Dead bodies Disposition Legislation Wyoming-Act providing for the surrender of dead human bodies to regularly licensed physicians and dentists and medical colleges for the purpose of dissection, giving the state board of health authority to establish rules and regulations therefor. (Ch. 37, P. L. 1917) Deaf and dumb National round table for the improvement of speech is a forum for the exchange of ideas upon the correction of speech defects, the betterment of the condition of the deaf, and the development of the spoken voice. Annual dues $1, payable to Mrs. E. W. Scripture, 55 Central Park W., N. Y. Volta bureau has issued the following reprints: Progressive oral day school, by Jessie Duff (Reprint no. 164); Menace in suppurating ears, by B. C. Gile (Reprints no. 169); How lip-reading helps in professions, by A. N. Gordon (Reprint no. 173); Point of view, by Elizabeth Brand (Reprint no. 174); Psychology of deafness, by G: W. Johnston (Reprint no. 175); Caring for stammering children, by J. J. Lamb (Reprint no. 176); Das absehen vom munde für schwerhörige und ertaubte, by Von L. I. Morgenstern (Reprint no. 178). 1601 35th st., N. W., Washington, D. C. See also Ability tests-Deaf and dumb Commercial education Goodyear tire and rubber company has opened in its industrial school a division for deaf mutes. Business arithmetic, English and mechanical drawing are being taught at present as most interesting to the students. Other subjects will be added later. The director of the division is Ashland D. Martin, himself a deaf mute and a graduate of Gallaudet college. Ja 28 '17 Education Introductory explanation of the analytic synthetic method of teaching reading to deaf children, by D. F. Kauffman; Rhythm; with discussion, by Pattie Thomason; Teaching of language, by Harris Taylor; Physical side of the child, by G: B. McAuliffe; Utilization of residual hearing, by J: D. Wright; Measurement of efficiency in schools for the deaf, by R. O. Johnson; Pintner tests, by W. M. Kilpatrick. table Nat Educ Assn J 1:824-37 Ap '17 Death damages Legislation Texas-Act providing that suit may be brought in this state for death or injury of citizens of the state or the United States by wrongful acts of another in a foreign state or country. (Ch. 156, P. L. 1917) Death penalty. See Capital punishment Death records. See Vital statistics Deaths See also Vital statistics Registration Accuracy of certified causes of death. U S Pub Health Repts 31:2539-611 S 22 '16 Report of a committee of the Vital statistics section of the American public health association. Registration of non-resident deaths. W: H. Davis. table Am J Pub Health 6:964-70 S '16 Debates and debating Bibliographies on debate lists submitted in October 1916 by Denver schools. Denver pub. lib. 3p O '16 (Typew. 15c) Includes the following subjects: Merchant marine; Philippine independence; Government ownership of the railroads; Government ownership of telephone and telegraph systems; Old age pensions; Honor system; Cadet system; Navy increase; Mexico: intervention; Protection vs. free trade; Monroe doctrine; Philippine retention; Federal inheritance tax; Free sugar; Literacy test. Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Debate index. 2d supplement, Dec. 1914-Dec. 1915. 15p bibl 5c postpaid '16 Carnegie lib. of Pittsburgh Divided under the following heads: Books indexed; Organization and procedure; Topics. Debate index: 3d sup January 1916-March 1917. Carnegie Lib of Pittsburgh Monthly Bul 22:181-92 Mr '17 -Same. Reprinted. 14p 5c '17 Debating problems in high school and college. M. A. Smith. Educa 37:160-6 N '16 Essentials of argument. A. P. Stone and S. L. Garrison. 