Proceedings, Abstracts of Lectures and a Brief Report of the Discussions of the National Teachers' Association, the National Association of School Superintendents and the American Normal School Association

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The Social and Legal Aspect of Compulsory Education and Child LaborGiddings III
113
Manual Training in the GradesHarvey
121
The Practical Utility of Manual and Technical TrainingParsons
134
The Economic Importance of Trade SchoolsVanderlip
141
ResponsesKirk Miss Blake 150
150
Review of the Educational Features of the Universal Exposition
161
Means of Increasing the Efficiency of Our PublicSchool Work
180
Some of the Conditions Which Cause Variation in School ExpendituresHarris
195
The Group Morality of ChildrenVincent
214
A Nonpartisan School LawEliot
223
Round Table of State and County Superintendents
236
Manual Training in the Elementary SchoolHaney
253
Child LaborMiss Addams
259
NATIONAL COUNCIL
271
Report of Advisory Committee on Simplification of SpellingMaxwell
281
What Are the Most Promising Subjects for Investigation?
320
Memorial Addresses
329
DEPARTMENT OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION
341
How Does the Kindergarten Develop the Child Physically?Mrs Hughes
347
Methods of Supervision of PublicSchool KindergartensMiss Mills
354
Current Criticism of the KindergartenOShea
365
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
373
The Teaching of Arithmetic in Elementary SchoolsBailey
380
A Handwork in Primary SchoolsMiss Seegmiller
387
Reading in the First School YearMrs Cooley
393
On the Psychology of Reading and WritingMacDougall
399
On the Study of English CompositionMiss Alexander
407
Teaching Our Language to NonEnglishSpeaking PupilsStraubenmüller
413
DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
423
Why Do So Many FirstYear Pupils Leave the High School?Halleck
436
Report of the Committee on Secret FraternitiesMorrison
445
A Principals
452
The Teaching of CompositionMitchell
458
Mathematics
466
The Direct Method of Teaching a Modern LanguageWolf
475
Secretarys Minutes
481
DEPARTMENT OF NORMAL SCHOOLS
517
Branches?Karr
524
Relation of the Grade Teacher to Music InstructionFulmer
650
Music Instruction in the Schools of New York CityRix
657
Report of Committee on Music in the GradesHayden
667
What Should Be the Education of a Business Man ?Walker
674
The Study of Local Industry and TradeTildsley
682
Essential Elements of Study in a University Course in Commerce
689
From the Point of View of the University of PennsylvaniaYoung
696
DEPARTMENT OF CHILD STUDY
707
Child Study in Normal SchoolsSmith
714
Child Study in Special ClubsMiss Marsh
721
Education from the Genetic Point of ViewBurnham
727
Relation of the Childs Development to Control of HimMiss Tanner
734
The School and the Childs Physical DevelopmentRowe
742
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
755
Physical Training in Grammar SchoolsMiss Stoneroad
768
Physical Training in Colleges and UniversitiesMiss Crawford McKenzie 775
775
Secretarys Minutes
781
Correlation of Mathematics and ScienceComstock
788
Science Teaching in Elementary SchoolsNewman
798
Common Insects and How Children Can Study ThemSmith
807
Teaching Biology with a Projection MicroscopeCole
814
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
827
Recent Progress in School ArchitectureDavis
836
Needed Legislation in School ArchitectureSnyder
843
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
853
How to Make the Library Useful to HighSchool PupilsWright
864
The Value and Place of Fairy StoriesChubb
871
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
881
Our Limitations in Educating Mentally Deficient ChildrenMiss Pogue
895
The Schools for the FeebleMindedJohnstone
903
All Crime is DiseaseLinsley
914
DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN EDUCATION
925
Music of the American IndianMiss Curtis
933
Indian Education and Methods of InstructionMrs Quinton
947
The Necessity for More and BetterEquipped Day SchoolsDuncan
954
Drawing Teachers Congress at BerneCarter
958
Charter Provisions as Related to the Reorganization of School SystemsSoldan 231
966

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