MONTHLY RECORD OF CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS.

Compiled by the Library Division, Bureau of Education.

CONTENTS.-Educational history and biography-Current educational conditions-Educational theory and practice-Educational psychology; Child study-Educational tests and measurements-Special methods of instruction-Special subjects of curriculum-Kindergarten and primary school-Rural education-Secondary education-Teachers' salaries and professional status-Higher education-School administration-School management-Schoolhouses and grounds-School hygiene and sanitationPhysical training-Play and recreation-Social aspects of education-Child welfare-Moral and religious education-Manual and vocational training-Vocational guidance-Home economics-Commercial education-Professional education-Civic education-Americanization-Education of soldiers-Education of women-Education of blind and deaf-Education extension-Libraries and reading-Bureau of Education: Recent publications.

NOTE.

The record comprises a general survey in bibliographic form of current educational literature, domestic and foreign, received during the monthly period preceding the date of publication of each issue.

This office can not supply the publications listed in this bulletin, other than those expressly designated as publications of the Bureau of Education. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals here mentioned may ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers, either directly or through a dealer, or, in the case of an association publication, from the secretary of the issuing organization. Many of them are available for consultation in various public and institutional libraries.

Publications intended for inclusion in this record should be sent to the library of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

2224. Bliss, Daniel. The reminiscences of Daniel Bliss; edited and supplemented by his eldest son. New York, Chicago, Fleming H. Revell company [1920] 259 p. plates. 12o.

The subject of this biography was for many years president of the Syrian Protestant college at Beirut, Syria.

2225. Cubberley, Ellwood P. Readings in the history of education; a collection of sources and readings to illustrate the development of educational practice, theory, and organization. Boston, New York [etc.] Houghton Mifflin company [1920] xxv, 684 p. illus. 8°. (Riverside textbooks in education) To accompany author's History of education.

CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS.

UNITED STATES.

2226. Alderman, Edwin A. The nation's supreme task. World's work, 41 : 126-29, December 1920.

Discusses tendencies in education; duplication of educational procedure, etc.

2227. Burgess, W. Randolph. Which do we want economy or competence. 'School review, 28: 750-56, December 1920.

Discusses governmental efforts for economy; also requirements for good schools; the school's share in prosperity, etc.

2228. Davidson, Percy E. Equality of educational opportunity: the views of the economists. School and society, 12 : 535–42, December 4, 1920.

2229. Detroit, Mich. Board of education. Seventy-seventh annual report of the superintendent of schools for the year ending June 30, 1920. Detroit, Board of education, 1920. 120 p. illus. 8°.

Early in the school year 1919-20 a survey was made of the school system by departments. This report tells of some of the changes that have been made as a result of these survey activities. 2230. Duggan, M. L. [Educational surveys of counties in Georgia] [Atlanta, Ga., State department of education] 1919-1920. 3 v. illus. 8°. (Georgia. Department of education. No. 27, 28, 29)

No. 27.-Educational survey of Warren county, Georgia, 30 p. No. 28.-Educational survey of Lee county, Georgia, 25 p. No. 29.-Educational survey of Miller county, Georgia, by M. L. Duggan and Miss Euri Belle Bolton, 48 p.

2231. Duncan, M. H. Cultural education. Southwestern school review, 1: 10-20, October 15, 1920.

Endeavors to show how the new education makes culture the supreme aim of the schools. 2232. Fitzpatrick, Edward A. The Ayres report and the Wisconsin educational situation. Wisconsin journal of education, 52: 320-24, December 1920.

After discussing some of the remarks that the Wisconsin state superintendent of public instruction has made upon the Ayres report, the writer says that the answer to the Russell Sage Foundation study is not alibi or criticism, but constructive program. Three things are necessary for educational improvement in Wisconsin: (1) A competent courageous educational leadership, (2) A reconstruction of the machinery of state educational administration, and (3) A comprehensive state-wide educational program.

2233. Kuhlman, A. F. Social survey of the city of Jackson and Madison county, Tennessee. Pub. by Jackson-McClaran chapter, American Red Cross, 1920. 139 p. 8°.

Contents.-I. History.-II. Health.-III. Housing and sanitation.-IV. Education.-V. Family welfare.-VI. Child welfare.-VII. Recreation.-VIII. Church life.-IX. Industry.— X. Agriculture.-XI. Government.