332p *$1.30 '16 Holt Intercollegiate debates: a year book of college debating with records of questions and decisions, specimen speeches and bibliographies. E. R. Nichols, ed. v 7 670p bibl $1.50 '17 Hinds A new feature is added this year to the appendices or Debating year book of the volume, namely, a summary of the debate record in each volume up to and including the present one and comprising the years 1910-1916. Interscholastic debates in relation to political opinion. J. L. Highshaw. Quar J Pub Speaking 2:365-82 O '16 This paper is an abstract of a thesis accepted by the University of Wisconsin, Department of political economy, for the degree of Master of arts. an Oregon high school debating league: nouncements for the school year, 1916-1917, prepared by Earl Kilpatrick. il Univ of Oregon Bul n s v 14 no 1 30p N 1 '16 Questions of the hour, social, economic, industrial: study outlines based on twentytwo volumes in the Debaters' handbook series and the Handbook series. J. L. Wilson, comp. (Study outline ser.) 30p bibl 25c '17 Wilson Debaters' handbooks upon which the outlines are based contain reprints selected from magazines, pamphlets and official documents to cover all phases of the question considered. Systematic analysis of debating problems. W. C. Shaw. Quar J Pub Speaking 2:344-51 O '16 Read at the Eastern conference, Princeton, N. J., April, 1916. Since this paper was written the author has published, through Ginn and company, "The BriefMakers' Note Book," developed from the principles here set forth. University debaters' annual: constructive ano rebuttal speeches delivered in debates of American colleges and universities during the college year 1915-1916. E: C: Mabie, ed. 294p bibl *$1.80 '16 Wilson This Debaters' annual for 1915-1916 is the second volume in the series of year books of college debating. The volumes afford a permanent record of the work of debaters in American colleges and universities. Contains debates on the following subjects: International police to enforce treaties and preserve peace: Preparedness; Compulsory military service; Federal ownership of telegraph and telephone; City manager plan of government; National prohibition: Restriction of immigration by the literacy test; Compulsory industrial insurance. See also Athletics; Daylight saving: Immigration: Insurance, Social; International police; Intoxicating liquors-Sale; Military service, Compulsory; Military training, Compulsory; Minimum wage; National defense; Non-resistance; Prohibition; Railroads-Government ownership: TelephoneGovernment ownership; Workmen's compensation Bibliography Oregon state library notes: aids for debaters. Univ of Oregon Bul n s 14:12-15 N 1 '16 Debts. See Debts, Public; County debts; Municipal debts; State finance Debs, County. See County debts Administration of public debts; with discussion. H. A. Mason. In Nat. assn. of comptrollers and accounting officers. Proceedings, 1915 and 1916, p 25-31 '16 Debts, Public-Continued Canada-Increase in the public debt of Canada as a result of the war. I. N. Hoffmann. Am Bankers Assn J 9:737-8 Mr '17; Same. Econ World n s 13:413 Mr 24 '17 China-National debt of China: its origin and its security. Charles Denby. Ann Am Acad 68:55-70 N '16 Peru-Reduction of Peru's public debt. W: F. Montavon. Commerce Repts no 53 p 851 Mr 6 '17 Philadelphia co., Pa.-Threatened slip back and a constructive proposal. Citizens' Business no 258 3p My 9 '17 Public debt of the United States. tables Econ of the debt commission tables In West Virginia-Special message of his excellency, Henry D. Hatfield, governor, to the legislature Feb. 5, 1915, p 19116 '15 Virginia debt: an outline of its origin and history and of the suit against West Virginia growing out of the same. J: W. Mason. In West Virginia legislative hand book and manual and official register, 1916, p 810-72 '16 Virginia state debt and internal improvements. 1820-38. R. L. Morton. J Pol Econ 25:339-73 Ap '17 West Virginia-Attorney general of West Virginia, June 5, 1916, asked the United States supreme court to issue a writ of execution directing its officers to levy upon the property of Virginia in order to satisfy the $13,000,000 judgment of the court. West Virginia-Legislature has refused to take action on the order of the United States supreme court directing the payment of $12,393,929.50 to the commonwealth of Virginia as this state's portion of the civil war debt. A motion was filed in the supreme court, Mar. 5, 1917, by the attorney general of West Virginia asking