620. Pennsylvania state educational association. Proceedings of the sixtyeighth meeting, held at Johnstown, December 26-29, 1917. Pennsylvania school journal, 66: 383-420, March 1918.

Department of Colleges and Normal Schools.

Contains: 1. Arthur Holmes: Athletics in higher institutions of learning, p. 383-88. 2. A. C. Rothermel: Relation of normal school to rural school problem, p. 388-90. 3. W. G. Chambers: Relative functions of university schools of education and state normal schools, p. 390-93. 4. F. P. Graves: Relative functions of university schools of pedagogy and state normal schools, p. 393-95. 5. P. M. Harbold: Relative functions of university schools of pedagogy and state normal schools, p. 395-97. 6. A. W. Haas: The future status of the college, p. 397-98.

Department of Manual Arts.

7. Claire Snyder: Securing the co-operation of employers in continuation school work, p. 398402. 8. Estelle Bennett: Influence of the World war on domestic art, p. 404-6. 9. Anne C. Perry: School credits for home and community work, p. 406-8. 10. A. F. Payne: Place of art in vocational education, p. 409-12. 11. James Killius: Continuation school as a social problem, p. 413-15. 12. J. H. Fuller: What to teach to continuation school pupils; text books used, p. 415-18. 13. Harry K. Balsbaugh: Continuation school without text books, p. 419-20.

621. Texas state teachers' association. Proceedings of the thirty-ninth annual meeting... Waco, Texas, November 29-December 1, 1917. Texas state teachers' association bulletin, vol. 2, no. 1, January 1918. 322 p. 8°. Contains: 1. 0. T. Corson: The immeasurable in education, p. 18-22. 2. Frank McMurry: On the relation between principal and teacher, p. 24-27. 3. C. S. Meek: Women as school board members, p. 27-29. 4. W. H. Bruce: Ideals of citizenship and how inculcated, p. 29-31. 5. Mary C. C. Bradford: [Education for citizenship] p. 34-36. 6. J. C. Thomas: The rural school survey by the National bureau, in Walker county, p. 116-18. 7. O. T. Corson: Characteristics of good citizenship developed in the public schools, p. 119-22. 8. Lulu Parker: Visual instruction, its importance and the means for giving it, p. 142-44. 9. E. S. Cauthorn: Reasons for military training in public high schools, p. 146-48. 10. Nina B. Crigler: Reaching the community through the home economics department of our public schools, p. 152-56. 11. Lilian Baker: The contribution of domestic art to war relief, p. 156-58. 12. T. U. Taylor: Manual training. Its status, function, benefits, handicaps, objects, and correlated subjects, p. 163-66. 13. L. B. Abbey: Manual training from the viewpoint of the employer, p. 166-70. 14. E.V. White: The place of mathematics in the education of women, p. 189-92. 15. W. A. Parker: Vocational mathematics vs. the old régime, p. 192-95. 16. Mary E. Pechard: Educational values in mathematics, p. 197-99. 17. J. R. Swenson: What new standards of instruction are demanded by the present situation? p. 214-16. 18. Joseph Roemer: The efficiency of the Texas state normal colleges-a survey, p. 216-22. 19. J. A. Hill: How are the normal schools related to the present national situation? p. 222-25, 20. Frank McMurry: Educational tendencies, p. 240-45. 21. C. J. Crampton: Socializing physiology, hygiene and sanitation, p. 261-65. 22. L. V. Stockard: Classification and affiliation of high schools by the state department of education, p. 279-84. 23. Thomas Fletcher: Subject matter and methods as related to training for citizenship, p. 287-90.

622. Wisconsin teachers' association. Proceedings of the sixty-fifth annual session... held at Milwaukee, November 1 to 3, 1917. Madison, Wis., Democrat printing company, 1918. 391 p. 8°. (M. A. Bussewitz, secretary, Milwaukee, Wis.)

