For the fact that this book exists at all, I am indebted to my wife, who has helped me with every part of it, and to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomason, of Olympia, Washington, who believed in the book from the first. Mrs. Thomason has also done much work on the book; she has gathered all the illustrative material, visiting many schools and writing many letters. She and my wife have done most of the organizing of material, and have gone over the manuscript together. To Miss Fanny Louise Barber, of the Washington High School, Portland, I am grateful for her careful reading and revision of several chapters. I owe thanks to Mrs. Sarah J. Hoagland, of Belt, Montana, for the true and vivid stories she has sent me; and I am thankful to all the home credit teachers, with whom we have been corresponding, for their painstaking answers to our letters, as well as for the valuable plans that they have originated.
L. R. Alderman.
Portland, Oregon,
November 16, 1914.
CONTENTS
PART ONE
| I. | Introduction | [1] |
| II. | Mary | [7] |
| III. | The Spring Valley School | [11] |
| IV. | What will become of the Algebra? | [24] |
| V. | Honoring Labor | [34] |
| VI. | Habit-Building | [39] |
| VII. | That Other Teacher and that Teacher's Laboratory | [46] |
| VIII. | Stella and Sadie | [53] |
| IX. | A Story and Letters from Teachers | [60] |
PART TWO
| I. | Illustrative Home Credit Plans | [71] |
| II. | Home Credit in High Schools | [156] |
| Appendix | [167] | |
| Index | [177] |