GL- STOCKE 8-6-61 MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. Compiled by the Library Division, Bureau of Education. CONTENTS.-Publications of associations-Educational history and biography-Curent educational conditions-Educational theory and practice-Educational psychology: Child study-Special subjects of curriculum-Rural education-Secondary education— Teachers Training and professional status-Higher education-School administralon-School management-School hygiene and sanitation-Physical training-Play and laygrounds-Social aspects of education-Moral education-Religious educationManual and vocational training-Vocational guidance-Agricultural education-Home conomics-Commercial education-Professional education-Military training-Boy couts-Exceptional children-Libraries and reading-Bulletin of the Bureau of Edu ation. NOTE. This office can not supply the publications listed in this bulletin, ther than those expressly designated as publications of the Bureau f Education. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals here mentioned nay ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers, either lirectly or through a dealer, or, in the case of an association publicaion, from the secretary of the issuing organization. Many of them re available for consultation in various public and institutional ibraries. Publications intended for inclusion in this record should be sent to he library of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. PUBLICATIONS OF ASSOCIATIONS. 091. North central association of colleges and secondary schools. Proceedings of the twenty-first annual meeting . . . held at Chicago, Ill., March 24-25, 1916. Published by the Association, 1916. 246 p. 8°. (Henry E. Brown, secretary, Kenilworth, Ill.) Contains: 1. T. A. Clark: College and character, p. 5-19. 2. Accredited schools, p. 97-121. 3. David Felmley: What is a reasonable limit to which an institution may go in enrolling students in the first and second years and yet retain the right to be classified as a senior college? p. 130-40. 4. J. S. Brown: The junior high school, the senior high school and the junior college, p. 140-51. 5. J. H. T. Main: No institution of college grade, which offers few advanced courses, should be classified as a senior college, p. 152-58. 6. Committee recommendations regarding the organization and administration of junior high schools, p. 171-74. 7. Digest of the responses to the questionnaire on the junior high school (or intermediate school) p. 174-92. 8. The definition of units, p. 192–229. 1092. Vermont state teachers' association. Report of the sixty-sixth annual convention, Rutland, Vermont, October 28-30, 1915. 116 p. 8°. (Etta Franklin, secretary, Rutland.) Contains: 1. Caroline S. Woodruff: The call of the school, p. 9-12. 2. G. A. Trueman: The use of the Binet-Simon measuring scale for intelligence, p. 31-39. 3. Lillian B. Poor: The kindergarten as the foundation of the elementary school, p. 51-55. 4. Ruth Farr: Story-telling in the primary grades, p. 55-60. 5. Dorothy C. Fisher: An open-air school for normal children, p. 71-74. 6. J. L. McConaughy: The superfluous in education, p. 98-102. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 1093. Littell, Harold. Development of the city school system of Indiana1851-1880. Indiana magazine of history, 12: 193-213, September 1916. To be concluded. 1094. Memorial service for Miss Blow held in St. Louis. Kindergarten and first grade, 1: 322-24, September 1916. Held in the Soldan high school auditorium on May 29. 1095. Winship, A. E. Irwin Shepard (Educators as I have known them— XXIV) Journal of education, 84: 201–202, September 7, 1916. CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS. 1096. Audollent, Aug. La guerre et l'enseignement supérieur en France. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 36: 241-53, July-August 1916. Deals with the service the German universities have rendered that country and shows that the French universities must prepare to use all their power after the war to preserve, defend and perpetuate "la tradition française." 1097. Bourne, Randolph S. The Gary public schools. 30:371-80, September 1916. Scribner's magazine, With an introductory note by William Wirt, director of the Gary schools. 1098. Brelet, Henri. L'enseignement secondaire et la réforme de 1902. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 36: 254–79, July-August 1916. 1099. Cortright, Edward Everett. Patent medicine formulas in our public school curriculum. Education, 37: 20-28, September 1916. The author states that the present curriculum does not take into account individual differences and so "doesn't and hasn't worked." 1100. Gilman, Isabel Ambler. The Alaska school service. Granite monthly, 48: 248-55, August 1916. 