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OF THE UNITED STATES
Journal
OF
Proceedings and Addresses
OF THE
FIFTIETH ANNUAL MEETING
HELD AT
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
JULY 6-12
1912
Published by the Association
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ANN ARBOR, MICH.
Composed and Printed By The University of Chicago Press Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
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TOPIC:
THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION-THE HALF-CENTURY MARK
A. Brief Historical Sketch of the First Teachers Association Held in Chicago,
Ill.-Pickard
137
B. The Rebirth of the Association in 1884-Bicknell
139
C. The Ideals of Half a Century-Redway
145
D. The Monuments: The Achievements of Fifty Years-Greenwood
151
B. Mortality in the Early Years: Some Administrative Remedies-
C. The Specialized or Vocational vs. the Composite High School-Call
D. Social Organization in the High School-Potter.
174
181
E. What the Public May Expect in Dividends: Material, Civic, and Social
-Clark
187
F. The Worship of the "Standard"-Mearns
193
TOPIC: A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
A. The National Association of State Universities and the National Univer-
sity-James
201
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B. A National University a National Asset; an Instrumentality for
Advanced Research-Van Hise
210
C. A National University as Related to Democracy-Baker
D. Ways and Means: The Next Steps-Thompson .
220
225
TOPIC: THE RELATION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO THE MOVEMENT FOR RECRE-
ATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND CIVIC OPPORTUNITY
A. How a Community May Find Out and Plan for Its Recreation Needs-
Haynes
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230
B. The Relation of Schoolhouse Architecture to the Social Center Movement
-Perkins
C. The Public Library, the Public School, and the Social Center Movement
-Bostwick .
D. The Organization and Administration of Recreation and Social Center
Work-Stern
E. The Social Center and the Rural Community-Quick
A.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH
The Duty of the State in the Medical Inspection of Schools; Results
Which the Public May Rightfully Expect-Dresslar
B. The Teaching of Personal Hygiene in the Schools-Jordan
C. Sanitary Education in Rural Communities-North.
D.
The Medical Inspection of Schools and Medical Freedom-Reed
E. Some Problems in Education as Related to the Public Health-Wiley
TOPIC: RURAL LIFE CONDITIONS AND RURAL EDUCATION
234
240
246
250
257
264
267
273
278
A. A Social and Educational Survey of the Rural Community-Wilson
B1. What Is Being Done to Meet the Problem by the Schools of Guilford
County, N.C.-Foust
281
286
B2. What Is Being Done to Meet the Problem by the State of Oregon-
Alderman
B3. What Is Being Done to Meet the Problem by the State of North Dakota
-Worst
C. The Humanity of Highways-DeGarmo
D. The School, the College, and the English Farmer-Russell
The Best Next Thing for the Teaching Profession-Winship
Peace and Arbitration-von Suttner
Camp Fire Girls-Sebbelov
The Camp Fire Girls and the New Relation of Women to the World-Gulick
291
295
301
307
313
316
320
322
Secretary's Minutes-Updegraff
DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE (St. Louis Meeting, 1912)
Address of Welcome-Cave
329
335
TOPIC: ORGANIZATION AFFECTING THE COURSE OF STUDY AND ECONOMY OF TIME
A. Waste and Efficiency in School Studies-Elson
B. Departmental Teaching in the Elementary Grades-Stephens
C. The Child versus Promotion-Machinery-Phillips
343
349
D. Some Adjustments and Changes in the Course of Study and School
Organization Suggested by the Needs and the Capacities of Children
That Vary from the Standards Set for Average Pupils-Christensen
355
E. A Reorganization of Our School System-Francis
368
TOPIC: THE DETERMINING OF SCHOOL EFFICIENCY
A. The Value of the Educational Commission in Determining the Efficiency
of a City School System-Kendall .
C. How May a Community Learn Its Unmet School Needs?-Allen
D. Quantitative Tests in Education-Chatfield .
The Function of the Kindergarten in the Public-School System-Wheelock
PROBLEMS RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE
A. The Duty of Superintendents in the Enforcement of Child-Labor Laws
-Lovejoy
B. How Far Shall the Public-School System Care for the Feeble-Minded?
-Van Sickle
B. The Relation of an Urban Community to Its Public-School System—
Brumbaugh.
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387
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