Contains: 1. M. C. Potter: A national service year, an educational problem, p. 22-31. 2. W. H. Elson: The all-year school, p. 32-38. 3. O. T. Corson: The immeasurable in education, p. 44-53. 4. R. A. Karges: Overworked teachers, p. 76-80. 5. T. E. Finegan: A fundamental principle in school administration, p. 113-22. 6. C. G. Pearce: Ruralizing city schools, p. 122-29. 7. L. D. Harvey: The schools' opportunity in the development of loyal American citizenship, p. 129-36. 8. C. P. Cary: National activities in Wisconsin schools, p. 136-43. 9. F. D. Slutz: The schools and the times, p. 145-53. 10. Florence C. Fox: Socialized recitation, p. 155-59. 11. G. W. Swartz: Supervised study, p. 159-66. 12. Augusta M. Gehrs: Health of grammar grade and high school pupils, p. 182-85. 13. G. W. Henike: Physiology for eighth and ninth grade pupils, p. 188-93. 14. J. W. Beattie: Some phases of instrumental music instruction in public schools, p. 217-27. 15. P. J. Zimmers: Developing independence and self-activity in pupils, p. 243-51. 16. J. E. Roberts: Breaking the lock step, p. 252-55. 17. E. G. Ehlman: General science in the seventh and eighth grades, p. 257-63. 18. Daisy A. Kugle: Food conservation and the home economics teacher, p. 284-89. 19. J. M. O'Neill: Oral aims and standards in Wisconsin schools, p. 292–307. 20. Elizabeth Woods: Modern treatment of exceptional children, p. 330-35. 21. Rudolph Pintner: Mental and educational measurements, p. 336-38.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

623. Boyd, William. Græco-Jewish

43 110-11, February 22, 1918.

education. Educational news (London),

Effect of Hellenic culture on Jewish educational ideals.

624. Lenôtre, G. Rêveries d'après guerre sur des thèmes anciens. III. 1. Le chemin des écoliers. 2. Les mauvaises fées. Revue des deux mondes, 44 307-39, 617-51, March 15, April 1, 1918.

Presents some features of education in France during the old régime before the Revolution with their lessons for the present and future.

625. Weill, Georges. Un éducateur français en Argentine. Revue universitaire, 27: 24-33, January 1918.

Life and work of Amédée Jacques (1813-1865) who became rector of the National college at Buenos
Aires.
CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS.

United States.

626. Dewey, Henry B. Problems of the educational publisher. Journal of education, 87 345-47, March 28, 1918.

Address at the Atlantic City meeting of the National education association.

627. Furst, Clyde. The place of the educational foundation in American education. School and society, 7: 364-69, March 30, 1918.

An address before the Department of superintendence of the National education association, Atlantic City, February 27, 1918.

628. Judd, Charles H. Prussia and our schools. New republic, 14: 347-49, April 20, 1918.

Discusses the limitations of the German volksschule, or common school. Compares the German system of elementary education with our own.

629. McIntire, Ruth. The effect of agricultural employment upon school attendance. Elementary school journal, 18 : 533–42, March 1918.

Conditions in different States described. Effect of the war.

630. Putnam, J. H. Modern educational movements. Educational review, 55: 284-93, April 1918.

I. The Gary school plan.

Reviews the strong and weak points of the Gary system. Compares some of the features of the system with that in vogue in Canada, particularly in Ottawa.

631. Rosenstein, David. Social and educational standards in a democracy at School and society, 7: 421-27, 459-65, April 13, 20, 1918.

war.

632. Strickland, V. L. The war and educational problems. School and society, 7: 394-404, April 6, 1918.

Considers the lessons which the experience of our allies offers and shows the necessity of redoubling our energies in educational work.

Foreign Countries.

633. Arc, Paul L. d'. Pour l'après-guerre. I. L'éducation française. Paris, B. Grasset, 1917. 322 p. 12°.

Reflections on various reforms in education which France should adopt for the period after the

war.

634. Capitalism and education. Athenaeum, no. 4627: 131-34, March 1918.

Discusses the "Memorandum on education" published by the Federation of British industries. 635. The war and national education. London, The Times publishing company, 1918. p. 253-88. illus. 4°. (The Times history and encyclopedia of the war. part 177, vol. 14, January 8, 1918.)

EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE.

636. Barrett, S. M. Educational aims. Oklahoma home and school herald, 26: 102-4, March 1918.

637. The Dial, Chicago, Ill. Spring educational number, vol. 64, no. 764, April 11, 1918.

Contains: 1. John Dewey: Education and social direction, p. 333-35. 2. C. A. Beard: The university and democracy, p. 335-37. 3. Helen Marot: The creative and efficiency concepts of education, p. 341-44.

638. Gerwig, George W. Schools with a perfect score; democracy's hope and safeguard. New York, The Macmillan company, 1918. xii, 194 p. 12°. Presents an American program of education.

639. O'Brien, John A. Conflict of duty and interest in education. Catholic educational review, 15: 289-98, April 1918.

The comparative worth of duty and interest as incentives for school children.

640. Resta, Raffaele. Concetto di educazione. Rivista pedagogica, 10:596-615, October-December 1917.

641. Shreves, Rolland Merritt. The philosophical basis of education. Boston, R. G. Badger [1918] 290 p. 12°.

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD STUDY.

