96. Ripman, Walter. The adjustment of the secondary school curriculum. School world, 19: 401-404, December 1917.

A discussion of two English reports-those of the "Committee on the neglect of science," and the "Council for humanistic studies"-dealing with problems of curriculum in English secondary schools.

97. Smith, R. R. Democratizing a high school of eighteen hundred. Education, 38: 374-79, January 1918.

Shows how pupil self-government may be introduced into a large high school with good results. 98. Williams, Oscar H. Large and small high schools: a comparative study. Educator-journal, 18: 233-38, January 1918.

TEACHERS: TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS.

99. Dixon, A. H. Normal training in high schools. University journal, 14 : 11-15, December 1917.

Read at the Conference on normal training, Hot Springs, Ark., November 12, 1917.

100. Fulmer, Grace. The ideal teacher. Kindergarten and first grade, 3:1-5, January 1918.

101. Gray, A. A. The educational leadership of women. American school board journal, 56 29-30, 42-44, 46-47, January 1918.

Women in administrative work, women as teachers, the salary question, and the married

woman.

102. Hubbard, Clifford Chesley. An inquiry into the methods by which the state normal schools are controlled. Normal school bulletin (Charleston, Ill.) no. 58 1-18, October 1, 1917.

103. Landsittel, F. C. Evaluation of merit in high-school teachers. School and society, 6774-80, December 29, 1917.

Gives a score card and its use in rating teachers in Ohio.

104. Putnam, Mary B. The laborer and his hire. American schoolmaster, 10: 433-45, December 15, 1917.

Discusses the various arguments that have been put forth for paying men teachers higher salaries than women teachers.

HIGHER EDUCATION.

105. American association of collegiate registrars. Proceedings of the eighth annual meeting . . . Lexington, Ky., April 25-27, 1917. Lexington, Ky., Transylvania printing co. 111 p. 8°. (E. L. Gillis, secretary-treasurer, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky.)

Contains: 1. C. E. Melville: Grades: their significance in regard to faculty requirements and student accomplishments; the facts that should enter into their determination, p. 19-29. 2. Raymond Walters: The relation between high grades in colleges and success in later life, p. 37-43. 3. F. W. Nicolson: Marking systems of colleges approved by the Carnegie foundation, p. 48-53. 4. E. B. Pierce: Registration by mail, p. 66-72. 5. Ross Jewell: The interchange among registrars of statistical studies and reports-possil ilities and practical recommendations, p. 72-76. 6. M. E. Marsh: special educational needs of Appalachian America, p. 81-86. 7. A. M. Tarbell: The look forward for the registrar's office, p. 86-95.

Proceedings of the third annual meeting,
Chicago, Ill., Association of American

106. Association of American colleges. Chicago, Ill., January 11-13, 1917. colleges, 1917. 151 p. 8°. (Association of American colleges bulletin, vol. 3, no. 3, April 1917) (Richard W. Cooper, secretary, 19 South La Salle street, Chicago, Ill.)

Contains: 1. H. C. King: What the college stands for, p. 19-39. 2. The moral and religious life of the college [by] Silas Evans, p. 10-43; [by] J. S. Nollen, p. 43-45; [by] Laura H. Wild, p. 45–47. 3. Academic freedom and tenure of office. Report of committee, p. 48-56. 4. Study of student mortality [by] A. F. McLeod, p. 63-73; [by] E. D. Eaton, p. 73-76. 5. College campaigns and college publicity [by] J. W. Hancher, p. 77-81: [by] T. C. Howe, p. 81-87; [by] T. M. Hodgman, p. 8789. 6. W. S. Kies: Training for world service, p. 90-105. 7. C. W. Williams: Insurance as a field for college graduates, p. 105-17. 8. Helen T. Woolley: New opportunities for college women, p. 117-31. 9. J. A. Blaisdell: Constructive criticism of the American college, p. 132–51.

107. Baldensperger, Fernand. The case for French scholarship. Nation, 106: 37-39, January 10, 1918.

A review of Science and learning in France, edited by J. H. Wigmore, listed in the record for December 1917, item 1908.

108. Buckingham, B. R. Critical present-day issues in administration of state higher education. School and society, 6: 721-28, December 22, 1917.

109. Caullery, Maurice. French universities and American students. Harvard graduates' magazine, 26: 208-20, December 1917.

110.

The opportunities for American students at the French universities.

Translated by George Luther Lincoln.

Les universités américaines, la société et la science. In Association française pour l'avancement des sciences. Conférences faites en 1916-1917. Paris, Secrétariat de l'Association, 1917. p. 191-215.

A lecture delivered at Bordeaux March 15, 1917, describing the American system of higher education and drawing lessons therefrom for France.

Ill. Ewer, Bernard C. College study and college life. Boston, R. G. Badger [1917] 228 p. 12°.

Presents mainly facts and discussions which the author has been accustomed to offer to freshmen regarding the aims and methods of college study and the various features of college life.

112. Ferrari, Robert. De l'avenir des relations universitaires entre la France et l'Amérique. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 37: 444-52, NovemberDecember 1917.

113.

Reprinted from Revue politique et parlementaire, April 1917.

