MODERN LANGUAGES. 2164. Cahen, Maurice. Reflexions sur l'enseignement de l'allemand. Revue This first article in a projected series gives the actual results from teaching 2165. Glehn, Louis de. The delimitation of school and university studies. Writer contends that whatever the proportions in which the linguistic and the cultural aim should combine in the school and university course respectively, the linguistic aim must predominate in the school as providing the sole truly psychological foundation for the higher cultural training which is the province 2166. Morris, John. The teaching of modern languages. High school quar- Says it is a fundamental error to put the emphasis of modern language in- 2167. Crittenden, Albert R. Roman law in modern life and education. Clas- Says that the English law in its most formative period was considerably 2168. Fernier, Marcelle. Essai de préparation raisonnée d'un cours de lit- Arrangement of a course in the lycée for girls in Besançon, France, in which 2169. Winbolt, S. E. The use of archæological aids in schools. Journal of edu- Objective alds in teaching, especially in Greek and Roman history and 2170. A decade of history teaching. Historical outlook, 10: 497-511, December CONTENTS.-I. A decade of committee activity, by D. C. Knowlton.-II. As- sociations of history teachers, by W. H. Cushman.-III. A decade of changes in elementary school history, by C. A. Coulomb.-IV. History in the grades, by A. J. Gerson.-V. Training the history teacher: a decade of progress, by N. M. Trenholme.-VI. A decade of government in the schools, by Edgar Dawson.- VII. The use of sources in history teaching during the last decade (1909-1919), by F. M. Fling.-VIII. American historical publications of the past decade, by 2171. Fisher, Charles A. A course of study in economics and social science for 2172. Teaching the history of to-day; by a schoolmaster. Living age, 15: 537-39, 2173. Peattie, Roderick. GEOGRAPHY. The new geography. Educational review, 58: 420–30, December 1919. SCIENCE. 2174. Bayer, Elizabeth. Some suggestions for a general science course. science and mathematics, 19: 773-78, December 1919. 2175. Clark, Bertha M. School Aims and purposes of general science. General science quarterly, 4: 291-95, November 1919. Delivered at Educational congress held in New York state educational building, Albany, N. Y., May 21, 1919. 2176. Miller, Albert H. Science for the grades. Oak Park, Ill., Miller publishing co. [1919] 147 p. illus. 12o. 2177. Miller, G. A. The historical point of view in the teaching of science. Science, n. s. 50: 489-93, November 28, 1919. Discusses the importance of the history of science in the curriculum of normal schools, etc. Paper read before the Missouri state teachers' association, November 7, 1919. 2178. Nichols, George E. The general biology course and the teaching of elementary botany and zoology in American colleges and universities. Science, n. s. 50: 509-17, December 5, 1919. Study based on a questionnaire sent to botanists and zoologists in our leading colleges and universities. Says that "in elementary courses, botany should be taught as botany and zoology as zoology." The general biology course is "simply a survival of an early stage in the pedagogy of the subject and has no place in a modern educational scheme." 2179. Parker, Bertha M. Sixth-grade science projects. Elementary school journal, 20: 297-307, December 1919. Making magnetic toys, etc., in the University elementary school of the University of Chicago. 2180. Pricer, J. L. The outlook for biological science in the reconstruction of secondary education. School and home education, 39: 77-80, December 1919. Read at the Illinois High school conference, November 21, 1919. 2181. Ruch, G. M. A range of information test in general science. General science quarterly, 4:357-62, November 1919. 2182. Van Buskirk, E. F. How can sex education be made a part of general science? School science and mathematics, 19: 789-94, December 1919. Paper given at the North Carolina high school teachers conference, Raleigh, N. C., February 15, 1919. MATHEMATICS. 2183. Moore, Charles N. The contributions of mathematics to world progress. Educational review, 58: 413-19, December 1919. Emphasizes the services rendered by mathematics in winning the World war. MUSIC. 2184. Gantvoort, A. J. The training of the supervisor. School music, 20:15– 17, 20, November-December 1919. Paper read before the National conference of music supervisors, on the training of the music supervisor. SAFETY. 2185. Hunt, Frazier. Sowing seeds of safety-reaping crops of lives. Red cross magazine, 14: 50-54, November 1919. illus. Account of the work and education for safety carried on in the schools of St. Louis, Mo. KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL. 2186. International kindergarten union. Report on minimum essentials of kindergarten and primary education. Kindergarten and first grade, 4:429-32, December 1919. H. Grace Parsons, chairman. 2187. Zimmern, Elsie M. The work of a nursery training school. don) 10: 68-72, November 1919. Child (Lon Describes the school in Wellgarth road, Hampstead, opened eight years ago under the auspices of the Woman's Industrial council of England. RURAL EDUCATION. 2188. Cook, John H. Union or consolidated schools. High school journal, 2:231-34, December 1919. Shows the advantages of the consolidated school. 2189. Cook, Katherine M. Rural supervision in the United States. American school board journal, 59: 28-30, December 1919. Discusses the prevailing methods of supervising rural schools: (1) State supervision, (2) Regional supervision, (3) County supervision, and (4) Township supervision. 2190. Deffenbaugh, W. S. Interesting village communities in their schools. American school board journal, 59: 27-38, December 1919. Ways and means by which a principal can awaken the interest of a community in its schools. 2191. Duke, E. A. Do better schools result from consolidation? American city (town and county ed.) 21: 413-17, November 1919. 2192. Holliday, Carl. What's the matter with the country school? School and society, 10: 681-83, December 13, 1919. In conclusion the writer says that the average country school as it now exists is a failure; it is taking no part in making the farmer prosperous; it is certainly not making the farmer's boy contented to remain on the farm, and it is making him only intelligent enough to get away from the antiquated teaching as early as possible. SECONDARY EDUCATION. 