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TOPIC: THE PRESENT STATUS OF EDUCATION IN AMERICA
A. In the Elementary Schools-Mrs. Young
B. In the Secondary Schools-Graff
C. In the Colleges and Universities-Benton
The Standards of Professional Life as Applied to Teaching-Suzzallo
TOPIC: OUR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PAST
A. In the City-Chadsey
B. In the State Cary.
C. In the Nation-Brown
Preliminary Report of the Committee on Economy of Time in Education-Suzzallo
An Educational Epoch in New America-MacLean
TOPIC: THE COMING OF THE HUMANE ELEMENT IN EDUCATION
A. The Open-Air School-Kingsley
-B. The Training of the Mentally and Physically Unfortunate-Ayres.
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D.
Report of the Committee on the Mexican Centennial-Cummings
C. The Peace Movement and the Public Schools-Mrs. Andrews
Education of the American Indian-Peairs
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TOPIC: THE PROGRESS AND THE TRUE MEANING OF THE PRACTICAL IN EDUCATION
A. In Vocational Training-Gibson
260
B. In the Balanced Course of Study and the All-year-round Schools-Luckey
Preliminary Report of the Committee on Uniform Records and Reports
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271
ROUND TABLES
ROUND TABLE OF STATE AND COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS:
Topic: A Story of Achievement and Endeavor in Co-operation
The County Superintendent and the Rural Communities-Miss Lathrop
The State Superintendent, the County Superintendent, and the State Nor-
mal-Marsh
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304
The State Superintendent and the General and Southern Education Boards
-Cook
Final Report of the Committee of the Department of Superintendence on a Uni-
versal System of Key Notation
Introductory Statement by the President of the Council-Keyes
340
Tentative Report of the Committee on a System of Teaching Morals in the Public
Moral Education thru the Agency of the Public Schools-Carr
I. Moral Instruction in the Public Schools-A Tentative Course by
Grades
351
II. Means of Moral Training Afforded by the Public Schools
367
Relation of Moral and Religious Training-Barnes
Status of Moral Training in the Public Schools-Barnes
Virtue and the Virtues: A Study of Method in the Teaching of Morals-Coe
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Some Instinctive Roots upon Which the Teaching of Morals in the Public Schools
May Be Grafted-Rugh
426
The Improvement of Teachers in Service in City Schools-Updegraff
433
TOPIC: HIGH-SCHOOL PREPARATION OF CANDIDATES FOR NORMAL-SCHOOL TRAIN-
The Kindergarten: Its Influences upon Higher Education-Boone
490
Moral Instruction of the Child-Rugh
497
The Kindergarten as an Ethical Laboratory-Miss Pluss
503
The Kindergarten as a Factor in Education for Efficiency-Miss McConkey
The Kindergarten of the Future-Parlin
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511
DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Secretary's Minutes
Industrial Education in London-Miss Stevens
The Need of a New Standard of Measurement for the Various Subjects of the
Curriculum-Snyder
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518
Report on the Motivation of the Children's Work in the Elementary Schools-
Wilson
The Health of School Children-Aley
Playgrounds and Health-Weir
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528
544
549
DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
Report of the Committee of Nine on the Articulation of High School and College-
555
Kingsley
The New Harvard Plan for College Admission-Davis
559
The New University of Chicago Plan for College Admission-Caldwell
567
The High-School Teacher Himself-Barrett
572
Bentley
Extra-Classroom Activities in High School: Their Place and Their Importance-
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581
Social Functions-Hanna
School Publications, Literary and Musical Organizations, Dramatics—Brink
Report of the Committee on Cosmopolitan High-School Curriculum-Smith
A. English-
ROUND-TABLE CONFERENCES
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591
The Questions at Issue-Hosic
592
Organization of the Course in Literature in Secondary Schools, Particularly
With a Regard to History-Mrs. Hulst.
598
B. Mathematics-
Provisional Report of the National Committee of Fifteen on Geometry
Syllabus
607
C. Classical-
Latin in the Lower Grades (below the High School)-Nutting.
Making Latin Composition of Greater Value-Graves
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637
D. Modern Foreign Languages-
The Final Aim of Modern Foreign Language Study in Secondary Education
-Senger
639
Literary Appreciation in the Study of Foreign Languages: Its Opportunities
and Limitations; with Special Reference to the Study of French-
Guérard
Simplified Spelling From the Scholarly Standpoint and with Reference to the
Masses: The Argument for Simplified Spelling-Gideon
Simplified Spelling with Reference to the Masses-Seerley
The Separation and Development of the Junior College as Distinct From the Uni-
versity-Duniway
660
The Relation of the College of Liberal Arts to the Professional and Practical Schools
-Kane
664
The Building up of Professional Education on a Collegiate Foundation from the
Viewpoint of the Professional Schools-Jordan
670
Some Phases of University Efficiency-Lange.
