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1163. Gray, A. A. The junior college in California. School review, 23:465–73, September 1915.

Emphasizes fact that the future of the junior colleges in California is bright and their field of work extensive. Says their work must be complete in itself-a preparation for citizenship and not for the higher educational instruction.

1164. Kolbe, Parke R. The relation of the municipal university to the educational system. School and society, 2: 186-91, August 7, 1915.

A paper read before the North central association of colleges and secondary schools in Chicago,
March 1915.

1165. Kunkel, B. W. The distinction of college graduates. School and society, 2: 316-24, August 28, 1915.

A study of the eminence of alumni as represented by their appearing in "Who's who.” 1166. Lawrence, William Witherle. The humanities and the American university. Columbia university quarterly, 17: 301-15, September 1915.

1167. Lodge, Henry Cabot. A modest plea for the "humanities." Harvard graduates' magazine, 24: 58-64, September 1915.

Address delivered at the Radcliffe commencement on June 23, 1915

1168. McCrea, Nelson G. Entrance examinations in Latin. Educational review, 50:120-35, September 1915.

An analysis of the results of the recent examinations in Latin of the College extrance examination board. Paper read at the 10th annual meeting of the Classical association of New England, Boston, April 10, 1915.

1169. Nicolson, Frank W. Success in college and in after life. School and society, 2:229-32, August 14, 1915.

A study of the careers of graduates of Wesleyan university which proves that there is a direct relation between success in college and in after life.

1170. Ramsay, W. M. The making of a university; what we have to learn from educational ideals in America. London, New York [etc.] Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. 46 p. 8°.

In his preface the author states that the book contains "the story of how an American college was created by the faith and work of one man" referring to Grove City college and Dr. Isaac Conrad Ketler.

1171. Seaton, John Lawrence. The function and the opportunity of the church college. Christian student, 16: 81-87, August 1915.

1172. Sims, John F. Berea college. American school, 1: 185–86, July 1915.

"The president of a Wisconsin normal school gives an account of a visit to Berea college and of the notable work which is being done there."

1173. Sturtevant, J. H. The University of Wisconsin. Educational review, 50: 109-19, September 1915.

Discusses the "Wisconsin idea;" the management of the university, etc. A defense of the governor of Wisconsin and others who favor a "central board of education" for Wisconsin.

SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.

1174. Bachman, Frank Pulerbaugh. Problems in elementary school administration; a constructive study applied to New York city. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y., World book company, 1915. x, 274 p. tables. 8°. (School efficiency series. Ed. by P. H. Hanus)

1175. The classification of school accounts. The system devised by Mr. R. H. Thomas, Portland, Oreg. American school board journal, 51: 18, 57-58, 60, September 1915.

1176. Cubberley, Ellwood P. Desirable reorganizations in American education. School and society, 2:397-402, September 18, 1915.

Writer says that the demand is for intelligent professional leadership, which can be secured by the erection of larger administrative units, the elimination of politics in the selection of experts, and the concentration of larger authority in the hands of those who will really represent the interests of the children.

1177. Orfield, Matthias Nordberg. Federal grants to the states with special reference to Minnesota. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, 1915. v, 275 p. (Studies in social sciences.

8°.

no. 2)

Bulletin of the University of Minnesota, March, 1915.

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT.

1178. Bruce, W. H. The use and abuse of the examination. Texas school journal, 32:9-11, 42-43, 45, 46, June 1915.

1179. Keith, John A. H. The improvement of the course of study through organization. School and society, 2: 259-65, August 21, 1915.

SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE.

1180. Ittner, William B. The cost of school buildings. American school board journal, 51: 17, 69, August 1915.

Paper read before the National association of school accounting officers, May 18, 1915.

SCHOOL HYGIENE AND SANITATION.

1181. Baker, S. Josephine. Health of school children. Mother's magazine, 10: 49-50, 95, September 1915.

The writer, who is Director of child hygiene of the Department of health of New York City, mentions the defects of school children that are the object of most systems of school medical inspection. She says that acute illness is readily recognized by the child's family, but that the school doctor gives attention to the half-hidden physical defects.

1182. [Gumprecht, Ferdinand] Das volksbad auf dem dorfe; eine verbindung mit dem schulbad. Das Schulhaus, 17: 167-80, heft 5, 1915.

A full résumé of Dr. Gumprecht's address at the general meeting (May 1915) of the Deutsche gesellschaft für volksbäder, published in its "Veröffentlichungen". Plans and illustrations.

1183. Ubertis, Francesco. La cultura sanitaria del maestro e dell'educatore. Casale Monferrato, Tipografia popolare, 1915. 551 p. illus. 8°.

SEX HYGIENE.

1184. Brown, Anna L. Sex education in the Young women's Christian association. Social hygiene, 1:581–88, September 1915.

1185. Exner, M. J. Sex education by the Young men's Christian associations in universities and colleges. Social hygiene, 1: 570-80, September 1915.

