539. Teaching, vol. 2, no. 6, February 1, 1916. (Household physics)

Contains: 1. E. V. Floyd: Household physics; its nature and presentation, p. 4-8. 2. G. W. Tidd: Physics in the household, p. 10-14. 3. J. P. Drake: How to use the state physics text, p. 15-19.

COMMERCIAL EDUCATION.

540. Farrington, Frederic Ernest. Commercial education in Germany. School and society, 3:325–32, March 4, 1916.

Address before the Pan-American scientific congress, Washington, December 29, 1915.

541. Stevens, Bertha M. Boys and girls in commercial work. Cleveland, O., The Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation, 1916. 181 p. illus. 12°.

One of the 25 sections of the report ofthe educational survey of Cleveland conducted by the Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation in 1915.

MEDICAL EDUCATION.

542. Bardeen, C. R. Aims, methods, and results in medical education. Science, n. s. 43 367-80, March 17, 1916.

Presidential address at the annual meeting of the Association of American medical colleges, Chi. cago, February 8, 1916.

543. Emmons, A. B. How medical school graduates fare. Harvard graduates, magazine, 24: 477-85, March 1916.

A questionnaire was sent to the graduates of the Harvard medical school of the classes of 1901-10, inclusive. 317 replies were received and recently published in pamphlet form. This article gives some of the replies to show the status of medicine as a career.

544. Heffron, John L. A review of the tendencies in medical education and in the practice of medicine. Journal of sociologic medicine, 17: 5-11, February 1916.

Dwells on the laboratory method of instruction and the improvement of clinical teaching. Briefly rehearses the trend of medical legislation and state examinations.

CIVIC EDUCATION.

545. Asplund, Rupert F. Training for citizenship in the schools. New Mexico journal of education, 12 : 13-15, March 1916.

Prepared for the elementary school section of the New Mexico educational association.

546. Beard, Charles A. The problem of training for public service. Municipal research, no. 68:5-14, December 1915.

547. Johnston, Harry H. Education and the public service. Nineteenth century, 79:478-92, February 1916.

Conditions in Great] Britain. Says among other things that the French language should certainly be enjoined "on all persons seeking appointments under the Crown." Deplores the poor teaching of modern languages.

BOY SCOUTS.

548. West, James E. The boy scouts movement in America. Child (London) 6:232-39, February 1916.

Popular descriptive article by chief scout executive officer. Illustrated. Dwells on educational and character-formation phases of the scout movement in the United States.

MILITARY TRAINING.

549. Garlock, M. A. Military training and the public schools. Northwest journal of education, 27: 296-99, March 1916.

Says that the best service that can be rendered by the public schools will be a physical, mental and moral preparation for industrial, governmental and commercial efficiency.

550. James, Edmund J. Our land grant colleges as centers of military training. 14 p. 8°.

Abstract of address before the Committee on military affairs of the House of representatives, Washington, D. C., February 10, 1916.

551. Johnston, Charles Hughes. Military training in the American high school. School and society, 3:278-82, February 19, 1916.

552. Lowell, Abbott Lawrence. Military training in the college. School and society, 3:317-20, February 26, 1916.

From the annual report of President Lowell of Harvard university.

553. Military training in high schools. School bulletin, 42: 119-24, February 1916. Discusses first, the physical, intellectual, and moral benefits of military instruction in high schools and colleges, and then military instruction as a means of preparedness in high schools and colleges.

EDUCATION OF WOMEN.

554. Lockwood, Laura E. College women as wives and mothers. School and society, 3332-38, March 4, 1916.

NEGRO EDUCATION.

555. The Hampton institute trade school. Southern workman, 45: 153-60, March 1916.

Seventh article of a series treating of the educational activities of the school at Hampton, Va Treats of painting. Other articles have appeared as follows: Carpentry and cabinet-making, May 1913; blacksmithing and wheelwrighting, January 1914; bricklaying and plastering, April 1914; machine work, January 1915; tailoring, April 1915; and plumbing and steamfitting, December 1915. Illustrated.

