New Books in Education BY JOHN D. WOLCOTT ALMACK, JOHN C. and LANG, Albert R. Problems of the teaching profession. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton, Mifflin company [1925] xvii, 340 p. 12°. (Riverside textbooks in education, ed. by E. P. Cubberley.) The increased interest in the profession of teaching during recent years is a leading reason for the production of this book. It shows first what the leading professional problems are, and then follows with a statement of the factors involved in the solution. In several instances a new analysis and organization is attempted, and references are also made to pertinent scientific investigations, with a view to aiding teachers and teachers' organizations. ATHEARN, WALTER S., ed. Measure ments and standards in religious education, containing standards, scorecards, scales and other instruments of measurement developed for use in the Indiana survey of religious education, by Walter S. Athearn, W. L. Hanson, E. S. Evenden, N. L. Engelhardt, and others. New York, George H. Doran company [1924] 532 p. plates, tables, diagrs., forms, facsims. 8°. (The Indiana survey of religious education: vol. 2.) The instruments of measurement described in this volume were used for studying, comparing, and interpreting the conditions of religious education in Indiana, and are suitable for use in similar surveys of other territory. DEARBORN, NED HARLAND. An intro duction to teaching. New York, London, D. Appleton and company, 1925. xv, 337 p. tables, forms. 12°. The treatment of subjects in this book is from the viewpoint of beginning teachers and of beginning students of education. The work is intended to serve at least three functions, namely, guidance in selecting the teaching position for which a candidate is best qualified, a survey of professional preparation, and the development of a proper professional attitude. FLEXNER, ABRAHAM. Medical education; a comparative study. New York, The Macmillan company, 1925. ix, 334 p. 8°. The general tendencies and operative principles in the development of medical education in the United States and in certain European countries are here made the subject of a comparative study. The book discusses first the basic conceptions regarding medicine and medical education, passing to a characterization of the clinical, the university, and the proprietary types of medical schools. The general education demanded as preliminary to a medical course is next described, giving special attention to the requirements in basic sciences and modern languages. The medical curriculum as found in Europe and in America is also compared, followed by discussions of the laboratory sciences, of the clinics, and of institutes for medical research, closing with the important subject of costs. Mr. Flexner's analysis of the conditions affecting medical education is capable of application to other forms of professional education as well. FRYER, DOUGLAS. Vocational self-guidance: Planning your life work. With an introduction by Harry Dexter Kitson, and contributed chapters upon the business professions by leading specialists of New York city, and the business professions for women by Lorine Pruette. Philadelphia, London [etc.] J. B. Lippincott company [1925] xvii, 385 p. tables, diagrs. 12°. The author of this maual develops a plan for vocational self-guidance for the use of both young men and young women, whether in or out of school. The various occupations are described, and tests and analysis charts are inclosed as aids both for self-analysis and occupational analysis. KELLER, FRANKLIN J. Day schools for young workers; the organization and management of part-time and continuation schools. New York and London, The Century co., 1924. xxiii, 577 p. tables, diagrs., forms. 8°. (The Century vocational series, ed. by C. A. Prosser.) Doctor Keller is principal of the East Side Continuation School, New York City, and in this book presents the administrative, supervisory, and teaching experience gained in this school, which is the largest school of its kind in the world, serving 12,000 working boys and girls. LEWIS, ERVIN EUGENE. Personnel problems of the teaching staff. A study of some of the outstanding personnel management problems that arise in the administration and supervision of a public school system. New York and London, The Century co., 1925. xvii, 460 p. tables, diagrs. 8°. (The Century education series, ed. by C. E. Chadsey.) Public school administration has two major phases (1) material and (2) personnel. This book deals with the second of these phases, which is the more difficult and the more important of the two, because it includes the body of persons necessary to carry on the school system. Personnel management has been extensively considered in relation to commercial and industrial establishments, but in education it has not received the attention which it deserves. The author covers in a comprehensive way the various aspects of the selection, employment, management, and professional and social status of teachers. Among the problems handled are those relating to home talent in teaching, the married woman teacher, measuring the merit of teachers, and the teacher's load. MILLIS, WILLIAM A. and MILLIS, HARRIETT H. The teaching of high school subjects. New York and London, The Century co., 1925. xviii, 477 p. 8°. (The Century education series, ed. by C. E. Chadsey.) Doctor Millis is president of Hanover college, Han. over, Ind. His textbook is intended to aid in preparing teachers for service in the smaller high schools where they will have to teach more than one subject. It gives in an elementary way the general principles of high school instruction, and also directions for teaching the specific subjects of the curriculum. MOORE, ANNIE E. The primary school; the improvement of its organization and instruction. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company [1925] xii, 340 p. illus., tables, diagrs. 12°. Prevalent defects in childhood education are pointed out by the author for the purpose of finding a remedy. Good examples of organization and instruction from our public schools are described for the benefit of others. An effort is made to show that modern theories of education are workable wherever directed by intelligence and good will. PAYNE, ARTHUR F. Organization of vocational guidance. New York, McGraw-Hill book company, 1925. xvi, 438 p. tables, diagrs. 8°. A comprehensive presentation is here made of the technique and methods of vocational guidance as thus far devised and recommended by authoritative research, experiments, and practice. The volume covers the entire field of vocational guidance, giving the history, evolution, terminology, principles, and assumptions of guidance, and the fields where and means by which guidance is, or should be, employed. Typical chapters are those dealing with the "six main elements of a complete guidance system" and the "ten strategic points in school systems for vocational guidance." The administrative features also receive attention. Ample reading lists are appended to the work. PRICE, RICHARD REES. The financial support of State universities. A study of the financial resources of State universities in the light of the experience of the universities of the old Northwest Territory, with a suggested policy for the future. Cambridge, Harvard university press, 1924. xv, 205 p. tables. 8°. (Harvard studies in education, pub. under the direction of the Graduate school of education, vol. 6.) The universities maintained by the States carved out of the old Northwest Territory, Minnesota included, are taken for this study as representative of the financial experiences and present status of State universities in the country at large. This is done on the ground that within that area the American State university as we know it to-day had its origin and principal development. As a preliminary to the historical survey, a descriptive sketch is given of the difficult situation in which the universities of the United States found themselves about the year 1920. Against the historical backbround, there follows an examination of the duty and function of the State university in relation to the whole educational system of the commonwealth. The author concludes that the resources of our States are adequate to continue the support of higher education, and suggests a financial policy to be followed in future for this purpose. PYLE, WILLIAM HENRY. Nature and development of learning capacity. Baltimore, Warwick & York, 1925. 122 p. illus., tables, diagrs. 12°. (Educational psychology monographs, no. 25.) The purpose of the studies reported in this book is to discover the nature and course of mental development with particular reference to the development of learning capacity. Among the questions taken up are those of comparative intelligence due to sex and racial differences, and the relative capacity of city and country children. STORMZAND, MARTIN J. and O'SHEA, M. V. How much English grammar? Baltimore, Warwick & York, 1924. 224 p. tables, diagrs. 12°. An investigation of the frequency of usage of grammatical constructions in various types of writing, together with a discussion of the teaching of grammar in the elementary and the high school. The purpose is to show how much and what phases of grammar should be stressed in language and grammar courses. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1925 Some of the Educational and Scientific Associations Which Meet During the Spring of 1925 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL President, Leo S. Rowe, Director Pan American Union, Washington, D. C.; Secretary, J. P. Lichtenberger, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; meeting, Philadelphia, May 15-16, 1925. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR STUDY OF THE FEEBLE MINDED: President, Groves B. Smith, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DENTAL SCHOOLS: President, U. L. Ward, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Secretary, DeLos AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS: President, Chauncey J. Hamlin, 110 Delaware Ave., Buffalo, President, Robert B. Irwin, 41 Union Square, W., New York, President, L. H. Baekeland, 247 Park Ave., New York, N. Y.; Secretary, Charles L. Parsons, 1709 G St. NW., Washington, D. C.; meeting, Baltimore, Md., April 5-10, 1925. AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION: President, C. R. Mann, 26 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.; Secretary, H. W. Tyler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; meeting, Washington, D. C., May 1, 1925. AMERICAN HUMANE EDUCATION SOCIETY: President, Francis H. Rowley, 180 Longwood Ave., Boston, Mass.; Secretary, Guy Richardson, 180 Longwood Ave., Boston, Mass.; meeting, Boston, Mass., March 31, 1925. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: President, William A. Pusey, 7 West Madison St., Chicago, Ill.; Secretary, Olin West, 535 North Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.; meeting, Atlantic City, N. J., May 25-29, 1925. ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH DIRECTORS AND MINISTERS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: President, C. I. Hellstrom, East Orange, N. J.; Secretary, ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES FOR NEGRO YOUTH: CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW ENGLAND: President, Paul Nixon, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.; Secretary, Monroe N. Wetmore, Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; meeting, Cambridge, Mass., April 3-4, 1925. CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ATLANTIC STATES: President, Evan T. Sage, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Secretary, Charles Knapp, Barnard College, New York, N. Y.; meeting, Swarthmore, Pa., May 1-2, 1925. CONVENTION OF AMERICAN INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEAF: President, N. F.Walker, Cedar Springs, S.C.; Secretary, Ignatius Bjorlee, Frederick, Md.; meeting, Council Bluffs, Iowa, June, 1925. EASTERN ARTS ASSOCIATION: President, A. H. Wentworth, 169 Church St., New Haven, EASTERN MUSIC SUPERVISORS CONFERENCE: EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE, COLLEGE OF EDUCA- MIDDLE WEST SOCIETY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION President, J. Anna Norris, University of Minnesota, Minne- NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: President, A. A. Michelson, University of Chicago, Chicago, President, B. F. Williams, Des Moines, Iowa; Secretary, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL President, R. M. Milligan, St. Louis, Mo.; Secretary, John NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIAL WORK: President, W. J. Norton, 316 East Jefferson Ave., Detroit, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION: NEW ENGLAND MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION: President, Charles H. Judd, University of Chicago, Chicago, NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY AND President, Bruce E. Milliken, Great Falls, Mont.; Secretary, PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: President, Eugene R. Smith, Brookline, Mass.; Secretary, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: President, D. J. Cowling, Northfield, Minn.; Secretary, T. G. SCHOOLMEN'S WEEK (University of Pennsylvania): SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF ENGINEERING President, A. A. Potter, Purdue University, LaFayette, Ind.; WESTERN ARTS ASSOCIATION: President, Frank C. Stanton, Dayton, Ohio; Secretary, Raymond T. Fell, Bloom Junior High School, Cincinnati, Ohio; meeting, Memphis, Tenn., May 5-8, 1925. EDUCATION DEFINED EDUCATION by means of institutions of learning is the principal agency which society has evolved to assure social progress. Education, when thus conceived, has three distinct aspects: (1) Giving to the largest possible number of people a basis for effective membership in the social group-general education; (2) giving the members of society the training whereby they may render most effective service in the several vocations vocational and professional training; and (3) pushing forward the boundaries of knowledge, thus making possible further and further advances of human achievement-research. The place of higher education is to take up the first and second aspects where the high schools leave them and, in cooperation with research agencies outside the universities, to assume responsibility for the third aspect. It thus becomes clear that the training for social leadership of those who carry their education beyond high school and giving to them a thorough preparation in those vocations which depend for their success upon the completion of at least a high-school education are functions of higher education; but above all, research and training students for research are functions peculiar to higher education. -From An Educational Survey of the University of Pennsylvania, 1924. CONTENTS Good Citizenship the Aim of Citizens' Military Training Camps. Robert C. Davis Cincinnati Plan of Teacher Training Requires Cultural and Professional Preparation Cincinnati Meeting of Department of Superintendence. Katherine M. Cook. School System of Portage County Is Thoroughly Organized. Editorial: Benefits of Citizens' Training Camps Clearly Proved Bureau of Education a Clearing House for Research in Secondary Education. Eustace E. Windes Significant Phases in Movement for Equality of Educational Opportunity. Jno. J. Tigert The Child with Imperfect Hearing in the Public School. Fred Deland Responsibility of Schools for Conservation of Vision. Lewis H. Carris (abstract) Our Next Ten Years. Ella Victoria Dobbs (abstract) Relation of Class Size to Efficiency of Teaching. P. R. Stevenson (abstract) Report of the National Committee on Reading. William S. Gray (abstract) New Books in Education. John D. Wolcott Issues of Fundamental Importance in Teaching Reading Gains That Come From a Parent-Teacher Association SEVEN EVEN HUNDRED publications of the United States Bureau of Education are now available for distribution. These publications cover the entire field of educational effort. They vary in extent from a leaflet of a few |