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION.

1186. Böhm, A. Staat und erziehung. Ein beitrag zur lösung der frage auf geschichtlicher grundlage. Pädagogische studien, 36: 75-91, 2. heft, 1915.

A contrast and weighing of "sozialpädagogik" and "individualpädagogik." The historical basis consists only in a comparison of Plato's and Herbart's doctrines on the relation of the state to the individual and education.

1187. Chabot, Charles. La patrie et le droit de l'enfant. Révue pédagogique, 66: 437-54, June 1915.

A searchingly philosophical discussion of the relation of fatherland and child which leans strongly toward counseling a check of dominant individualistic tendencies in education.

1188. Cummings, F. L. Fitting a high school into a community. American school board journal, 51: 15-16, 69, August 1915.

Describes briefly an attempt that is being made in Flathead county, Montana, by the Flathead county high school, to meet the needs of the community, and so to justify in a new way the school's existence.

1189. Merlini, Angelo. Il patronato; manuale per l'organizzazione el il funzionamento del patronato scolastico comunale, e delle opere di educazione e di colutura popolare. Milano, Unione italiana dell' educazione popolare [1915] 352 p. 12°. (Biblioteca dell' Unione italiana dell' educazione popolare) An explanation of the law of 1911 authorizing the formation of a board, "patronato scolastico,” in every city in Italy, the object being to give assistance to the pupils of the public schools. 1190. Stitt, Edward W. New York schoolhouses as social centers.

zine, 10:26-28, 96, September 1915.

CHILD WELFARE.

Mother's maga

1191. Doherty, William J. A study of results of institutional care. New York ty, Dept. of child-helping of the Russell Sage foundation, 1915. 18 p. 8°. (Russell Sage foundation, New York. Pamphlet. CH20)

A paper read before the Children's section of the National conference of charities and correction, Baltimore, Md., May 18, 1915.

MORAL EDUCATION.

1192. Pace, Edward A. Education and the constructive aim. Constructive quarterly, 3:584-602, September 1915.

Says that the neglect of religious training has made it harder to secure in education a basis for social morality.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

1193. Fowler, He ry Thatcher, and Peritz, Ismar J. The content of an ideal curriculum of religious instruction for colleges. Religious education, 10:

355-61, 362-65, August 1915.

1194. Ireland, John, Archbishop. Catholic schools for Catholic youth. Catholic educational review, 10: 97-112, September 1915.

Address delivere l at the annual meeting of the Catholic educational association, June 29, 1915. 1195. Kent, Charles Foster. Training the college teacher. The training essential to efficiency in Biblical teaching in colleges and universities. Religious education, 10:327-32, August 1915.

1196. O'Neill, Francis. The Catholic educational convention. Catholic world, 101: 788-93, September 1915.

Résumé of the sessions of the convention, held in St. Paul, Minnesota, in June 1915. 1197. Stearns, Wallace N. The Fargo college plan for a department of religious education. Religious education, 10:365-68, August 1915.

Gives the subject-matter taught and the credit given in the department of religious education of Fargo college.

MANUAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING.

1198. National society for the promotion of industrial education. Proceedings eighth annual meeting, Richmond, Va., December 9-12, 1914. New York City, 1915. 245 p. 8°. (Alvin E. Dodd, secretary, 140 West 42d St., New York, N. Y.)

Contains: 1. Miner Chipman: Fundamentals in education for department stores, p. 15-20. 2. Beulah E. Kennard: The work of the department store education association, p. 21-26. 3. Lucinda W. Prince: Training for salesmanship, p. 27-35. 4. The Richmond survey, p. 43-91.

5. Samuel Gompers: The attitude of the American federation of labor toward industrial education, p. 107-17. 6. Royal Meeker: The need for specialized vocational training, p. 118-24. 7. J. H. Cohen: The protocol and industrial education, p. 127-33. 8. Lewis Gustafson: The recognition of industrial education for apprentices by organized labor, p. 134-43. 9. A. L. Williston: How shall industrial education be organized to meet varying community needs? p. 153-59. 10. F. E. Mathewson: The evening technical and industrial high school, p. 165-73. 11. M. B. King: Short unit courses, p. 174-79. 12. R. O. Small: Trade and technical schools, p. 185-89. 13. Elizabeth Cleveland: Vocational training as a preparation for the "woman in the home," p. 203-8. 14. R. C. Stearnes: The present legal status of industrial and vocational education in Virginia and what legislation is needed to supplement it, p. 211-19. 15. C. A. Prosser: What other states are doing in legislation for vocational education, p. 220-26.

1199. Barney, Edgar S. What the teacher can and should do to promote industrial education. Manual training and vocational education, 17 : 6-13, September 1915.

"Shows how the classroom teacher may and should enrich the instruction by the use of industrial material. He should give concrete, local problems, and utilize the experience by real work." 1200. Griffith, Ira S. The boy or the trade as an aim? Manual training and vocational education, 17:1-5, September 1915.

