444. Ontario educational association. Proceedings of the fifty-eighth annual convention . . . held in Toronto, April 21-24, 1919. Toronto, The Ryerson press, 1919. 528 p. 8°. (Robert W. Doan, secretary, Toronto, Ontario) Contains: 1. James Buchanan: President's address [Current educational conditions in Ontario] p. 117-28. 2. H. J. Cody: [Recent educational legislation in Ontario] p. 133-43. 3. P. P. Claxton: Education for the new world after the war, p. 144-64. 4. O. C. J. Withrow: Social hygiene, p. 169-79. 5. A bird lovers' club in every school, p. 212-23. 6. J. M. Dorey: The grafonola in the school, p. 230-35. 7. W. F. Moore: Criticisms of the present public school readers, with recommendations in regard to new ones, p. 255-57. 8. Cora Winchell: The challenge of the reconstruction period to the field of home economics, p. 272-83. 9. Miss H. S. G. Macdonald: Some reconstruction thoughts on the elementary curriculum, p. 284-92. 10. Thomas Bengough: Manual arts, forward! p. 300-306. 11. F. J. Conboy: Dental service in relation to the health and progress of the child, p. 316-26. 12. F. J. Munn: The reason for the prevalence of underdevelopment in children, p. 327-33. 13. Bruce Taylor: Unconscious education, p. 371-82. 14. M. A. Buchanan: Spanish in our universities and schools, p. 397-411. 15. J. F. Van Every: The war and the teaching of history, p. 436-43. 16. C. E. Jamieson: Methods in shorthand, p. 451-59. 17. S. Silcox : Educational tests and measurements, p. 474-84. 18. D. J. Goggin: The function of the library in the training of teachers, p. 490-97. EDUCATIONAL HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 445. Famous schools and their stories. Teacher's world (London, England). CONTENTS.-1. Haileybury, 22:869, 871, February 18, 1920. 2. Rugby, by a recent head of the school, 22: 965, 967, March 3, 1920. 3. Repton, 22: 1053, 1055, March 17, 1920. A series of illustrated historical and descriptive articles. To be continued. 446. Knight, Edgar W. The academy movement in the South. [Chapel Hill, N. C., 1920] 58 p. 12°. Reprinted from the High school journal, vol. 2, nos. 7 and 8, November, December, 1919, and vol. 3, no. 1, January, 1920. 447. Sheldon, Winthrop D. Why education failed to educate Henry Adams. Sewanee review, 28: 54-65, January-March, 1920. A criticism of the autobiography of Henry Adams: "The education of Henry Adams." Says that the ideai aim of all true education is to produce thinkers, men of vision and not mere scholars. CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS. UNITED STATES. 448. Capen, Samuel Paul. Educational bills before Congress. Educational record, 1: 3-29, January 1920. A digest of the pending Congressional bills affecting education. 449. Staples, O. B. The public schools of Rifle, Junction, Colo., Sentinel press] 1920. 92 p. 450. Winchester, Mass. Committee of fifteen. teen on public schools. [Winchester] 1919. FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Colorado; a survey. [Grand incl. tables, diagrs. 12°. Report of committee of fif37 p. 8°. 451. Barker, Ernest. The Calcutta university commission. view, 231: 97-114, January, 1920. Edinburgh re A review of the report of the commission, published with appendices in 13 volumes. 452. Clark, Donald. Some remarks on the relationship of the technical schools to the university. Education gazette and teachers' aid (London) 20: 8-10, January 20, 1920. Educational conditions in England described. 453. Davis, E. Jeffries. A school of foreign affairs. New Europe, 14:73–77. February 5, 1920. Says that if the people of Great Britain are to be enabled to control their own foreign policy and to contribute anything of value to the public opinion of the civilized world, better provision must be made for the study of recent history and contemporary foreign affairs. Discusses the project of a national school of foreign affairs to be located in London, and its possible relations to the University of London. Compares the French École libre des sciences politiques to the British plan. 454. Ferroni, Giacomo. L'emigrazione e la scuola. Rivista pedagogica, 12: 424-41, July-September, 1919. Discusses the educational aspects of emigration from Italy. 455. McNicoll, W. Ramsay. Present-day education in England. Education gazette and teachers' aid (London) 20: 11-14, January 20, 1920. Gives an historical summary of education in England. Emphasizes the subject of teachers' salaries and superannuation schemes. 