2234. North Carolina. State educational commission. Public education in North Carolina; a report by the State educational commission, prepared under the direction of the commission by the General education board. Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton printing co., state printers, 1920. x, 137 p. plates, tables.

12o.

Members of the State educational commission: Robert H. Wright, chairman; L. J. Bell, secretary; N. W. Walker, C. E. Brewer, C. C. Wright.

The report here submitted contains the findings and the general recommendations of the commission. It first describes the schools as they are at present, next sets forth the hindrances to development, and finally undertakes to point the way to improvement by means of better administration, better trained teachers, and better financial support.

2235. Scranton, Pa. Board of education. Survey of the Scranton public schools, 1918-1920. Scranton, Pa., Board of education [1920] 242 p. 8°.

2236. Strayer, George D. A national program for education. Journal of the National education association, 10: 5-7, January 1921.

Final report of the Commission on emergency in education as presented by its chairman at the Salt Lake City meeting of the National education association, July 6, 1920.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

2237. Brailsford, H. N. Russian impressions: Education and art. New Republic, 25 44-48, December 8, 1920.

Education and art in Soviet Russia.

2238. Darlu, A. Le budget de l'instruction publique devant la chambre. Revue politique et parlementaire, 105: 15-26, October 10, 1920.

2239. Picavet, François. Méthodes allemandes et méthodes françaises. Revue internationale de l'enseignement, 40: 305-24, September-October 1920.

EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE.

2240. Crothers, Samuel McChord. The dame school of experience and other papers. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin company, 1920. 279p. 12°.

2241. Lowell, Abbott Lawrence. Formalism in education. Journal of education, 92 511-13, November 25, 1920.

Address at the inauguration of the president of the University of North Carolina.

The writer says in conclusion that we need to free ourselves from the system of credits in education, and to measure the child or youth by what he has come to be, instead of by the process he has been through.

2242. Morgan, Geoffrey E.

The problem of teaching pupils to think. American school board journal, 61: 37, December 1920.

Says of all the needs in America today, the greatest need is for clear thinking and the ability to think things through. Suggests some ways by which we may substitute sound and wholesome reasoning for shallow and fallacious reasoning.

2243. Nunn, Thomas Percy. Education: its data and first principles. New York, Longmans, Green and co.; London, Edward Arnold, 1920. vii, 224p. 12°. (The modern educator's library. General editor-Prof. A. A. Cock)

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD STUDY.

2244. Aguayo, A. M. . . . El vocabulario de los niños Cubanos. [Habana] Universidad de la Habana, 1920. 29p. 8°. (Monografías paidológias, no. 1.)

2245. Clapp, Henry L. The development of spontaneity, initiative, and responsibility in school children. Education, 41: 209-21, December 1920.

Discusses the philosophy of self-activity; and emphasizes the importance of organized play adapted to the schoolroom.

2246. Porter, W. T. The seasonal variation in the growth of Boston school children. p. 121-31.

8°.

Reprinted from the American journal of physiology, vol. 52, no. 1, May 1920.

EDUCATIONAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS.

2247. Baldwin, Bird T. and others. Studies in experimental education.

Baltimore,

The Johns Hopkins press, 1920. 75p. 8°. (Johns Hopkins university studies in education, no. 3)

CONTENTS.-I. Introduction and summary, by B. T. Baldwin.-II. Physical measurements, by L. W. Campbell and H. J. Kefauver.-III. The application of the Yerkes-Bridges point scale and the standard revision of the Binet scale for measuring intelligence, by R. L. Bates and others.-IV. Application of the Courtis standard research tests in arithmetic-series B, by A. K. Bielaski and G. L. Palmer.-V. Results in arithmetic by Woody scale "A," by W. H. Davis and R. L. Clark.-VI. An experiment in measuring the handwriting of a group of children for speed and quality, by W. R. Flowers.-VII. The Kansas silent reading test, by M. O. Ebaugh.-VIII. The Starch test for speed and comprehension and the Thorndike visual vocabulary test, by B. J. Grimes.-IX. Application of Ayres, Buckingham, and Starch scales in spelling, by D. B. Berry.-X. The Trabue completion test, by M. A. Clemens and F. E. Rathbun.-XI. Hillegas scale for the measurement of quality in English composition, by J. B. H. Bowser and H. L. Rinehart.-XII. The use of the Ballou scale on a set of compositions written by seventh grade pupils, by G. E. Manson and L. W. Linthicum.