Paper read before the Western drawing and manual training association, Chicago, 1915. Thinks that both the boy and the trade should be the aim; that the subject-matter should be determined by social conditions, and that the method of teaching it should be determined by the child's nature.

1201. Jenkins, Alfred H.

W. B. Clive, 1915.

1202. Leavitt, Frank M.

Educational handwork or manual training. London, 229 p. illus. 16o.

The inauguration of pre-vocational classes. American

school board journal, 51: 11–13, 65, September 1915.

1203. Levitas, Arnold. The value of elementary trade education. School and society, 2: 278–87, August 21, 1915.

Speaks especially of trade education in New York City.

1204. McKinney, James. Manual training ideals of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Industrial-arts magazine, 4: 142-44, October 1915.

1205. Mac Nary, Egbert E. Beginners in trade schools. Manual training and vocational education, 17:14-28, September 1915.

"The present article is an especially important contribution to the discussion of methods, first, because it is the result of several years of careful experiment and thoughtful study and, second, because the results presented will seem quite revolutionary to many of our readers." 1206. Prosser, C. A. Vocational work in the rural school. School education, 35:5, 30, 32, September 1915.

"Conditions in rural communities have changed, and the little red schoolhouse which was adequate in the past must now give the vocational training which the boy used to be able to secure through his environment." Gives some suggestions concerning vocational work in -rural schools.

VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE.

1207. Bate, W. G. Vocational guidance in a small city. American school board journal, 51: 11–12, August 1915.

A short summary, pointing out the essential parts of the plan followed in Mankato, Minnesota, in attempting to establish some feasible system of vocational counseling and guidance in a town of 15,000 with a high school enrollment of 500.

1208. Bloomfield, Meyer, ed. Readings in vocational guidance. Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and company [1915] 723 p. 8o.

A collection of "magazine articles, addresses, and other contributions to the literature of the subject, many of them not published elsewhere."

1209. Lewis, E. E. The aims of vocational guidance. Midland schools, 30:17–20,

September 1915.

1210. Miner, James B. A vocational census of college students. Educational review, 50: 144-65, September 1915.

"The fundamental purpose of the census was concerned with the student's first preferences for their future occupations." Work done at the University of Minnesota. Presents interesting statistical tables.

AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION; HOME ECONOMICS.

1211. Hamilton, Robin Lynn. The high school lunchroom a market for the domestic science kitchen-a real business for the commercial department. Industrial-arts magazine, 4: 154-58, October 1915.

Tells of a plan of cooperation between the domestic science kitchen and the lunchroom which has been in operation in the high schools of Sioux City, Iowa, since October 1914.

1212. Hummel, W. G. Utilization of land by high schools teaching agriculture. Part II. Home projects. University of California chronicle, 17:309–19, July 1915.

1213. Lane, C. H. and Heald, F. E. Correlating agriculture with the public schools in the northern states. Washington, Government printing office, 1915. 42 p. 8°. (U. S. Department of agriculture. Bulletin no. 281) Suggests ways and means by which the public school teacher may utilize home projects in correlating agriculture and farm problems with the regular school work. Illustrated.

1214. Stimson, Rufus. The Massachusetts home project plan of vocational agricultural education. School review, 23:474-78, September 1915.

A striking feature of the work for 1914 was the fact that 235 boys, in connection with good work at school, earned sums amounting to over $42,000, all but about $4,000 from farm work.

SCHOOL GARDENS.

1215. Jarvis, C. D. Children's backyard gardens under school supervision. Craftsman, 28:569-73, September 1915.

Work of the U. S. Bureau of education in promoting school gardens, etc.

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION.

1216. Marston, Anson. The relation of the engineering schools to the profession, the state and the public. Bulletin of the Society for the promotion of engi

neering education, 6:68-81, September 1915.

Presidential address at the twenty-third annual meeting of the Society for the promotion of engineering education held at Ames, Iowa, June 22 to 25, 1915.

EDUCATION OF WOMEN.

1217. Hughes, Helen Sard. Can women make good? School and society, 2: 336-44, September 4, 1915.

The proportion of honors awarded to women decrease in the graduate years and the propor tionate amount of scholarly production is far smaller than the proportion of women receiving academic awards. The writer says that there are three commonplace factors that are as essential to academic success as intellectual gifts and they are health, money and time. These three factors operate against the academic success of women.

1218. McVea, Emilie W. The effect of recent educational developments upon the higher education of women. Education, 36:11-19, September 1915.

Writer says that a college education is increasingly essential to leadership in business or professional life. Schools and colleges should adjust themselves to the actual conditions of life. Training and efficiency and not sex should be the test of fitness for any professional or business

career.

1219. Young, Rose. Your daughter's career. Good housekeeping magazine, 61: 308-15, September 1915.

Journalism for women.

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