Administrative aspects, general, 173-88.
Advanced work, distinctions between ele-
mentary and, 178-81.
Agriculture, 81-92; extent of offering in,
81-82; years of appearance of courses
in, 82-83; time element, 83-85; organ-
ization and content of courses in gen-
eral agriculture, 85; practical exercises,
86-87; field trips, 87-88; laboratories,
88; school plot or farm, 88-89; aims,
89-91; as a vocational subject, 89-91;
summary, 91–92.
Aims: in Latin, 27-28; in Greek, 31-32;
in modern languages, 39-40; in mathe-
matics, 53-55; in science, 75-79; in
agriculture, 89-91; in history, 105-6;
in civics, 112; in economics, 116; in
manual training and mechanical draw-
ing, 125-26; in home economics and
household art, 138-39; in commercial
subjects, 154-56; in art, 163; in
music, 168-69; in public speaking,
172.
Algebra, elementary and advanced,
44-57.
American history, 93–107.
Ancient history, 93-107.
Animal husbandry, 81-87.
Architectural drawing. See Mechanical
drawing.
Art, 159-64; extent of the offering, 159–
60; credit granted for work in art, 160;
content of courses, 161; organization,
161-62; dependence upon textbooks,
162; history of art, 162; co-operation
with other subjects and other school
activities, 162; co-operation in civic
and community problems, 162-63;
aims and results, 163; summary, 163–
64.
Association of Colleges and Preparatory
Schools of the Middle States and Mary-
land, 3.
Association of Colleges and Secondary
Schools of the Southern States, 3.
Biology, 58-80; course in, 70.
Bookkeeping. See Commercial subjects.
Botany, 58-80.
Business English. See Commercial sub-
jects.
Business experience in commercial sub-
jects, efforts to give students, 151-52.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance-
ment of Teaching, the, 3; unit defini-
tion used by, 15-16.
Chemistry, 58-80.
Chorus singing. See Music.
Chronological sequence in courses in his-
tory, 94-96.
Civics, 107-13; years in which civics is
taught, 108; as a separate course or as
a part of the course in American his-
tory, 108; time element, 109; pro-
portions of civic theory and practice
and of community civics, 109; use of
textbooks, 109; materials students are
required to use, IIO-II; special
methods and devices, 111; co-operation
with local civic, commercial, and other
bodies, 112; aims, 112; summary,
112-13.
Collateral reading: amount of, in courses
in history, 100-101; kinds of, in courses
in history, 101-2; modes of testing,
102-3; for civics, 110-11; for eco-
nomics, 116.
College Entrance Examination Board,
definition-making by, 1.
Commercial arithmetic. See Commer-
cial subjects.
Commercial geography. See Commer-
cial subjects.
Commercial history. See Commercial
Commercial law. See Commercial sub-
jects.
Commercial subjects, 141–58; range of
subjects offered, 142-43;
years in
which commercial subjects are taught,
143-44; time element, 144-46; organ-
ization and content of courses, 146-51;
methods, 151-54; efforts to give stu-
dents actual business experience, 151-
52; aims, 154-56; summary, 156–58.
Commission on the Reorganization of
Secondary Education of the National
Education Association, 2 ff.
Committee of Ten, 2 ff.
Committee on the Reorganization of the
Secondary School and the Definition
of the Unit of the North Central Asso-
ciation of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, the, 1-2.
Content of courses: in Latin, 25-26;
in Greek, 30-31; in mathematics as
determined by textbooks, 48-49; in
science, 67-72; in general agriculture,
85; in American history, 97-99; in
civics, 109; in economics, 115; in
manual training and mechanical draw-
ing, 119-21; in home economics and
household art, 128-31; in commercial
subjects, 146-51; in art, 161; in
music, 165-67; in public speaking,
Co-operation with local, civic, commercial,
and other bodies, in courses in civics,
Correlation: in mathematics, 51-52; in
history, 103-4; in home economics,
134; in household art, 137; in art, 162;
in public speaking, 172; in general,
182-84.
Debate. See Public speaking.
Definition-making: by specialists, 3-6;
by syllabus, 6-10; without adequate
regard for facts of practice, 10-12;
neglecting administrative aspects, 12-
14; by state standardizing authorities,
14-15; by methods advocated in this
monograph, 16–21.
Disciplinary value: of mathematics, 53–
56; of science, 76-78.
Disposition of the class period in mathe-
matics, 49-50.
