3399. Skahan, Mary Reed. Health problems in girls' high schools with special reference to the high schools of New York city. Master's, 1931. Coll. of the City of N. Y. 218 p. ms.

A statement of the health problems of the adolescent girl. Shows the way in which these problems are being met by the teacher and other educational authorities.

3400. Tuzo, Marjorie Paul. Anthropometrical examination of 141 college girls as an indication of their growth and development during college. Master's, 1931. New York. 60 p. ms.

One hundred and forty-one Barnard college girls were measured when they entered college in 1926 and when they graduated in 1930. It was found that growth and development do take place during four years of college and that the anthropometrical examination is a scientific indication of the extent of growth.

3401. Warttman, Elizabeth. An objective test in health information for women entering college. Master's, 1930. Iowa.

*3402. Yeend, Elizabeth Widdecombe. A study of the graduate placement and training of four undergraduate women's physical education departments in New York State. Master's, 1931. New York. 48 p. ms.

This study aimed to collect and analyze material, through a study of positions, salaries, executive and instructional duties, training, entrance requirements, and expenses, from graduates for the last four years of four undergraduate women's major physical-education departments in New York State.

See also 2068, 2092, 2154, 2993.

PLAY AND RECREATION

3403. Bike, Edward L. Contribution of college intramural activities to post college recreational activities of Williams college graduates of the classes of 1920, 1925, and 1930. Master's, 1931. New York. 102 p. ms.

Study of the intramural program and athletics for the last 10 years at Williams college, to find the carry over into present recreational activities. Findings: The carryover values of the intramural program as a whole to post college recreational activities are indicated by the participation in and demand of individual sports by graduates. With the exception of golf and tennis, there is very little carry-over value of the varsity sports. The college intramural individual sport activities are the outstanding activities that contributed to post college recreational activities. The outing activities make a decided contribution to post-college recreational needs. The outstanding factors that affected participation in post-college recreation are lack of time; lack of available facilities; lack of interest; and lack of sufficient funds.

3404. Blackman, Ethel Gentry. A manual of water activities for play and recreation. Master's [1931]. Peabody. 88 p. ms.

A classification of play and recreational water activities. A total of 231 activities have been classified.

3405. Brown, Irene. Play activities for children with impaired vision. Master's [1931]. Peabody. 160 p. ms.

This study includes children from elementary grades through high school. Findings: Children with impaired vision need more constructive and corrective play. It is possible to give them play that is both beneficial and enjoyable; blind children are not different from those who can see, in their play. Their likes and dislikes are much the same.

3406. Cangney, Marian H. Recreation within the family as a possible aid in case treatment. Master's, 1930. Western Reserve.

3407. Cockrell, Dura Louise. The relative value of selective play material for preschool children: as judged by amount of time used, varieties of activity while in use, and socially accepted activity. Doctor's, 1931. Yale.

*3408. Davis, L. W. An investigation into the conduct and financial support of playground and recreational activities in selected States. Master's, 1931. New York. 62 p. ms.

The purpose of the study was to determine the amount of legal support for the financing and conducting of out-of-school hour programs on school property, and to determine if school buildings, grounds, equipment, and funds are being used without legal support.

*3409. Fox, John Fenton. Organization and administration of recreation in a city with a population under 25,000. Master's, 1931. New York. 100 p. ms, The study gives present recommended theories by leading recreation experts and actual practices in nine typical cities under 25,000.

*3410. Greenwood, Edward D. Recreations and amusements of the colonial period. Master's, 1931. New York. 43 p. ms.

The purpose of this study was to survey the beginnings of physical and social activities of this country. The activities of the colonies were classified into the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

3411. Guggenheimer, Frederick L. The camp and the new education. Master's, 1931. T. C., Col. Univ. 47 p. ms.

A survey of the genesis, development, functions and aims of the modern camp and its place in the educational process. It was found that the camp must come to be recognized as an agency with as comprehensive and definite an educational function as the school.

