Especial attention should, however, be given to the organization (town, village or city) in which the school is.
Here considerable time can be profitably spent, and the matter in the book may be much amplified.

Here must be laid the basis of future study.
Certain typical instruments deserve careful study.

For a student to have made out understandingly an official bond, for instance, is for him to have gained greatly in intelligence.
It will be of great advantage to the class for the teacher to have a complete set of the papers whose forms are given in Appendix A.These may be obtained at almost any newspaper office, at a cost of about 50 cents.
A scrap-book or series of envelopes in which to file newspaper clippings illustrative of the every-day workings of government, may be made very useful.

Pupils should be permitted and encouraged to contribute.
One good way to review is for the teacher to give out, say once in two weeks, a set of twenty-five or more questions, each of which may be answered in a few words; have the pupils write their answers; and the correct answers being given by teacher or pupils, each may mark his own paper.

Each pupil may thus discover where he is strong and where weak.
The questions given for debate may be discussed by the literary society.
Or for morning exercises, one student may on a certain day present one side of the argument, and on the following day the negative may be brought out by another student.
A student should not be required to submit his good name to the chances of answering a certain set of questions, however excellent, at the examination, when from anxiety or other causes he may fall far short of doing himself justice.