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Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF EDUCATION BULLETIN, 1918, NO. 12 MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS APRIL, 1918 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1913 ADDITIONAL COPIES Of TIIIS CUBLICATION MAT RE PROCURED ROY TILE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENT, GOVERNMENT, PRINTING OPPICE WASIIINGToN, D.C. AT CENTS PER COPY MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. Compiled by the Library Division, Bureau of Education. 1..IINTV NTS. Proreedings of a.xsoelat ions-Educat lona! history and biography- Currenteducational conditions- Educational theory and practice-FAlutational psychology; Child study-Educational tests and masurements-Special methods of instruction-Special subjects of curriculum-Kindergarten and l.ti nary ,hool--Rural education-Secondary educatioti-Teachers: Training and professional slaws- !! i.er ednisal ion-School adtninist rid ion-School management -School archit ecture-School hygientratol !Mil al ion-Physical training-Boy scouts-Child welfare -- Religious education-Manual and vocational traiiiine-Vocational guidance-School gardens ommereial education -Professional education-Reed- ma, ton of sear involids-7 Ethical ion of women-Education of deaf-Exceptional chiliihn-Etincation eutoi-ion -1,ibruries and railing-Bureau of Education: Recent publications. Non. The record comprises a general survey in bibliographic form of current educational literature, domestic and foreign, received dur- ing the monthly period preceding the (late of its publication. This office can not supply the publications listed in this bulletin, .othe, than those expressly designated as publications of the Bureau of Ellileation.Books, pamphlets, and periodicals here mentioned niny ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers, either directly or through a dealer, or, in the case of an association publi- cation, from the secretary of the issuing organization. Many of them me available for consultation in various public and institutional lit ries. Publications intended for inclusion in this record should be sent to the larary of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. PROCEEDINGS OF ASSOCIATIONS. 42:s. Pennsylvania state educational association.ProceNlingnof thesixty eighth meeting, held at Johnstown, December 26 29, 1917.Peunsy-Ivania school journal( -6: 275.-335, January 1918.. Cent nin: 1.1.. E. Met :tunes: A phase of modern education for girls - the home school, p. 2S2 -e3. 2. G. A. Herrick: Growth and status- of commercial educatioo in America, p. 287-90.3.1. IL, Becht: The place of physical education in the schools and sugmtst Inns concerning a mime for different types of schools, p. 29'241.J. F. C. Morgan: The Amertcnn junior Red crass, p. 200-04, 5. C. It. Poeley: Corporation' schools, their work and their co.operatlim with the nubile schools, p. 302-303.S. William McAndrew: Efficiency of schools through vocational guidance and plan- meat, p. 303-309.7.Jaen tichoWell:Responsibility of the schools for the development of Chris. than character for world leaLlership, p. 310-12.S. M. Ct. lirambattgli: Taxation and the schools, p.313-14.a. A. F. West: Mnr cducailionnl birthright,p.3.27-30. Department of County Soperintearala. 10. 1'. A. Bock: Velatirmal high schoolInrural disiriets, p.349-62.11. E. J. Tobin: The school- home project out lineip. 333-51.I/. J. }I. Landis:how maythe superintendent be most helpful In vidting theschools1p.351 -67.II. E. ,14. Standard rural schools, p. 357-30.it. E. J. Tobin: W4 of ixtuntry life directors, p. 360 lit Deportment 0104 and am oriaa So periottnienta. 13. L. P. Dennis: City higiaphool and agrieultand produMion, p. 372-71.16. I: 9. Banctofq. Coordinating medical inspection, physiology, hygiene, and physical training, p.371-77. ()react? School DrinrIntert. 17. 1. 0, Hippie. Supervised study,Q.37661,18. ids I.tiletaaa: Ekprive activitiesin the etemeutaryschool, p. 38142. CURRENIVEDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 929. Bowdoin college.Addresses delivered at public serviectsittBowdoin college, October twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and seventeen-and other tributes to the memory of President William DeWitt Hyde.New Brunswick, Me., Bowdoin college, 1917. 37 p.front. (port)! 8°. 430. Boyd, William.Greek education.Educational news (London) 43: 70 -71, . 82-83, February 1 and 8, 1918. Ancient Greek educational ideals discussed. 431. Graves, Charles A: Martin Dawson: a friend of education and of theUni- versity of Virginia. Alumni bulletin of the University of- Virginia, 11: 15-29, January 1918. The life of Martin rawson and his terries e to education. CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS. United Slates. 432. Ashley, R. L.War problems 'of the schools.Sierra educational news, 14: 126-29, March 1918. Opportunities for reorganization and some possible improvements arising from the war. 433. Crumpacker, H. C. The war and our schools.Northwest journal of educa- .1,Lion, 29: 9-127March 1918. Some of the problems that the school seill.have to face on account of the war. 431. Educational administration and supervision, vol. 4, no. I, January 1918.