EDUCATIONAL BIOGRAPHY. 606. Death of Dr. Schaeffer. Pennsylvania school journal, 67: 437-43, March 1919. A sketch of the life and educational work of Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, state superintendent of public instruction of Pennsylvania, who died March 15, 1919. CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS. GENERAL AND UNITED STATES. 607. Alabama. Department of education. Report of special drive against illiteracy among men of draft age. Montgomery, Brown printing co., 1918. 36 p. 8°. 608. Cestre, Charles. Une mission aux États-Unis. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 73: 54-65, January-February 1919. In this paper, the first of a series, the writer narrates his experience as an exchange professor at Harvard, and in propaganda work for French universities in various parts of the United States; also takes up subjects of exchange of professors between French and American universities, and the recruitment of teachers of French for America. 609. Dorr, Rheta Childe. The shame of America. Pictorial review, 20: 6-7, May 1919. This article brings out the appalling extent of illiteracy in the United States, and discusses the Smith-Towner bill, designed to remove this condition; also takes up the subject of the English language in schools. 610. Illiteracy and public education in Massachusetts. Outlook, 121: 600-601, April 9, 1919. Résumé of a report of a special commission created by the Massachusetts legislature of 1918 to survey the public schools and state-supported educational institutions of all types of Massachusetts. 611. Ladd, A. J. Have the schools been discredited by the revelations of the war? School and society, 9 : 399–408, April 5, 1919. Tells of the manner in which the schools demonstrated their efficiency in the war, and while acknowledging that the war did reveal some shortcomings of our educational system says that our fundamental principles are sound, that we are working along right lines and accomplishing good results. 612. Morehouse, Francis. The war test of the schools. School and home educa-✓ tion, 38: 160-65, April 1919. In conclusion the writer says that the public school has shown itself equal to the task laid upon it in the first great test it has had. 613. Pearse, C. G. Chicago schools. American school, 5:8-10, 18-19, January 1919. The organization and activities of the Chicago school system. 614. Ryan, W. Carson, jr. Education and educational institutions. In American year book, ed. by F. G. Wickware, 1918. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1919. p. 786-803. A sketch of educational progress in America during 1918. 615. Schaeffer, Nathan C. Educational interest of the commonwealth. Pennsylvania school journal, 67: 331-37, January 1919. The eighty-fourth annual school report of the state superintendent of public instruction of Pennsylvania. Education in relation to the war; some constants and variables in education. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 616. Clavière, Jean. La composition française à l'école primaire élémentaire. Revue pédagogique, 74: 94-107, February 1919. 617. Dumville, Benjamin. The case for standardization of the curriculum in elementary and other schools. Journal of experimental pedagogy (London) 5:18-27, March 5, 1919. Conditions in England described 618. Frappier, O. La nouyelle réforme du certificat d'études primaires élémentaires. Revue pédagogique, 74: 108-15, February 1919. Discusses the effects of the new regulation for primary instruction adopted by the French government in 1917. 619. Marcucci, Alessandro. La scuola per gli adulti analfabeti. (Milan) 9: 91-94, February 1919. Discusses measures for instructing adult illiterates in Italy. Coltura popolare 620. Marin, Louis. L'organisation des relations intellectuelles de la France et de la Serbie. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 73 35-53, JanuaryFebruary 1919. Extracts from the report presented to the Chamber of deputies, for the approval of the convention regarding education of Serbs in France. 621. Le Président Wilson à la Sorbonne. L'Université de Paris lui confère le titre de docteur honoris causa. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 73: 5-21, January-February 1919. Contains: . Rapport de M. F. Larnaude.-2. Discours de M. Alfred Croiset.-3. Discours de M. Lucien Poincaré.-4. Réponse du Président Wilson. 622. Public instruction in Ecuador. Bulletin of the Pan American union, 48 : 226–28, February 1919. 623. Terrin, Ch. À quoi rêvent nos élèves? Revue universitaire, 28 92-102, February 1919. The writer, a professor in the lycée of Nêmes, discusses on the basis of a canvass of his own pupils the ideals which will govern the young man of France in the reconstruction of their country after the war. They will devote themselves to action rather than to abstract thought or science. EDUCATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION. 624. Baker, S. Josephine. Reconstruction and the child. American journal of public health, 9: 185-90, March 1919. Advocates the establishment in each state of a governmental Department of child welfare. 625. Cleveland, Frederick A. and Schafer, Joseph, ed. Democracy in reconstruction. