we call grown up, which is one of the most extraordinary books to see the light in many a day. By text and picture the author traces briefly the important steps in the advance of civilization. The book reads like a fascinating story told by a master story-teller." Wilkinson, Mrs. Marguerite. Dingbat of Arcady. 1922. "To those who will like to read a poet's recollections of her voyages with her husband in flatbottomed boats, and on land in flivvers, of camping out, and eating outdoors, and of explorations and meditations in America and England, I recommend this book." E. C. P. in Ind. April 15, 1922. Williams, Basil. Cecil Rhodes. 1921. "The character is as interesting as the background of the diamond fields and South Africa history." Yeomans, Edward. Shackled Youth. 1921. "In this delightful book a layman presents his ideas for a school and teaching utopia with occasional caustic comment on present methods that will rouse the wrath of complacent educators and delight the rebels." BOOKS THAT APPEAL TO BOYS Boys who find stimulation in the "Tarzan books" are not always satisfied by the suggestion of titles. Naturally substitutes offered should be stories full of action and imagination. To stress the inferiority of the Tarzan book and the glories of the book which ought to be read, frequently causes the boy, with his immature emotions and crude thinking, to grin behind the back of someone who is too evidently trying to improve him. If the boy can express himself enough to tell just what it is that holds his interest in these books he has given a teacher or a librarian a chance to express herself as well on some fine feature of another type of book, which being known intimately can be made "a live one" for the boy. The average boy does not care whether a story is im probable or impossible, nor is he interested in the weakening of his reflective powers and the lowering of his standard of appreciation. He is running true to form when he craves daring and ad venture. The problem sounds more simple than it is. No set method can be suggested for directing reading into progressive channels. The solution lies in sympathy, understanding and wide knowledge of youth and books, otherwise doors are closed which should open into undiscovered, widening countries. The following list of twenty books can be used with boys who want a book "as full of excitement as Tarzan:" Altsheler-Young Trailers. Carter-Lion and Tiger Stories. Hawes Mutineers. Kipling-Jungle Books. London-Call of the Wild. Loring-African Adventure Stories. Masefield-Jim Davis. Roosevelt-Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Schultz-Lone Bull's Mistake. Seton-Rolf in the Woods. Stevenson-Kidnapped. Stevenson-Treasure Island. Tomlinson-The Sea and the Jungle. Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Wallace-Fur Trail Adventurers. White-Blazed Trail. AVIS MEIGS and ELIZABETH KNAPP, Detroit Public Library. 42 48 A Statistical Study of a Phase of School Administration HENRY A. LANE.. The Teacher's Relationship to the Supervisor and the Administrator GEORGE D. STRAYER.. Progress in Typewriting E. G. BLACKSTONE. An Application of the Laboratory Method to Junior-High-School Latin DOROTHY ROEHM The Hillegas Scale, an Economy in the Teaching and Measuring of Composition 52 CONTENTS FOR JUNE, 1921 What One Representative American City Is Doing in Teaching Americanism FRANK CODY PAGE 1 10 15 21 .. 24 31 36 40 PAGE 3 10 15 20 23 27 ... 31 36 42 46 51 PAGE 3 8 9 11 18 20 26 30 34 41 45 47 55 Some Effects of Segregation on Scholarship at Northwestern High School 3 7 13 15 23 29 35 40 48 51 57 60 Kindergarten Objectives from the Point of View of the High School A Study of Achievements in Reading of X, Y, and Z Groups ELIZA F. OGLESBY. The Problem of Appreciation MARIE I. RASEY.. PAGE 3 6 12 22 30 37 46 53 57 64 Experiment to Determine the Effectiveness of the Detroit Standard Practice Tests in Reading |