| related art. | 3. As a guide in developing art units with teachers | through individual, district, and State | conferences. | 4. As a basis for giving assistance to teachers on | art problems. --------------------+-------------------------------------------------------- While the major emphasis in the bulletin is directed toward the teaching of related art, mention should be made of the importance of environment as a potent factor in shaping ideals and developing appreciation of the beautiful. Constant association with things of artistic quality and frequent opportunity for directed observation of good design and color should be provided for all home-economics students. The home-economics laboratory offers an opportunity for centers in which interesting and artistic groupings may be arranged. These tend to eliminate much of the formal school atmosphere and provide a more typical home environment. Such centers in home-economics laboratories have been appropriately called appreciation centers. A laboratory with examples of the beautiful in line and color, such as well-arranged bowls of flowers, bulletin boards, wall hangings, or book corners, may prove an effective though silent teacher. It would be futile to attempt to make most school laboratories too much like homes, however. Such attempts may give the appearance of being overdone. The light and cheerful room, with the required furnishings well arranged and one or more appreciation centers, is usually the more restful and attractive. From daily contact with this type of room girls unconsciously develop an appreciation of appropriateness and of orderliness and an ideal for reproducing interesting arrangements in their own homes. It is desirable to have the appreciation centers changed frequently, and to give pupils an opportunity to share in selecting and making the arrangements. [Illustration: Figure 1.--An arrangement of wild flowers and grasses and a few books placed on a blotter on a typewriter table in front of an inexpensive india print may furnish a colorful spot in any schoolroom. Note the effective use of the screen in concealing a filing case] [Illustration: Figure 2.--A bulletin board on which it is necessary to use a variety of materials adds to the appearance of the room when these materials are well arranged and frequently changed] [Illustration: Figure 3.--Pupils in a Nebraska high school try out different flowers and arrangements] Section III DETERMINING CONTENT FOR A COURSE IN ART RELATED TO THE HOME Taste develops gradually through the making of choices with reference to some ideal.--Henry Turner Bailey. PLACE OF ART IN THE VOCATIONAL PROGRAM IN HOME ECONOMICS