837. Lull, Herbert G. Vocational instruction in the high school. Manual training and vocational education, 16: 529-36, May 1915. "Much of the material of this article is drawn from a recent vocational survey of Bellingham, Wash., made by the writer in connection with his work on the State vocational commission." Discusses the practicability of establishing vocational departments in the existing high schools. 838. Monahan, A. C. Federal aid for vocational training: the Smith-Lever and the Smith-Hughes bills. Journal of home economics, 7:245-48, May 1915. 839. Owen, William Bishop. Vocational education in Illinois. The contest. American school, 1:99-102, April 1915. “An account of the struggle which Illinois is making to keep her public schools from being divided into two competing groups of schools in each community, each group bidding against the other for favor and funds." 840. Prosser, C. A. Vocational education for New York city. Educational administration and supervision, 1: 231-38, April 1915. Extracts from an address before the Industrial conference for New York city, June 29, 1914. A sur 841. Reading, Pa. Board of school directors. Dept. of practical arts. Results of an inquiry sent to typical American cities. 842. Smith, Walter R. Some practical aspects of vocational education. Teaching, 1:6-16, April 1915. Discusses the subject under the following headings: Changes necessary in the grades, Changes necessary in the high school, Necessary changes in equipment and method, The three needs. 843. Snedden, David. Vocational education. New republic, 3:40-42, May 15, 1915. Comments on recent contributions to the New republic by John Dewey, such as item 643 in the May record. Dr. Dewey's reply, entitled Education vs. tradetraining, follows Dr. Snedden's communication, p. 42-43. VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE. 844. National vocational guidance association. Proceedings. . . being the fourth national convention on vocational guidance, held at Richmond, Va., December 7-9, 1914 Published by the Association, 1915. 63 p. 8°. (W. Carson Ryan, jr., secretary, Bureau of education, Washington, D. C.) Contains: 1. J. D. Elliff: Vocational guidance-a function of the university, p. 12-16. 2. F. V. Thompson: Vocational guidance in Boston, p. 17-24. 3. W. A. Wheatley: Some suggestions for presenting a course in vocational information to pupils in our smaller schools, p. 24-29. 4. I. S. Wile: Vocational guidance and the curriculum, p. 29-35. 5. D. S. Hill: The problems of vocational guidance in the South, p. 36-44. 6. P. P. Claxton: Part-time secondary schooling and vocational guidance, p. 44-48. 7. Julia C. Lathrop: Some items to be considered in a vocational guidance program, p. 49–50. 8. Anne S. Davis: A brief statement of the work of the vocational bureau and the joint committee for vocational supervision, p. 51-56. 9. Margaret Brown: The work of the scholarship committee, p. 59-61. 845. Ranft, Hermann. Berufsberatung. Neue bahnen, 66: 286-93, April 1915. An informing account of vocational guidance as practiced in Munich, Plauen, Chemnitz, Freiberg, Leipzig, and through the state of Saxony. Bibliography in the text. 846. Smith, W. R. Vocational guidance. Teaching, 1: 19-30, April 1915. The following phases of the subject are discussed: Occupational maladjustment, Unconscious vocational guidance, Occupations of college graduates, The advantages of vocational guidance, Moral value of vocational guidance, Beginning of vocational guidance, and Methods of vocational guidance. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 847. Association of American agricultural colleges and experiment stations. Proceedings of the twenty-eighth annual convention . . . held at Washington, D. C., November 11-13, 1914. Montpelier, Vt., The Capital City press, 1915. 272 p. 8°. (J. L. Hills, secretary, Burlington, Vt.) Contains: 1. A. C. True: Report of Committee on instruction in agriculture, p. 27-63. 2. H. P. Armsby: Report of the Committee on graduate study, p. 64-70. 3. A. C. True: Presidential address, p. 86-96. 4. K. L. Butterfield : Report of Committee on college organization and policy, p. 106-9. 5. A. C. True: The administration of the Smith-Lever extension act, p. 113-18. 6. A. M. Soule: The administration of the Smith-Lever act, p. 119-26. 7. Miss E. B. Kelley Extension work in home economics, p. 133-38. 8. A consideration of the Hughes educational bil' [by] Brown Ayres. p. 156-58; [by] P. P. Claxton, p. 158-61. 9. E. T. Fairchild: The relation of the agricultural college to school instruction in agriculture and home economics, p. 164-69; Discussion, p. 169–76. 10. D. H. Hill: Changes in college attitudes, p. 176–80. 11. C. A. Lory: Instruction costs in agricultural colleges, p. 182–213. 12. C. R. Titlow: Correlating the extension work of the colleges with other agencies in the state, p. 253-57. 848. Maphis, Charles G. The proper preparation and equipment, academic and professional, of teachers in schools of agriculture. [Washington, U. S. Department of agriculture, 1915] 13 p. 8°. An address delivered at the Conference on secondary agricultural education, Columbus, Ohio, February 22, 1915. 849. True, A. C. Agricultural education and agricultural prosperity. Annals of the American academy of political and social science, 59: 51-64, May 1915. Discusses the development of technical and vocational education in the United States; extension work in agriculture by state and Federal governments; Federal aid, etc. COMMERCIAL EDUCATION. 850. National commercial teachers' federation. Proceedings of the National commercial teachers' federation and its constituent associations . . . at the eighteenth annual convention, held at Chicago, Ill., December 28-31, 1914. Federation herald, 1: 1-48, March 1915. (E. E. Jones, secretary, La Salle extension university, Chicago, Ill.) Contains: 1. S. P. Capen: The increasing importance of commercial education in the United States, p. 7-10. 2. W. B. Elliott: The private commercial school an economic necessity, p. 13-14. 