556. Moten, Robert R. A life of achievement-Booker T. Washington. Southern workman, 45: 177–82, March 1916.

557. Washington, Booker T. Fifty years of negro progress. Forum, 55: 269-79, March 1916.

A statistical study. Discusses educational advancement of negro, etc.

EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANTS.

558. Kellor, Frances A. How to Americanize a city. American city, 14: 164-66, February 1916.

Mentions particularly the work done in Detroit, Syracuse, and Cleveland.

559. Mason, Gregory. An Americanization factory. An account of what the public schools of Rochester are doing to make Americans of foreigners. Outlook, 112: 439-48, February 23, 1916. illus.

560. National Americanization committee. Americanizing a city. The campaign for the Detroit night schools, conducted in cooperation with the Detroit Board of commerce and Board of education, August-September, 1915. Prepared for the federal Bureau of education by the National Americanization committee and the Committee for immigrants in America. New York city, 1915. 23 p. illus. 8°.

561. Schuyler, Robert Livingston. The movement for Americanization. Columbia university quarterly, 18: 181-92, March 1916.

Says that "Americanization in its broadest sense is a problem of education, the education of foreign-born and native-born, of the new American and the old American, in higher ideals of citizenship and truer standards of patriotism."

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN.

562. Juvenile protective association of Chicago. A study of mentally defective children in Chicago; an investigation made by the Juvenile protective association. Text by John Edward Ransom, appendix by Alexander Johnson. [Chicago, Hale-Crossley printing co., 191 72 p. fold. diagrs. 8°.

This investigation was financed in great part by the Junior league of Chicago.

563. McMurtrie, Douglas C. Industrial training in Edinburgh for crippled boys and girls. 8 p. 12°.

Reprinted from the Journal of the Missouri state medical association, vol. 13, p. 78, February

1916.

564. Meusy, Mme. Notes on the education of backward children. Training school bulletin, 12:3-18, March 1916.

Translated from an article which appeared in L'Annee psychologique, on the education of backward children in the School of the Salpetriere. Includes comments by A. Binet.

565. Mitchell, David. Schools and classes for exceptional children. Cleveland, O., The Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation, 1916. 122 p. 12°. ([Cleveland foundation. Publications.] 12).

One of the 25 sections of the report of the educational survey of Cleveland conducted by the Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation in 1915.

566. Sullivan, Joe F. The sunny South and the cripple. Southern school journal, 27:25-27, February 1916.

Tells of the deplorable condition in the South in respect to cripples, and says that not one small class of these crippled children has been organized and taught anywhere south of Baltimore. 567. Taylor, William J. The ungraded teacher as psychologist. Ungraded, 1: 13338, February 1916.

The writer says that in no department of education is the need of psychological insight and attitude more pressing than in the special classes for mentally deficient children. In conclusion he gives a few practical suggestions for making a study of the behavior of the individual child. 568. Tucker, Beverley R. Nervous children; prevention and management. Boston, R. G. Badger [1916] 147 p. illus. 12°.

LIBRARIES AND READING.

569. Cross, Leora M. Library work with high school pupils. Public libraries, 21:117-20, March 1916.

From an address before the Ohio library association, October 7, 1915.

570. Madison, Elizabeth. A high-school course in library use. English journal, 5:196-207, March 1916.

571. Power, Effie L. Development of work with schools in the Carnegie library. Pittsburgh school bulletin, 9: 201-206, March 1916.

The work of the Schools division of the Carnegie library of Pittsburgh, Pa.

BUREAU OF EDUCATION: RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

572. Reorganization of the public school system; by Frank Forest Bunker. Washington, 1916. 186 p. (Bulletin, 1916, no. 8)

573. School home-garden circular, 1-11, February 1915 to March 1916. Washington, 1915-1916. 8°.

Circular 1, Instructions for school supervised home gardens; 2, A course in vegetable gardening for teachers; 3, The winter vegetable garden; 4, Organic matter for the home gardens; 5, Hotbeds and cold frames for home gardens; 6, Raising vegetable plants from seed; 7, How to make the garden soil more productive; 8, Planting the garden; 9, Part played by the leaf in the production of a crop; 10, A suggestive schedule for home-garden work in the South; 11, List of publications for the use of school home-garden teachers.

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