ENGLISH IN BUSINESS, Miles; The Ronald Press Company, 447 pps. Here are two new books for special business classes in English. They are designed for business training and in their place are excellent and valuable but it is hoped that such courses will only supplement the general course in English. For the Senior high school in vocational classes texts of this kind are necessary. JANE AUSTIN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Marsh. BURNS' POEMS AND CARLTYLES, Marsh. These are two new volumes of the Lake English Classics. AID TO FRENCH PRONUNCIATION, Tilly; The Macmillan Company, 141 pps. Should prove a valuable aid to teachers. COLOMBA, Merimee; Henry Holt and Company, 339 pps. A LATIN DICTIONARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Dwight Arms; Iroquois Publishing Company, 131 pps. This little book gives the meaning of 2,100 words most commonly used in the four-year high school Latin. There are several drill tables for quickly memorizing each year's vocabulary. ARGUMENT And Debate, Reeves; D. C. Heath and Company; 82 pps. This little book must prove very helpful in preparing debates. LABORATORY MANUAL OF ENGLISH COMPOSITION, Oldham; The World Book Company, 148 pps. A laboratory manual of assignments, not definitions. VOCATIONAL ARITHMETIC FOR GIRLS, Davis; Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, 137 pps. A FIRST FRENCH COURSE, Roux; The Macmillan Company, 304 pps. Each lesson contains (a) a vocabulary, (b) a French text, (c) a questionnaire on the text, (d) a grammar lesson, (e) class room expressions or a series of actions, and (f) direct method exercises. Send for a copy. ELEMENTARY ECONOMICS, Carver; Ginn and Company, 400 pps. Books on Economics like this one are justifying a place for economics in the high school. THE UPWARD PATH, Morton, Pritchard and Overton; The Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 255 pps. The first collection we have seen of writings by colored men and women, compiled as a reader for colored schools. JUNIOR WAGE EARNERS, Reed; the Macmillan Company, 165 pps. Valuable to teachers in high schools, normal schools, colleges and to business men as an aid in vocational guidance. DIETETICS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS, Willard and Gillett; The Macmillan Company, 201 pps. A scientific but practical treatment of the subject. THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Elson; The Macmillan Company, 982 pps. A good college text and a valuable reference book for the high school. INTRODUCTION TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, Hill; The Macmillan Company, 483 pps. A discussion of vocational education lower than college grade. Secondary vocational teachers will find it helpful. FRENCH VERB BLANKS, Warner; Scott Foresman Company. A booklet containing verb endings, student's index, classified list of irregular verbs and verb blanks for writing the conjugation of the verbs. HUDELSON ENGLISH COMPOSITION SCALE; The World Book Company, 46 pps. Here is a scale for evaluating English composition work in steps of 05. that teachers will find it possible to use, even though they have had little training in handling scales. THE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS OF FRANCE, Sait; The World Book Company, 478 pps. This is the latest volume of the Government Handbooks issued by this company. The Government of Canada was the first of the series, followed by that of Switzerland. The series bids fair to be the most authoritative treatment of modern governments extant. on France is particularly timely and instructive. SONS OF LIBERTY, Dyer; Henry Holt and Company, 436 pps. The volume This is an interesting story of the part New England men had in the Revolution, the story centering around Paul Reviere. It will prove valuable for supplementary reading in United States History classes. HISTORY OF SCIENCE, Libby; Houghton Mifflin and Company, 288 pps. Mr. Libby has presented the history of science from Egyptian times to the present. It presents the sciences in their interrelation and shows the continuity of man's progress, ever building on the old and using knowledge wherever found in making new discoveries to meet the growing demands of a complex civilization. The work should find a place in high school libraries. GREEK LEADERS, Hopkinson; Houghton Mifflin and Company, 259 pps. Solon, Themistocles, Pericles, Alcibiades, Socrates, Agesilous, Diony sius, Epominondas, Demosthenes, Alexander and Arotus are treated in an attractive style. It would be a delightful companion book to read in conection with the study of ancient history. LORNA DOONE, Edited by Witham; Allyn and Bacon, 796 pps. The editor and publishers have combined to give to high school students a beautiful edition of this English masterpiece. TREES, STARS AND BIRDS, Moseley; The World Book Company, 404 pps. A book of outdoor science, the latest number of the publisher's deservedly popular New-World Science series. It is beautifully illustrated with cuts and colored plates. THE PIPER, Peabody; Houghton Mifflin and Company, 210 pps. This is a play in four acts, based upon the Piper of Hamlin, by Josephine Preston Peabody. 16 Harvard University, Library of the Graduate Scho THE Educ HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERLY JOSEPH S. STEWART, EDITOR. Official Organ of the Southern Commission on Accredited Schools, of the Georgia High School and National High School Inspectors Associations. EDITORIALS: The Atlantic City Meeting; Know and Help Your Schools; Atlanta Votes $4,000,000 for New School Buildings Church Affiliation in State Institutions of the South____ DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS IN LOUISIANA-Supervisor C. A. Ives 148 WHAT DOES DEMOCRACY IMPLY IN THE RELATION OF TEACHERS AND 137 (a) To ADMINISTRATION-Prof. H. A. Hollister... 162 (b) To THE IMPROVEMENT OF CLASS-ROOM INSTRUCTION 166 (c) To HEALTH PHASE OF SCHOOL WORK-Director F. W. 169 THE CHURCH, THE STATE, THE STUDENT-J. S. Stewart. 173 177 BRIEF SUGGESTIONS FROM THE FIELD__ SOUTHERN ACCREDITED HIGH SCHOOL LIST FOR 1921-Harry Clark-- 190 BOOK REVIEWS Published by the Editor at The University of Georgia Entered as second-class matter October 28, 1912, at the post office at Athens, Ga., under the Act of March. 1879 $1.00 a Year 25c a Copy April, 1921 203 Volume IX. Number 3 al. 14, 1921 Harvard University, Library of the Graduate School of Education The High School Quarterly Entered as second-class matter October 28, 1912, at the post office at Athens, Ga., Vol. IX. under the Act of March, 1879. APRIL, 1921 JOSEPH SPENCER STEWART, A.M., Ped.D., Editor. No. 3 W. L. SPENCER, Montgomery, Ala.; A. B. HILL, Little Rock, Ark.; J. W. BRISTER, Nashville, Tenn.; S. M. S. MARRS, Austin, EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRACY, BOTH WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE SCHOOL, SHOULD DEVELOP IN EACH INDIVIDUAL THE KNOWLEDGE, INTERESTS, IDEALS, HABITS AND POWERS WHEREBY HE WILL FIND HIS PLACE AND USE THAT PLACE TO SHAPE BOTH HIMSELF AND SOCIETY TOWARD NOBLER ENDS.-N. E. A. Reviewing Committee on Secondary Education. Editorials The Atlantic City Meeting. It was a great gathering of educators. The accommodations at the hotels were excellent. The Million Dollar Pier could hold the assembled multitudes and ample room was left for the unusually good exhibits of school supplies, books, and other school helps. For many, the small auxiliary meetings were the most helpful. Here acquaintances could be formed and a subject considered calmly. Estimating the cost of education in an address at the main |