3412. Hargrove, Josephine. The spontaneous play activities of three, four and five year old children in Mobile, Ala. Master's, 1931. Colo. St. T. C.

The purpose of the investigation was to get a more intelligent understanding of the spontaneous play activities of 3, 4, and 5 year old children in Mobile, Ala., as a contribution to the problems of the home, the preschool, and the kindergarten.

3413. Haynes, Wilma D. After college what? American physical education association research quarterly, 2: 214-16, March 1931.

A study of the physical recreational activities of some Stephens college graduates. 3414. Henderson, John C. Playground safety practice. American city, 43: 84-85, July 1930.

A careful study of accidents was made by the Los Angeles department of playground and recreation for the past four years. During that period the 39 playgrounds have had a total attendance of more than 15,000,000 visitors. Certain activities were found to contribute a disproportionate percentage of the accidents. The number of accidents per 100,000 attendance were reduced from 2.54 in 1925-26 to 1.30 in 1928-29. In 1929 all but five of the playgrounds completed the summer season without a single serious accident. 3415. Houck, Ivan Deweese. American camp movement. Master's, 1931. Temple.

3416. Jewell, Margaret Elaine. The place of dancing in secondary education. Master's, 1931. Wisconsin.

3417. Kelleher, John Francis. The playground as a factor in reducing juvenile delinquency. Master's, 1931. Notre Dame.

3418. McDonald, Hovey Clyde. Stanford.

Recreation for teachers. Master's, 1931.

3419. McPharlin, Joseph Gabriel. Recreation in rural life. Master's, 1931. Notre Dame.

3420. Martin, Gladys. Comparison of the play activities of white and Negro children. Master's, 1931. Peabody. 42 p. ms.

The play quiz of Lehman and Witty given in their study, The psychology of play activities, was used. Findings: (1) There is no difference between the total number of play activities engaged in by the members of the two races; (2) there are some outstanding differences in the extent to which individual activities are participated in by the two groups; (3) a higher percentage of the whites engage in games involving teamwork and skills, while the Negroes participated more in rhythmic and social activities. 3421. Mason, Bernard S. Camping and education. Camp problems from the campers' viewpoint. New York City, McCall company, 1930. 283 p. Selected bibliography: p. 249-73.

The problem was to determine the typical camper reactions to certain phases of the program and management of the modern organized summer camp, and to discover to what extent the tactics used satisfy the camper-aim. The boy and girl reactions differ only in minor aspects. A study was made of 51 girls from 31 private camps, and of 49 boys from 20 various types of camps.

3422. Millett, Geneva Tracy. A study in determining individual differences in girls in following the rules of simple, newly acquired games. Master's, 1930. Iowa.

3423. Murray, Verl. A comparative study of the boys of Whittier State school and Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte high school as to play information and athletic achievement. Master's, 1931. Southern California. 141 p.

3424. Nicholson, Paul H. Adult leisure activities in a Colorado rural school district. Master's, 1931. Colo. St. T. C.

3425. Posner, David. Critical survey of the public schools of Newark, N. J. Master's, 1931. 96 p. ms.

recreational system of the Coll. of the City of N. Y.

Evaluation of the recreation system of public schools of Newark, N. J., in the light of the standards set up by authorities on the subject. Conclusions: Newark has a welladvanced system. There is at present a policy of expansion which will add to the value of its already excellent system.

3426. Pritchard, Earle A. A survey and critical analysis of the moderr tendencies in the accepted best practices of administering the adult, lay group leadership in certain play and physical education organizations. Master's, 1931. New York. 103 p. ms.

The study deals with the administration, from a social viewpoint, of volunteer leadership in the 10 national organizations using it.

3427. Rice, George A. and Brownlee, Robert E. Leisure activities of eleventh grade students. University high school journal, 10: 215-34, December 1930.

3428. Seamans, Hubert Hadley. Social life in the dormitory and on the playground of children's institutions. Master's, 1931. Southern California. 79 p.