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company [1919] 491 p. 12°. Contains a collection of papers by 21 contributors, including the editors, grouped under the following section headings, preceded by an introductory paper by Joseph Schafer on The historical background of reconstruction in America: I. Ideals of democracy. II. Institutions of democracy. III. After-war social problems. IV. After-war labor problems. V. After-war transportation problems. VI. After-war political problems. Paper No. 10, p. 212-43, in section III, is on The educational lessons of the war, by Samuel P. Capen and Charles R. Mann. 626. Cooper, Clayton Sedgwick. American education in the crucible of war. Educational foundations, 30: 325-33, April 1919. 627. Hamilton-Muncie, Elizabeth, and Keith-Hyde, Florence. The hygiene of happiness in education. American journal of school hygiene, 3:25-34, March 1919. Concludes the article with tw Ive propositions for reconstruction in education. 628. Kolbe, Parke E. The colleges in the war. School and society, 9: 339-47, March 22, 1919. An address delivered before the Asso~i on of American colleges, in Chicago, January 11, 1919. 629. Ladd, A. J. Education after the war. American schoolmaster, 12:127-34, March 1919. The defects in our educational system as disclosed by the war and a program for the education of the future. 630. McKinley, Albert E. Problems in educational reconstruction. Pennsylvania gazette, 17: 589-90, March 28, 1919. Extracts from an address delivered March 22, 1919, at Houston club, University of Pennsylvania. 631. Phillips, D. E. Reconstruction in education. American schoolmaster, 12 : 110– 17, March 1919. 632. Risdon, C. S. New equations in the teacher's problems. Kansas teacher, 87-10, March 1919. The influence of the lessons of the war upon education-industrial, physical, social, and patriotic. 633. Wilson, John R. Children's participation in war-time activities and its influence in educational work. American education, 22: 348-51, April 1919. EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE. 634. Duncan, Jeptha B. El ideal educativo del presente y otros discursos. Prologo de Christobal Rodriguez. Panama, Imprenta nacional, 1919. 55 p. 12o. 635. Smith, Walter. A liberal education for all. Nineteenth century, 85: 563–77, March 1919. Says that education in the past failed because it did not stimulate thinking. Conditions in England described. Speaks of the newer ideals of education. Emphasizes the proper use of books and the reading habit among children, either to continue a higher education or to advance intelligent and skilful craftsmanship. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD STUDY. 636. Conger, Napoleon. The place of the psychological clinic in the schools. Ohio teacher, 39: 280-81, March 1919. 637. Dearborn, George Van Ness. The psychology of clothing. Princeton, N. J., Psychological review company, 1918. 72 p. .8°. (Psychological monographs, vol. 26, no. 1, whole no. 112) The present discussion, a kind of scientific ghost of "Sartor resartus," developed as lectures in the Fruhauf school of salesmanship in New York in August, 1917. 638. Lay, Wilfrid. The child's unconscious mind; the relations of psychoanalysis to education. A book for teachers and parents. New York, Dodd, Mead and company, 1919. 329 p. 639. Wallin, J. E. Wallace. 12o. The field of the clinical psychologist and the kind of training needed by the psychological examiner. School and society, 9:463– 70, April 19, 1919. EDUCATIONAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS. 640. Indiana university. Conference on educational measurements. Fifth annual conference . . . held at Indiana university, Bloomington, Ind., April 19-20, 1918. Bloomington, Ind., Extension division of Indiana university, 1918. 140 p. 8o. (Bulletin of the Extension division, Indiana university, vol. 4, no. 4, December 1918) Contains: 1. G. M. Whipple: The problem of selecting and training gifted children in the public schools, 6-16. 2. G. M. Whipple: Some future possibilities of mental testing, p. 26-38. 3. G. M. Whipple: The development of methods of group examination of the intelligence of adolescents, p. 39-49. 4. E. L. Thorndike: Tests for vocational selection, p. 50-59. 5. E. L. Thorndike: Round table: Application of vocational tests to present school problems, p. 60-65. 6. E. L. Thorndike: Recent developments in educational measurements, p. 66-73. 7. H. L. Smith: Plans for saving time in grades VII-XII inclusive, p. 74-91. 8. S. L. Pressey: A systematic plan for selecting subnormal and supernormal children in the public schools, p. 92-99. 9. W. F. Book: Variations in mental ability and its distribution among the school population of an Indiana county, p. 100-31. 663. Thomson, Alexander. History of German in the Cincinnati public schools. [Cincinnati] 1919. 12 p. 8°. A paper read before the Literary club of Cincinnati in 1918. 664. Ward, Charles F. 35, April 1919. Modern language teaching. Educational review, 57: 321 A discussion of the report of the committee appointed by the prime minister of England "to inquire into the position of modern languages in the educational system of Great Britain." 665. Warshaw, J. Why Spanish? School and society, 9: 408-13, April 5, 1919. The merits of the Spanish language compared with other foreign languages. 