UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF141-IE I INTERIOR It RAY LYMAN WILBUR.Secretary OFFICE OF EDUCATION WILLIAM JOHN -COOPER.Commissioner - BULLETIN, 1929, No.37 RECORD OF CURRENT EDUCATIONALPUBLICATIONS COMPRISING PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED BYTHE OFFICE OF EDUCATTON JULY TOSEPTEMBER, 1929 V. 0 r A Éit '41 ii es ! Of;;X .... ,,, .- fir ',: I,. i .. .-4"; ilac ril4,0, 1,&,, e ' I , 0 0. I. 1 ... 6 Iwo,' o 1111 ...t.A11,.44, . 1 i'71) : ;1.-.0. lif, e .. 6 -. e '.' I, ,. N.A.":".%7. o d to, COMPILED IN THE LIBRARYDIVISION MARTHA R. McCABE,Acting Chief .1 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTPRINTING6FFICE WASHINGTON:1930 I 1 - _ For sale by theSuperintendent ofDocuments, Washington. a , D. C. Price 10costs o fr 1 s ILETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPA.RTMENT OF THEINTERIOR, OFFICEOF,EDUCATION, Wshirtg1on,D. C., November6, 1929. SIR:It is importantthat those interested inthe educational activities of the United States arAdforeign countriesshould,be informed of thecurrent literature concerned with suchactivities. For thisreason,the educational publicationsthatarecurrently received in the library ofthis officeareexamined, and"a record compiled inbibliographical form,classified bysubject, briefly annotated, furnished withanauthor and subjectindex annually, and issued while thematerial iscurrent.This record hasbeen found useful byteachers, school executives,librarians, andOthers interested in the Americanschoolsystem. The manuscript herepresented listsbooks, periodicalarticles, proceedings of associations,reports, etc., which have beenreceived during the period, Julyto September, 1929, inclusive,and which areinformative concerningthepresent status and trendsin the various fields ofeducation. I recommend thatthis Record of CurrentEducational Publications, which hasbeeh prepared in theLibrary Division,be publishedas a bulletin of thisoffice. Respectfully submitted. WM. JOHN-COOPER, Comminioner. The SECRETARYOF THEINTERIOR. TI1 RECORD OF CURRENT EDUCATIONALPUBLICATION& Compiled in theLibrary Division, Office of Education CONTEN19.EducatIonal history andbiograpliyCurrent educationalconditionsInternational aspects of educationEducational theory and practiceEducationalpsychology: Child studyPsycho- logical testsEducational tests and measurementsEducitionalsociologyEducational resparch Individual differencest3pecial methodsof instruction and organirationSpecialsubjects of *curriculum rindergarten and preschooleducationElementary educationRuraleducationSecondary educa- tionJunior high'schoolsTeachertrainingTeachers' salaries and professionalstatus Highlr educe- tionJunior collegesFederalgovernment and educationSchool administrationEducationalfinance School managementCurriculum-makingExtracurricularactivitiesSchool buildings andgrounds School hygiene and sanitationMentalhygieneTemperancePhysicaltrainingPlay and recreation Social asf)ects of educationChildwelfareMoral education and charactertrainingReligious and chard) educationManual and vocationaltrainingVocational guidanceWorkers'educationAdult educe- tionAgricultureHome economicsCommercialeducationAviation VucatioaProfessionaleduce- tionCivio educationMilitaryeduoationEducati9n of womenNegro educat4Educationof IndiansEducation of the blindEducationof the deafExceptional childrenEducationextension-- Libraries andreadingBureau of education (now O'ffice ofeducation):recent publications. NOTE The followingpagescontainaclassified and annotated listofcur- rent educational publications receivedby the library of the Officeof Education forthe period Julyto September, 1929,inclu.sive.The, last precedingrecord in this serieswasissuedasBulletin,1929, no.33, and comprised publicationsreceived by the Officeof Education Januaryto June, 1929, inclusive.An indexto all the records ofthë year1929 will be furnished with thelast number of theyear. This officecan not,supply the publications listedin.these records, except those expreggy designatedaspublications of theBureau of Education,nowthe. Office of Education.Books, pamphlets, and periodicalshere mentionedmayordinarily be obtainedfrom their respectivepublishers eitherdirectlyorthroughadealer,orin the caseofanassociation publication,from thesecretary of the issuing organization. EDUCATIONAL HISTORYAND BIOGRAPHY 827. Savage,W. Sherman.Educátionalprogressin Oregon sinee 1890. Education,50: 35---43g September1929. 828.Walker, HelenM. Studies in the historyof statistical method, with specialreference tocertain educational problems.Baltimore, The Williams & WilkinscoMpagy, 1929.viii, 229p.front., porta.8°. 