456. Simpson, J. H. The first reform in education. Contemporary review, 117: 238-44, February, 1920. Discusses reforms in English secondary schools; teachers' salaries; methods of teaching the classics, etc. 457. Society for the promotion of national education, India. Report for the year 1919. Adyar [etc.] India, The Society for the promotion of national education, 1919. 120, 21 p. front., plates. 8° 458. Tonini, Quintilio. La scuola popolare nel Trentino. Rivista pedagogica, 12: 411-23, July-September, 1919. EDUCATIONAL THEORY AND PRACTICE. 459. Boys; by R. S. V. P. Atlantic monthly, 125: 339-51, March, 1920. The writer of this article holds that for adequate development boys must have danger, vigorous physical struggle, and quick result. Therefore, in setting up any new community ideals we must give the superfluous energy of boys sufficient occupation to insure them a sense of power, struggle, and achievement. 460. Bryan, E. B. Basic principles. Progressive teacher, 26:27-29, March; 30-31, April, 1920. First and second in a series of six articles. The German philosophy of education and its results and the necessity of Christian education. 461. Burton, Marion L. What must the schools do? Moderator-topics, 40: 355-56, February 19, 1920. Says our schools must demand accuracy, they must awaken and modernize their students and they should be centers of training in integrity. 462. Patri, Angelo. The new school. N. E. A. bulletin, 8:7-9, March, 1920. Address delivered before the Department of superintendence, N. E. A., Cleveland, Ohio, February, 1920. The characteristics of the New school. 463. Slocum, S. E. The keepers of the city. Educational review, 59: 189–98, March, 1920. Says that the whole problem of teaching must be approached from the standpoint of the welfare and possibility of the child, rather than from external considerations such as the apparent utility of particular subjects." EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD STUDY. 464. American psychological association. Report of the Committee on the academic status of psychology. A survey of (I) General and experimental psychology; (II) Child psychology; (III) Applied psychology. Iowa City, Iowa, Printed by the Committee, December, 1919. 31 p. 8°. Members of the committee: B. T. Baldwin, chairman; V. A. C. Henmon, C. H. Judd, Margaret F. Washburn, C. S. Yoakum. 465. Crane, Frank. What to like and how to like it. Red Cross magazine, 15:28-31, February, 1920. Says the first and greatest of all the hindrances to the human mind is indifference. The door of culture is open to every one. All that is necessary is to learn to like what you ought to like. 466. Dunn, Courtenay. The natural history of the child; a book for all sorts and conditions of men, women, and children. New York, John Lane company, 1920. 316 p. 12°. Also published by Sampson Low, Marston & co., London, England. An introduction to child study, treating of the child before he was, his ancestry, his early life-legal infancy, name, environment, language, school days, schooling. development, play, religion, mental condition, naughtiness, and afflictions. 467. Guerlin de Guer, Ch. Observations psycho-pédagogiques. Forçage de mémoire et suggestion. Revue pédagogique, 76: 1-26, January, 1920. 468. Psychological bulletin, vol. 16, no. 9, September, 1919. Child and educational psychology number, ed. by B. T. Baldwin. Contains: General reviews and summaries.-1. David Mitchell: Child psychology, p. 299-315. 2. C. T. Gray: Educational psychology, p. 315–33. 469. Simon, Th. Démonstrations de psychologie et de pédagogie expérimentales: premiers essais dans les écoles normales d'instituteurs et d'institutrices de la Seine. Revue pédagogique, 75: 395-423, December, 1919. EDUCATIONAL TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS. 470. Beeson, M. F. The value of standardized educational tests to the teacher. Greeley, Colo., State teachers college, 1919. 14 p. 8°. (Educational reconstruction, series 1, no. 3, June 1919.) 471. Boring, Edwin G. The logic of the normal law of error in mental measurement. American journal of psychology, 31:1-33, January, 1920. 472. Drummond, W. B. A Binet scale for the blind. Edinburgh medical journal, 24: 16-31, January, 1920. To be continued. 473. Fischer, Aloys. Sprachpsychologische untersuchungsmethoden im dienst von erziehung und unterricht. Zeitschrift für pädagogische psychologie und experimentelle pädagogik, 20:334-47, September-November, 1919. To be continued. 474. Handschin, C. H. Tests and measurements in modern language work. Modern language journal, 4:217-25, February, 1920. 