642. Drever, James. Instinct in man; a contribution to the psychology of education. Cambridge, University press, 1917. x, 281 p. 8°.

Undertakes to give a psychological account of instinct in man; to study the relation of instinct to emotion, especially human emotions, and the part which instinct plays in education.

643. Marchesini, Giovanni.

Il "trapasso" dei sentimenti nell'educazione. Rivista

pedagogica, 10:577-95, October-December 1917.

644. Mateer, Florence. Child behavior. Boston, R. G. Badger [1918] 239 p. 12°. A critical and experimental study of young children by the method of conditioned reflexes.

645. Saxby, Ida B. Some conditions affecting the growth and permanence of desires. British journal of psychology (London), 9:93-149, December 1917. Effect on children of definite training in moral and social ideals.

EDUCATIONAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS.

646. Arbiters of fate. Unpopular review, 9: 368-72, April-June 1918.

A clever and amusing satire on psychological tests of children.

647. Bickersteth, M. E. The application of mental tests to children of various ages. British journal of psychology (London), 9: 23-73, December 1917.

Discusses the possibility of establishing by means of mental tests reliable age norms graded by years.

648. Bureau of educational experiments, New York city. Psychological tests. A bibliography. Supplement to January 1, 1918. New York, Bureau of educational experiments, 1918. p. 79-111. 8°. (Bulletin no. 6, Supplement 1.)

Compiled by Georgie J. Ruger.

CONTENTS.-The Binet-Simon scale, p. 79-84.-Mental tests other than the Binet-Simon scale.

p. 85-111.

649. Cleveland, Ohio. Board of education. Division of reference and research. The results of a spelling test. 19 p. 8°. (Its Bulletin no. 2, March 11, 1918.)

A spelling test given to 106 Cleveland elementary and junior high schools in the 3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.

650. Jarrett, R. P. A scale of intelligence of college students for the use of college appointment committees. Journal of applied psychology, 2: 43-51, March

1918.

Study based on tests of 100 students of the George Peabody college for teachers, during the school year 1915-16.

651. Lacy, William I. A study of 100 retarded fourth grade pupils tested by the Binet scale. Psychological clinic, 12: 16-23, March 15, 1918.

652. Martin, H. F. and Smith, Leon O. School survey at Union, Iowa. Midland schools, 32 245-50, April 1918.

The school plant, mental tests, etc.

653. New York (State) University. Report of a survey of public education in Nassau county, New York. Albany, University of the State of New York, 1918. 291 p. 8°. (University of the State of New York bulletin, no. 652, December 1, 1917.)

Part I, conducted by L. S. Hawkins of the State department of education, and George D. Strayer of the Department of educational administration, Teachers college, Columbia university, p. 6-229. Part II, conducted by A. C. Monahan, J. C. Muerman, Katherine M. Cook and Belvia E. Cuzzort, representing the U. S. Bureau of education, p. 231-87.

654. Newlee, Clara E. The Cleveland arithmetic test given to a small class of deaf children. Volta review, 20: 212-22, April 1918.

655. O'Hern, Joseph P. A practical application of standard tests in spelling, language and arithmetic. Journal of the New York state teachers' association, 546-56, March 1918.

Results of some tests given in Rochester, N. Y.

656. Pechstein, L. A. Penmanship scales-their merits and limitations. Journal of the New York state teachers' association, 5: 41-45, March 1918.

A summary of two addresses at the Syracuse meeting (1917) of the New York state teachers association.

657. Pintner, Rudolf and Toops, Herbert A. Mental tests of unemployed men. Journal of applied psychology, 2: 15-25, March 1918.

Continued from previous issue. Study based on investigation at the Dayton (Ohio) free employment office. Deals with educational conditions, etc.

658. Stamford, Conn. School committee. The mirror as we see ourselves. Stamford, Connecticut, public schools. A partial "auto-survey" for the period September, 1916, to February, 1918. 28 p. illus., diagrs. 8°.

659. Survey of Walker county schools. Texas school journal, 35 : 13–15, March 1918.

Facts brought out in the survey of Walker county, Texas, made by the U. S. Bureau of education in February 1917.

660. Wallin, J. E. Wallace. the Binet-Simon scale.

Preliminary impressions of the Stanford revision of Psychological clinic, 12: 1-15, March 15, 1918. 661. Wisconsin. Department of education. An educational survey of Janesville, Wisconsin. Issued by C. P. Cary, state superintendent. Madison, Wis., State department of public instruction, 1918. 329 p. 8°.

Prepared by W. W. Theisen, director of the survey; H. L. Terry; B. R. Buckingham; H. N. Goddard; Amy Bronsky; Maybell G. Bush; Annie Reynolds; Janet R. Rankin; J. M. Dorrans; O. S. Rice; A. B. Cook; P. W. Dykema; and Lucy D. Hale.

