January, 1924] THE VIRGINIA TEACHER 21 Tuesday morning, February 26, 9:15 o'clock, the following program will be given: Recent The Virginia Teacher Achievements and Next Forward Steps in Ru- al Education, Frank P. Graves, State commis- Published monthly by the State Teachers sioner of education of New York; Educational College at Harrisonburg, Virginia. Expenditures Considered as Investments, E. Entered as second-class matter March IS, C. Hartwell, superintendent of schools, Buffalo, 1920, at the post office at Harrisonburg, Vir- N. Y.; Educational Fads as Fundamentals, 0. ginia, under the act ot March 3, 1879. L. Reid, superintendent of schools, Youngs- Editors town, Ohio. James C. Johnston Conrad T. Logan Thursday afternoon, Superintendent J. H. Beveridge, of Omaha, Nebraska, speaks on Henry A. Converse, Business Manager Some Hazards of the Superlntendency, with Clyde P. Shorts, Circulation Manager special reference to next forward steps that Advisory Board should be taken to protect the office of the John W. Wayland Elizabeth P. Cleveland superintendent and make it more highly pro- Pearl P. Moody Katherine M. Anthony fessional. Mrs. Susan M. Dorsey, of Los An- Ruth K. Paul geles, will discuss Relations of the Superintend- Manuscripts offered for publication from ent of School to the Teaching Corps, and L. those interested in our state educational prob- D. Coffman, president of the University of lems should be addressed to the editors of Minnesota, will give an address in reference to The Virginia Teacher, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg, Virginia. higher education; Superintendent J. W. Stud- ebaker, of Des Moines, Iowa, will speak on School Board Organization. EDUCATIONAL COMMENT County Superintendents will hold meetings in the Elizabethan Room, Congress Hotel, Mon- day afternoon and Wednesday morning. The TENTATIVE PROGRAM FOR N. E. A. Superintendent's Relationships will be dis- MEETING, CHICAGO cussed at the Monday afternoon meeting by Edward J. Tobin, A. G. Yawberg, Fern Ken- February 23-28 nedy, M. S. Bentz, and Marie T. Harvey. Hotel reservations and the demand for iden- Wednesday morning My Experience in Ad- tification certificates by paid-up members who ministrating Education will be given by M. L. wish the special railroad rates indicate that Pitman, Lilia E. Johnson, Carlton B. Gibson, the meeting of the Department of Superin- W. L. Mercer, George P. Barren, C. H. Barnes, tendence this year will be one of the largest and A. L. Harman. Charles E. Dickey, leader. in its history. The programs of President Superintendents of cities with populatibns Smith and the officers of the allied groups are above 200,000 will meet in the Ball Room, receiving their finishing touches as the Jour- second floor, Auditorium Hotel, Monday after- al goes to press. A time schedule showing a noon and Wednesday morning. The program general outline of the meetings, luncheons, for Monday afternoon will be on Improving and dinners, together with officers of cooper- Service. The speakers include: Ernest C. ating departments, appeared in the January Hartwell, John J. Maddox, and Jesse H. New- issue. The official program will be distrib- Ion. uted at the time of registration. Several The theme of the Wednesday morning pro- meetings of other educational groups are gram in Possible Economies. Through Gen- scheduled for Friday and Saturday, February eral Organization Within the Schools will be 22-23. discussed by I. I. Cammack, Charles L. Spain, The opening vesper service of the Depart- Carleton W. Washburne; Through a Longer ment of Superintendence will be held Sunday School Year by David B. Corson, and Through afternoon, February 24, at 4 o'clock, in the Central Business Administration, R. G. Jones. Gold Room of the Congress Hotel. AH other Herbert S. Weet, leader. general sessions will be in the Auditorium Superintendents of cities wUh population Theater, as outlined below. 50,000 to 200,000 will meet in the Crystal Room, Monday morning, February 25, 9:15 o'clock, Hotel Sherman, Mondajy afternoon and Olive M. Jones, President of the National Ed- Wednesday morning. The first session's pro- cation Association, will bring the greetings of gram follows: Organizing a Curriculum After the parent Association. Superintendent P. P. the Educational Objectives Have Been De- Claxton, of Tulsa, Okla., will speak. J. W. termined, J. H. Bentley, C. B. Glenn, and M. Abercrombie, State Superintendent of Ala- G. Clark. Improved Methods of Supervision, bama, will speak on National Obligations William John Cooper, H. B. Wilson, and Dan- in Education: William Mather Lewis, presi- iel J. Kelly; Some Practical Next Steps in dent of George Washington University, Wash- the Reorganization of Secondary Eduoat'on, P. ington, D. C., will talk on Encouragements. G. Pickell, and W. C. Reavis. Monday evening, February1 25, 8 o'closk, Wednesday morning's program includes; Judge Florence Allen, of the Ohio Supreme Planning Schoolrooms to Facilitate Instruc- Court, will deliver an address. tional Processes, J. W. Studebaker and M. E. 22 THE VIRGINIA TEACHER [Vol. V, No. 1