A study of nonathletic recreational devices for children's institutions with a 24-hour program. Data were obtained from a survey of 14 private schools and from an experi. mental program at the Whittier State school.

3429. Sharp, Edwin Burnell. Leisure-time activities of children in the district of the Church of the Covenant, Cleveland. Master's, 1930. Western Reserve.

An analytic survey with a view to discovering present group activities and indications for needed group work programs for children 4-18 years of age within this area.

3430. Stull, Martha. Analysis of leisure-time activities of adolescent girls in the University neighborhood centers district. Master's, 1930. Western Re

serve.

3431. Sullenger, T. Earl. Modern youth and the movies. ciety, 32: 459-61, October 4, 1930.

School and so

Information was secured from 3,295 high-school students in Omaha on the type of pictures preferred, attendance, actors and actresses preferred, theaters preferred, attendance alone or accompanied, average age, and favorite picture show. Findings: Favorite actor, Lon Chaney; "Ben Hur" favorite picture; mystery stories ranked highest, sex pictures ranked low. Interesting reasons were given as to why they preferred certain actors and actresses.

*3432. Witty, Paul A. A study of deviates in versatility and sociability of play interest. Doctor's, 1930. T. C., Col. Univ. New York City, Teachers College, Columbia university, 1931. (Contributions to education, no.

470.)

57 p.

This study deals with the characteristic features of the nature and behavior of four types of deviates in play. Five thousand children in the fifth and sixth grades of the Kansas City schools were studied. Findings: Data indicate that one should not encourage indiscriminate sociability if one desires the most wholesome development of the growing child. It appears to be the kind of social contacts made, not the number, which should concern the person charged with the guidance of children.

3433. Wolf, Anna W. M. Play and playthings. New York, N. Y., Child study association of America, 1930.

A pamphlet which is the outgrowth of the Association's discussion group work with parents.

3434. Woodin, Gwendolyn G. The development of summer playgrounds in Pittsburgh. Master's, 1931. Pittsburgh. (For abstract see no. 715.)

In addition to the history of the playground movement in Pittsburgh, a more intensive study of summer playgrounds in 1930 is included in this project. The administration of the summer playgrounds is divided among the Bureau of recreation, the North side playgrounds and vacation school association, and the Board of education. The playground movement in Pittsburgh demonstrates a trend toward increasing complexity and specialization of its functions and a development of its concepts from the provision of an opportunity to play to an organized program to suit the needs of the modern child. See also 1787, 1799, 2213, 2544, 2549, 2603, 2638, 2903, 3162, 3233, 4173; and under Extracurricular activities.

SOCIAL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION

3435. Aginsky, Bernard Willard. Education as the method of social reconstruction. Master's, 1931. New York. 84 p. ms.

A study of society and its problems, showing how education plays a part in all our social contacts. Findings: Education of the proper sort will enable civilization to progress more rapidly.

Materials for school and

3436. Alabama. State department of education. community organization programs. Theme: Improving the child's environment—the home and the school. Montgomery, Wilson printing company, 1930.

73 p.

3437. Ambler, Samuel C. Relation between broken homes and school progress. Master's, 1931. Southern California. 83 p.

An investigation based on questionnaire responses, interviews, and school records of 101 junior high school students from broken homes, paired with an equal number of pupils, sex for sex, etc. from normal homes.

3438. Appler, Harry Arnott. Community centers as school centers, Harrison county, Ohio. Master's, 1930. Ohio. (For abstract see no. 712.)

The purpose of the study was to make a survey of the school facilities within the county; to determine the trade and social centers of the county; and to make recommendations that would help provide a more equal educational opportunity for the children of the county.

3439. Blom, E. C. Correlating school work with the activities of newspaper boys. Louisville, Ky., Public schools, 1931.

3440. Bowen, Eugene D. Some principles of group work tested in the experience of a younger boys club. Master's, 1930. Western Reserve.

