of Cryptogamic Botany: Adapted to the Requirements of the Science and Art Department This work has been chiefly drawn up from my notes of Lectures delivered at Stockwell Training College, and the Public Library, Lavender Hill. The material has been gathered from the most reliable sources, and frequent reference to Sachs' excellent Text Book, to De Bary's Comparative Morphology and Biology of the Fungi, and to the works ...

Excerpt from Standardization of Rural Schools in Kansas, Vol. 1 In order to give proper recognition to rural schools of the best type, those that more than fulfill the requirements for a standard school, there is established, beginning with the school year of 1917- 18, a higher classification, to be known as superior schools. The superior school must meet all the requirements for a standard school exceptionally well, with the following addit...

Excerpt from Studies in the Early History of Institutions, Vol. 3: The Theory of Village Communities I shall undertake, in the following essay, a critical examination of the Theory of Village Communities, as presented and recommended by its most eminent advocates, - G. L. von Maurer, Friedrich Thudichum, Prof. Nasse, M. de Laveleye, and Sir Henry Maine. The works of Von Maurer and Thudichum are now antiquated, superseded in a great measure, ...

Excerpt from Ideas for Boys An idea which 18 worth while, cannot be implanted m a boy' s mind without effort, he must read, study and confer with older persons, and be willing to act on their sound and thoughtful advice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-...

Excerpt from The School System of Ontario (Canada): Its History and Distinctive Features Next after the study of. School organization in the several States of our own country comes that of the colo nies of Great Britain. Descended, like ourselves, from the people that invented local self-government, their solutions of the problem of popular education have in many respects the same features that we find in the United States. But, unlike our ow...

Excerpt from The Schools of England and Germany This sketch of the schools of England and Germany was prepared with two objects in view: - (1) To indicate the development of public opinion with regard to education, and the form, which legislation assumed in solving the educational problems which pressed upon public attention, and (2) to show what courses of study educators abroad deemed the most suitable for the different grades of schools, a...

The best-selling Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FCF) has three basic themes that are the central focus of the book: 1) An emphasis on intuition-the authors separate and explain the principles at work on a common sense, intuitive level before launching into any specifics. 2) A unified valuation approach-net present value (NPV) is treated as the basic concept underlying corporate finance. 3) A managerial focus-the authors emphasize the role ...

Excerpt from Addresses Delivered by G. W. Ross During His Recent Visit to England and at the Meeting on His Return A meeting of the Council was held in the Grand Committee Room, Westminster Hall, on Thursday, 25th July. Viscount Knutsford, (vice-president), and afterwards the Earl of Aberdeen, (vice-president), presided. The members present included the Hon. George W. Ross (premier of Ontario), Mr. Sydney Buxton, m.p. (vice-president), Sir ro...

Excerpt from Recommendations on Needed School Legislation: Being Advance Sheets From the Biennial Report of W. D. Ross, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, December, 1914In a general way the development of free schools has been everywhere coincident with the growth of democracy. Here in America as else where public education has been an evolution. Pioneer conditions with us have always meant first, homes and a living, then, churches an...

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In this edited collection, 17 internationally known authorities bring together the results of recent research on the natural history, ecology, behavior, morphology, and genetics of wasps as they pertain to the evolution of social behavior.