OF THE UNITED STATES

Addresses and Proceedings-

OF THE

FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

NEW YORK CITY-

JULY 1-8
1916.

- VOLUME LIV

1916

Published by the Association

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ANN ARBOR, MICH.

Organized Recreation-Foster.

The Elimination of Illiteracy-Stewart

First Aid to the Country Teacher-A Suggestion as to Vitalizing the Country

Schools thru Our Present Teachers-Eggleston.

The Secular Free Schools-Young

The Place of the University in a Democracy-Van Hise

The Place of the Normal School in a Democracy-Kirk

Citizenship in a Republic-Bryan

Preparation thru Education for a Democracy-Joyner

The Common School as an Instrument of Democracy-Pearse

The War and Education-Hall

What the Public Schools Can Do toward the Maintenance of Permanent Peace-

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Mass Instruction thru Group Training-Martin

The Socialized Recitation-Hunter.

The Education of the Negro-Frissell

Vocational Education-Shoop .

National Aid to Vocational Education-Seerley

Industrial Education-Redfield.

Preparing Teachers for Leadership in All Special Education-Crabtree

Educational Preparation for Foreign Service-Swiggett

Salaries and Pensions of Teachers-Swain

A Teacher-Inscribed to the Beautiful Memory of One Who Gave Her Life to Her

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Chinese Education-Koo

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Some International Aspects of Public Education-McAdoo

The American School and the Workingman-Gompers

Nationalizing Education-Dewey

McAdoo

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The Possibilities of a National University at the Capital-Fess

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

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Thrift in Its Relation to Conservation-Stuart

Thrift in Relation to the Home-Blake.

A Memorial to Zachariah Xenophon Snyder-Keyes

The Function of the Graduate School of Education-Luckey

TOPIC: National Welfare and Rural Schools

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I. Thomas D. Wood

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II. Rose.

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The New Ideal in Education-Better Parents of Better Children-Putnam

Secretary's Minutes-New York Meeting

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Educational and Psychological Aspects of Racial Well-Being-Yerkes

The Course of Study as a Test of Efficiency of Supervison-Yocum

Rural Education-Joyner.

Normal School Preparation for Thrift Teaching Owen

Report of Committee on Health Problems in Education-Keyes

Relation of the Kindergarten and the Primary in the School of Childhood, Univer-

sity of Pittsburgh-Smith

Kindergartens of Yesterday and Tomorrow-Hill

The Demonstration-Play School of the University of California-Hetherington

Literature for the Kindergarten Child-Greene

Present Tendencies in College Administration-Duggan

The Elective System-Its Functions and Its Limitations—Balliet

The Baccalaureate Degree as an Obstacle to Educational Progress-Bradley.

Possible Modifications in Our Educational Work Likely to Come as a Result of the

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Great War-Russell

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The Service of Business Schools at the Close of the Great War-Egbert

An Experiment in Practical Commercial Education in the National City Bank of

New York-Schwedtman

Committee Reports

Penmanship in Business High Schools-Healey

Typewriting in the Public Schools-Beygrau

The Organization of a Business-Practice and Office-Routine Course and How to

Make It a Success in Business High Schools-McCarty .

Economics in the Commercial High School-Herrick .

The Relation of the Library to Business Education-Krause

The Teaching of Business English and Advertising in Business High Schools-

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How Teachers Can Increase the Efficiency of Accounting and Bookkeeping Courses

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Commercial Geography as an Element in Business Education-Goode.

Business English: A Summary of Principles-Hosic

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The Content and Presentation of Shorthand and Typewriting-Collins

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DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Secretary's Minutes

The Peculiar Psychological Conditions and Social Needs of the Seventh and Eighth

Grades-Snedden

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in Subject-Matter and in Content-Bradford

The Intensive Study of Large Topics-McMurry.

The Place of the Corporation and the Continuation Schools-Connelley

The Organization of the Upper Elementary Grades Contrasted with the Organiza-

tion of the Lower Elementary Grades and the High School-Shoop

The Necessity of Changes in the Curriculum of the Upper Elementary Grades, Both

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II. Palmer

Practical Means of Unifying the Work of the Kindergarten and the Primary Grades

I. Meriam

The Educational Values Which the Child Carries Over from the Kindergarten into

the Primary Grades-Hill.

Will Standard Tests Economize Time, Lead to a Broadening of the Subject-Matter,

and Make for Efficiency of Both Teacher and Pupil ?—Tall

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III. Balliet

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DEPARTMENT OF NORMAL SCHOOLS

A Differentiated Course of Study for Normal Schools-Pitman