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. Scribner's magazine, 30:371-80, September 1916. 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. Child, 6: 602-6, September 1916. 1103. More, Louis Trenchard. Education and the melting-pot. 103: 229-31, September 7, 1916. 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. 52:144-51, September 1916. Educational review, 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 journal, 18:24–34, September 1916. 1117. Kayfetz, Isidore. A critical study of the Harvard-Newton composition scales. Pedagogical seminary, 23: 325-47, September 1916. Bibliography: p. 346-47. 1118. McFarland, W. H. Relation between spelling judgment and spelling ability. Midland schools, 31: 19-21, September 1916. A study to determine whether "all one needs in order to learn to spell is a spelling conscience and a dictionary habit." The conclusion drawn is that "the ⚫ conscience and dictionary' scheme cannot be relied upon." 1119. McManis, John T. The study of the behavior of an individual child; syllabus and bibliography, Baltimore, Warwick & York, inc., 1916. 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. Tests given at the Francis Parker School to 5-year-old children. The questions were based on a list standardized by Professor Sommer of Giessen University with the substitution of six questions from the Binet scale. 1122. Springer, Isidore, ed. Teachers' year book of educational investigations; a manual giving the tests and standards that have been devised for the purpose of measuring the efficiency of school instruction and administration. Issued by the Division of reference and research, Department of education, the city of New York. 53 p. fold. chart. 8°. (Pub. no. 14) 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. 85 p. 1124. Wang, Chang Ping. The general value of visual sense training in children. Baltimore, Warwick & York, inc., 1916. illus. 12°. (Educational psychology monographs, no. 15) Bibliography: p. 81-82. 1125. Woodrow, Herbert. The faculty of attention. psychology, 1: 285-318, August 1916. Journal of experimental 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. 1135. Norris, F. A. The incidental teaching of English in school shops. Manual training magazine, 18: 13-15, September 1916. 1136. Noyer, Ralph. How to judge a debate. Rural school messenger, 6: 27-28, September 1916. Gives an outline which the author has "often found helpful in arriving at a decision." 1137. Sears, Isabel and Diebel, Amelia. A study of the common mistakes in pupils' oral English. Elementary school journal, 18: 44-54, September 1916. Results of an investigation to determine the errors of speech made by Cincinnati school children. 1138. Smith, David E. The development of the American arithmetic. Educational review, 52:109–18, September 1916. "This Traces the development of the American arithmetic, particularly with regard to the influences exerted in turn by various European countries. Discusses the influences that will bear upon text books by the junior high school. school," says the writer, "offers the most encouragement to mathematics that has been seen in many years." 1139. Sutton, H. O. General science in the high school. 19: 24-26, September 1916. Nebraska teacher, A brief discussion of the reasons for a course in general science, the nature of the course, and the results obtained. 1140. Sypherd, Wilbur Owen. A bibliography on "English for engineers", for the use of engineering students, practicing engineers, and teachers in schools of engineering, to which are appended brief selected lists of technical books for graduates in civil, electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering. Chicago, New York, Scott, Foresman and company [1916] 63 p. 12°. Printed on one side of leaf only. 1141. Tatlock, John S. P. Literature and history. University of California chronicle, 18: 309-28, July 1916. The Phi beta kappa address delivered at the University of California, May 16, 1916. Discusses the historical aspect of literature. 1142. Tryon, R. M. The high school history recitation. History teacher's magazine, 7: 236-42, September 1916. Suggests some methods which a teacher may profitably employ in her attempts to improve the technique of her high-school history recitations. 1143. Walker, Curtis Howe. The sketch-map as an aid in the teaching of historical geography. School review, 24: 497-514, September 1916. A paper read before the High school history teachers' association of Chicago, October 30, 1915, slightly revised. 1144. Whitney, Frederick L. Measuring the value of first grade readers. American school board journal, 53: 24, 77-78, September 1916. KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL. 1145. Aguayo, Alfredo M. La escuela primaria como debe ser. 1 ed. Habana, Imp. "La Propagandista," 1916. 165 p. 12°. 1146. Alder, Louise. Kindergartens in the schools of Kansas. Kansas teacher, 3:5-8, July and August 1916. History and present status of the kindergarten in Kansas. Kansas ranks "as the 33d state in the union in regard to the number of children enrolled in kindergartens per thousand of population of kindergarten age." |