3441. Bowers, Mrs. Stella M. A study of child-parent relationship. Doctor's, 1931. Ohio. 192 p. ms.

This is a study of child-parent relationships from the point of view of the child. It is based on responses to a questionnaire, made up of 100 questions, which was given to 366 high-school students and 802 college students. Findings: In both sexes, and for all ages there was a predominant preference for the mother; there was a serious disagreement between parents as to the methods of handling the children; the children realized the lack of parental cooperation.

Cooperation of home

3442. California. State department of education. and school in secondary education. A guide for conference leaders. Sacramento, 1931. 66 p.

3443. Chilson, Claude Martin. Socio-economic status of ninth grade pupils in the Chicago public schools. Master's [1931]. Chicago.

A study of the social and economic environment of 2,300 ninth-grade pupils enrolled in five 4-year high schools and 10 junior high schools. The Sims socio-economic score card was used for collecting the data.

3444. Cook, Berns W. A study of the relationship between certain out of school factors and success in high school. Master's, 1931. Wisconsin.

*3445. Coyle, Grace Longwell. Social process in organized groups. Doctor's, 1930. Columbia. New York City, Richard R. Smith, 1930. 245 p. (Contemporary society series, no. 1.)

The study takes up the organized group in its social setting; the process of group formation; the determination of membership; the evolution of structure; the functions of leadership; the process of communication; the development of esprit de corps; the process of collective thinking; and some social functions of the organized group.

3446. Dillon, Mrs. Miriam. Sex education of children by parents. Washingington, D. C., Washington child research center [1931]. 148 p. ms.

3447. Fisher, C. A. A survey and evaluation of Michigan rural social centers, in schools, churches and elsewhere. Doctor's, 1930. Michigan. ms. 3448. Flory, Alberta Faye. Recent methods of teaching parental education. Master's, 1931. Southern California. 107 p.

A canvass of some 300 college and university catalogues, 20 recent books, and numerous pamphlets and magazine articles for the purpose of discovering the agencies and methods used to prepare young people for parenthood.

3449. Flynn, Grace Serena. The visiting teacher movement. Its development, organization and administration. 1931. University of Washington,

Seattle.

3450. Fox, Ina McCall. A study of 54 families in which both parents are living and the children were placed under the care of the Franklin county children's home. Master's, 1930. Ohio. (For abstract see no. 712.)

This study is an attempt to show the factors present in 54 Franklin county families, in which the 132 children involved were removed from their homes and were placed in the Franklin county children's home for the fiscal year 1929. Nine of the families have been rehabilitated and are managing very well.

3451. Ganyard, Glen Leiby. The early history of the regulation of child labor in Ohio. Master's, 1930. Ohio. (For abstract see no. 712.)

The purpose of this study was to show the nature and the extent of, and the factors contributory to, the regulation of the labor of children in Ohio down to 1890.

3452. Gibbons, Charles E. and Stansbury, Chester T. Administration of the child labor law in Ohio. A study of children employed in Middletown, Toledo, and Youngstown. New York City, National child labor committee, 1931. 66 p. (Publication, no. 363.)

The purpose of this study was to find out how many children 14, 15, 16, and 17 years of age there were in these cities and the number who were in and out of school; to find the reasons for nonattendance of those not enrolled; and to make a detailed study of the work done by children who had left school. As a corollary to these lines of inquiry, a study was also made of the certification of these children.

3453.

Street-trading in Detroit. New York, N. Y., National

child labor committee, 1931. 80 p. ms.

The study deals with the children and their families, the children and their jobs, the children in school, school letter rating, school failure, grade distribution, delinquency, girls engaged in street work, and recommendations. Data were based on interviews with 2,595 pupils in 23 public elementary, 5 public intermediate, and 4 parochial schools, who engage in street trading.

3454. Grandy, C. D. Sex problem. 1930. Agricultural and technical college, Greensboro, N. C.

Analysis of the problem, survey of the literature in the field, and a study of present methods of sex instruction, with the view of determining a suitable high school course in sex hygiene.

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