into believing that education will ever become an exact science, I am morally certain that some of the processes of moral and social education will be scientifically determined. The facts will not be changed, but we shall look at them from a different point of view. There will still be children and materials of instruction, schools and teachers, the family, the Church, and the State; but a scientific determination of measurable facts will provide a rational basis for experimentation with ways and means of securing better results from these prime factors in education. Teachers College has always fostered research and experimentation. At first it was necessary in order to provide reliable information for our students. Later it became an obligation for the advancement of the profession. Recently it has assumed such proportions as to warrant a special organization for its control and direction. The Institute of Educational Research was set up three and a half years ago with three divisions: Educational Psychology, under the direction of Professor Thorndike; School Experimentation, under the direction of Professor Caldwell; and Field Studies, under the direction of Professor Strayer. A fourth section, in Practical Arts, has grown up under the supervision of Professor Bigelow. The character and range of the studies completed since the establishment of the Institute or now under way are shown in the list appended to this Report (p. 180). The appended list is by no means a complete survey of the research and experimental work of the College. Every department has its own problems which it is working out experimentally. Some of the best results have been attained by teachers who have given freely of their time and strength to research in the interests of their professional students. But the greater part of the work has been done under special grants for particular purposes. The total amount of such contributions is $690,399.00, and it is safe to say that the College has contributed directly or indirectly as much more. A new line of research is opened up for next year by a grant of $20,000 to $30,000 annually for a period of three years by the Institute of Social and Religious Research, for a study of character education with special reference to social and religious training. Professor Hugh Hartshorne, of the University of Southern California, and Professor Mark A. May, of Syracuse University, have been appointed Research Associates to conduct this study under the general direction of Professor Thorndike. The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial also has made a grant of $50,000 a year for five years, to maintain studies in child welfare research. Plans are now being formulated for the organization of this work, which is to be restricted to the pre-school period of education and to the non-academic phases of school life. The International Institute is both a teaching and a research institution. From the report of the Director it will be seen that the year has been rich in experiences, both in dealing with students and in surveys of other countries. The means at our disposal have made it possible to grant many scholarships to students who otherwise would have been hard pressed financially by the adverse rate of exchange for foreign moneys. The high cost of living in New York City is an added burden that cannot be met in many worthy cases. As a means of partial relief, and for the encouragement of exceptional ability, Mr. and Mrs. V. Everit Macy have pledged the sum of $20,000 a year for five years for the purpose of meeting the personal expenses of a few specially selected students from other lands. A gracious act of the Trustees is the designation in the Library of Teachers College of a collection to be known as the "Baldwin Collection," in recognition of the twenty-eight years of devoted service of Miss Elizabeth G. Baldwin, "not only as efficient Librarian, but also as generous friend and adviser of students and officers of the College." After thirteen years of most efficient service as Secretary of the College and as Provost, Professor Clifford B. Upton lays down these offices to devote himself wholly to teaching and to investigation of the training of teachers of mathematics. I cannot speak too highly of the assistance he has given me and our other administrative officers during a period of rapid change and increasingly perplexing problems. The duties of Secretary have now become so onerous as to require the undivided attention of the best man we can find. Were it not for the exceptional ability of the Controller and of the several Directors of the Faculties, Institutes, and Schools, I should not know how to meet the problems that present themselves for settlement. We work together without friction as one happy family. The service of Miss Baker as head of our dining halls, and of Dr. Reynolds, in charge of our Bureau of Educational Service, deserves more than passing mention. Mr. Tidwell has put the Bureau of Publications on a business basis, and given new life to the Teachers College Record, which will appear hereafter in ten numbers a year instead of five numbers as during the past twenty-five years. The secretariat of the Students' Organizations, under Miss Swan, has proved to be a distinct success. Under the direction of the Students Executive Council and supported by a voluntary fee of seventy-five cents a semester paid by full-time students, it has had charge of the publicity and finance of the several students' organizations. During the year the College has received a gift of $10,000 from the Estate of Miss Augusta Larned for the founding of a Scholarship for women. Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Pforzheimer have presented to the Horace Mann School for Boys, "as an expression of appreciation of the ideals and work of the School," a swimming pool, to be erected in connection with the new Gymnasium which has been provided, in part, by gifts from patrons of the School. The Trustees have purchased seventeen and one-half lots on the Albany Post Road at the northeast corner of the grounds occupied by the Boys' School. They have also recently procured the Patchell property, which gives us possession of the entire Teachers College block. Instead of the nuisance which we have endured for twenty-five years, we shall now have a comfortable addition to our office space. The reports of the Controller, the Registrar, the Librarian, and of the several Directors of the Institutes and Schools of the College will be published separately, and may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Respectfully submitted, June 30, 1924 JAMES E. RUSSELL, Dean INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH I. DIVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Subject. An Inventory of English Constructions. Publication. Report in progress. Financed by: Teachers College. Subject. The Psychology of Algebra. Publication. The Psychology of Algebra, xi + 483 pp. The Macmillan Company, 1923; also separate articles in various educational and other scientific journals. Financed by: The Commonwealth Fund. Subject. Tests for Vocational Guidance of Children. Publication. Tests for Vocational Guidance of Children Thirteen to Sixteen, Contributions to Education No. 136, Teachers College. Financed by: The Commonwealth Fund. Subject. New-Type Examinations in Algebra and Ancient History. Subject. The Teaching of Latin. Publication. Parts of the official report of the Latin Inquiry, also sepa rate articles in educational journals. Financed by: General Education Board and American Classical League. Subject. Fundamental Units of Intellect and Capacity. Publication. Report in progress. Separate articles have appeared in educational journals. Financed by: Carnegie Corporation of New York. Subject. Mental Discipline in the High School Subjects. Publication. Report in Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 15, pp. 1-22 and 83-98; also separate articles in other educational journals. Financed by: The Commonwealth Fund. Subject. Application of Vocational Tests. Financed by: The Commonwealth Fund. Subject. Study of the Educational and Industrial Histories of Two Thousand Children. Publication. Report in progress. Financed by: The Commonwealth Fund. |