IN CHILD WELFARE PROFESSOR BIRD T. BALDWIN, PH. D., Editor FROM THE IOWA CHILD WELFARE RESEARCH STATION VOLUME I NUMBER 2 A SURVEY OF MUSICAL TALENT IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS REPRESENTING THE EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN OF THE FIFTH AND THE EIGHTH GRADES IN THE WITH THE AUTHOR'S MEASURES OF MUSICAL TALENT by CARL E. SEASHORE PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY, IOWA CITY STUDIES IN CHILD WELFARE Pages 1. The Physical Growth of Children from Birth to Maturity, by BIRD T. BALDWIN 250 2. A Survey of Musical Talent in the Public Schools, by CARL E. SEASHORE 36 3. A Study in Corrective Speech, by SARA M. STINCHFIELD 30 4. An Analytic Study of a Class of Five and Six 100 5. Antineuritic Vitamins in the Artificial Feeding of Children, (Reprints) by AMY DANIELS, ALBERT BYFIELD, and ROSEMARY LOUGHLIN 24 6. Child Legislation in Iowa, by FRANK HORACK 36 UNIVERSITY EXTENSION BULLETINS BY MEMBERS OF RESEARCH STATION STAFF 57. Diet for the School Child, by AMY LOUISE DANIELS 59. The Physical Growth of the School Child, by BIRD T. BALDWIN 65. Feeding the Baby, by AMY LOUISE DANIELS and ALBERT HENRY BYFIELD School Lunches (in press), by AMY LOUISE DANIELS EDITOR'S FOREWORD The psychology of individual differences has made significant progress during the past ten years. In A Survey of Musical Talent in the Public Schools, Professor Seashore makes a marked advance in the applications of psychology by formulating scientific means for analyzing and evaluating special abilities in musical talent: by establishing norms for fifth and eighth grade children; by standardizing methods, apparatus, and technique for group procedure in schools; by presenting fundamental principles for discovering musical talent and conserving musical capacity; and by developing a science of vocational and avocational guidance within this field. This survey was made under the auspices of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station, which is organizing a comprehensive program for the investigation of individual traits and abilities of normal children with particular reference to the earlier ages. The editor is glad to present this monograph by a recognized authority as a model of one type of applied scientific procedure in which the Station is engaged. The requests for this study which already have been received from this country and abroad assure it a wide field of usefulness. BIRD T. BALDWIN August 30, 1920 |