155. Thompson, Kate A. Growth of prevocational education in Indianapolis and its relation to the vocational law of 1913. Kentucky high school quarterly, 2: 5-14, January 1916. "This article shows first the value of the law which permits and leads to a great school system, and second, how well that system has been worked out in Indiana and especially in the Indianapolis schools. The article is particularly valuable because it enables the reader to see what is actually going on in a great school system."-Editor. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE. 156. Bate, William C. How can the faculty of the small high school establish a vocational guidance system? Manual training and vocational education, 17: 336-42, January 1916. This article by the principal of the high school at Mankato, Minnesota, deals with conditions that are typical of many high schools. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION; SCHOOL GARDENS. 157. Broyles, William A. The agricultural subjects. Quarterly journal of the University of North Dakota, 6: 138-44, January 1916. Writer says that "The agricultural subjects have helped tremendously in focusing attention upon the antiquated administrative machinery of rural school systems." 158. Dean, William Harper. Nebraska school garden. Mother's magazine, 11: 17-19, February 1916. How Lincoln, Nebr., solved the problem of interesting boys and girls by showing them the way to vacation money-making. 159. Hepp, Johann. Der schülergarten. Monatshefte für den naturwissenschaftlichen unterricht, 8: 440-54, October 1915. The school garden idea, with special reference to Germany's need for food. COMMERCIAL EDUCATION. 160. National commercial teachers' federation. Proceedings of the National commercial teachers' federation and its constituent associations at the eighteenth annual convention, held at Chicago, Ill., December 28-31, 1914. Federation herald, 1: 145-92, December 1915. (Continued from September issue. See item 1380, 1915 series) Contains: 1. W. E. Bartholomew: The status of commercial education in New York state, p. 145-46. 2. F. M. Leavitt: Vocational guidance, p. 146-47. 3. W. H. Dudley: Teaching through the eye, p. 147-48. 4 Rose Rosenthal: Shorthand as a college entry requirement, p. 151-52. 5. G. D. Miller: Some important phases of commercial education, p. 152-54. 161. Graduate school of business administration. Harvard alumni bulletin, 18: 264-73, January 12, 1916. A symposium by Edwin F. Gay, S. O. Martin, E. G. Mears, and T. W. Lamont. Describes activities of the School of business administration and its branches, established at Harvard university in 1908. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. 162. Burr, William H. The relation of educational training to the practice of engineering. Columbia university quarterly, 18: 42-55, December 1915. From an address presented at a meeting of the Engineers' society of western Pennsylvania and published in its February, 1915, Proceedings, pages 56-74. Says that the educational training of the engineer has a marked influence upon his subsequent professional practice. 163 Garvie, A. E. The education of missionaries. International review of missions (Edinburgh) 5: 127-40, January 1916. Theological study and missionary work from the viewpoint of a member of the British board of study for the preparation of missionaries. 164. Pearce, Richard M. The work and opportunities of a department of research medicine in the university. Science, n. s. 43: 53-63, January 14, 1916. A plea for greater opportunities for research. Work of University of Pennsylvania described. 165. Pepper, William. The history and progress of medical education in the United States. Old Penn, 14: 395-400, December 18, 1915. A lecture delivered in the course of free lectures by members of the faculty. 166. Serrill, William J. The value of a liberal education to the business man. Alumni register (University of Pennsylvania) 18: 274-84, January 1916. An address before the Society for the promotion of liberal education. The value of higher education in the engineering professions. NURSE TRAINING. 167. Favill, Henry B. What the medical profession can contribute to nursing education. American journal of nursing, 16: 292-97, January 1916. 168. Nutting, M. Adelaide. A sounder economic basis for training schools for nurses. American journal of nursing, 16: 310-18, January 1916. Shows that training schools for nurses do not at present rest upon an entirely sound economic. foundation. MILITARY AND NAVY TRAINING. 169. Military instruction at Harvard. Letters from President Eliot and others. Harvard alumni bulletin, 18: 228-32, December 22, 1915. 170. Richards, Mrs. George F. Molding a midshipman. National magazine, 43: 461-68, December 1915. Popular account of the United States Naval academy. Illustrated. 171. Wood, Leonard. Military instruction camps: Plattsburg 1915. Harvard graduates' magazine, 24: 241-45, December 1915. Students' military instruction camps. Followed by brief papers on "Harvard and the military instruction camps" by "1898;" and "Artillery camp at Tobyhanna," by "1918." EDUCATION OF WOMEN. p. 245-48. 172. Kahl, Maria Marta. Zum 50-jährigen jubiläum des frauenstudiums. Akademische rundschau, 3: 432-38, August-September 1915. Reviews progress of university study for women in Germany since 1864. 173. Lathrop, Julia C. The highest education for woman. Journal of home economics, 8: 1-8, January 1916. This address was given on October 11, 1915, as a part of the celebration commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Vassar college. It is reprinted from the official record of the celebration. Defines the highest education of women as training in original research applied to the interests of the family. ་་ 174. Should boys and girls be in school together? Westonian, 21: 27-35, January 1916. Also issued as Educational bulletin no. 2 of the Friends' select school, Philadelphia. Opinions of some of the foremost educational authorities on the question of coeducation. Most of the statements were written in response to a request from the principal of the Friends' select school, Philadelphia. NEGRO EDUCATION. 