Dramatic art. See Public speaking.
Drawing: freehand (see Art); mechanical
and architectural (see Mechanical
drawing).
Economics, 113-17;
years in which
economics is taught, 113-14; time
element, 114; division of time between
theory and historical and descriptive
aspects, 115; programs of economic
reform, 115; use of textbooks, 115;
amount of required collateral reading,
116; local economic problems and
conditions, 116; aims, 116; summary,
116-17.
Elementary and advanced work, dis-
tinctions between, 178-81.
Elementary school: Latin in the, 23-24;
modern languages in the, 35-36.
English, business. See Commercial sub-
jects.
English history, 93–107.
English not investigated in this study, 18.
English, public speaking as a part of the
offering in, 170–71.
Farm accounts, 81-87.
Farm crops, 81-87.
Farm management, 81-87.
Farm mechanics, 81-87.
Field trips: in science, 72-73; in agri-
culture, 87-88.
Fine arts, the, 159–67.
Foreign languages, 22-42; Latin, 22–29;
Greek, 29-33; modern languages, 33-
General science, 58–80; organization of
the course in, 70.
Geography, commercial. See Commer-
cial subjects.
Geometry, plane and solid, 44-57.
German, 33-42.
Government as a part of the course in
American history and government,
97-99.
Harmony. See Music.
Harvard University, definition-making
by, 2 ff.
Historical notes, use of, in mathematics,
51.
History, 93-107; extent of offering in,
94-96; time element, 96-97; organiza-
tion of course in American history,
97-99; use of textbooks, 99-100; col-
lateral reading, 100-103; correlation,
103-4; methods and devices used to
secure qualitative results, 104–5; aims,
105-6; summary, 106-7.
History, commercial. See Commercial
subjects.
Home economics and household art, 127-
41; extent of offering, 127-28; con-
tent of courses in home economics,
128-29; content of courses in house-
hold art, 129-31; time element, 131;
methods in home economics, 131-34;
methods in household art, 135-37;
aims, 138-39; summary, 140–41.
Home work, credit for, in home economics
and household art, 134, 137.
Household art. See Home economics and
household art.
Incompletenesses of the investigation,
187-88.
Interrelation of subjects, the, 182-84.
Laboratories for agriculture, 88.
Laboratory activities in home economics
and household art, 133, 136.
Laboratory time, in science, 64–65; in
agriculture, 84-85.
Latin, 22-29; the offering, 22-25; time
element, 22-23; in grades of elemen-
tary schools, 23-24; credit for a single
year of, 24; when first-year Latin may
be taken, 24-25; organization of
courses, 25-26; methods, 26-27; aims,
27; summary, 27-28.
Law, commercial. See Commercial sub-
jects.
Life, the touch with, 184-87.
Manual training, 118-27; extent of offer-
ing in number of year-courses, 118-19;
years in which courses appear and
nature of offering, 119-21; time ele-
ment, 121-22; main kinds of activities
in shopwork, 122-24; disposition of
class period, 124; aims and purposes,
125-26; summary, 126-27.
Mathematics, 43-57; extent of offering,
44; years in which courses appear,
44-45; time element, 45-47; require-
ment in mathematics, 47; organiza-
tion of courses, 48-49; disposition of
class period, 49-50; types of method
found most satisfactory, 50; special
devices, 50-51; historical notes, 51;
correlation of algebra and geometry,
51-52; efforts to meet current criti-
cisms of high-school mathematics, 52-
53; aims, 53-55; content v. discipline,
55-56; summary, 56–57.
Mechanical drawing, 118-27; extent of
offering, 118-19; nature of offering,
120-21; time element, 121-22; dis-
position of class period, 124; aims,
125-26; summary, 126–27.
Mediaeval and modern history, 93-107.
Method of this investigation, the, 16-22.
Methods: in Latin, 26-27; in Greek, 31;
in modern languages, 39; in mathe-
matics, 49-53; in science, 71-75; in
agriculture, 86-89; in history, 99–105;
in civics, 109-12; in economics, 115-
16; in manual training, 122-24; in
home economics and household art,
131-37; in commercial subjects, 151-
54; in art, 162-63; in public speaking,
172.
Methods of definition-making, 3-21.
Modern history, 94 (note).
Music, 164-69; the offering, 165;
academic music, 165; chorus singing,
165-66; special organizations, 166-67;
instruction in voice, violin, and piano,
167; credit for music, 167-68; aims,
168-69; summary, 169.