for the discharge of an application for a writ of mandamus sought by the state of Virginia to compel West Virginia to pay the judgment of the court. Case has not been decided. New Jersey-Act defining floating indebtedness and authorizing and directing the funding of floating and other indebtedness in any municipality and county in this state. (Chap. 153, P. L. 1917 approved Mr 27 17) 11p '16 Comr of municipal accounts New Jersey-Act to authorize and regulate the issuance of bonds and other obligations, and the incurring of indebtedness by county, city, borough, village, town, township, or any municipality governed by an improvement commission, approved March 22, 1916: amendment approved March 23, 1917 (Chap. 252, P. L. 1916, as amended by chap. 240, P. L. 1917) 32p '17 Comr. of municipal accounts Legislation Maryland-Act authorizing the creation of a state debt to an aggregate amount not exceeding the sum of $1,000,000 and for the issue and sale of certificates of indebtedness evidencing the same. (Ch. 3, special session P. L. 1917) South Dakota-Act permitting state to make debt by two-thirds vote of legislature. (Ch. 163, P. L. 1917) Debts, Secured Taxation Laws New York (state)-Secured debts tax law and the mortgage tax law as amended in 1916. 56p '16 Guaranty trust company, 140 Broadway, N. Y. Defective children Danger of classifying as merely backward, children who are feebleminded. In Nat. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 263-6 '16 How may we discover the children who need special care? R. M. Yerkes. (Pub. no. 29) 8p '17 Mass. soc. for mental hygiene, 18 Tremont st., Boston 1917. Reprinted from Mental Hygiene, April, Mental deficiency in its relation to social problems, by D: F. Weeks; Cause and treatment of mental deficiency in institutions; with discussion, by W: M. Richards; What shall be done for the deficient child: a Monmouth county experiment in co-ordination, by C. B. Meytrott. In N. J. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p15-22, 161-721. 180-7 '16 New York (city)-Psychopathic children: what New York city is doing for them. L. P. Clark. Ungraded 2:179-90 My '17 Physical diagnosis of backward children. Robert MacDougall. Educa 37:445-55 Mr '17 Proportion of mental defectives among juvenile delinquents. L. W. Crafts and E. A. Doll. J Delinquency 2:119-43 My '17 See also Blind-Education; Deaf and dumb Conferences National conference on the education of truant, backward, dependent and delinquent children. Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 4-6, 1917. W. L. Kuser, sec., Eldora, Ia. Education *California-Defective, delinquent, and dependent boys. J. H. Williams. Dept Research Bul no 1 (Whittier [Cal.] state school pub.) 16p D '15 Function of special classes for mentally defective children in the public schools. A. M. Fitts. Ungraded 2:203-6 Je '17 How shall the children be selected for special classes? Margaret Knox. Ungraded 2: 9-15 O '16 Mental deficiency in schools, by Stewart Paton: Selection in education, by Pearce Bailey; Mental deficiency in the schools, by W. B. Cornell. In N. J. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 173-80 '16 New York (city)-Special classes for physically defective children. R. H. Willis. In Am. school hygiene assn. Proceedings, 1916, p 226-33 '17 See also Retardation of school children * Selected bibliography on the education and training of defective children. G. G. McAfee. 28p Je '16 Univ. of Wisconsin, Library school (Typew. $1.40) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Defective delinquent. E. L. Garvin. In Nat. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 511-17 '16 Delinquent defective. Roy Moon. Ia State Institutions Bul 18:298-302 O '16 Elimination: the practical means of dealing with the defective. H. A. Lindsay. Ia State Institutions Bul 19:98-102 Ja '17 Mental deficiency and the sick, by F. H. Edsall; Psychopathic hospitals and clinics; with discussion, by C. C. Beling: Mental defect in the mother as it affects infant mortality; with discussion, by M. W. O'Gorman; Is there any relation between tuberculosis, mental diseases and mental deficiency: plea for justice to the sane, and compassion and pity for the insane consumptive; with discussion, by S. A. Knopf. In N. J. