in the past and, at the same time, is history in the making.  For example, the present war will certainly intensify our interest in the great movement to prevent war by means of world-wide arbitration of disputes between nations, or by any other means.  The value of this phase of history teaching depends very largely on the interest taken in it by the teacher and on the work that the pupils can be induced to do for themselves.  The teacher talks to the pupils about some important current event in an interesting way.  Then the pupils are encouraged to add to what he has said by relating what they have heard, or have read in the newspapers.  After a few lessons the chief difficulty is to make a suitable selection of topics to be discussed in class.  Those of national importance, if within the scope of the Form work, will have prominence, and the pupils will be given hints as to articles about these topics in papers, magazines, and books.  It is obvious that topics likely to arouse religious, political, or other party feeling, should be avoided.  For actual school-room practice the following scheme has been used successfully in Form III: 

CURRENT EVENTS (10 MINUTES DAILY)

The teacher has suggested the kinds of events that are worthy of discussion, and the pupils come to class prepared to tell what they have read in the papers about some of these.  The teacher aids them to give fit expression to their information, and the pupil who has been chosen as editor writes a summary of the lesson on the black-board, and later, on a sheet of paper.

Ordinarily, the editors should be chosen from those who write and spell well.

Where the subject-matter lends itself to such treatment, these summaries may be placed in two columns—­one, the Girls’ News Column; the other, the Boys’ News Column.  The summaries on the sheets of paper may be arranged in order for a week or a month and be known as The School Review.  Such a lesson includes history, and oral and written composition.

The following items of news were those discussed in a Form III room at the end of the week, when some time is taken to talk over the events of the week: 

     FEB. 5TH, 1915

     Rescue of the crew of the Japanese cruiser Asama. 
     Rescue work in the earthquake in Italy. 
     Wireless message frustrates a German plot to blow up a French steamer. 
     Fire in a New York factory—­rescue of the inmates. 
     Inhuman treatment of Belgian women and children. 
     British officer praises the enemy. 
     The Austrians are defeated by the Montenegrins. 
     Canadians wounded in France. 
     Importance of discipline and accurate shooting for Canadian troops. 
     Germany proclaims a war zone around Britain. 
     Two New York boy heroes of a fire. 
     Tsar honours a girl wounded while carrying ammunition to the troops. 
     Opening of the war session of the Canadian Parliament.