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Editor History Teacher’s Magazine.
I am very much pleased with the Magazine. I hope that there may be a chance in it for discussion of the course of study of history for the secondary school. This will not transgress the work of any committee, as the Committee of Five was to deal with Ancient History for admission to college. A. E. D.
Editor History Teacher’s Magazine.
What reasons would you give to a beginner in history for studying the subject? What reasons would you give to an advanced pupil? S. S. F.
Ans.—Answers to this question will be found in any of the manuals upon the teaching of history, such as those by Bourne, McMurray, Hinsdale, and in the Report of the Committee of Seven. An excellent summary of the reasons, together with references to extended treatment of the subject, will be found in Professor Franklin L. Riley’s “Syllabus on the Teaching of History,” privately printed by himself at University, Miss. (price 25c.).