(nu- .cation and the war.) Contains: I. 0.0. Strayer: The administrat k-n of publitt education in war time. p. 1-9.2. 1,. Coffman: The ear and the curriculum of the public schools, p. 11-22.3. Alexander Inglis. The war and secondary education, p. '5-3 32.1. I avid 1,nedden: The war and cocutional edurAticn, p. 33-40.5. W. W. Charters: The war and methods of Instruction, p. 6. W. C. Bagley: The training of butters as a phase of democracy's educational program, p. 40-.52. 435. Georgia. Department of education.lEdtwational surveys of the coun- ties of Georgia) by M. L. Duggan, rural school agent.No. 15-21.[Atlanta?) 1917-18.7v.illus., ports. maps.8°. CONTENTS.-15.Brooks Point y.- 16. Hart fount y.- 17.Heard County. -IS.Spalding County. -l9. Town's County.-20. Jcnes Count y.- 21. 1Vi I kinfon County. 436. Jones, Robert W. Manufac toting democrats.South Dakota educator, 31 : 7 -9, March 1918. A comparison of the educatInnea methods of Germany and America. 437. Levine, Albert .7.The sew education anti the war.School, 29: 257, 265, 273, 283, February 21,' larch 7, 14, 1918. "Ed ucat tonal needs attic day and the future as seen by the class teat -her conscious of the defi-cts of the conventienni curriculum and methods ... Advocates the junior high school and its' attending regime. ". 438. Lbe Angeles, Cal.City school district.LOP Angeles city schools and the war.'Report on the war organization of Los Angeles city schools from the beginning of the war to February 1, 1918.84 p.8°.(City school publication no. 10) 439. MacCracken, John H. A national department of education.Nation, 106 : 256-57; March 7, 1918. Advocates the establishment of a nallenal department of educntlon, with a secretary entitled Ina seat in the President's cabinet.1 Iscusses the educational scus Hies of the Cocain:tent. 440. Stuith;Rtonegoinery C.Importance of-training now to prepare for great poet- war responsibilities. Americau education, 21 : 357758, March 1918. 4.11 .Smith, Payson.Some Present-day educational obligationsJournal of edu- tatii.n, $7 ::n7-5f1, March 7, 1918. Abstract et an addles* at the Newton tMasz,) coed( nal scht301. The ut. thole as upon boys and ono to email). in Knout. CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PIJBLICAIONB. 5 442. Wood, George A. The world cries.Ohio educational monthly, 67 : 96-101, March 1918. Discusses the share school men and women of the state havesin the problem of educating the people to en understanding of the meaning and needs of our present and our future situation. The subject Is discussed under the following headings: Dynamic enthusiasm; Patriotic education of the community at large; Increased participation of the whools in war *nice: Patriotic educa- tion in the Schools; Cooperation with influential persons and organizations;.-The exercise and encouragement of intelligently loyal utterances; and Need for organizationSuperintendents natural leaders. Foreign Countries. 41.1. Cestre, C.L'instruction publique et la guerre en A ngleterre.Revue ptda- gogique, 71 : 539-62, December 1917. Discusses the movement for educational reform in England, with special reference to Mr. Fisher's Education bill. 4 1 1 Cooper, Clayton Sedgwiek. The Brazilians and their country.New York, F.41. Stat.., company 119171xvi, 403 p.plates, map. 8°. Contains: Chapter VIII, Education, p. 100-17.Chapter XXIV, Languages, libraries and ature, p. 312 -55.Chapter XXVI I, The newspaper as an international medium,p. 378-91. 41-) Delany, Mark A. Jean-Robert Flambard, potache.London, G. Bell an$ suns, ltd., 1917. 119 p illus.12°. An account of the experiences of a hoyattentlIng a French lyche, written to Introduce French strident life to English boys after the manner of Tom Brown at Rugby. 41r, Dennett, Tyler.The missionary schoolmaster who began with outmodes, now teaches the Rajah's sons.Asia, 18: 211-17, March 1918.illus. Dv/craws somr conspicuous instances of successful achievement during the generation just past by missionary schoolmasters In the Orient. 417. Forsant, Octave.School children of France.Atlantic monthly, 121: 401-7, March 1918. A further record from Rheims, comprising compositions by four yinplbrelatinc their experiences during thelicambaniment of the city, and extracts from M. Forsant's journal of life at Rheims. 418 Hopkinson, Sir Alfred. The education bill.Contemporary review, 113 : 152- 60. February 1918. the two changes proposed which will most directly affect tho industries of England arc: I The raising of the age for full compulsory attendance at school to 14years; (2) tic com- pulsory attendance of "young persons" at continuation schoollup to the age of 18. I14 King-Harman, Me J.British boys; their. training and prospects.London, G. Bell & eons, 1917.254 p.front. 12'. 1-,0 A liberal education fur all.Parent's review (London) 24 : 82-134, Ft'bruaty 1918. rapers read at the Talent's educational union, London, January 23,1913. EDLICATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE.
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