ART IT MAKES a very pleasant change in the course of study to turn from the more theoretical subjects, like education and administration, to something which appeals to the artistic sense of the students and ten or twelve hours may well be devoted to the study of art. This study of the art of the foreign country does not mean theoretical investigations into the principles of artistic reproduction, but is to give the students a knowledge and appreciation of a limited number of paintings, perhaps only two or three works of each of the most important artists. Emphasis should be laid on pictures which convey a strong impression of the life and landscape of the country to which they belong. Very likely students will need some training to learn how to look at pictures. There are quite a number of people who have never had any courses in art and to whom art is an entirely new revelation. Those students are in some ways much more satisfactory in class than those who have been taught in their courses in art to criticise, rather than to look at pictures. Of course, art criticism has no place in our work, however it is very interesting to hear the students give the reasons why they like one picture better than another. Describing pictures is an excellent practice in the correct use of the foreign idiom, and it is quite worth while to make the students give a regular little talk which they have to prepare carefully for the recitation. As the subject is before them and as they do not have to spend much time on collecting material they can concentrate their energy on the language and can describe in detail what they have before their eyes. Technical terms are not necessary, but it is well to begin with pictures which contain action, as it is much easier to describe action than to describe the mood of a landscape or the expression of a face. As in other subjects students need books of reference. Besides those already mentioned in the introduction it is very helpful to