and-six plan, p. 102-6. 6. E. O. Holland: How to measure the efficiency of the public schools, p. 106-8. 7. A. S. Mackenzie: Some essentials in secondary education, p. 129-33. 8. J. Y. C. Noe: The junior college, p. 140-44. 9. J. L. Harmon [Commercial education] p. 149-54. 10. R. P. Green: Physical geography and soils, p. 160-67. 11. J. L. Foust: High school records, p. 193-96. 12. Harper Gatton: The six-six plan, p. 196-99. 13. R. T. Whittinghill: Values and variations [in the high school] p. 200-5. 14. Florence P. Witherspoon : High school welfare work, p. 205-9. 15. McHenry Rhoads: High school legislation, p. 209-12. 16. W. J. Caplinger: Scope and purpose of modern languages in the high school, p. 222-26. 17. B. F. Browne: Teachers' club and rest room, p. 235-37. 1414. National association of school accounting officers. Report of the annual meeting . . . held at St. Louis, May 18, 19 and 20, 1915. Boston, Printing department, 1915. 42 p. 8°. (William Dick, secretarytreasurer, Philadelphia, Pa.) Contains: 1. W. J. Flynn: Business administration in smaller districts, p. 5-15. 2. W. B. Ittner: Cost of schoolhouse construction, p. 17-21. 3. G. W. Gerwig: Unit of service, p. 23-31. 4. E. C. Baldwin: Terminology of school building construction and repairs, p. 34-39. 1415. North Dakota education association. Proceedings, twenty-eighth annual session . . . held at Bismarck, October 21-23, 1914. Devils Lake, N. D., Journal publishing company, 1914. 271 p. 8°. (W. E. Parsons, secretary, Bismarck, N. D.) Contains: 1. R. L. Johnson: Feeble-mindedness, p. 37-40. 2. R. L. Johnson: The origin of the mental measuring scale, p. 41-45. 3. A. D. Weeks: Education for economic distribution, p. 52-58. 4. L. A. White: Some considerations of the study problem, p. 60–64. 5. H. E. French: Sex education in the high school, p. 88-90. 6. R. L. Johnson: Sex hygiene, p. 91–94. 7. Joseph Kennedy: Some phases of the rural school problem, p. 117-22. 8. R. L. Johnson: The child of the special school, p. 123-29. 9. A. C. Berg: Medical inspection, p. 137-40. 10. Mary B. Flemington: The teachers' boarding place, p. 141-43. 11. B. C. B. Tighe: Practicable illustrative helps in history teaching, p. 148-52. 12. N. C. Koontz: Value and methods of teaching current events in the high school, p. 156-62. 13. Ethel J. Hay: The need of teaching state history, p. 163-64. 14. Bessie Taylor: Educating the girl for her responsibility as a consumer, p. 173-79. 15. C. C. Schmidt: Vocational training and liberal culture, p. 180-87. 16. Courses in private music instruction to be offered for credit in high school courses, p. 198-203. 17. Jane Smith: A certificate system of examination for private teachers, p. 216-20. 1416. Ohio college association. Transactions of the forty-fifth annual meeting ... held at Columbus, Ohio, April 2-3, 1915. Published by the Association, 1915. 88 p. 8°. (W. G. Leutner, secretary, Western Reserve university, Cleveland, Ohio.) Contains: 1. H. C. Minnich: A rational ratio of practice-teaching, p. 28-33. 2. J. C. Chapman: The science of measurement as applied to education. p. 34-44. 3. G. R. Twiss: What Ohio colleges are doing to supply high school teachers under the new law, p. 44-50. 4. W. E. Mosher: The present and future policy of Ohio colleges as influenced by recent school legislation, p. 51-60. 5. B. F. Stanton: Economics in secondary schools, p. 83-87. 1417. Oklahoma state educational association. Proceedings ... Oklahoma City, Okla., November 5-7, 1914. 56 p. 8°. (Gladys Whittet, secretary, Pottawatomie county, Okla.) 1418. Ontario educational association. Proceedings of the fifty-fourth annual convention, held in Toronto, April 5-8, 1915. Toronto, Warwick bro's & Rutter, 1915. 416 p. 8°. Contains: 1. W. J. Summerby: The war, the school and the farm, p. 74-76. 2. J. W. Robertson: Education for occupations, p. 91–113. 3. Peter Sandiford: Liberty in the school, p. 127-32. 4. Report of sub-committee on the relation of secondary to elementary schools, p. 133-55. 5. E. W. Hagarty: History of the cadet movement in Canada, p. 156-63. 6. F. P. Gavin: Two opportunities for service by the high school, p. 219-24. 