quire an object to complete its meaning; e. g., Fishes swim. A copulative verb is a verb that expresses the relation between thought subject and thought predicate only; e. g., sugar is sweet. 8. Time. The flowers will bloom when spring time comes. (2) Place. He lives where the winters are cold. (3) Manner. Come as the winds come. 9. Practically every lession is or should be, a language lesson clear and correct expression should be insisted upon from the beginning. 10. Let the children tell what they see; encourage them to ask questions and carry on a conversation about the various incidents of the trip. This is the teacher's opportunity to present some new words, and help the children to find words to express themselves. 11. It must be interesting and easily understood. simple and well chosen. It must not be too long. PERSONAL The words should be EDUCATIONAL We can get you, at lowest cost, anything in the magazine line. Teacher's Journal and Pathfinder $1.50. Tell your friends of this splendid offer. Prof. Jonathan Rigdon, formerly president of Winona College, has returned to Danville, Indiana, his former home where he is building a beautiful residence. Prof. Rigdon will devote his time to lectures and literary work. He was J. Edwin Howe is superintendent of the Cannelton schools. formerly superintendent of the Christney schools, holding that position for seven years. Supt. Howe has made thorough preparation along various educational lines and deserves the success which he is winning. Prof. J. W. Laird, president of Central Normal College, has resigned. Owing to the ill health of Pres. Laird's daughter, he was obliged to take her to another climate, hoping by the change to restore her to health. Prof. Laird has had a successful administration. The institution, as well as the State, loses a successful educator. At this writing Prof. Laird's successor has not been chosen. ROBT. W. HIMELICK HEADS FORT WAYNE SCHOOLS. R. W. Himelick, principal of the Normal Training School at Cleveland, Ohio, and a native of Grant county, Indiana, has been named superintendent of the Fort Wayne public schools to succeed the late Prof. J. N. Study. He formerly was supervising principal at Indianapolis and served as superintendent of Jonesboro and Fairmount schools. He is a graduate of Indiana University and the State Normal Scohol. Prof. Himelick will add much to the strength of the school forces of Indiana. 10,000 TYPISTS WANTED BY THE UNITED STATES-TEACHERS THIS IS YOUR CHANCE The United States Employment Bureau is starting a campaign to enlist the services of 10,000 stenographers, bookkeepers, and typists for the various government departments at Washington, D. C. W. W. Sibray, of the bureau, says that it is getting to a point where stenographers and typists are as important as the soldiers. The clerical work is of such a volume that the de partments are literally swamped, and unless more help is secured, the work of caring for the fighting force will be retarded. Civil Service exminations are now being held every Tuesday in all the principal cities of the United States. The positions are open to both men and women. Many of these positions do not require shorthand but typewriting only. Bookkeepers and clerks are also in great demand. The salaries paid range from $1,000 to $1,800 per year. The examinations are not difficult. Teachers can prepare in a very short time while teaching for one of these positions by taking typewriting, shorthand and typewriting, or bookkeeping by mail in the Home Study Department of Carnegie College. Why teach at from $400 to $500 per year, when you can with a very little effort prepare for a position with our Government, paying from $1,000 to $1,800 per year? Our country needs your services. Will you prepare to do your part? This is your opportunity-there is no time for delay-write to us at once. We can furnish you with a typewriter. It will cost only a trifle to enroll with us. Make every spare minute count for advancement. We teach over 100 other courses by correspondence. Let us send you our College Bulletin and "Free Tuition Plan." For application blanks for the Civil Service Examinations and full particulars, address Carnegie College, Rogers, Ohio. OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISTORY TEACHERS. How the lessons of the great war may be taught in the school room is told in Teachers' Leaflet No. 1, on "Opportunities for History Teachers," just issued by the United States Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior, for distribution to teachers of history throughout the United States. That the American teacher of history is this year planning his work under conditions at once perplexing and inspiring, is the Bureau's statement in announcing the new work. In its appeal to teachers the Bureau says: "The Nation has finally been drawn into a great war, a war which demands for its successful prosecution not only efficient and courageous service in the Army and Navy, but also the loyal cooperation of millions of men and women who are not enrolled in the fighting forces nor directly responsible for the civil administration on which those forces depend. "First of all comes the duty of keeping, for teacher and pupil, the habit of at least trying to see things as they really were and are. This is not easy at any time. It is peculiarly difficult at such a time as this, when too many people believe a slight distortion of facts may be a patriotic duty. In the long run loyalty to the country as well as loyalty to history are best served by looking facts squarely in the face. "The training of young people and of the parents through the pupils to take an intelligent part in the decision of public questions is important enough at any time, but it is peculiarly so in this war whose meaning for the individual citizen is not so easily brought home. In 1823 and 1827, when the Monroe Doctrine was under discussion, Daniel Webster referred to the people who thought that Americans had no interest in the European system of mutual insurance for hereditary rulers against popular movements. What, they said, have we to do with Europe? The thunder, it may be said, rolls at a distance. The wide Atlantic rolls between us and danger; and, however others may suffer, we shall remain safe. Webster's answer to this question was strikingly similar to some of the utterances of President Wilon: I think it is a sufficient answer to this to say, that we are one of the nations of the earth. We have as clear an interest in international law as individuals have