BOOK TABLE DUPLICATE SCHOOLS IN THE BRONX. By Joseph S. Taylor, Pd. D., district superintendent of schools. New York City: Published by Board of Education, William G. Willcox, president. This is a book greatly needed by whoever seeks to understand what is being done for, with, or by the Gary plan in New York city. Unfortunately it appears not to be for sale, but it can probably be obtained from William G. Willcox, president of the board of education, by any one genuinely interested in the working of the Gary plan. In February, 1915, the first Bronx school was reorganized in accordance with the duplicate-school plan of William Wirt. Five additional schools inaugurated the new plan on February 1, 1916. In spite of errors and hindrances, this report shows that many important achievements, impossible in an ordinary school, must be credited to these schools as a result of five months of operation. The combined register of the six schools on May 31, 1916, was 17,406. The report covers only those features of the instruction, organization and management which are characteristic of the duplicate schools. The standard academic subjects-English, mathematics, history, geography-are not displaced by anything in the new form of organization. They are, however, taught by the departmental system and supplemented by auditorium exercises, play and shop work. Since the traditional subjects have about the same time allowance they had before and are taught by specialists and supplemented by other activities, it would be strange indeed if they suffered harm. On the contrary, other things being equal, the regular subjects should have a far better chance of yielding their best fruits in a school that emphasizes initiative, motivation, application and self-help, than in a school where teaching is predominantly a matter of juggling words. The report is arranged under the following topics: Table of Special Activities, The Auditorium, Domestic Science, Drawing, Nature Study, Science, Sewing, Farming, Millinery, Library, Carpenter and Cabinetmaker, Music, Manual Training, Play and Physical Training, Commercial Work, Machine Shop, Pottery, Sheet Metal Shop, Printing, Periods of Rotation, Method of Assignment to Special Activities. OUTLINES OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE. An introduction to the chief writers of England and America and to the books they wrote. By William J. Long, Boston. New York, Chicago: Ginn and Co. Cloth. 180 illustrations. 557 pp. Price, $1.40. William J. Long is as complete a master of the art of making the ancient modern, the traditional inspirational, the dead alive, as was ever suggested by any believer in miracles. No lesson is an assignment at his hand but rather an invitation. He never says "learn that" but rather "see this." He never asks "when did he write?" or "what did he write?" but the child knows a lot about the author, his time, his habits, his friends because he loves what he has written. A boy does not have to learn about his pony but he knows all about him because he enjoys him. It is a tragedy to have a student learn about literature and about authors as a task. A pianist who has the most perfect technique with her fingers is as soulless as a statue unless her being is vibrant with the joy of the composer's masterpiece. The man who can make a hundred thousand children enjoy masterpieces is himself a master like the masters he interprets. The man who creates a masterpiece for a hundred thousand children is giving the world hundred thousand masterpieces, for without his magic wand there would have been no masterpiece for any one of those children. a William J. Long by his matchless art has created a hundred masters in literature and hundreds of masterpieces for a hundred thousand children in home and school. No sentence is stolen, no word is idly written, every paragraph is a revelation. William J. Long's enthusiasm over every masterful page in literature makes one feel that it could not be overpraised and that is our feeling about what he has written of masters so masterfully. STORY STEPS. The Latest Volume in the Progressive Road Reading Series. By Miss Clare Kleiser, Principal, Dr. William L. Ettinger, Associate_Superintendent, and Dr. Edgar Dubs Shimer, District Superintendent, New York City. Boston, New York, Chicago: Silver Burdett & Co. Price, 32 cents. Few series of school readers in recent times have had such extended use or have won such ardent devotion of teachers as has the Progressive Road Reading Series. It is a by-path approach to Book One. It supplies new stories in simple language for little people and is sure to catch their attention, awaken their imagination, and