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CHAPTER VIII.--PROGRESS OF THE YEAR IN MEDICAL EDUCATION.

Present status of medical education.....

Colleges having higher entrance requirements.....

State requirements of higher preliminary education..

Financial aid to medical colleges...

Closer relations with hospitals...

Development by limitation...

Helps in the general progress..

Other improvements by licensing boards.

Standards of medical practice...

Relation of medicine to generaleducation...

Entrance to college by examination....

Thorough and reliable examinations essential.

Administration of entrance requirements.

Choice of a medical school.

Medical knowledge more extensive and complete.

State requirements more exacting.

Nonrecognition of medical colleges.

All-time clinical professors....

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Graduate courses in public health....

Hospital interneships for recent medical graduates..

Graduate medical instruction...

CHAPTER IX.--MEDICAL EDUCATION IN THE HOMEOPATHIC SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

Establishment and organization of homeopathie institutions.

Iłospital inspection and grading..

Homeopathic medical research.

CHAPTER X-RECENT PROGRESS IN LEGAL EDUCATION.

Previous reports on legal education..

Improvement in law schools..

Law schools versus law offices in legal training.

Requirements for graduation....

Content of the law-school curriculum.

Teaching practice and procedure.

Methods of teaching...

Admission to the bar..

The Association of American Law Schools.

The Carnegie Foundation inquiry

CHAPTER XI.-PROGRESS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

1. Commission on national aid to vocational education.

Recommendations of the commission....

2. Training teachers for vocational education.

3. Investigations and surveys.....

4. State systems of vocational education.....

5. Activities of organizations interested in vocational education...

National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education

National Vocational Guidance Association......

Vocational Education Association of the Middle West.

National Education Association.....

National Association of Corporation Schools.

Chambers of commerce and vocational education.

Women's Municipal League, Boston, Mass.

6. New positions created...

Director of vocational education and guidance, Philadelphia....

Director of department of vocational education, University of Indiana.

Director of Continuation School for Trades Teachers, Milwaukee, Wis.

Specialist in vocational education, United States Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C....

7. Achievements in typical centers..

The vocational school of the Loyal Order of Moose at Mooseheart, Aurora, I..

CHAPTER XII.-AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.

Introduction of agriculture into the curricula of high schools.

Agricultural education at meetings of the year.

Agricultural education in other countries..

Educational work of the Department of Agriculture..

Educational work of the Office of Experiment Stations.

CHAPTER XIII.-EDUCATION FOR THE HOME,

I. Introduction...

II. Status and program of education for the home..

A. Fundamental principles......

B. Kindergartens and kitchen gardens.

C. The elementary school...

D. The high school...

II. Status and program of education for the home-Continued.

E. Rural schools..

F. Teaching household arts without a special teacher.

G. Vocational education laws and the home...

H. Aid from the State government in the teaching of home making.

I. Standards as to certification of teachers of household arts.

J. Training of teachers of home making...

K. Continuation instruction in home making.

L, State schools of home making...

M. Special schools of home making.

N. The technical institutes and education for the home.

0. Colleges and universities....

Q. Miscellaneous agencies concerned with home betterment.

III. Local progress in education for the home.

A, Progress in elementary schools.

B. Progress in high schools..

C. Progress in practical work.

D. Progress in vocational classes.

E, Progress in normal schools..

F. Progress in the colleges...

CHAPTER XIV.-KINDERGARTEN PROGRESS, 1913-14.

Legislation...

Educational meetings of the year.

Kindergarten and primary grades.

Testing the value of the kindergarten...

Reorganization of kindergarten training courses.

Statistical growth.....

CHAPTER XV.- THE MONTESSORI MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.

Beginnings of the movement.

Interest developed in the l'nited States.

Dr. Montessori visits America....

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CHAPTER XVI.-EDUCATION FOR CHILD NURTURE AND HOME MAKING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOLS.

Parents as educators...

Organizations promoting education in child nurture....

Cooperation.......

Care of children before school age-Education of parents in infant hygiene..

Cooperative plan for education of mothers in infant hygiene...

Hospitals educate mothers....

Helps for parents in moral training of children under school age.

Mothers' clubs in kindergartens and primary classes..

What some high schools have done in promotion of better homes.

How one school enlists outside help in teaching....

Home education extension work of normal schools and colleges..

Colleges giving opportunities for study of child nurture and home making by parents..

Work of women's clubs in better home making..

Educational work of settlements....

CHAPTER XVII.- PROFESSIONAL ART SCHOOLS.

History of the movement

Management..

1. Academic schools..

2. Schools of design...

3. Industrial art schools.

4. Schools of architecture..

5. Normal art schools..

6. Artistic courses in colleges and universities.

Conclusion...

List of art schools, classified as to management.

Professional art schools, classified by subjects..

CHAPTER XX.-RECENT PROGRESS IN THE EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANTS.

I. The problem......

Inability to speak English.

Illiteracy of foreign-born whites..

School attendance.....

II. Legislation affecting immigrant education..

New Jersey's direct method..

Acts authorizing evening schools.

Camp-school legislation....

Compulsory education of illiterates..

Special jurisdiction over immigrant education..

III. Special administrative features..

Terms, sessions, and classes.

Importance of summer sessions...

Inadequacy in number of schools and classes.

Teachers of foreigners.....

Special certificates....

Compensation to teachers of foreign classes.

Classification of pupils....

Standardizing attendance.

Deposits to secure regular attendance.

Advertising school facilities.

IV. Content of English instruction.

V. Methods of teaching....

VI. Private agencies and immigrant education.

Young Men's Christian Association...

Church work among immigrants..

Education of immigrants in the industries.

Patriotic organizations..

VII. Special organizations...

The North American Civic League for Immigrants.

Baron De Hirsch fund..

Educational alliance...

Organizations among foreigners.

VIII. Adult immigrant education in Canada..

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CHAPTER XXI.-RECENT PROGRESS IN WIDER USE OF SCHOOL PLANT.

Increase of miscellaneous occasions..

Use for political purposes..

Liberal letting regulations.

Wider use with the aid of voluntary societies..

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Social and recreation centers..

Adult education through lectures.

Evening schools socialized...

Library extension through school branches.

The high school as an art center.

Extension of day activities.....

Adapting school buildings for community use.

School extension in rural districts.

Wider-use legislation.....

CHAPTER XXII.-LIBRARY ACTIVITIES DURING 1913-14.

General survey..

National aid..

College and university libraries.

Library instruction in colleges, universities, and normal schools,

Library schools.....

State aid, library commissions, and traveling libraries.

Cooperation.....

Library work in schools.

American library association.

State library associations...

Gifts......

American Library Institute.

Pensions....

Work with foreigners..

• Libraries in commercial houses.

Newer forms of service..

New buildings...

Expansion in large cities,

CHAPTER XXIII.--EDUCATIONAL WORK OF AMERICAN MUSEUMS.

Introduction....

Museums essentially educational.

An educational experiment...

Extension work of art museums..

Branch museums...

Endowments for educational work.

Museum extension in Pennsylvania.

Administrative relations with schools.

Museum work for the blind.

University museums of culture..

Children's museums.

Special museums...

Vocational laboratories.

CHAPTER XXIV.-SCHOOL SURVEYS.

Montgomery County, Md..

Vermont: Secondary education.

Syracuse, N. Y.

Greenwich, Conn..

Wisconsin rural schools.

Westchester County, N. Y.

The forty-eight States..

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