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 37-72 '16 a Mental defectives and the juvenile court. George Ordahl. tables J Delinquency 2:1-13 Ja '17 Present knowledge in regard to mental defectives. George Mogridge. Ia State Institutions Bul 18:233-40 J1 '16 Psychiatric contribution to the study of delinquency. H. A. Adler. J Crim Law 8:45-68 My '17 State's wards: where they come from, what is done with them, what can be done for them. F: J. Farnell. R I Bd Health Quar Bul 3:20-31 Ja '17 Presented before the Social welfare league of Rhode Island, Nov. 10, 1916. Survey of defective delinquents under the care of the Massachusetts state board of insanity. A. W. Stearns. In Massachusetts. Bd. of insanity. Collected contributions, p 233-42 '16 Reprinted with original pagination. What is practicable in the way of prevention of mental defect. W. E. Fernald. (Pub. no. 6) 12p Mass. soc. for mental hygiene, 15 Ashburton place, Boston Read before the National conference of charities and correction, Baltimore, 1915, being the Report of the conference committee. on state care of the insane, feeble-minded and epileptic. What recent investigations have shown to be the relation between mental defect and crime. A. W. Stearns. (Pub. no. 19) 6p bibl '16 Mass. soc. for mental hygiene, 15 Ashburton place, Boston Reprinted from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Sept. 21, 1916. See also Blind; Deaf and dumb; Feebleminded; Insane; Sterilization Conferences Indiana conference on mental defectives. [Proceedings], Indianapolis, Oct. 16-17, 1916. Indiana Bul Char & Correc no 107 p 383-450 D '16 Sessions were devoted to the following subjects: Mental defective as a home and school problem; Mental defective as a medical problem; Mental defective as a legal problem. Deportation Laws Indiana-Act concerning the deportation of non-resident insane, feeble-minded, epileptic or poor persons, and making an appropriation. (H. 214 approved Mr 5 '17) Indiana Bul Char & Correc no 108 p 15-17 Mr '17 Education Care of insane and defectives. In Cal. Bd. of charities and corrections. 6th biennial report, 1912-1914, p 32-7 '15 Governors' messages, 1917 Hawaii-Gov. Pinkham recommends proper classification of defectives and adequate provision for their care. Illinois-Gov. Lowden calls attention to the increase of defectives and the necessity for action to prevent their further increase and for caring for the present number. Indiana-Gov. Ralston urges that careful consideration be given to the question of caring for defectives. Michigan-Gov. Sleeper urges that better care be given to defectives. Delinquency * Mental aspects of delinquency. T. L. Kelley. tables charts Univ of Texas Bul no 1713 125p Mr 1 '17 Practical application of the results of intensive study of delinquents, by A. T. Bingham; Institutional training, another point of view; with discussion, by F. F. Morse. In Am. prison assn. Proceedings, 1916, p 199-210, 299-310 '17 Report of the committee on delinquency. H. V. Bruce. In New York (state). Bd. of charities. Report, 1915, v 1 p 1125-32 '16 Delinquent children. See Defective children; Juvenile delinquents Delinquent taxes Legislation South Dakota-Act providing for enforcement of delinquent tax payment. Scavenger act. (Ch. 137, P. L. 1917) West Virginia-Act amending act re the sale of real estate for delinquent taxes and the redemption thereof. (Ch. 67, P. L. 1917) Democracy Democracy-Continued Democracy and compulsory service. G. G. In H. F. Ward. Labor movement from the standpoint of religious values, p 178-99 '17 Democracy and military service inseparable. S. B. M. Young. N Y Times Magazine F 18 '17 p 5-6 Democracy doomed. Oscar Levy. N Y Times Magazine F 4 '17 p 8 Democracy vs. sovereignty. D. P. Kingsley. Nat Institute of Social Sciences J 2:130-9 J1 '16 Education and democracy. R. J. Aley. Educ R 53:109-21 F '17 Efficiency and democracy. I. N. Hollis. Stone & Webster J 20:280-90 Ap '17 Principles of [the] Allies. James Bryce. N Y Times Magazine F 4 '17 p 3 Program of political democracy and civic effort, by H. S. Gilbertson; Discussion, by R. B. Fosdick. Nat Munic R 6:246-54 Mr '17 Address delivered at the annual meeting of the National municipal league, Nov. 24, 1916. Socialist menace to constitutional government. R. G. Brown. 