662. Zirbes, Laura. Diagnostic measurement as a basis for procedure. Elementary school journal, 18: 505-22, March 1918.

Submits evidence of the practicability of individuated instruction under classroom conditions; how standard tests and scales are used. Deals with study of reading. Illustrated with graphs. SPECIAL SUBJECTS OF CURRICULUM.

663. Missouri music teachers' association. Official report of the twenty-second annual convention, Springfield, Mo., June 19-21, 1917. 57 p. 8°. (Tyrie W. Lyon, secretary-treasurer, St. Louis, Mo.)

664. Allen, Jessie E. The importance of good teaching as a basis for lasting interest in Latin. Classical journal, 13: 470-75, April 1918.

Emphasis on vitalized methods in teaching Latin. Importance of the classics discussed.

665. American students boycotting German. Literary digest, 56 29-31, 44, 46-50, 52, 54-55, 58, 61-64, 66, 70, 72-74, March 30, 1918.

A nation-wide poll showing that "the German classes are dwindling in various parts of the country-10 per cent here, 50 per cent there." Study of French and Spanish crowding out the German language in public schools.

666. Beach, Arthur G. The teacher of English. American schoolmaster, 11: 97-105, March 15, 1918.

Present-day demands upon the teacher of English.

667. Breene, Mary L. The new problems of the secondary Latin teacher in first and second year Latin. Classical weekly, 11: 153-55, March 18, 1918.

A paper read at the eleventh annual meeting of the Classical association of the Atlantic states,
Pittsburgh, April 28, 1917.

668. Caldwell, Otis W., and others. The course in natural science in the University elementary school. Elementary school journal, 18: 493-504, 571-87, March, April 1918.

669. Cook, Elizabeth Christine. An experiment in the teaching of college English Teachers college record, 19: 131-46, March 1918.

An experiment in college English to show whether freedom in class work develops more genuine literary taste and judgment in students than regularly imposed lessons.

670. Davillé, Louis. L'enseignement secondaire de l'histoire et les programmes de

1902. III. Esquisse de nouveaux programmes. Éducation, 9: 433-48,

December 1917.

Concluding article of series.

671. Davis, Alfred. Valid aims and purposes for the study of mathematics in secondary schools. School science and mathematics, 18: 313-24, April 1918.

Report submitted by a committee of the Mathematics club of Chicago, of which Mr. Davis is chairman. Continued from March number. Says that mathematics should be required of every secondary school pupil; "the required work may consist of courses allotted to the junior high school, if that institution is to prevail; or it may, under the present arrangement, be reduced to one year and consist of algebra and geometry, with some reference to the use of the trigonometric functions." 672. Dillon, Charles. Journalism for high schools; a guide-book for students in conducting the school paper, and in preparing themselves for newspaper work as a profession. New York, L. A. Noble [1918] 119 p. 12°.

673. Downer, Charles H. Teaching American soldiers a little French. Modern language journal, 2: 239-47, March 1918.

A paper read before the Modern language association at Yale university, December 28, 1917. A statement of the author's own views and experiences in teaching French to the soldiers. 674. Drummond, A. M. Fifty more one-act plays for school and college amateurs. Quarterly journal of speech education, 4: 216–21, March 1918.

675.

An annotated bibliography, giving addresses of play-brokers and agents controlling plays listed. Some continental plays for amateurs. English journal, 7: 187-92, March 1918.

List of plays suitable for high-school students, with annotations.

676. Ferguson, H. O. What constitutes an efficient music department in the modern school system? School music, 19: 24-28, 30, 32, March-April 1918. A paper read before the Nebraska teachers' association.

677. Greene, Evarts B. Right and wrong uses of history in a scheme of civic education. School and home education, 37: 175-78, April 1918.

A paper read at the annual meeting of the National society for the study of education, Atlantic City, February 25, 1918.

678. Hanford, J. H. Relating the English course to the world crisis. III. English literature and the present crisis. High school journal, 1: 2-6, April 1918.

Points out individual works in the high-school list which seem to be best adapted to present use. 679. Hayden, Philip C. Teaching music reading in the public schools-an open discussion. School music, 19: 8-16, March-April 1918.

680. Houghton, Harry G. A beginning course in public speaking for colleges and universities. Quarterly journal of speech education, 4: 150-59, March 1918.

Says that an examination of beginning courses as they are now offered in various institutions reveals a striking lack of uniformity. Shows the methods in vogue in the University of Wisconsin. 56685-18-2