1 2 CURRENT EDUCATIONALPUBLICATIONS CURRENTEDUCATIONALCONDITIONS GENERAL ANDUNITED STATES 829. Barrows,Alice.Schoolbuildingsurvey alidivrogram for Mount Vernon, N. Y., byAlice Barrows, directorof thesurveyand specialist in schoolbuildings, U. S. Bureauof education,Department of theinterior.Mount Vernon,N. Y., Board of education[1929]57p.tables, diagrs.maps.q°. Asurvey made at the request of the Boardof education, Mount Vernbn,N. Y., directed by theU. 9 Bureau ofeducation, and made by AliceBarrows and assistant& 830. Broome,Edward C., chairman.Report of the Committeeon propa- ganda in the schools.Presentedat the Atlantamèetingof the National educa- tion association,July, 1929.Washington, D. C., The ahsociation,1929.47p. tables.8°. 831. Caswell, H.L.. Is the school-surveymovement dead?Pea)odl)journal of education, 7:108-14, September1929. tables. "Themovement ischatiging,but it isnot losing its identity." 832. Cowles,Leroy E.Asurveyof the Murray schools,Murray, Utah. Salt Lake City,University ofUtah, Extension division,1929. 95p.tables. diagrs.q°. Thesurvey was authorized by the Board ofeducation of Murray, E. Allen Bateman,Stwerintendent of school& 833. Dorough,Augustus B.,comp.How studentsareworking theirway through school.Nashville, Tenn.,Cokesburypress,1929. 133p.12°. # 834. Freeman,Frank N.The contribution ofscience to education.School and society, 30:107-12, July 27, 1929. A discussion of theuse of scientific methods as applied to education. 835. Creative educationand the science df educationin America. Chicago schoolsjournal, 12: 1-6, September1929. e 836. Idahoeducationassociation.Proceedings of thethirty-spventh annual meeting, heldat Pocatello, Idaho,December 27-29,1928. Vol.I. (John I. Hillman,secretary, 331 Sonna Building,Boise, Idaho) Contains: 1. D. A. Stephenson:The work andproblems of the Idaho education association,p.1-9. 2. BUJ'S. Dobbs:Training forawiseuse of leisure, p. 0-10.p. Certification and professionalprogress committee report,p. 13-21.4. Report of equalizationtax committee-a statewide equalitation tax for Idaho,p. 22-47.5. Report of committeeon rural organization, a brief synopsis of Idaho school condi- tions.Facts, figures, comparisons,recommendations, all interpreted in terms ofasuggdsted county- unit plan of organitatioñfor the schools of Idaho,p. 48-67.6. F. J. Kelly: Educational objectives wiEh special referenceto higher education,p. 82-85.7. Charles H. Skidmore: The county-unit plan of school organization,p. 88-97. ,- 837. Kentuy.University.Educational conference.Proceedings of the fifthannu1 educationalconference, University of Kentucky.Lexington, Ky., Universityof Kentucky,1929.64p.8°.(Bulletin of the Bureau of school seevice, Lol.1,no.3, March 1929) Containh:1. A. L. Threlkeld: Changingconceptions of curriculum pAlng,p. 5-13.2. W. W. Char- ters: Who should make the Curriculum,p. 14-17.3. W. W. Chslirs: '54use ofactiivity analysis in curriculum construction,p. 18-25.4. A. L. Threlkel4,:- Curriculum practi0:4in Denver,p.26-37.6. 11. L. Dimovan. Theelementary schoolcurriculum, ri. 38-45.6. M. E. lAgo :AsumNtryofastudy ot the evolution of the highschool curriculumin Kentucky,p. 46-55.1.Paul P, Boyd: The oollegecur- riculum,p. 58-84. 838. /Capper, Paul.Contemporaryeducation; its principles and practices... New York, London,D. Appletonandcompany[1929]xxv,660p.tables, diagrs.8°. Thepurpose oftheyboo),Is to coordinatethe principles of psychologicaland social studies and to indicate theirignIfIcanee, CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS 3 839. Knight, Edgar W.Education in the United States.Boston, New York[etc.]Ginn arldcompany[1929] xi, 5: 7p.illus., tables,map.8°. Discusses the past history and the present status of educat n in the United States. 840. New trends in public school educ:on.Progressive education. Vol. VI,no.1.September-October-November, 1929.p.201-89.-illus. 841.Norris, George W.Thepowertrustin the public schools.Nation, 129: 296-97,SePtémber18,, 1929. Criticises propaganda in public schools by outside interests. 842. Sears, Jesse B.; Almack, John C.; 1"roctor, William M., and others. Sacramento §chool survey.Sacramento, Board of education,1928. 2v. tables, diagrs.,maps(fold.)8°. 4 vol. 1.The administrative and physical aspects of the school system, the educational problem,organ- !ration and administration of schools, staff, the school plant, finance, costs, etc.; Vol. II.The Internal administration and management of the schools, curricula, instruction, extracurricular activities, super- vision, etc., andprogressand achievement of the children. FOREIGN COUNTRIES 843. Cressey, Paul F.The influence of the literary examination systemon the development of Chinese civilizatjon.American journal of soeiolbgy, 35: 250-62, September 1929. 4 Showseffectof the old civil-servioeexaminatiiisystem on Chinese culture and civilization. 844. Parker, Beryl.Austria's schools for gifted children.Independent edu- cation, 3: 14-17, September 1929.illus. Racial gifts of tI4 Austrian peoplearegiven full recognition in their Schools for gifted children. 845. Sfienz, Mois6s.Newer