475. Harper, Roland M. A graphic method of measuring civilization, and some of its applications. Scientific monthly, 10: 292–305, March, 1920. Also separately reprinted. Presents two graphs: One showing education curves; the other occupation curves. Says that education and occupation are the two most promising criteria for making civilization curves. Thinks it feasible for "the census demographers to recognize several grades of education instead of only two, separating those who have been through high school or college from those who have not, and so on, or simply to ascertain how many years of schooling such person has had." 476. Herring, John P. Derivation of a scale to measure abilities in scientific thinking. Journal of educational psychology, 10: 417-32, November, 1919. 477. Maxwell, C. R., Dean. Standards by which our educational system should be judged. Wyoming school journal, 16: 174-20, February, 1920. The standards by which our educational system should be judged are (1) Does adequate provision for educational opportunity exist from the kindergarten through the university? (2) Does our educational system provide equal opportunity for all individuals? (3) Is there adequate provision for the elimination of illiteracy and for the enlightenment of our citizenship on the principles of democracy? (4) Is adequate provision made for a constructive program of physical education? (5) Is adequate provision furnished for the training of teachers? (6) Is adequate financial support given to the schools to make it possible for them to meet the demands of our new democracy? 478. Murdoch, Katharine. The measurement of certain elements of hand sewing. New York city, Teachers college, Columbia university, 1919. 120 p. fold. charts. 8°. (Teachers college, Columbia university, Contributions to education, no. 103) 479. Noble, Ellis L., and Arps, George F. ratings according to the Army alpha test. University students' intelligence Results of the tests as administered to the students of Ohio state university. 480. Waldron, John. Standards or tests by which the superintendent may judge of the efficiency of his schools. Catholic educational review, 18: 153-63, March, 1920. Read at the meeting of the superintendents' section of the Catholic educational association, Tests of efficiency for Catholic schools. 481. Wallin, J. E. W. The problems confronting a psycho-educational clinic in a large municipality. Mental hygiene, 4: 103-36, January, 1920. Describes the work of the St. Louis psycho-educational clinic. Presents statistics of intelligence diagnoses of the pupils assigned to special schools, etc. SPECIAL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. 482. Branom, Mendel E. The project problem method in history. outlook, 11: 107-10, March, 1920. Historical 483. Justice, W. Arthur. Visual instruction in the public schools of Evanston, Ill. Visual education, 1: 12–31, January, 1920. 484. Kilpatrick, William H. Teaching by the project method. School and home, 1-4, Winter, 1920. Extract from an address delivered before the Pennsylvania state teachers' association. 485. Oberholtzer, Ellis P. The moving picture--obiter dicta of a censor. Yale review, 9: 620–32, April, 1920. 486. Teaching, vol. 5, no. 1, January, 1920. (The project method of instruction) Contains: 1. H. G. Lull: The function of the project, p. 3-11. 2. Achsah Harris: First-grade project: A Christmas present for father, p. 11-15. 3. Ruby Minor: A school magazine project. p. 15-19. 4. Katherine Morrison: Industrial art, p. 19-21. 5. Jennie Williams Belgian interpreted through local environment, p. 21-23. 6. Florence G. Billig: A study in lawn planning, p. 23–29. 487. Whitcomb, Fred C. The general project method of teaching the industrial arts. Industrial-arts magazine, 9: 131-35, April, 1920. SPECIAL SUBJECTS OF CURRICULUM. READING. 488. Dickinson, Dick. The importance of vocabulary in reading. Elementary school journal, 20: 537-46, March, 1920. LITERATURE. 489. Leo, Brother. Teaching the essay. 434, February, 1920. Catholic school journal, 19:419-20, ENGLISH AND COMPOSITION. 490. Burbank, E. D. Phonetics in the elementary grades for teachers of normal children. Volta review, 22: 113-16, 217-20, March, April, 1920. First of a series of articles on the subject which will be published in successive numbers of this magazine. 491. Cook, Luella B. Business English or English in business. English journal, 9: 80-87, February, 1920. Discusses the teaching of "business English" by assigning themes on familiar subjects with the purpose of "arousing the students to observe the interesting in business life." 492. McDonough, Julia G. Co-operation in normal school English. American schoolmaster, 13: 51-57, February, 1920. Bibliography: p. 56–57. MODERN LANGUAGES. 