666. Galletier, Ed. examinateur. 667. Metcalf, J. C. April 1919. ANCIENT LANGUAGES. Les jeunes filles et le latin au baccalauréat; réflexions d'un Humanizing education. Educational review, 57: 298-303, Says that one defect of the modern theory of education is that it yields "too readily to the immediate inclinations of youth. The older education insisted that overcoming difficulties was an essential part of mental training." Advocates cultural studies. 668. Nemiah, Royal Case. University reconstruction and the classics. Dial, 66 390-93, April 19, 1919. 669. Smith, Kirby Flower. The future place of the humanities in education. Johns Hopkins alumni magazine, 7 : 147–56, March 1919. Address before the Association of American universities at Cambridge, Mass., December 5, 1918. 670. Wilson, Leta M. The place of the classics in the new curriculum. journal of education, 51 : 69-72, March 1919. A brief compilation of the opinions of men of note in regard to the value of Latin. SOCIAL SUBJECTS. Wisconsin 671. Kerby, William J. Undergraduate teaching of sociology. Catholic educational review, 17: 193-99, April 1919. Address delivered at the meeting of the American sociological society at Richmond, December 28, 1918. 672. Tildsley, John L. Economics and the teacher of economics in the New York city high schools. Bulletin of high points in the work of the high schools of New York city, 1 : 3-7, March 1919. GEOGRAPHY. 673. Brigham, Albert P. Geography after the war. Educational review, 57: 27785, April 1919. Work of the American geographical society, the U. S. Geological survey, etc., in gathering data relating to the geographic features of Europe and the United States. 674. Teggart, Frederick J. Human geography, an opportunity for the university. Journal of geography, 18: 142-48, April 1919. Discusses political and ethnical geography; influence of migration of peoples: human development, etc. 675. Whitbeck, R. H. Geography in American and European universities. Journal of geography, 18: 129-41, April 1919. Discusses the significance of the new interest in geography, owing largely to the rapid growth of schools of commerce and industry. Bibliography: p. 141. MATHEMATICS. 676. Association of teachers of mathematics in New England. Report of the Committee to recommend a suitable program in mathematics for the junior high school. Mathematics teacher, 11: 133-40, March 1919. 677. Monroe, Walter S., ed. Studies in arithmetic, 1916-17. [Bloomington? Ind., 1918] 40 p. 8. (Indiana university studies, vol. v, study no. 38, September, 1918) 678. Smith, David Eugene. Introductory course in mathematics. Mathematics teacher, 11: 105-14, March 1919. SCIENCE. 679. Crumly, Charles W. The purpose and method of high school science. Educational exchange, 34: 3-7, January 1919. The causes of failure in the teaching of science and the aims and purposes of science in the high schools. 680. Goldsmith, Gertrude B. Nature study in the grades. General science quarterly, 3 167-85, March 1919. Gives a suggestive outline for nature-study for grades I to VIII. 681. Hodgdon, Daniel R. The psychological and pedagogical basis of general science. School science and mathematics, 19: 305-22, April 1919. Read before the Central association of science and mathematics teachers, at the University of Chicago, November 29, 1918. 682. Hopkins, B. S. Teaching chemistry in the laboratory. School science and mathematics, 19: 295-301, April 1919. Read before the Chemistry section of the Central association of science and mathematics teachers, Chicago, Ill., November 30, 1918. 683. Lyman, G. R. The unification of American botany. Science, n. s., 49: 33945, April 11, 1919. Paper read before Section G of the American association for the advancement of science, December 26, 1918. Emphasizes the study and teaching of plant pathology. 684. McClung, C. E. The elementary course in zoology—is it satisfactory? Science, n. s., 49: 345-47, April 11, 1919. Subject considered in connection with the National research council. Preparation of outlines of courses adapted to the proposed Students' army training corps. 685. Twiss, G. R. The study of physics as a factor in a general education. Ohio educational monthly, 68: 131-34, April 1919. This is the first of several articles by Mr. Twiss which will follow in consecutive numbers. 686. Van Buskirk, Edgar F. How can sex education be made a part of biology? School science and mathematics, 19: 335-43, April 1919. This paper was presented at Washington, D. C., January 1919, at the fourth conference held under the auspices of the U. S. Bureau of education and the U. S. Public health service for the purpose of helping to put sex education in its normal place in the secondary school curriculum. HANDWRITING. 687. Nutt, H. W. Rhythm in handwriting. Elementary school journal, 19: 53240, March 1919. A study of rhythm in handwriting of pupils from 15 to 18 years inclusive. Data obtained from the Kansas City and Lawrence high schools, Kansas. Advocates intensive rhythmic drills for ages 12 to 16. ELOCUTION. 688. Blanton, Margaret Gray and Blanton, Smiley. Speech training for children; 1919. XV, the hygiene of speech. New York, The Century co., 261 p. 12°. |