Pearson; Making the High School a Social In- John M. Foote and Burr F. Jones. Minimum stitution,J. H. Beveridge and Paul C. Stetson; Institutional Training, Florence M. Hale; Personnel Management and Supervision of A Definite Program of Training in Service, the Teaching Staff, E. E. Lewis, P. P. Claxton, Florence M. Wellman and Charles A. Phil- and L. P. Benezet; and Recent Achievements hower. in Budget Planning, Orville C. Pratt. H. C. The second session's program follows: Johnson, leader. The Standard Four-year High School, E. B. Superintendents of cities with population Ramsey; Junior and Senior High School, W. 25,000 to 50,000 will he held Monday afternoon L. Spencer and C. H. Dempsey; and Coordina- and Wednesday morning in the Crystal Room, tion of Educational Units for Maximum Effi- Great Northern Hotel. At the first confer- ciency, Milo B. Hillegas and Francis G. ence The Powers and Duties of the Superin- Blair. John D. Whittier, leader. tendent, and H;s Relation to the School Com- Topic conferences dealing with problems mittee and to the Community will be discuss- of supervision and administration will be held ed. Thursday morning, February 28, at 9:15 The second session will discuss Compari- o'clock. These meetings will be open to all son of the 6-3-3 and the 6-4-2 Plan in Organi- members of the National Education Associa- zation of the Elementary and High Schools; tion . At the conference on Physical and Promotion by Subjects; Value of Teacher Or- Health Education, E. George Payne will dis- ganizations; and Safety Teaching in Our cuss Health Education in the Schools; Wil- Schools. John F. Gannon, leader. liam R. P. Emerson, Open Window Classes Superintendents of vities with population versus Nutrition Classes; and Frederick W. 10,000 to 25,000 will meet Monday afternoon Maroney, Coordination of Physical and Health and Wednesday morning, in the Gold Room, Activities. David B. Corson, leader. Congress Hotel. These sessions will be ad- The conference on Vocational and Part-time dressed by C. Ray Gates, J. H. Risley, S. How- Education will discuss Specialized Education ard Chase, Frank E. Converse, P. R. Spencer, and the Superintendent. The program follows; E. M. Sipple, B. T. Duffleld, D. W. Horton, The Superintendent's Responsibility in Deter- John L. Bracken, and C. B. Cornell. Walter mining and Coordinating the Major Policies of Siders, leader. Vocational and Part-Time Education, Ernest C. Hartwell; The Superintendent's Opportuni- Superintendents of cities with population ty to Cobrdinaite Vocational and General Edu- of 5,000 to 10,000 will meet in Tiger Room, Ho- cation, Randall J. Condon; Vocational Guid- tel Sherman, Monday afternoon and Wednes- ance as an adjunct of Vocational Education, day morning. The Monday's Round Table will Frank M. Leavitt. William M. Davidson, discuss the Scientific Method in Administra- leader. tion. The program follows; What Service Should School Systems Render in this Group of The conference on Immigrant Education will O'ties, C. R. Gates; Next Forward Steps in discuss The Place of Immigrant Education in Educational Administration, N. L. Englehardt; a Democratic School System; What the High The New Science of the Public School Pub- Schools Have Accomplished in the Education of licity, P. R. Spencer; Professional Procedure the Immigrant; and The Outlook for Immi- in the Selection and Training of Teachers grant Education in the United States. T\vc in this group of cities, H. A. Sprague; Nota- committees will report on Federal Leadership ble Progress in Administration in this Group and State Leadership and Legislation. A. B. of Cities, J. J. Early. Meredith, leader. Wednesday morning the general topic will The program of the conference on Visual be Next Forward Steps in Curriculum Making Instruction in Education follows: Value of The program follows: Criteria and Standards Visual Aids in Educat'on, F. N. Freeman, Jo- for the Selection of Subject Matter, A. G. Er- seph J. Weber and George C. Kyte; Use, Val- rickson, Will French, R. W. Kretsinger, and ue and Expense of Visual Instruction, (a) in Harry W. Langworthy; Methods of Finding, a City School System, Prank Cody, (6) in a Assembling and Using the Results of the Lat- State School System, Alfred W. Abrams and est Invest5 gation in Each of the Large Curricu- Dudley Grant Hays; Visual Aids Available lum Branches, Oscar S. Wood; Organ,'zation for Use—Improvements Needed and Under of Curriculum Materials for Instruction Pur- Way, Susan M. Dorsey and Ernest M. Cran- poses, H. M. Corning: and Curriculum Making, dall; Training Teachers to Employ Visual L. Thomas Hopkins. John A. Sexson, leader. Aids in Teaching, W. M. Gregory and John J. Tigert; Progress Achieved and Desirable Superintendents of cities with population in Visual Instruction, Charles H. Judd and below 5,000 will meet in the Cameo Room, Thomas E. Pinegan. H. B. Wilson, leader. Morrison Hotel, Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning. Monday afternoon the The conference on Educational Publicity Curriculum and the Training of Teachers are will be addressed by W. H. Holmes, B. J. the principal topics. The program, follows: Tighe, Carleton B. Gibson, E. W. Butterfield, Differences of the Curriculum of Rural Ele- J. H. Risley, P. H. Smith, D. C. Bliss, W. H. mentary Schools for Grades 1 to 6 and with Allen, and R. G. Reynolds. Charts, graphs, Those for Similar Grades in City Schools, newspaper clippings, and school reports and January, 1924] THE VIRGINIA TEACHER 23 bulletins -will, during the meeting, illustrate reports of the Committee on American Teach- the talks. L, P. Benezet, leader. ers Colleges, the Committee on Training Teach- The program ot the conference on Thai ers in service, and the Committee on Partici- School and the Community follows; Parent, pation of Teachers in School Management.