The spirit of the French university. Columbia alumni news, 9: 319-21, December 21, 1917.

114. Kelly, Robert Lincoln. The American college and the great war. Scribner's magazine, 63: 77-83, January 1918.

115. Lewis, E. E. Foreign languages and mathematics as requirement for admission to, and graduation from, American colleges and universities. School review, 26 1-6, January 1918.

An endeavor to determine the status in 1896 and in 1916 of the entrance and graduation requirements in foreign languages and mathematics. The results of the study show "a tendency toward granting one degree for all liberal studies and the elimination of specific requirements in mathematics and foreign languages both for entrance to, and graduation from, American colleges and universities.".

116. Meiklejohn, Alexander. Freedom of the college. Atlantic monthly, 121: 83-89, January 1918.

117. Mussey, Henry R. The selective draft in college entrance. Nation, 106. 11-13, January 3, 1918.

Criticises the selective admission scheme proposed by certain college presidents. Thinks such a plan, in actual operation, would rest on a basis not primarily intellectual but social, hence tending to aloofness and snobbishness.

118. Ravage, M. E. The tired college man. Century, 95: 376-84, January 1918. 119. Richardson, Robert Charlwood, jr. West Point. An intimate picture of the National military academy and of the life of the cadet. Foreword by Majorgeneral Hugh L. Scott. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1917. 354 p. plates. 12°.

120. Thwing, Charles F. What the college stands for. Educational review, 55: 16-19, January 1918.

Treats of the philosophy underlying higher education. Says that the college stands for universal relations: "It receives men from all parts of the earth, it sends them forth into all parts of the earth."

121. Trofimov, M. V. Universities and students' life in Russia. Modern language teaching (London) 13 : 137-44, October 1917.

Gives social conditions of students' life, illustrated by statistics.

122. Ward, Harry Parker. The American college catalog; a book of information with suggestions for the improvement of catalogs and other publications of colleges and schools. With an introduction by W. O. Thompson, president Ohio state university. Columbus, Ohio [The Champlin printing company] 1917. xiv, 298 p. illus. 8°.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

123. Darrah, David. Field work as a new educational principle. Educational review, 55: 20-29, January 1918.

Discusses the shortcomings of "field work" as at present conducted in educational institutions. Says that the student should in some way be made dependent for his expenses on his field work. A real remuneration should be attached to it, as there is in cooperative engineering work.

This paper was awarded first place in the annual contest (1917) for the Tomlinson prize, at the Municipal university of Akron, Ohio.

124. Swinton, A. A. Campbell. Science and its functions. Nature (London) 100 294-98, December 1917.

Address delivered before the Royal society of arts, England, on November 21, 1917.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.

125. Baker, George M. Constructive supervision. American school board journal, 56: 19-21, 75-76, January 1918.

To be concluded in February.

The article comprises a brief consideration of the following points: (1) Need for supervision, (2) Function of supervision, (3) Analysis of supervisor, (4) Two classes of teachers needing special attention from the supervisor, (5) Four distinct types of criticism, (6) Four lines of supervisory activity, and (7) Need for and value of suspended judgment.

126. Piola, F. Le industrie della scuola. Nuova antologia, 191: 173-87, September 1917.

Deals with provision of educational equipment to schools and colleges in Italy.

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT.

127. Benezet, L. P. A high spot in Evansville. American school, 3:362-63, December 1917.

"The superintendent of the Evansville schools describes an experiment made in those schools to help pupils who are willing to make special effort, gain, or make up time."

128. Camp, Frederick S. Some "marks": an administrative problem. School review, 25: 697-713, December 1917.

A study of the system of marking in the Stamford, Conn., high school, with graphic illustrations. 129. Cobb, C. R. A demonstration in elasticity in grade work. Journal of education, 86: 599-600, December 13, 1917.

A plan for promoting pupils by subject.

130. A comparison of the accomplishments of eighth grade pupils in rural and city schools of certain Wyoming counties. Wyoming school journal, 14: 117–22,

December 1917.

The report was written by J. N. Butterworth, chairman of the committee appointed by the Wyoming teachers' association to investigate Wyoming school problems.

131. Fordyce, Charles. Supervised study. University journal, 14: 1-3, Decem

ber 1917.

Also in Nebraska teacher, 20: 209-10, January 1918.

Gives the results of some experiments in supervised study and shows some of the advantages.

132. Gates, Arthur I. Recitation as a factor in memorizing. School and society, 6: 743-49, December 22, 1917.

The relative values of learning by reading as compared to learning by recitation.

183. Heckert, J. W. The organization of instruction materials, with special relation to the elementary school curriculum. New York city, Teachers college, Columbia university, 1917. 107 p. 12°. (Teachers college, Columbia university. Contributions to education, no. 87.)

134. Merriman, Eugene D. Technique of supervised study. School review, 26: 35-38, January 1918.

Presents a program for supervised study.

135. Pickell, Frank G. and Winkelblech, B. F. Elimination from the public secondary schools of the United States. School review, 26: 18-24, January 1918.

Also in Midland schools, 32: 149-50, January 1918.