672
The Future of Intercollegiate Athletics in the Western States-Campbell
The Supply of and Demand for Engineering Graduates in the United States-
Little.
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688
DEPARTMENT OF NORMAL SCHOOLS
695
The Relation of Academic and Professional Work in a Normal School-Seerley
The Normal School and the Training School-Felmley
To What Extent Does Manual Training Aid in Adjustment to Environment?-
Connelley
711
Dynamic Value of Manual Arts in the Public-School System of Education-
Sensor
719
The Requisites of the Efficient Teacher in Industrial Schools-Gerwig
722
Report of the Committee on College-Entrance Requirements
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729
The New Standard of the Present-Day Industrial Education in Europe-Kreuz-
pointner
740
The Requisites for the Effective Teaching of the Manual and Household Arts—
Miss Johnson
747
Some Present Problems in the Literature of the Manual Arts and Vocational
Education Guillou
756
The Public-School Domestic-Science Department as an Influence in the Community
for Enforcing Pure-Food Laws and Civic Cleanliness-Miss Clark
Some Actual Needs for Intelligent Purchasing of Household Commodities and
Practical Methods of Keeping Household Accounts—Miss Flagg
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765
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Art Education in Public Schools a Necessity of Civic Perfection-Clark
Art's Service as a Basis for Classified Knowledge (Scientific Development)-Boone 778-
What Has Art in the Schools Done to Preserve and Cultivate the Imagination ?—
Miss Gearhart
783
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC EDUCATION
Public-School Music in Relation to the Music of the Community-Miss Shawe
Some Mistakes of the Music Teacher Which the Viewpoint of the Child Would
Correct-Miss Crane
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794
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803
Report of the Committee on Terminology
Music in the College-Foote
The Relation of Music to School Activities-Miss Fisher
808
Put-School Music and Our National Speech-Mrs. Clark
813
The Opportunity and the Responsibility of Normal Schools in Public-School Music—
Fullerton
822
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION
Bookkeeping Fundamentals-McKinney .
Teaching Typewriting for the Best Results-Curry
Business English-What? Why? How?-Cody
Commercial-Economic Geography-Childs
Shorthand-Its Educational and Practical Value-Clark
Curricula for High Schools of Commerce in the United States-Murphy
To What Extent Are Teachers Responsible for Failures of Students in the Class-
room:
I. Brecheen
II. Bernhard
The Essentials of the Ideal Commercial Teacher-Fisher
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DEPARTMENT OF CHILD HYGIENE
869
Two Thousand Children Tested by the Binet Measuring Scale for Intelligence-
Goddard
870
Results and Impressions of a Preliminary Study of Pedagogical Retardation—
Davidson
878
Health and Ventilation-Ayres
885
The Influence of Open-Air and Low-Temperature Schoolrooms on the Mental
Alertness and Scholarship of Pupils-Bruner.
890
Open-Air Schools—Ayres
898
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Report of the School Health Committee of the Department of School Patrons
Report of the Public Health Education Committee of the American Medical Associ-
ation.
The Health of the Child the Joint Concern of Parent and Teacher-Evans
Sex Hygiene-Miss Greene
The Playground Movement in America-Weir
Physical Training for Girls of High-School Age-The Biological Point of View-
Tyler
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DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE INSTRUCTION
General Science in the High School-Avery
Elementary or General Science From the Standpoint of the Eastern Schoolmaster-
Cowen
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940
Professor-Morgan
Forest Conservation-Allen
National Vitality-Snow
The Teacher's Part in Conservation-Burk
Elementary or General Science for High Schools as It Appears to a Western College
Water-Powers, Lands, and Minerals-Pardee
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948
952
958
965
Report of Committee on Efficiency of Janitor Service
The Scientific Basis for Ventilation Standards-Winslow
Bacteriological Tests of Methods of Cleaning-Frost and Armstrong
Our Short Course for Janitors-Frost
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
The Ideal School Board From the Superintendent's Point of View-Hines
The Relation of the Indiana Accounting Board to Public Schools-Myers
Pupil Self-Government as a Training for Citizenship-Welling
Present-Day Tendencies of School Architecture-Patton
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LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
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The Proper Supervision of the Reading of School Children-Miss Blake
High-School Libraries-Miss Fagge
Separate Schools with Separate Courses of Training for the Separate Needs of Our
Children-Heeter
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Causes of Backwardness and Mental Deficiency in Children and How to Prevent
Them-Goddard .
The Prevention of Blindness in Children under School Age-Stevenson
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The Hygiene of Vision-Lewis
School Activities in Relation to Children's Eyes-Shawan
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