1680. Washington educational association. Addresses and proceedings of the thirtieth annual session . . . held in Spokane, October 25-28, 1916. 201 p. 8°. (O. C. Whitney, secretary, Tacoma, Wash.)

Contains: 1. W. F. Geiger: The teacher in the ranks and the increasing demands of the school, p. 28–31. 2. C. E. Rugh: Religion and education, p. 3539. 3. M. P. Shawkey: The use of suggestion in teaching, p. 39-45. 4. G. H. Black Plan for training teachers for Washington rural schools, p. 48-51. 5. Report and recommendations of the commission of educational survey of Washington, p. 57-67. 6. C. R. Frazier: Should elementary school work be differentiated to meet individual, social and industrial needs, and how and what ways and means are available for fitting school work to those needs satisfactorily? p. 68-74. 7. M. P. Shawkey: Some new problems for the old school, p. 77-81. 8. Clifford Woody: Tests and measures in the schoolroom and their value to the teachers, p. 81-86. 9. J. S. Smith: Americanization of aliens by the public schools of our country, p. 94-99. 10. F. L. Cassidy: Standard measures in high school work, p. 103-9.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

1681. Cooper, Lane.

Louis Agassiz as a teacher. Illustrative extracts on his method of instruction. Ithaca, N. Y., The Comstock publishing co., 1917. ix. 74 p. front. (port.) 12o.

1682. Fisk, Everett O. A great school and a great headmaster. Education, 38:175-82, November 1917.

An appreciation of Richard Mott Jones, who was for 42 years headmaster of William Penn Charter school, Philadelphia, Pa.

16S3. Good, Harry G. The position of Luther upon education. School and society, 6: 511-18, November 3, 1917.

1684. Morrison, A. J. The beginnings of public education in Virginia, 17761860. Study of secondary schools in relation to the State literary fund. Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing, 1917. 195 p. 8°.

Issued by the State board of education as a report introductory to the series of annual reports of the superintendent of public instruction.

CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS.

1685. Armani, Tarquinio. Il problema generale della scuola e le nuove provvidenze per le scuole popolari e del lavoro. Rivista pedagogica, 10:501-25, July-September 1917.

1686. Education reform council. Education reform, being the report of the Education reform council. London, Pub. for the Teachers' guild of

Great Britain and Ireland by P. S. King & son, ltd., 1917. xxxii, 215 p. 8°.

Object : "To consider the condition of education in England, and to promote such reform and developments as may appear desirable."

1687. La guerre et la vie de demain. Conférences de l'Alliance d'hygiène sociale, 1914-1916. I. Enfance et jeunesse. II. Les risques immédiats de la guerre et leur réparation. Paris, F. Alcan, 1916-1917. 2 vols. 12°.

Contains: Vol. I.-1. Dr. Mosny: La guerre et l'hygiène scolaire, p. 170-93. 2. M. Montjotin: La guerre et l'enseignement primaire, p. 197-220. 3. Paul Painlevé La guerre et le rôle social de l'école primaire, p. 227-32. 4. Gustave Belot: La guerre et l'enseignement secondaire, p. 265–304. 5. Louis Liard: La guerre et les universités françaises, p. 307-38. Vol. II.-6. Dr. Bourrillon: La guerre et la rééducation des mutilés, p. 32-57. 7. Marcel Magne: La guerre et

la reconstitution des trésors artistiques de la France, p. 289-319. Vol. III will have title: Les risques futurs de la guerre et la réorganisation de la France. Wartime education in the kingdom of Poland. Free Poland, 4: 10-12, October 5, 1917.

1688. Jesien, Waclaw S.

Contains statistics of education and literacy in Russia.

1689. Kendall, Calvin N. The schools and the war. Atlantic educational journal, 13: 65-67, October 1917.

1690. Koo, V. K. Wellington.

[The problems and difficulties of the students

who return to China.] Chinese students' monthly, 13: 20-28, November 1917.

Address made at the Chinese students' conference, Providence, R. I., September 6, 1917.

1691. Maple, E. O. Education in Vincennes, or, The Vincennes plan. 19171918. Vincennes, Ind., Capital printers, 1917. 84 p. illus. 8°.

1692. Meister, Ludovic. L'école en Alsace reconquise. Revue pédagogique, 61: 22-42, July 1917.

Describes the present system of schools in the strip of Alsace now under control of the French armies. These schools enroll 11,723 pupils.

1693. The new education bill for England. Educational review, 54:374-89, November 1917.

A full text of the bill without comments.

1694. Opposition to the Gary system.

November 1917.

Pittsburgh school bulletin, 11: 71-74,

The disadvantages of the Gary system in New York city as urged by the Anti-Gary league.

1695. Pellatt, Thomas. Public school education and the war; an answer to the attack upon Eton education. London, Duckworth & co. [1917] viii, 128 p. 12o.