2193. Bobbitt, Franklin. Supervisory leadership on the part of the high school principal. School review, 27: 733-47, December 1919. Says that the principal of a high school must acquire a vision of the particularized ends of education; he needs to keep in contact with community life and participate in it. 2194. Byrne, Lee. Studies in high school expenditures. High school quarterly, 7: 238-44, July 1919. Gives tables showing the cost of high school instruction in various cities of the United States. 2195. Challeau, Samuel A. Three Minnesota high schools. American school board journal, 59: 47-52, 103, 105, December 1919. illus. Describes three high schools in Minnesota, planned with a view of meeting different conditions as to enrollment and probable growth, as well as to certain variations in their courses of study. 2196. Foster, John E. The effect of the war on secondary schools. Education, 40: 251-54, December 1919. A summary of reports from 75 Iowa high schools accredited by the North central association of colleges and secondary schools. 2197. Gordon, F. V. Public school vs. private school in preparation for college. Harvard graduates' magazine, 28: 236-42, December 1919. A study of the records of students at Harvard college. In conclusion, the writer says "The private school offers advantages of training in health, manners, and religion which are of too great a value to be overlooked; but given a boy of fair intelligence, trained with his fellows in a democratic public school and you need have no fear that he will suffer in his college record, either in scholarship or deportment, in comparison with his more fortunate classmate who was carefully tutored at a private school." 2198. Spilman, Mignonette. The effect of the loafer on the high school system. High school quarterly, 7:227-30, July 1919. Thinks that the laggards have a very disturbing and detrimental effect upon the entire high school plant. They influence the efficiency of the teacher and the course of study. Says that in the interest of the hard working average student there should be a speedy solution to the problem of high school loafers. 2199. Stewart, J. S. Secondary education. [Athens, Ga., 1919] form. 8°. (Bulletin of the University of Georgia, vol. October 1919.) 2200. Westcott, Ralph Wells. A junior high school catechism. education, 90: 535-37, November 27, 1919. 35p. fold. XX, no. 1, Journal of Results of a questionnaire of junior high school practice sent to over 220 towns and cities reported to have junior high school organizations. 2201. Whitten, C. W. Curriculum construction and objectives for secondary education. School and home education, 39: 81-84, December 1919. A report to the administrative section of the Illinois high school conference. Read November 21, 1919. NORMAL TRAINING. 2202. Brown, H. A. The normal school curriculum. nal, 20:276-84, December 1919. Elementary school jour A presentation of the curriculum plan under which the State normal school at Oshkosh, Wis., is operating, also an explanation of the principles on which it is based. 2203. Bugg, J. W. Practical pedagogy for the normal high school. school board journal, 59: 53, 97, 99, December 1919. American Outlines a plan for observation work and practice teaching in a normal high school. 2204. Chorpenny, Charlotte B. "The follow-up work" in the State normal school of Minnesota. School education, 39: 35-37, December 1919. Shows how the State normal school at Winona helps its fledglings in the first year after graduation when the problems of inexperience and adjustment are especially severe. 2205. Hanus, Paul H. The graduate school of education. Harvard graduates' magazine, 28: 228-36, December 1919. The new School of education at Harvard university and some fundamental phases of the service which it may be expected to render. 2206. Morgan, W. P. A statement of the results of an inquiry about the curriculums offered by normal schools and teachers' colleges. American school, 5: 333-34, 337, November 1919. Results of an inquiry as to the attitude and experiences of normal schools throughout the middle western territory in the organization of three-year and four-year teacher training courses. 2207. Neill, Nellie D. The uses of teachers' magazines. Normal instructor and primary plans, 29: 16, 65, January 1920. 2208. Pryor, H. C. Graded exercises in practice teaching. Educational administration and supervision, 5: 411-22, November 1919. Gives a list of graded exercises in practice teaching, with the advantages of such exercises and adverse criticisms. TEACHERS' SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS. 2209. Atwood, Albert W. Brawn versus brain. Saturday evening post, 192: 20-21, 165-66, 169-70, December 20, 1919. Shows how greatly workers in the professions, especially teaching, are underpaid in comparison with those engaged in manual and mechanical occupations. 2210. Benedict, Ernest M. Reasons in favor of indefinite tenure of office for teachers. School index, 6:98–99, 102, November 23, 1919. Paper read before the Cincinnati schoolmasters' club, November 8, 1919. 2211. Boone, R. G. The choice of a life work-teaching as a career. Sierra educational news, 15: 660-63, December 1919. 2212. Coffman, L. D. A problem in reconstruction. School and home education, 39: 74-77, December 1919. Presented before the Council of normal school presidents, February 1919. The question of teachers' unions and affiliation with the American federation of labor. Thinks teachers should perfect their own organization, an organization that would be independent and unrestricted in its thought and its policies except as they are dictated by the ideals of public service. 2213. Fairchild, Henry P. The matter with teaching. Educational review, 58: 400-12, December 1919. Discusses the inadequacy of existing methods to determine true teaching ability in colleges and universities. Presents the idea of a personnel department for educational appraisement. 2214. Frazier, C. B. How shall we professionalize our profession? Journal of education, 90: 538-40, November 27, 1919. Reprinted from the Idaho teacher. |