175. "Booker T. Washington." A symposium. Southern workman, 45: 35–56, January 1916. Contains appreciative sketches of B. T. Washington by W. T. B. Williams, D. H. Ramsey, W. P. Lawrence, Theodore Roosevelt, etc. 176. Richardson, Clement. A Rosenwald rural school. Southern workman, 45: 17-24, January 1916. Describes the Uchee Valley school for negroes, in Russell county, Alabama. Illustrated. EDUCATION OF IMMIGRANTS. 177. Bremer, Edith Terry. Education for "immigrant women". Educational foundations, 27: 289-97, January 1916. 178. Colgrove, P. P. Night schools of the Iron Range of Minnesota. Immigrants in America review, 1: 65–69, January 1916. The work of educating foreign-born people in the iron-mining district of northern Minnesota. 179. Creel, George. The hopes of the hyphenated. Century magazine, 91: 350-63, January 1916. Discusses the immigration problem, and incidentally the education of adult immigrants. EDUCATION OF DEAF. 180. Gile, Ben C. Deafness and muteness. Volta review, 18: 13-16, January 1916. Education of deaf-mutes. Résumé of the history of teaching the deaf-mute. 181. Pintner, Rudolf and Paterson, Donald G. A class test with deaf children. Journal of educational psychology, 6: 591–600, December 1915. "The authors gave the digit-symbol substitution test, as used by Pyle, to 325 pupils in a school for the deaf. At no age does the curve for deaf children reach that for normal children. Those who are able to profit by the oral method of instruction make higher scores than those who are limited to the manual method." 182. Wright, John D. A weak spot in the combined system. Volta review, 18: 3-5, January 1916. Discusses finger spelling and lip reading in schools for deaf-mutes. EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. 183. Sullivan, Joe F. A startling investigation. Van Leuven Browne national magazine, 4: 10-13, 17, December 1915. Shows what little provision has been made in the United States for the education of its crippled children, about 300,000 in number. 184. Williams, Tom A. The medical treatment of exceptional children. New York medical journal, 103: 54–62, January 8, 1916. Under the head of psychopathology the writer discusses the problems of mismanagement of attention; oversustained attention; the emotional life of the child, etc. EDUCATION EXTENSION. 185. Hackett, Wallace E. Pennsylvania's new continuation schools and employment certificates. American city, 14: 76-77, January 1916. Provisions of the Cox child labor act, which became effective on January 1, 1916. 186. Lighty, W. H. Correspondence-study teaching. Educational review, 51: 40-50, January 1916. Discusses university extension work. Qualities demanded for extra-mural work. 187. Perry, Clarence Arthur. Educational extension. Cleveland, O., The Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation, 1916. 115 p. illus. 12°. ([Cleveland foundation. Publications] 7) One of the 25 sections of the report of the educational survey conducted by the Survey committee of the Cleveland foundation in 1915. 188. Shields, Albert. Continuation instruction in industrial art, fine arts and household arts. American education, 19: 272-78, January 1916. Address delivered at the meeting of the New York state teachers' association, November 23, 1915. LIBRARIES AND READING. 189. Breck, Emma J. The efficient high-school library. English journal, 5: 10–19, January 1916. A paper lead before the National council of teachers of English, Chicago, Ill., November 27, 1915. A few practical suggestions as to what a high-school library should be, emphasizing the necessity of a trained librarian. 190. Graves, Frank P. The Maria Hosmer Penniman memorial library of education. Journal of education, 83: 6-8, January 6, 1916. Presented to the School of education of the University of Pennsylvania by Dr. James Hosmer 191. Kerr, Willis H. What may the library do for the school? Library journal, 41: 34-36, January 1916. Read at the meeting of the New York library association, laines Falls, N. Y., October 1, 1915. 192. Lowe, Orton. The development of a taste for literature in children. The Child (London) 6: 133-36, December 1915. Writer says that a natural regard must be had for "the dreamings and longings of childhood and youth." Literature for the young must include the fable, the fairy tale, the myth, the legend, and romantic adventure. 193. Morse, Sidney. Free books for country boys. Rural manhood, 7:22-27, January 1916. BUREAU OF EDUCATION: RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 194. Free textbooks and State uniformity; by A. C. Monahan. Washington, 1915. 67 p. (Bulletin, 1915, no. 36) 195. The national rural teachers' reading circle. Washington, 1915. 12 p. 196. Report on the work of the Bureau of education for the natives of Alaska, 1913–14. Washington, 1915. 52 p. plates. (Bulletin, 1915, no. 48) NEW PERIODICALS. Better schools. Vol. 1, no. 1, January 1915. Published monthly. The Educational supply company, Painesville, Ohio. (K. A. Nesbitt, editor) Immigrants in America review. Vol. 1, no. 1, March 1915. Published quarterly. Committee for immigrants in America, 20 West Thirty-fourth street, New York, N. Y. (Frances A. Kellor, editor) Kindergarten and first grade. Vol. 1, no. 1, January 1916. 10 numbers a year. Milton Bradley company, Springfield, Mass. (May Murray, editor) Successor to Kindergarten review. Minnesota state normal schools quarterly journal. Vol. 1, no. 1, October 1915. Pub lished quarterly. Minnesota state normal school board, Minneapolis, Minn. Music student. Vol. 1, no. 1, August 1915. Published monthly. The Henry J. Klahn company, Grant building, Los Angeles, Cal. (Vernon Spencer, editor) Quarterly journal of public speaking. Official organ of the National association of academic teachers of public speaking. Vol. 1, no. 1, April 1915. Published quarterly. The University of Chicago press, Chicago, Ill. Rural school teacher. Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1915. 10 numbers a year. The Rural school teacher publishing company, 189 West Madison street, Chicago, Ill. (M. L. Christian, editor) Ungraded. Vol. 1, no. 1, May 1915. Published monthly. The Ungraded press, 1701 Fulton avenue, New York, N. Y. O |