1101. McCormick, S. B. [Educational needs] National association of corporation schools bulletin, 3:18-21, September 1916. An address before the fourth annual convention of the National association of corporation schools, defining the agencies that will play an important part in the future developments of the educational system of the United States. 1102. Marquardt, W. W. Child welfare work in the Philippines. 6: 602-6, September 1916. 1103. More, Louis Trenchard. Education and the melting-pot. 103: 229-31, September 7, 1916. Child, Nation, Writer says that American public schools emphasize vocational work above mental discipline, and standardize education down to the needs of the meltingpot, for the assimilation of immigrant children. If this should be continued, the children of the intelligent classes will more and more be sent to private schools, a result which would be unfortunate for the country. 1104. New possibilities in education; ed. by Ambrose L. Suhrie. Philadelphia, The American academy of political and social science, 1916. 331 p. 8°. (The annals of the American academy of political and social science. vol. LXVII. Whole no. 156) CONTENTS.-1. Ambrose L. Suhrie: The educational program of a democracy, p. xi-xxvi. 2. A. Duncan Yocum: Appreciation of music, literature and art as a social aim, p. 1-12. 3. Irving King: Social training through school group activities, p. 13-25. 4. J. Lynn Barnard: Training in the schools for social efficiency, p. 26-33. 5. Edward H. Griggs: The moral training of children, p. 34-39. 6. Carrie A. Lyford: The science and art of home making, p. 40-46. 7. Thomas C. Blaisdell Education for parenthood, p. 47-53. 8. John M. Brewer: Vocational guidance in school and occupation, p. 54–63. 9. Frederick G. Bonser: Education for life work in non-professional occupations, p. 64-76. 10. B. H. Crocheron Manual labor and the achievement of national ideals, p. 77-81. 11. Jessie Field: Education for home life on the farm, p. 82-86. 12. John M. Gillette : Training for rural leadership, p. 87-96. 13. Louis W. Rapeer: Health as a means to happiness, efficiency and service, p. 97–106. 14. George E. Johnson: Play and recreation, p. 107-14. 15. J. George Becht: Training children to a wise use of their leisure, p. 115-22. 16. Annie C. Moore: Children, libraries and the love of reading, p. 123-29. 17. L. J. Hanifan: The rural school community center, p. 130-38. 18. Mrs. Frederic Schoff: The National congress of mothers and parent-teacher associations, p. 139-47. 19. Walter L. Philips: An urban home and school league, p. 148-55. 20. Payson Smith: The rural school improvement league, p. 156-61. 21. L. R. Alderman: School credit for home work, p. 162-66. 22. George E. Vincent: The spread of the school manse idea, p. 167– 69. 23. Arthur J. Jones: Continuation schools, p. 170-81. 24. Louis Reber: University extension, p. 182–92. 25. James A. Moyer: The "People's university of Massachusetts, p. 193-201. 26. Lee Galloway: Correspondence school instruction by non-academic institutions, p. 202-209. 27. Henry M. Leipziger: Education for adults through public lectures in New York city, p. 210-17. 28. Peter W. Dykema: The spread of the community music idea, p. 218-23. 29. Bradford Knapp Education through farm demonstration, p. 224-40. 30. Mary E. Creswell: The home demonstration work, p. 241–49. 31. Arthur E. Bostwick: The library extension movement in American cities, p. 250-56. 32. Sarah Askew: Library work in the open country, p. 257-66. 33. Ellen C. Lombard: The home reading courses of the United States Bureau of education, p. 267-69. 34. Alfred W. Abrams Visual instruction in New York state, p. 270-72. 35. H. H. Wheaton: The United States Bureau of education and the immigrant, p. 273-83. 36. William H. Allen: Education through official publicity, p. 284-90. 37. Clyde L. King: The public services of the college and university expert, p. 291-96. 1105. Rankin, Janet R. School service in Wisconsin. Educational review, 52: 144-51, September 1916. Writer says that the new feature in the Wisconsin plan is “ its aggressiveness in bringing home to every teacher the fact that the presence of problems and difficulties does not connote inefficiency; that the state desires to aid in transforming difficulties into achievements; and that prompt help may be received for the asking." 1106. Sargeant, Ide G. Is the Gary system the panacea for our educational ills? Forum, 56: 323–26, September 1916. Writer says: "Briefly the Gary plan will reduce the per capita cost for school buildings and for supervision, take care of the children for a longer day through the use of the auditorium, playground, and shop in connection with the special academic subjects, give the child a more attractive and profitable school life, and at the same time provide better facilities for recreation and continuation work for adults." 1107. Sarraut, Albert. L'instruction publique et la guerre. Paris, H. Didier, 1916. xxxi, 266 p. 12°. EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE. 1108. Bowman, Ernest Lavern. The lesson-plan for inexperienced teachers. Industrial-arts magazine, 5:377-79, September 1916. 