22p '17 Rome G. Brown, Minneapolis, Minn. Annual address delivered before the Louisiana state bar association at Alexandria, La., May 12, 1917. Spread of democracy. Talcott Williams. maps World's Work 25:101-5 My '17 Ultimate democracy and its making. N. L. Sims. 347p bibl *$1.50 '17 McClurg Associations People's council, organized in May, 1917, expresses its purpose in the following program: to secure an early, democratic and general peace in harmony with the principles outlined in new Russia; to urge international organization for the maintenance of world peace; to urge upon our government to state concretely the terms upon which it is willing to make peace; to work for the repeal of the conscription laws; to safeguard labor standards; to preserve and extend democracy and liberty within the United States. L. P. Lochner, sec., 2 W. 13th st., N.Y. Conferences People's council of America for democracy and peace expected to form the first constituent assembly at a meeting in Minneapolis. Sept. 1-6. 1917. The governor refused to allow the meeting to convene within the state. Sessions were finally held in Chicago. A new executive committee was formed with Scott Nearing as chairman. L. P. Lochner, sec., 2 W. 13th st., N.Y. Demonstration work in agriculture Christian co., Ky.-How the whole county demonstrated. Bradford Knapp and J. M. Jones. il map In U. S. Dept. of agric. Yearbook, 1915, p 225-48 '16 Education through farm demonstration, by County agents Connecticut-County agent work. tables In Connecticut agric. col. Ext. service. Biennial report, 1916, p 22-31 D '16 County agent and his work, by A. C. True; Farm-management demonstration and the county agent. il map table Agric Digest 1: 176-8 N '16 * Office filing system for county agricultural agents in the northern and western states. H. B. Fuller. il US States Relations Service Doc 34 15p '17 * Status and results of county agricultural agent work in the northern and western states, 1915. W. A. Lloyd. (S. R. S. doc. 32) 19p il diag map F 27 '17 U.S. dept. of agric., States relation service Legislation Wisconsin-Act creating special county committees on agriculture to direct the work of county agricultural representatives. (Ch. 224, P. L. 1917) Dental hygiene "An ounce of prevention." H. C. Hartwig. il Pub Health (Mich.) n s 4:586-94 N '16 Bad teeth and their effect on the laboring man's efficiency. C. E. Smith. Nat Dental Assn J 4:267-9 Mr '17 Read before the Section on preventive medicine and public health at the 67th annual session of the American medical association, Detroit, June, 1916. Chicago, Ill.-Dental week was observed Dec. 4-11, 1916, in order to arouse public attention to matters pertaining to dental hygiene. School lectures, moving pictures of tooth brush drills, newspaper editorials by leading dentists were used to give the teeth publicity. The dental school and city dental clinics gave over the week to examination of children's teeth. Tooth brushes and paste were distributed as far as the supply permitted to children who could not afford to buy them. Conservation of the world's teeth: a new occupation for the crippled soldier. F. B. Gilbreth. il Sci Am Sup 83:357-8 Je 9 '17 Dental phase of health conservation. H. C. Brown. Ohio Pub Health J 7:445-52 N '16 Read before the Corydon Palmer dental society at Youngstown, O., Oct. 12. 