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184 far in advance of the pupils, and should at all times emphasize the importance of a fair, sound judgment and cool decision. This should be brought out especially as a qualification for a successful chairman. The teacher should be equipped with a blackboard, and the series of the author's works on parliamentary law, namely. Rules of Order Revised, Parliamentary Law, and the Parliamentary Law Charts copied on pages 166-168. Chart I should be hung conspicuously at every meeting so that there may be no excuse for members making any subsidiary or privileged motion when it is out of order, or for their not knowing whether any such motion can be debated or amended.

Plan of Course. Before beginning the course, every teacher should form his plan dependent upon the number of lessons, the time allowed each, and the maturity and previous training of the pupils. He should carefully arrange the course so that whatever is omitted is of least importance to his particular class. In using this book teachers will naturally use their own discretion in arranging the lessons. When the course is limited to ten lessons, some will cover the first twenty chapters in the ten lessons, while others will prefer to limit the course to the first ten chapters. The last four chapters are designed for reference, with the exception of Chart I which should be memorized. When the lessons in this course are mastered, the class