1109. Furst, Clyde. Liberal education. Midland schools, 31: 7-11, September 1916. "Liberal education represents a full adjustment of the individual to society, attending alike to body, mind, and spirit." 1110. Guénot, H. Contre l'identification des programmes masculins et des programmes féminins. Revue universitaire, 7: 118-26, July 1916. 1111. Henry, T. S. A comparison of two recent contributions to the theory of education. School and home education, 36: 14-17, September 1916. A review of Dewey's Democracy and education and Yocum's Culture, discipline and democracy. The author thinks that Yocum's is the more important contribution. 1112. Wilson, Mrs. Louise Jones. The average boy and how to teach him. School news and practical educator, 30: 41-42, September 1916. Some suggestions for teachers in dealing with boys in the schoolroom. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: CHILD STUDY. 1113. Cary, Charles P. Measuring school achievement. of education, 48: 186-88, September 1916. Wisconsin journal The author explains the necessity for scales or standards by which to measure achievement. 1114. Coxe, Warren W. The Woolley tests applied to a prevocational class of boys. School review, 24: 521-32, September 1916. 1115. Fordyce, Charles. Educational measurements. view, 9:17-18, September 1916. Middle-west school re The author gives some of the reasons for having a scale by which to judge the work of pupils. 1116. Gray, William S. Descriptive list of standard tests. Elementary school 1117. Kayfetz, Isidore. A critical study of the Harvard-Newton composition 1118. McFarland, W. H. Relation between spelling judgment and spelling "the A study to determine whether "all one needs in order to learn to spell is a 1119. McManis, John T. The study of the behavior of an individual child; 54 p. 12°. Bibliography at end of each chapter. 1120. Scofield, F. A. Difficulty of Ayres's spelling scale as shown by the spelling of 560 high school students. School and society, 4: 339-40, August 26, 1916. 1121. Shaw, Elizabeth Ross. A suggestion for child study. Kindergarten and first grade, 1:304-308, September 1916. The ques Tests given at the Francis Parker School to 5-year-old children. 1122. Springer, Isidore, ed. Teachers' year book of educational investiga- 1123. Studebaker, John W. Spelling; results of an investigation of pupils' ability to spell. New York, Boston [etc.] Newson & company [1916]. 57 p. 8°. An investigation of the schools of Des Moines, Ia. 1124. Wang, Chang Ping. The general value of visual sense training in children. Baltimore, Warwick & York, inc., 1916. 85 p. illus. 12°. (Educational psychology monographs, no. 15) Bibliography: p. 81-82. 1125. Woodrow, Herbert. The faculty of attention. Journal of experimental psychology, 1:285-318, August 1916. 1126. Woody, Clifford. Measurements of some achievements in arithmetic. School and society, 4: 299-303, August 19, 1916. 1127. Ziedler, Richard. Tests in silent reading in the rural schools of Santa Clara county, California. Elementary school journal, 18: 55-62, September 1916. SPECIAL SUBJECTS OF CURRICULUM. 1128. Bolenius, Emma Miller. The story in school. Popular educator, 34: 38-40, 47, September 1916. The author gives "(1) information about the story . . (2) special suggestions ... (3) devices that enliven work with the short story." 1129. Brawley, Benjamin. The course in English in the secondary school. Southern workman, 45: 494-502, September 1916. A discussion of the English course for negro schools. 1130. Hamm, Franklin P. Outline and suggestive methods and devices on the teaching of elementary arithmetic. Designed to increase the efficiency of teachers of the fifth and sixth years. Also an aid to teachers of succeeding grades in maintaining uniformity in methods and forms throughout the course. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company [1916] . 40 p. 16°. 1131. Hauvette, Henri. A propos de l'allemand et de quelques autres langues étrangères. Revue de l'enseignement des langues vivantes, 33: 289-96, July 1916. The author takes issue with those who would stop the teaching of German after the war, claiming that the study of foreign languages keeps a nation in touch commercially and intellectually with foreign countries, and that this is necessary for the welfare of the nation. 1132. Krause, Carl A. The direct method in modern languages; contributions to methods and didactics in modern languages. New York, Chicago [etc.] C. Scribner's sons [1916] 139 p. 12°. Bibliography of American writers, 1912-14: p. 117-39., 1133. Lewis, G. W. Present methods of teaching primary reading. Catholic school journal, 16: 181-88, September 1916. Short sketch of the various methods but describes especially the Lewis story method. 1134. Mackay, Constance D'Arcy. Festival history and festival ideas for the school. Popular educator, 34: 14-15, 58, September 1916. |