in the laws of society.' That was said long before the steamship, the submarine and the wireless had broken down still further our 'splendid isolation.' Today we are fighting for our own rights, but over and above those special rights of our own we are fighting for international law itself, without which no nation can be safe, least of all those democratic governments which are less effectively organized for war than for peace. "No one can take an intelligent part in a great conflict for the safety of democracy under an orderly system of international law unless he is really interested in and knows something about other nations than his own-about the difference between a republican government like our own or that of France or the scarcely less democratic constitution of Great Britain on the one side, and, in sharp contrast to all of these, a strongly monarchial system like that of the German Empire, in which the most important measures affecting the national welfare may be practically determined by a single hereditary sovereign or a small group of such sovereigns.' TEACHERS WANTED-$100 TO $150 MONTH All teachers, both men and women, should try the Government examinations soon to be held throughout the entire country. War necessitates thous/nds appointments. The positions pay from $600 to $1500; have short hours and annual vacations. Those interested should write immediately to Franklin Institute, Dept. J243, Rochester, N. Y., for large descriptive book, showing the positions obtainable and giving many sample examination questions, which will be sent free of charge. Thurston Teachers' Agency Short Contract. Guaranteed Service. Write for our Free Booklet-How to Apply. 26th Year E. R. NICHOLS, Mgr. 224 S. Mich. Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. THE ALBERT TEACHERS' AGENCY Established 1885 623 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO, ILL. Western Office: Spokane, Washington Our Booklet "Teaching as a Business" With new chapters, suggestive letters, etc. FREE TO TEACHERS Get a 5x8 foot Bi nting F ag, a Silk Flag (32x48 inches) mounted on staff with ornament, a framed picture of Washington, Lincoln or Wilson, or a high grade pencil Sharpener FOR YOUR SCHOOL ROOM. By having your pupils dispose of our quality Lead Pencils or Picture Post Cards, as se ected. A $2.50 order for the pencil sharpener, or a $5.00 order for flag or framed picture. Pencils sell at 5c each, post cards at 10c per package of 10 high grade cards. Assortment if desired. All shipments prepaid. Satisfaction guaranteed. Order today. THE LEE COMPANY, Dept. 74, Saginaw, (W. S.) Michigan Empire Literary Service SYRACUSE, N.Y We edit, revise, rewrite. Outlines. The Teachers Journal These Famous RILEY TREASURES Cost Your School Nothing Yes, that's just what we mean-Without any cost to yourself or pupils, you can easily procure for your school this beautiful large oil painting of James Whitcomb Riley's "Old Swimmin' Hole," made famous the world over by the poet's first and most popular poem written more than thirty years ago, and the splendid life like bust of the beloved poet. This painting measures 30x40 inches and is hand painted by the noted artist, Bixler, and is supplied with an artistic flemish oak frame lined with a Roman gilt mould. The Riley Bust is by the great sculptor, Roop, and is one half life size and artistically finished in old ivory. Both of these valuable adornments come direct from Riley's birthplace and are now in thousands of schools all over the country, who are unanimous in their praise of this wonderful opportunity. Your own school need not be without them by our easy plan they can be had free of all cost. Read How Easy It Is James Whitcomb Riley We will provide any teacher, on request, with 150 artistic Souvenir Riley Pins, which at only ten cents each are easily and quickly sold by the pupils among themselves, parents and friends, who are glad to assist the pupils and also get a souvenir from Riley's birthplace. The pupil selling the most pin receives a handsome book containing the "Old Swimmin' Ho and many others. Send the proceeds from the pins to the Capital State Bank, Grnfield, Indiana, who will credit your school towards the great Riley monument to rected in the poet's home town by American school children. We will immediately shi you by prepaid express the famous painting, bust and hook, identically as described, id place at the same time the names of the teacher and pupils on the Monument Hop Roll. be Don't delay. Tell your pupils about this wonderful opportunIty today. They will be overcome with joy and eager to begin at once. Fill Out and Mail Us the Coupon NOW Don't end 2uy money. We will immediately send the Riley Pins rostpaid. Your pupils will easily sell them in a few days and enjoy doing so. Scarcely before you realize it you will have to the delight and satisfaction of all, the famous painting and bust in your school to remain forever a constant inspiration of the beautiful, and an appreciation of the Nation's Greatest Poet, James Whitcomb Riley. Teachers! Can you afford to overlook all this when it comes to your school, free of all cost? Don't Wait-Mail This Greenfield Art Association, 50 Please send me the Riley Pins to be sold by my pupils at 10c each as agreed in your offer. GREENFIELD ART ASSOCIATION. 50 Main Street, Greenfield, Indiana Nothing but WORDS, WORDS, WORDS, from the pages of a book, while the whole world without unfolds a lesson written in the language of reality, unobscured by the reasonings of men. Avoid the Errors of Bookish Work and Skimming Rotation of sub more ar: 1 1. pupil e. keeps the work live real and vital, makes it easier for the county superintendent, who usually has little or no help in rural supervision. "How to Vitalize the Teaching of Agriculture in Rural Schools"- 24 page illustrated booklet. Sample copies 2 cents each. Send for List of Agricul ura Charts, Lantern Slides, Booklets, Stencils, Mottoes, etc. This material in teaching Agr culture. you The sole object of the Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Company is to help YOU make YOUR work more effective. It is not a matter of making money out of charts, slides, booklets, or any other material prepared and published by the Department. The Extension Department was not organized to make sales. But we do want to work with people who are in earnest; who really want to do something worth while INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY (Incorporated) AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DEPARTMENT |