7. W. J. Karr: Possibilities of im- 1419. Pennsylvania state educational association. Report of proceedings, For contents of pages 1-85, 94-141, 156-87, of this volume see separate entries for sections-items 355, 519, 694, and 695. College and normal schools. Contains: 1. Charles Lose: Effect on normal schools of changes in college entrance, p. 89-91. 2. R. H. Johnson: Extent to which college can recognize normal school work, p. 91-92. Manual arts department. 4. R. P. Gleason: 5. Mary E. Mar 6. Florence E. 3. J. M. Jameson: The product or the pupil, p. 142-46. Measuring the efficiency of manual arts teachers, p. 148-50. shall: How to make the study of art more valuable, p. 151–52. Phillips: How to make this study more valuable in rural school, p. 152-54. 7. Eva Stoner: Drawing in the graded school, p. 154-55. Township schools department. 8. G. F. Dunkelberger: The shortcomings of the country school, p. 188-90. 9. Emma W. Wersler: Home geography and local history, p. 190-93. 10. Elizabeth Gilchrist: The home and the school, p. 193–96. 11. W. L. Mudge: Co-operation of church and school for uplift of rural community, p. 196-99. 12. C. S. Kniss: Preparation and improvement of rural teacher. p. 199–202. 13. M. A. Dively: Value of a country education to every boy, p. 203-6. Child study round table. 14. W. F. Eberle : Results of child study, p. 207-10. velopment of the moral instinct of the child, p. 211–15. High school department. 15. H. H. Shenk: De 16. B. G. Graham: Reduplication of high school studies in college, p. 217-20. 17. Katharine E. Puncheon: The high school program of studies; constants and electives, p. 220-25. 18. E. E. Sparks: How to grip the boy, p. 227-30. 19. Ella Peach: Minimum essentials in English for entrance to high school, p. 232-37. 20. Sylvia Hall: Outside reading of high school pupils, p. 238-41. 21. M. G. Fisher: [Latin in the high school] A protest and a program, p. 245-47. 22. Bessie R. Burchett: Greek in the high school curriculum, p. 248-51. 23. S. H. Smith: Keeping history up to date, p. 255-58. Hammond: What business demands in our graduates, p. 271–74. Riemer Essentials in the acquisition of German, p. 274-81. Graded schools department. 24. L. L. 25. G. C. 26. Eliza John: Special classes for misfit pupils, p. 282-86. 27. Margaret T. Maguire: Appropriate incentives, p. 286-88. 28. Mary J. Cooper: Standardizing reading, p. 288-90. 29. Elizabeth V. Brown: Public school and moral instruction, p. 290-92. Department of music. 30. A. L. Filmore: Qualifications for supervisor of music in public schools, p. 293-94. 31. H. B. Dann: Aims and results of teaching music in schools, p. 294-99. 1420. Texas state teachers' association. Proceedings and addresses thirty-sixth annual meeting, November 26-28, 1914, San Antonio, Texas. 368 p. 8°. (T. D. Brooks, secretary, Hillsboro, Texas.) Contains: 1. C. J. Brown: The equalization of educational opportunity for the country child, p. 11-19. 2. H. W. Foght: The place of Danish rural schools in recent agricultural reorganization, p. 20-34. 3. W. F. Doughty: The Department of education and the schools, p. 38-45. 4. A. W. Eddins: The public school and the delinquent boy, p. 50-54. 5. S. M. N. Marrs: The normal training of teachers in high schools, p. 65-69; Discussion, p. 70-75. 6. E. V. White: The selection of books for public school libraries, p. 81-84. 7. J. N. Bigbee : Some nonprofessional relationships of the superintendent, p. 87-92. 8. J. E. Blair Development and progress of city school systems-with special reference to Texas, p. 94-102. 9. J. F. Bateman: Failures in high school mathematics; number, causes, remedies, p. 152-57. 10. D. F. McCollom: The effectiveness of history teaching as shown by a recent experiment, p. 170-79. 11. Pompeo Coppini [Art teaching] p. 190-98. 12. Alvin Dille: Needed legislation; continuous state aid; supervision, p. 200-4. 13. E. M. Wyatt: Manual training records and accounts, p. 215-20. 14. E. L. Nunally: Secondary Latin, its use and abuse, p. 231-34. 15. F. E. Davis: Community cooperation, p. 243-53. 16. Alva Clarke: The high school orchestra, p. 277–78. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 1421. Coon, Charles Lee, ed. North Carolina schools and academies, 17901840; a documentary history. Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton printing company, 1915. 846 p. 8°. 1422. In memoriam: William Torrey Harris; born September 10, 1835; died November 5, 1909. New York, James T. White & co., 1915. 12 p. illus., port. 12°. From the National cyclopedia of American biography.. 1423. Wilson, Sir Roland Knyvet. The first and last fight for the voluntary principle in education (1846-1858) London, The Eastern press, limited [1915] 66 p. 12°. Appeared in the Individualist in 1914. Refers especially to a pamphlet by Sir Edward Baines, published in 1846, entitled Letters to Right Hon. Lord John Russell. CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS. 1424. Ashland, Oreg. Committee for the constructive survey of the Ashland public schools. Constructive survey of the public school system of Ashland, Oregon. Final report, April 15, 1915. Salem, Oreg., State printing department, 1915. 52 p. illus. 8°. (University of Oregon bulletin. new ser., vol. XII, no. 11) Fred C. Ayer, director. 1425. Churchill, Thomas W. A genuinely new education. Journal of education, 82: 369-72, October 21, 1915. An address before the Brooklyn civic club. Also, in part, in National association of corporation schools, Bulletin, 2: 5-8, November 1915. Writer says that our bookish education has failed to attract those for whom it was intended. Tools and machinery in schools have caught the boys' interest. 1426. Clark, Eleanor J. Recent changes in the Vermont school system. Education, 36: 168-71, November 1915. Summarizes the recommendations embodied in the bill of the legislature of also the compromise bills, known as House bills 462 and 463. 1915; 1427. Dean, Arthur D. The Gary plan on trial in New York city. Manual training and vocational education, 17: 211-16, November 1915. Mr. Dean "presents the fundamental points at issue between the Wirt and Ettinger schemes for reorganizing the elementary schools." 1428. Georgia. Department of education. Educational survey of Jackson County, Georgia. By M. L. Duggan, rural school agent. [Atlanta?] 1915. 64 p. illus. 8°. No. 6 in a series of educational surveys of the counties of Georgia. 1429. Lull, Herbert Galen. A survey of the Port Townsend public schools. Seattle, The University, 1915. diagrs. 112 p. 8°. (Bulletin of the University of Washington, University extension ser. no. 17. General ser. no. 95) Survey committee, from the faculty of the College of education, University of Washington: Herbert G. Lull, Joseph K. Hart, Henry M. Grant, Paul J. Kruse. 1430. Nüchter, Fr. Charakterzüge des amerikanischen lebens in ihrer beziehung zum amerikanischen schulwesen. Neue bahnen, 26: 375-86, June 1915. A descriptive and critical consideration of "Characteristics of American life in their relation to American education." 1431. Oswego Co., N. Y. Superintendent of first supervisory district. A survey; a review of the past; a glimpse at the present; plans for the future. Prepared by Mildred G. Pratt, district superintendent. 1915– 1916. [Lacona, N. Y., 1915] 114 p. illus. 8°. 1432. Prendergast, William A. Why New York city needs a new school plan. American review of reviews, 52: 584-87, November 1915. Discusses the desirability of the Gary plan, but also recommends a small board of education as essential to any successful educational plan. Recommends a board of five members, "unswayed by political machinations of those within or without the educational system." The article is followed by a sketch of Dr. William A. Wirt, originator of Gary plan. 1433. Rogers, Lester Burton. A comparative study of the township, district, consolidated, town and city schools of Indiana. Menasha, Wis., George Banta publishing company [1915] vi, 210 p. tables, diagrs. 8°. 1434. Schreiber, H. Die deutsche volksschule der gegenwart und zukunft. Archiv für pädagogik. I. teil, Die pädagogische praxis, 3:381-93, July 1915. Criticism and forecasts, in detail, on the subject of the German public school of the present and the future. 