create a desire to read more and to read better. Animal characters play the principal roles. The vocabulary comprises 258 words, ninety per cent. of which are identical with the vocabulary of Book One. In the attitudes and expressions of the kittens, the bear, the pig, the lion, and the other animals, the artist has cleverly reproduced the dramatic elements of the stories. There is an illustration for nearly every page in the book, and all are printed in color. PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE. By John H. Gehrs, B. S., M. S. New York: The Macmillan Company. Illustrated. Price, $1.00. For standardizing seventh and eighth grade agriculture, this book fills a demand. The author is Associate Professor of Agriculture of the Missouri State Normal and intends this practical knowledge especially for town pupils who have lacked country opportunities. The subject matter is complete, fitting the interests of the North Central States and seasonal occupations. Farm crops, animal husbandry, soils, horticulture and farm management are thoroughly treated. Books of reference and a complete index are given. EVOLUTION PROVING IMMORTALITY. By John O. Yeiser. Omaha: National Magazine Association. Price, $1.50, postpaid. It would not be easy to find. another book at all comparable to this in scientific and religious interest. At least we have never been equally interested in any book that is equally devout religiously and ardent scientifically. The book is wholesome for the fanatical religionist and the rebellious atheist, and for every one all the way between these extremes. The author is a trained lawyer, a careful student of science, a master of the science of creation, a reverent student of the scriptures, and an uncompromising follower of Jesus. He is withal a fascinating writer, both as a scientist and religionist. He knows the theories of the evolutionists and he has no interrogation marks as a scientist, an evolutionist, or a Christian. Whoever grasps all these statements will appreciate the charm of the book. AFRICAN ADVENTURES. By Jean Kenyon Mackenzie. West Medford, Mass.: Central Commission of the United Study of Foreign Missions. Illustrated. Price, 30 cents. This tale of jungle life for boys and girls of all ages is instructive, fascinating and real, since the author has spent much time among the Africans. The six chapters portray the family life, white men's adventures, stories of Livingstone, the African dwarfs, and the return of the adventurers. The reader is taken to Africa in spirit and lives there while reading the volume. EDUCATIONAL NEWS This department is open to contributions from anyone connected with schools or school events in any part of the country. Items of more than local interest relating to any phase of school work or school administration are acceptable as news. Contributions must be signed to secure insertion. :-: :-: :-: :-: Meetings to be Held SEPTEMBER. 3-8: Interstate Fair and Live Stock Show. Spokane, Wash. 8-8: East Central District Associa tion of County Superintendents. Sanford, North Carolina. J. F. Webb, Oxford, president. 10-15: State Fair Spelling Bee, Syracuse, N. Y. 17-22: Children's Encampment. North Yakima, Wash. 22: State of Washington County Superintendents' Annual Convention. Cheney, Wash. September 24-25 at Pullman. OCTOBER. 11-13: Lake Superior, Wis., Teachers' Association. Miss Bertha J. Bauer, Superior, secretary. 12-13: Lake Superior Teachers' Association, Superior, Wisconsin. Ashley T. Conrad, Superior, president; Miss Agnes E. Bury, vice-president; Miss Bertha J. Bauer, secretary; R. A. Quick, treasurer. Instruction 15-17: Joint meeting: New England Association of School Superintendents, Massachusetts Superintendents Association, American Institute of and Massachusetts Teachers Association. Boston. 26-28: Virginia Educational Conference. Richmond. State Teachers' Association, William C. Blakey, Richmond, secretary; State Cooperative Education Association, J. H. Montgomery, Richmond, secretary; Association of Division Superintendents, Superintendent F. B. Fitzpatrick, Bristol, secretary; Association of Trustees, M. C. McGhee, secretary. 26-28: New York State Teachers' Association. Syracuse. Herbert S. Weet, Rochester, N. Y., president. 26-28: Wyoming State Teachers' Association. Buffalo, Wyo. 26-28: Maryland State Teachers' Association Baltimore City. Sydney 9. Handy, president; Hugh W. Caldwell, Elkton, secretary. 26-28: Montana State Teachers' Association. Helena. Dr. H. H. Swain, Helena, secretary. 