Says that the basis of British public school education is religion and morals. These things can not be inculcated through mathematics and science but must be imparted through the humanities.

1696. Powell, Lyman P. New aspects of education in England and France. American review of reviews, 56: 517-26, November 1917.

The education that will conserve democracy for the world.

1697. Sheffield, Lord. The education bill, 1917.

361-67, October 1917.

Contemporary review, 112:

Discusses the provisions of the English education bill of 1917.

1698. Thwing, Charles F. War lessons for American education. American review of reviews, 56: 527-28, November 1917.

Education for democratic, responsible citizenship urged.

1699. Van Dyke, Henry. The education that made the war. Journal of the New York state teachers' association, 4: 243-48, November 1917.

Discusses three elements of falsehood that are at the basis of the system of education in Germany which has been immediately responsible for the war. 1700. Victor. L'enseignement de l'allemand en l'Allemagne. Revue pédagogique, 61:43-78, July 1917.

Describes the aims and methods of the teaching of German in Germany as influenced by the war and its accompanying tendencies.

1701. Weber, S. E. The American school in the present war. Journal of education, 86: 429-30, November 1, 1917.

Address delivered at the annual teachers' institute, Scranton, Pa.

1702. Wilder, Georgene H. Why children are sent to private schools. School and home education, 37: 35-36, October 1917.

Gives the advantages claimed for the private school over the public school. 1703. Žujović, Jovan M. La vie intellectuelle de la Serbie. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 37: 340-47, September-October 1917.

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EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE.

1704. Dugas, L. Les idées de Théodule Ribot sur l'éducation. Revue pédagogique, 61:1-21, July 1917.

1705. Edson, Andrew W. Things most worth while in education. Journal of education, 86: 451-52, November 8, 1917.

Things most worth while in education are good habits, intellectual power, character, cultivated taste, high ideals, willingness to work, and desire for service.

1706. Mackie, A. The nature of teaching. Schooling (Sydney, N. S. W.) 1: 3-14, September 1917.

Discusses the philosophy of teaching.

1707. Rugg, Harold O. Statistical methods applied to education; a textbook for students of education in the quantitative study of school problems. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company [1917] xviii, 410 p. charts. 12°. (Riverside textbooks in education, ed. by E. P. Cubberley.)

Sets forth the mathematical theory of statistical work as applied to educational problems.

1708. Whitehead, A. N. The organization of thought, educational and scientific. London, Williams and Norgate, 1917.

228 p. 8°.

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-CHILD STUDY.

1709. Burnham, William H.

The hygiene and pedagogy of habit. American journal of school hygiene, 1: 137-51, October 1917.

Bibliography: p. 150-51.

1710. Freeman, Frank N. How children learn. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company [1917] xiv, 322 p. 12°. (Riverside textbooks in education, ed. by E. P. Cubberley.)

1711.

A study in applied psychology, concerning itself primarily with the native and acquired responses of children, and the significance of these for educa tional development and for social control.

Summary of recent literature in educational psychology. Elementary school journal, 18: 141-49, October 1917.

1712. Hollingworth, H. L. and Poffenberger, A. T. Applied psychology. New York, London, D. Appleton and company, 1917. xiii, 337 p. 12°.

A general textbook of this new subject, designed for the student, teacher, and general reader.

1713. Johns, W. A. The education of boys. Ohio educational monthly, 66: 476-79, November 1917.

Thinks three things should be given careful attention in the education of boys-first, the gang spirit; second, the love for things of nature; and, third, the desire to exercise creative ability.

1714. Judd, Charles Hubbard. Psychology; general introduction.

2d com

pletely rev. ed. Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and company [1917] xix, 358 p. 12°..

A summary of modern scientific psychology and an introduction to special lines of psychological investigation, such as educational psychology, social psychology, comparative psychology, and psychology of special subjects.

1715. Layton, Warren K. The control and direction of the emotions, School and home education, 37: 52-55, November 1917.

The control and direction of the emotions as related to school work.

1716. Race, Henrietta.

The work of a psychological laboratory. Educational administration and supervision, 3: 469-84, October 1917.

Shows something of the work of a psychological laboratory in a city school system as it is found in educational measurements, in remedial results, and in the consequent benefit that accrues to the normal school.

EDUCATIONAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS.

1717. Bell, J. Carleton.

A detailed study of Whipple's range of information test. Journal of educational psychology, 8: 475-82, October 1917. Results of a vocabulary test given to college students.

1718. Brandenburg, G. C. Rating men by observation.

6: 507-10, October 27, 1917.

Rating of students by their classmates.

1719. Brigham, Carl C. Two studies in mental tests.

School and society.