3. J. C. Reed: The commercial teacher, p. 16-18. 4. Samuel MacClintock: Higher commercial education, p. 37-39. PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION. 851. Association of American medical colleges. Proceedings of the twentyfifth annual meeting, held at Chicago, February 17, 1915. 116 p. 8°. (F. C. Zapffe, secretary, Chicago, Ill.) Contains: 1. Isadore Dyer: The medical career, p. 5–10. 2. H. S. Pritchett: The classification of medical schools, p. 11-21; Discussion, p. 21–29. 3. F. C. Waite: Minimum expense of maintenance of first two years of an acceptable medical school, p. 43-47. 4. J. L. Heffron: The minimum expense of maintenance of the clinical department of an acceptable medical college, p. 48–52. 5. John Sundwall: The present relations between the college and the medical school, p. 53-70. 6. Report of Committee on medical education and pedagogics, p. 82-108. 852. Bücher, Karl. Akademische berufsbildung für zeitungskunde. Preussische jahrbücher, 159: 531-34, March 1915. Proposals and report on academic training for journalism in Germany (an endowment at the University of Leipzig.) Also in Akademische rundschau, 3: 173-82, March 1915. 853. Carson, Hampton L. An existing defect in the American system of legal education. American law school review, 3: 609-17, May-June 1915. Gives an interesting historical review of the methods of teaching law in England and America. Says that the chairs of practice in the law schools should be vacated by the pure scholars. Let such professional chairs in schools be filled by active members of the bar, whose presence in the court room is a familiar presence, and let them teach ethics as they discuss remedies. 854. Malcolm, George A. The college of law, University of the Philippines. American law school review, 3: 628-33, May-June 1915. Interesting descriptive article. 855. Eberhard, MILITARY TRAINING. Der wehrkraftgedanke in der deutschen jugenderzie hung. Pädagogische warte, 22: 2-10, January 1915. A survey of the preparation of German youth for national defense-with the emphasis more upon physical fitness than upon military drill, discipline, and spirit-through such organizations as "Vortrupp," the Bavarian "Wehrkraftverein (W. K. V.), the " Jungdeutschlandbund," and the "Pfadfinderbund." 856. Kemsies, F. Militärische jugendvorbereitung und schule. Zeitschrift für schulgesundheitspflege, 28:7-23, January 1915. A survey of the preparation of youth for physical and military fitness in various countries, particularly in Germany. EDUCATION OF WOMEN. 857. Hedler, A. Bürgerkunde in der frauenschule. Lyzeum, 2: 281-92, March 1915. A survey of instruction in civics in the schools of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, made during the year 1913-14. 858. Miller, Sarah Pleis. Have women's salaries been increased by higher university training? Journal of the Association of collegiate alumnæ, 8:73-79, April 1915. From information received from the civil-service bureau, teachers' agencies, city superintendents of schools, and university authorities, the author shows that college degrees do increase women's salaries. 859. Reynolds, Myra. The education of women in England in the eighteenth century. University record, 1:59-73, April 1915. Delivered on the occasion of the ninety-fourth convocation of the University of Chicago, March 16, 1915. NEGRO EDUCATION. 860. Blascoer, Frances. Colored school children in New York. [New York] Public education association of the city of New York, 1915. 176 p. 8°. 861. Woodson, Carter G. The education of the negro prior to 1861. A history of the education of the colored people of the United States from the beginning of slavery to the Civil war. New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1915. 454 p. 8°. Bibliography: p. 399-434. DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. 862. Andrews, Harriet U. A deaf boy who is being rightly trained. Volta review, 17:165-71, May 1915. A remarkable example of home training in lip-reading. 863. Nöll, Heinrich. Formale und materielle intelligenzdefekte als hemmungen im ersten leseunterricht der schwachbegabten und eine diesen defekten angepasste leselehrmethode. Zeitschrift für kinderforschung, 20:153–71, January 1915. To be continued. A psychological and pedagogical study of teaching reading to backward children. 864. Pintner, Rudolf and Paterson, Donald G. The Binet scale and the deaf child. Journal of educational psychology, 6: 201-10, April 1915. "The Binet scale has been criticised because of its great dependence upon language as a means of expression. The authors have endeavored to ascertain experimentally to what extent the scale could be used in determining the mentality of the deaf child." 865. Statistics of speech-teaching in American schools for the deaf. Volta review, 17:190–202, May 1915. Tabulated and graphic presentation of statistics regarding schools for deaf. Gives a list of the schools in the United States. EDUCATION EXTENSION. 866. Dooley, W. H. Purpose of an evening high school. Education, 35: 543-54, May 1915. Suggests evening courses of study. Discusses vocational education and guidance. 867. Lépine, F. Les colonies de vacances par la mutualité. Revue pédagogique, 66:170-78, March 1915. A study of the cooperation of vacation colonies with school mutual aid societies. 868. Miles, H. E. The Wisconsin continuation schools. Elementary school journal, 15: 476-90, May 1915. Describes the adaptability and flexibility of the continuation schools of Wisconsin; cost per pupil; and other information of interest. Cites opinions of experts on the schools. LIBRARIES AND READING. 869. Carruth, W. H. College credit for browsing. School and society, 1: 660-64, May 8, 1915. Proposes a two-hour course in Library browsing, which should represent six hours a week spent in reading, and for which credit should be given. 870. Delannoy, Paul. The library of the University of Louvain. century, 77: 1061-71, May 1915. Nineteenth Describes the rare collections of books contained in the library. Destruction of the library. O |