1435. Tews, Johannes. Das deutsche volk und sein geistiger besitz. Archiv für pädagogik. I. teil, Die pädagogische praxis, 3: 241-53, June 1915. The general secretary of the "Gesellschaft für verbreitung von volksbildung," Berlin, urges a greater extension of education to all classes of Germany's population. 1436. Wilson, H. B. The present activity in elementary education. Educational bi-monthly, 10: 1-14, October 1915. Discusses the subject under the following heads: (1) Improvement of the curriculum; (2) adaptation of the educative efforts of the school to different vocational ends, to varying social conditions, and to differences in individuals; (3) evaluation of the results of education; (4) adequate motivation of the work of the school. PEDAGOGICS AND DIDACTICS. 1437. Berle, Adolph Augustus. Teaching in the home; a handbook for intensive fertilization of the child mind for instructors of young children. New York, Moffat, Yard and company, 1915. 354 p. 12°. 1438. Bess, Elmer A. The individual mental factor and efficiency. Education, 36: 137-45, November 1915. A dissertation on the psychology of "efficiency." The principle applied to education. Writer says that the individual mental factor is neglected in the school program. One of the essentials in achievement is aspiration, without which "a student may drift through all the schools and colleges, observe the formulas, and attain a fair degree of knowledge, but a machine-made student is the product." Emphasizes the necessity for counsellors, or guides, in communities, institutions, and corporations. 1439. Brown, John. Education through the senses. Pennsylvania school journal, 64: 206-10, November 1915. 1440. Dearborn, George Van Ness. Economy in study-certain practical points, psychological and physiological, on how to study to the best advantage. New York, William Wood & company, 1915. 15 p. 12°. Reprinted from the Medical record, June 5, 1915. 1441. Dumville, Benjamin. Teaching, its nature and varieties. London, University tutorial press ld., 1915. 446 p. 16°. 1442. Gillette, John M. The conservation of talent through utilization. Scientific monthly, 1: 151-64, November 1915. Declares that the schools do not furnish that stimulating element which might be regarded as "the necessary opportunity to develop talent." Vast majority of elementary teachers possess no imaginative and sympathetic ability. Schools are conducted on the basis of memory-parrot work which ends in making parrots of pupils. 1443. Hémon, Félix. La pédagogie de Pécaut: La France et le génie français. Revue pédagogique, 67: 236-54, October 1915. 1444. Holmes, Edmund. Ideals of life and education-German and English. Nineteenth century, 78: 957-71, October 1915. Writer says that in Germany "The pressure of autocratic authority on life is constant and strong." Declares that it tends: "(1) To mechanicalise life; (2) to externalise life; (3) to weaken the will, which is the mainspring of life." 1445. Kendall, Calvin N., and Mirick, George A. How to teach the fundamental subjects. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company [1915] xii, 329 p. 12°. (Riverside textbooks in education, ed. by E. P. Cubberley) Methods of teaching English, mathematics, geography, history, civics, and hygiene. 1446. Kennedy, Joseph. Educational perspective. Quarterly journal of the University of North Dakota, 6: 3-14, October 1915. 1447. University address, given at the University of North Dakota, June 15, 1914. Fundamentals in methods in elementary schools. New York, The Macmillan company, 1915. xxiv, 326 p. 12°. 1448. Lapie, Paul. La science de l'éducation. Revue pédagogique, 67: 217-35, October 1915. 1449. Lehmann, Rudolf. Wyneken. Deutsche schule, 19:366–72, June 1915. A sympathetic, though critical, evaluation of the personality, writings, and educational work and leadership of Gustav Wyneken. 1450. Schmidt, Max. Das kontinuitätsprinzip in der pädagogik. Deutsche schule, 19: 273-82, 345–54, May, June 1915. 1451. Seeley, Levi. Teaching: its aims and methods. New York, Hinds, Noble, & Eldredge, 1915. xi, 320 p. 12°. 15526--15- -2 |