1916. * Diseased mouths a cause of ill-health. Arthur Day. Ontario Dept Agric (Women's institutes branch) Bul 242 7p D '16 New York (city)-Cooperative dentistry for garment workers. Survey 38:248 Je 9 '17 Oral hygiene: where it begins and when it leaves off, by A: S. Downing; Importance of the teeth in the mental, moral and physical development of the child, by T. P. Hyatt; Field for independent dental infirmaries, by H. L. Wheeler; General plan of the proposed work at the Eastman dispensary, by H. J. Burkhart; School dental clinic as an economic factor, by E. L. Pettibone; Standardization of preventive dentistry, by T: P. Hinman. In Am. school hygiene assn. Proceedings, 1916, p 265-91 '17 Oral hygiene and its relation to public and individual health, with discussion. O. U. King. Nat Dental Assn J 4:133-48 F '17 Oral hygiene in its relation to public and individual health, by C: H. Oakman; Same, by O. U. King; Oral hygiene: discussion, by F: R. Henshaw. In Nat. conference of charities and correction. Proceedings, 1916, p 653-64 '16 Present status of and necessity for mouth hygiene. S. J. Rauh. Am J Pub Health 7: 631-6 Jl '17 Rheumatism, neuritis, appendicitis, due to bad teeth. G: C. Bowles. Pub Health (Mich.) 5:23-6 Ja '17 Teeth in tuberculosis; with discussion. D: R. Lyman. In Nat. assn. for the study and prevention of tuberculosis. Transactions, 1916, p 178-81 '16 See also Animals-Dental hygiene; Hospitals-Dental clinics Clinics California-Public dental clinics in California and their purposes. G. S. Millberry. il Cal Bd Health Monthly Bul 12:132-9 Mr '17 Dental clinics in Wisconsin cities. Municipality 16:186-8 N '16 Rochester, N. Y.-Aims of Rochester dental dispensary. H. J. Burkhart. Nat Dental Assn J 4:72-7 Ja '17 Legislation Connecticut-Act providing for the education and examination of dental hygienists. Amends P. L. 1915, ch. 316; any registered or licensed dentist may employ women assistants, who shall be known as dental hygienists; dental commission to make rules and regulations for examination of dental hygienists. (Ch. 269, P. L. 1917) Practice management, business investments, and a dentist's duty to his profession, including a certain amount of ethics. C. N. Johnson. Nat Dental Assn J 4:44-8 Ja '17 Denver, Colorado. Public library Bibliographies on debate lists submitted in Denver 1916 by schools. O '16 October (Typew. 15c) (Bibliography) Department store education Department store analyses and day, part-time and evening training courses in salesmanIn Nat. soc. for the ship. L. W. Prince. promotion of industrial educ. Proceedings, 1917, p 40-4 My '17 Minneapolis, Minn.-What vocational education is needed for salesmanship in the department stores? tables U S Bur Labor Statistics Bul no 199 (Vocational education ser. no. 1) p 391-429 D '16 School of salesmanship conducted by the Wom. en's educational and industrial union and Simmons college: department store education for saleswomen, for teachers. 19p Mr and '16 educational industrial Women's union, 264 Boylston st., Boston Service instruction of department stores. il chart US Bur Educ Bul 1916 no 34 p 5-30 '17 Department stores Connecticut-Résumé of conditions in department and 5 and 10 cent stores. il In Connecticut. Bur. of labor. Report on the conditions of wage-earning women and girls, p 55-64 '16 New York (city)-Department stores. tables In United States. Comm. on industrial relations. Final report and testimony submitted to Congress, v 3 p 2213-410 '16 Selected list of references on employment of women in war industries. Ap '17 (Typew. 20c) (Women-Employment-Bibliography) Torrens system; single tax. Mr '17 Detroit, Mich. (Torrens system-Bibliography) Dickey, Philena A. Care of pamphlets and clippings in libraries. '17 Wilson (Pamphlets) Diphtheria *Diphtheria: facts you should know about diphtheria. 7p Indiana bd. of health Diphtheria antitoxin production. J. G. George. Ohio Pub Health J 8:131-4 Mr '17 General information concerning diphtheria, its sanitary features, directions for its prevention. (Diphtheria circ.) 7th ed 22p il Indiana bd. of health Laboratory diagnosis of diphtheria. N. E. Wayson. bibl U S Pub Health Repts 31:3113-19 N 10 '16 Outbreak of diphtheria in a second class city, P. B. Brooks. Health News n s 12:140-5 Je '17 Present status of the Schick test and active immunization with diphtheria toxin-antitoxin. Abraham Zingher tables NY (city) Dept Health Monthly Bul 7:25-31 Mr '17; Same. Health News n s 12:95-103 Ap '17 |