493. Davidson, Percy E. German language legislation and the spirit of American education. School and society, 11: 301-10, March 13, 1920. Condemns as un-American any state legislation forbidding the teaching of any foreign language. 494. Hills, E. C. Has the war proved that our methods of teaching modern languages in the colleges are wrong? A symposium. Modern language journal, 4:1-13, October, 1919. A paper read at the general sessions of the Association of modern language teachers of the Central west and South, at Chicago, May 10, 1919. 495. Ruppenthal, J. C. English and other languages under American statutes. American law review, 54: 39-90, January-February, 1920. The second half of this article deals with present legal requirements regarding the use of English and foreign languages in the public and private schools of the various states. 496. Seybolt, Robert Francis. The teaching of French in colonial New York. Romanic review, 10: 364-76, October-December, 1919. 497. Warshaw, J. The utility of teaching devices. Modern language journal, 4: 105-13, December, 1919; 155-70, January, 1920. ANCIENT CLASSICS. 498. Brewster, Ethel Hampson. Modern antiquities. Classical weekly, 13: 121-26, February 16, 1920. This paper was read at a meeting of the Philadelphia classical league, February, 1919. After showing how modern institutions are a development of ancient ideas, the writer says that the guiding principle in teaching the classics should be the dependence of the present upon the past. 499. Carlisle, J. O., and Hamilton, D. E. Latin in the schools of Ontario. School (Toronto, Canada), 8: 366-70, March, 1920. The first of a series of articles on this subject. 500. Dwight, Walter. "What's the use of Latin?" America, 22:477-78, March 13, 1920. The value of Latin in mastering literary English, its value in the professions, and its practical value. 501. Harley, Lewis R. Educational ideals of to-day. School and society, 11: 310-13, March 13, 1920. Also in part in Classical weekly, 13: 142-43, March 3, 1920, under the title "Humanistic tendencies to-day." The educational tendency in France and England toward humanistic culture. 502. Houghton, Herbert P. A college course in classical culture. Educational review, 59: 181-88, March, 1920. Recommends the establishment in colleges of a department of classical culture and civilization. The writer outlines a four years' course in both Roman and HISTORY. Greek culture. 503. Ohio history teachers' association. Sixth annual session, Columbus, November 14-15, 1919. Ohio history teachers' journal, no. 16:119-41, January, 1920. Contains: 1. Inez Orbison: The use of magazines in the teaching of history, p. 119-24. 2. C. C. Kohl: A suggested program for teaching America's part in the great war for the high school, p. 125-30. 3. H. C. Hockett: The method and aims of modern historians, p. 131-40. See also item 254 in the March issue of this record. 504. Haskins, Charles H. L'histoire de France aux États-Unis. Paris, 27: 654-72, February 1, 1920. Revue de This article, by Professor Haskins, of Harvard, estimates the work of prominent American writers of French history, and shows the courses in the history of France offered by some of the larger institutions of higher education in the United States. 505. Laprade, William T. Concerning the teaching of history. Educational review, 59: 219-25, March, 1920. 506. Schlesinger, Arthur M. The history situation in colleges and universities, 1919-20. Historical outlook, 11: 103-106, March, 1920. 507. Yeomans, Edward. A teacher of history. Atlantic monthly, 125: 369–77, March, 1920. Says that the important thing about a teacher of youth is his personal radiative power as an illuminant along the highways which his pupils have to travel. Almost all of us have gone through life without catching fire from a source like the model teacher described in this article-" a source where high emotions glow, burn, sparkle, flame up into passionate, resolute, and tireless effort to refine the ore of life." GEOGRAPHY. 508. Branom, Fred K. Some important phases of geography. School science and mathematics, 20: 157-65, February, 1920. Emphasizes the importance of teaching geography; presents the advantages of the problem-project method. 509. Brigham, Albert Perry. Geography and the war. Journal of geography, 19:89-102, March, 1920. 510. Given as the president's address before the National council of geography teachers, at a joint session with the Association of American geographers, St. Louis, December, 1919. The present-day demand for geography. 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