National Conference
Committee on
Standards of Colleges and Secondary
Schools, 15-16.
New England College Entrance Certifi-
cate Board, 3.
Normal training not investigated, 188.
North Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools, definition-
making by, I ff.
Offering, the: in Latin, 22-25; in Greek,
30; in modern languages, 33-39; in
mathematics, 44-45; in science, 59-61;
in agriculture, 81-83; in history, 94-
96; in civics, 108-9; in economics,
113-14; in manual training and
mechanical drawing, 118–22; in home
economics and household art, 127-31;
in commercial subjects, 142-46; in art,
159-61; in music, 165-67; in public
speaking, 170-71.
Office practice. See Commercial sub-
jects.
Oratory. See Public speaking.
Organization of courses: in Latin, 25-26;
in Greek, 30-31; in mathematics,
48-49; in science, 67-71; in general
agriculture, 85; in American history,
97-99; in civics, 109; in economics,
115; in manual training and mechani-
cal drawing, 119-21; in home eco-
nomics and household art, 127-31; in
commercial subjects, 146-51; in art,
161-62; in music, 165-67; in public
speaking, 170-71.
Part-time employment in commercial
work, 151-52.
Penmanship. See Commercial subjects.
Physical training not investigated, 188.
Physics, 58-80.
Physiography, 58-80.
Physiology: few responses as to, 19;
facts of practice in, 58-80.
Public speaking, 170-72; the offering
and its organization, 170; as part of
the offering in English, 170-71; as
separate courses, 171; methods, 172;
aims, 172.
Purpose and method of this investiga-
tion, 1-22.
Regents of the State of New York,
definition-making by the, 3 ff.
Salesmanship. See Commercial subjects.
Science, 58-92; sciences other than agri-
culture, 58-80; years in which science
courses appear, 59-61; time element,
61--67; deviations from plans of texts
used, 67-70; organization of course in
general science, 70; the course in
biology, 70-71; place of practical illus-
trations, 71-72; relating sciences to
problems of environment, 72; field
trips, 72-73; distinctive features,
73-75; aims and purposes, 75-79;
summary, 79-80.
Shopwork. See Manual training and
mechanical drawing.
Shorthand. See Commercial subjects.
Social studies, the, 93-117.
Soils, 81-87.
Spanish, 33-42.
Spelling. See Commercial subjects.
State standardizing authorities, defini-
tion-making by, 14-15.
Subjects investigated for this study, 17-
18; not investigated, 18, 188.
Summary: for Latin, 27-29; for Greek,
32-33; for modern languages, 41-42;
for mathematics, 56-57; for science,
79-80; for agriculture, 91-92;
for
history, 106-7; for civics, 112-13; for
economics, 116-17; for manual train-
ing and mechanical drawing, 126-27;
for home economics and household art,
140-41; for commercial subjects, 156-
58; for art, 163-64; for music, 169.
Supervised study: in Latin, 23; in
modern languages, 34; in mathematics,
46-47; in science, 67; in history, 97;
in economics, 114; in administration
of time factor, 173-79.
Syllabus method of definition-making,
6-10.
Textbooks, domination of courses by: in
first-year Latin, 25; in first-year Greek,
30; in mathematics, 48-49; in science,
67-70; in history, 99-100; in civics,
109; in economics, 115-16; in com-
mercial arithmetic, 147; in spelling,
147-48; in art, 162; in general,
181-82.
Time element: in Latin, 22-23; in Greek,
30; in modern languages, 33-34; in
mathematics, 45-47; in science, 61-67;
in agriculture, 83-85; in history, 96–
97; in civics, 109; in economics, 114;
in manual training and mechanical
drawing, 121-22; in home economics
and household art, 131; in commercial
subjects, 144-46; in art, 159-60; in
music, 165-67; in public speaking,
170-71; in general, 173–78.
Time factor, the, in general, 173–78.
Touch with life, the, 184-87.
Trigonometry, 44-57.
Typewriting. See Commercial subjects.
Unit, the Carnegie Foundation, 15-16.
University of Illinois, definition-making
by, 3 ff.
Vocational aim in agriculture, the, 89-91.
Vocational subjects, the. See Manual
training and mechanical drawing,
Home economics and household art,
and Commercial subjects.
Yale University, definition-making by,
3 ff.
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