"A study of 11,221 'public high schools,' based upon the reports of the U. S. Commissioner of Education for the years 1912, 1913, 1914, and 1915." Statistical data.

136. Roberts, J. E. Breaking the lock-step.

49: 282-84, December 1917.

Wisconsin journal of education,

Promotion by subject in the schools of Fond du Lac, Wis.

137. St. John, Charles W. The purpose of school discipline. Current education, 21:349-52, December 1917.

This article appeared originally in the Porto Rico school review.

The writer believes that the real purpose of school discipline is not simply to have a quiet schoolroom, but to teach the children that they must abide by the law and not do everything they feel like doing.

SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.

138. Challman, S. A. The adaptation of the high school building to the school organization. American school board journal, 56: 27-28, January 1918.

"This paper is a revision of an address prepared originally for the Department of school administration, National education association, Portland, Oreg. It is the first study of the general problem and its great value will be readily apparent."

139. Hughes, Harold F. Elastic schoolhouses. American city, 18: 20-21, January 1918.

School plant units in Fresno, California, described, with illustrations. Says the writer: "We see bookcases advertised which will grow with the library, and in Fresno, Cal., the same plan is being used in building schoolhouses.”

SCHOOL HYGIENE AND SANITATION.

140. Gray, Horace and Gray, K. M. Normal weight. Boston medical and surgical journal, 177: 894-99, December 1917.

Records weights of many children; one table is based on statistics of several thousand boys and girls in the Horace Mann school, Columbia university, New York city.

141. Hurty, J. N. Medical examination of school children. Teacher's journal, 17: 240-42, December 1917.

Tells of the deplorable conditions found among children in the rural schools and shows the need of compulsory medical inspection and health supervision.

PHYSICAL TRAINING.

142. Coteau, Marc Bellin du. The physical education of the fighting man. American physical education review, 22 : 521-24, December 1917.

Method in use in the National military school of St. Cyr, France. Translated by George L. Meylan.

143. Faunce, W. H. P. Athletics for the service of the nation. Old Penn, 16: 351-53, January 11, 1918.

Address delivered at the annual meeting of the National collegiate athletic association in New
York on December 28, 1917.

Analyzes the question of college sports.

144. Jesien, W. S. A new French program of physical training. American physical education review, 22: 529-34, December 1917.

Gives a typical lesson of the new French system.

145. Kleeberger, F. L. Physical efficiency tests as a practical method of popularizing physical education at the University of California. Mind and body, 24 361-70, December 1917.

Read at the convention of the American physical education association, Pittsburgh, Pa., April 1917.

146. McKenzie, R. Tait. The relation of physical education to the business of war. American physical education review, 22: 525-28, December 1917. Synopsis of speech delivered at the meeting of the American physical education association, Pittsburgh, April 6, 1917.

147. Pray, Minerva H. Baron Nils Posse and his school. Posse gymnasium journal, 25 3-6, December 1917.

Describes the life and labors of Baron Posse, the inventor of the Swedish system of gymnastics.

148. Rogers, P. C., jr. Physical training-athletic competition. Louisiana school work, 6 204, 206-7, December 1917.

Treats of athletic competition in elementary schools, and shows the best means of attaining good results from such physical training, untarnished by the evils of professionalism and excess.

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION.

149. O'Neil, W. Jerold. The assembly hall. Popular educator, 35 : 248-49, 298, January 1918.

The practical value of the assembly, the nature of the programs, discipline, etc.

150. Roberts, Alexander C. An experiment in socialization. School review, 26 : 25-34, January 1918.

Details an experiment tried in the Everett (Wash.) high school; adapting the training offered in the school to meet every purposeful community demand.

151. White, William Charles. A new basis for social progress, by William Charles White and Louis Jay Heath. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin comdiagrs. (1 double) 12°.

pany, 1917. xiv, 229, [1] p.

A survey instituted in 1915 by the Board of trustees of the University of Pittsburgh, "in order to produce a better and more properly functioning institution in the local environment." ef. Pref. Bib.iography: p. [217]-221.

PLAY AND PLAYGROUNDS.

152. Goethe, C. M. Gretchen of Hildesheim. Survey, 39: 385-90, January 5, 1918. A criti.ism of playground methods. Childhood in Germany and the United States.

CHILD WELFARE.

153. National child labor committee. Thirteenth annual report of the general secretary. Child labor and delinquency. New York city, National child labor committee, 1917. 135-200 p. 8°. (Child labor bulletin, vol. 6, no. 3, November 1917)

Contains: Child labor and juvenile delinquency in Manhattan, by Mabel Brown Ellis, p. 161-200.

MORAL EDUCATION.

154. Galloway, Thomas Walton. The use of motives in teaching morals and religion. Boston, Chicago, The Pilgrim press [1917] 187 p. 12°.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

155. Burns, James A. Catholic education; a study of conditions. New York, London [etc.] Longmans, Green and co., 1917. 205 p. 12°.

Describes the condition of Cath li education in the United States at the present time, and points out the problems that must be s 1:ed in crder to insure its future progress. Presents a special study of the various departments and their relations to each other, including grade schools, high schools for boys and for girls, colleges, and seminaries.