— Teacher and School, M. E. Moore; City Schools Journal of the National Education Association. and Community Service, Paul C. Stetson; A Rural School Community Program, Mabel G. Bush; The Boy Scout Project, Loren W. Bar- clay: and School and Community Possibili- CURRENT EDUCATIONAL ties, Charl 0. "Williams. Frank Cody, leader. PUBLICATIONS The program for the conference on Major Objectives of Elementary Education follows: THE PLACE OF INTELLIGENCE How Shall We Select Subject Matter of the Elementary' School Curriculum, William H. AMONG HUMAN EN- Kilpatrick; Reorganization of Subject Matter DOWMENTS in the Elementary School, P. G. Bonser; Re- organization of the Elementary School to Meet The Mind in The Making, by James Harvey Major Objectives, Charles L. Spain; Research Robinson. New York: Harper and Broth- in Relation to the Attainment Objectives in ers. 1921. Pp. 235. $2.50. Elementary Education, Ernest Horn; Relation of Supervision to the Attainment of Major One approaches a view of this work in Objectives, Fred M. Hunter. Jesse M. Newlon, these latter days with fear and trembling. leader. There can be no half-way ground in one's Other conferences include Civic Education attitude—you violently favor the author's under the leadership of Jeremiah Rhodes, way of looking at things, or you violently op- San Antonio, Texas; Character Education, un- pose it. der the leadership of J. E. Burke, Boston, Mas- sachusetts; Training Teachers in Service, un- Nor do you marvel that at the Universi- der the leadership of J. M. Gwinn, San Fran- ty of Tennessee such a storm occurred as to cisco California; and Problems of Junior shift the scholastic equilibrium of some half- High and Intermediate- Schools, under the the leadership of Ben G. Graham,New Castle, dozen-odd professors and all but blow the Pennsylvania. head off "The Hill." A cantankerish, mod- The National Council of Education will hold ernish professor simply favored the point of three sessions Tuesday and Wednesday after- view of Robinson. The president of the col- noons and Thursday mornings,, February lege fired the prof and his cohorts for the very 26-28. Prior to these sessions a luncheon will be held in the French Room of the Congress valid reason that he held to a violent dissent- Hotel, Monday afternoon at 12:30, February ing opinion. 25, for officers, chairmen and members of com- mittees. Robinson, with some of the restraint that characterizes the scholar and some of the Tuesday afternoon, February 26, the Coun- cil will meet in the Playhouse theater. The pro- fearlessness which characterizes the innovat- gram follows: President's Address; The Work or, pleads for a wider knowledge of truth. of the Bureau of Education in Alaska, John J. What that truth is, or may be, he does not Tigert: The Relation of Professional Spirit pretend to say. In science, he contends, we Among Teachers to Public Education and the Devotion of Citizenship, Olive M. Jones; Re- have as a race achieved something of truth, ports of the Committee on Reorganization of while our religion and sociology remain an the National Council of Education, the Joint unimpaired heritage of the middle ages, or Committee on Health Problems in Education, even of ancient times. He would have us and the Committee on Extension Education. bring mankind up to date. The Wednesday afternoon session, Febru- ary 27, will be held in the Banquet Room of This proposition calls into question our the Auditorium Hotel. Reports will be given whole social system,—our morals, because for the Committee on the Status of the Amer- our concept of human conduct is the thought ican Woman Teacher, the Committee on Il- literacy, the Committee on Vocational Edu- of mind two thousand years ago; our insti- cation, and the Committee on State Funds for tution of marriage for the same reason; and the Support of Elementary and Secondary that great problem of sex because such notions Schools. as we have of the biologic relationship between Thursday morning, February 28, 9:15 male and female belong to the' cogitations o'clock, a joint session will be held with the topic conference of the Department of Super- of the medieval mind that mistakenly regard- intendence, dealing with, Improvement of ed sex as something unclean. The author Teachers in Service, at which there will be nowhere says that we should tear down these