I. Variable factors in

the Binet tests. II. The diagnostic value of some mental tests. Princeton, N. J., and Lancaster, Pa., Psychological review company, 1917. 254 p. 8°. (Psychological review publication, vol. xxiv, no.-1. Whole no: 102)

1720. Brown, Marian D. and Haggerty, M. E. Measuring the improvement in composition. English journal, 6: 515-27, October 1917.

An initial effort to study improvements in English composition by means of the Harvard-Newton scale. The work of 78 students in the high schools of Minneapolis, Minn., was measured throughout a period of twelve weeks. Presents tabular statistics and graphs.

1721. Kohs, Samuel C. An annotated bibliography of recent literature on the Binet-Simon scale (1913-1917) Part I-II. Journal of educational psychology, 8: 425-38, 488-502, September, October 1917.

1722. Mead, Cyrus D. An experiment in the fundamentals, giving the results of tests made in the Cincinnati schools with two kinds of practice material. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y., World book company, 1917. xiv, 54 p. 12°.

A report of tests of arithmetic practice pad material.

1723. Monroe, Walter Scott. Educational tests and measurements, by Walter Scott Monroe, assisted by James Clarence De Voss and Frederick James Kelly. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company [1917] xxii, 309 p. 12° (Riverside textbooks in education, ed. by E. P. Cubberley)

Offers "a clear and simple statement as to the nature of the different tests which have been evolved, their use, their reliability, and how to diagnose the results and apply remedial instruction."

...

1724. Morehouse, Francis M. Testing results in history teaching. History teacher's magazine, 8: 301-5, November 1917.

Testing by examinations, by problems, and by the writing of history, and incidental tests.

1725. Pechstein, L. A. The old problem but from new angles. Journal of the New York state teachers' association, 4: 254-60, November 1917.

New angles of approach to the problem of tests of efficiency in teaching. 1726. Pintner, Rudolph, and Reamer, Jeannette C. Children tested by the point scale and the performance scale. Psychological clinic, 11: 142–51, October 15, 1917.

This study is a comparison between ratings of the same children on the Yerkes-Bridges point scale and the Pintner-Paterson performance scale.

1727. Sandiford, Peter. The measurement of intelligence. School, 6:167-71, November 1917.

A discussion of the efficacy of mental tests.

SPECIAL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION.

1728. Applemann, Anton H. The essentials of the direct method. Monatshefte für deutsche sprache und pädagogik, 18: 203-10, September 1917. 1729. Clark, A. Bess. An experiment in problem teaching. English journal, 6:535-38, October 1917.

Describes the writing, staging, and publication of a senior-class play by the pupils of the Chisholm (Minn.) high school.

1730. Mayberry, L. W. Individualizing problems for pupils.

school journal, 18: 133-37, October 1917.

Elementary

Gives typical problems which may be individualized for the pupils in any school room.

SPECIAL SUBJECTS OF CURRICULUM.

1731. New England modern language association. Addresses and proceedings of the fourteenth annual meeting held in Boston, May 12, 1917. Bulletin of the New England modern language association, 7:1–102, September 1917.

Boston, Mass.)

(Bertha Vogel, secretary, South Boston high school,

Contains: 1. D. C. Stuart: The reader on the College entrance examination board, p. 3-24. 2. W. B. Snow: Wanted, a teacher, p. 33–48.

1732. Altschul, Charles. The American revolution in our school textbooks; an attempt to trace the influence of early school education on the feeling toward England in the United States. With an introduction by James T. Shotwell, professor of history at Columbia university. New York, G. H. Doran company [1917] 168 p. 8°.

Reviewed in Nation, 105: 364-65, October 4, 1917; History teacher's magazine, 8: 319-20, November 1917.

1733. Arms, S. Dwight. Some desirable features of the syllabus in Latin for the first two years. Classical journal, 13: 96-103, November 1917. 1734. Arnold, Frank R. Redemption through realien. Educational review, 54: 360-65, November 1917.

Speaking of language study, the writer says that teachers seeking to improve their work will do well to consider the case of realien" those classroom links between Europe and America, those stimuli to curiosity, those sources of subtle culture."

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1735. Bolling, George M. The teaching of the tenses " in Greek. Classical journal, 13: 104-10, November 1917.

1736. Brubacher, A. R. The common school and our common speech. Journal of the New York state teachers' association, 4: 249-53, November 1917.

Says that if the elementary school can only do one thing well let it be English. Everything else must be subordinated to this primary purpose, the mastery of the mother tongue.

1737. Clark, Zelma E. Socialized English. School review, 25: 581-94, Octo

ber 1917.

Discusses the problem of reading. Outlines a course of reading in special problems, chiefly connected with the pupil's own neighborhood.

1738. Conference on classical studies in liberal education, Princeton, N. J., 1917. Value of the classics. Princeton university press, 1917. 396 p.

8°.

Edited by A. F. West.

A record of addresses delivered at the conference, together with introduction, statements by various persons, and statistics.