29-December 1: North Carolina State Teachers' Assembly. Charlotte. Allen, Salisbury, president; Walker, Chapel Hill, vicepresident; E. E. Sams, Raleigh, sec 12-13: Illinois School Masters' Club. 18-20: Illinois State Teachers' Association, Western Division. Galesburg. A. N. T. 18-20: Illinois State Teachers' Association, Illinois Valley Division. Ottawa. 19-20: Western Wisconsin Teachers' Association. W. H. Crosse, secretary. 19-20: Northwestern Saunders, La Eau Wisconsin Claire. Miss Mabel Ahlstrum, Eau Claire, Secretary. 24-27: Washington Educational AssoWhitney, ciation. Spokane. O. C. Bryant School, Tacoma, Wash., secretary. 29-81: Colorado Education Association, Western Division, Grand Junction, Miss Agnes Young, Montrose, secretary. -November 2: Minnesota Educational Association. Minneapolis. C. C. Baker, Albert Lea, president; E. D. Pennell, East High School, Minneapolis, secretary. 31-November 2: Colorado Education Association, Southern Division, Pueblo. Lemuel Pitts, Jr., Pueblo, secretary. 1-November 2: North Dakota Educational Association. Bismarck. E. R. Edwards, Jamestown, president; W. E. Parsons, Bismarck, secretary. NOVEMBER. 1-3: Colorado Education Association, Eastern Division. Denver. James H. Kelley, Gunnison, president; H. B. Smith, Denver, secretary general association. 3: Iowa State Teachers' Association. Sixty-third annual session, Des Moines. Eva M. Fleming, superintendent, Decorah, president; Superintendent O. E. Smith, Indianola, secretary. 2: Essex County, Mass., Teachers Association. Tremont Temple, Boston. Superintendent William F. Eldredge, Rockport, president; John H. Bosshart, Salem, secretary. 8-10: Kansas State Teachers' Association. Topeka W. H. Johnson, Làwrence, president; F. L. Pinet, Topeka, secretary. 12-16: Newcastle County Teachers Institute, A. I. Dupont High School. Kent and Sussex Counties, at Milford. State Institute for Colored Teachers at Milford. Charles A. Wagner, State Commissioner of Education, Dover, Delaware, chairman committee on arrangements. 15-17: Missouri State Teachers' Association. Kansas City. President, Ira Richardson. Maryville; secretarytreasurer, E. M. Carter, Columbia. 21-23: Northeastern Oklahoma Educational Association. Superintendent J. Norwood Peterson, president, Tahlequah. Place undecided. 21-23: Southeastern Oklahoma Edu cational Association. McAlester. Superintendent J. P. Battenberg, Atoka, president; Superintendent M. A. Nash, Idabel, Secretary. Southwestern Oklahoma Educational Association. Hobart. Superintendent R. M. Caldwell, Mangum, Oklahoma, president; John W. Bremer, Weatherford, tary. Northwestern Oklahoma Educational Association. Alva. James W. Rackley, Pond Creek, president; Miss Minnie Shockley, Alva, secretary. secre 22-23: East Central Oklahoma Educational Association. Ada. Superintendent John T. Hefley, Henry etta, president; Miss Nora R. Hill, Sulphur, secretary. NEW ENGLAND STATES. NEW HAMPSHIRE. JACKSON. At Jackson, Sugar Hill, Randolph, Jefferson, Dixville, and many another point in the White Mountains, and later at the seashore also, a group of college professors is preparing to offer various series of lectures on historical MASSACHUSETTS. BOSTON. The Department of University Extension, Massachusetts Board of Education, James A. Moyer, director, is trying to do its share of war work in at least two ways. First, by giving lessons in French conversation to the fighting men. Classes are in progress in the armories and encampments in the Commonwealth; in one of these as many as five instructors are at work. The vocabulary of the soldier is quite unlike the French of the dictionary. The course has the approval of the French military mission at Harvard. Military terms and expressions actually used are emphasized. The necessary French slang, words used commonly for disarms and tances, rations, equipment, money, measures, and military orders are dwelt upon. The exercises have to do with everyday and military affairs. Spoken French for doctors and nurses who are going to the front will be given in co-operation with the Boston Metropolitan Chapter of the American Red Cross. Secondly, in education toward Food Thrift. A simple course in Dietetics for home makers has been prepared, and classes are being held throughout the summer. Food Thrift bulletins containing practical receipts and menus for balanced meals have been sent to all students who asked for them. Furthermore, been there has opened an information service which will answer all questions pertinent to courses. In the meantime the regular work is going on as usual. Aside from these special classes, there is an enrollment of 4,730 students. Teachers and students alike realize the importance of serious effort and each is making sacrifices to become more useful to our country. This is the prevailing spirit of the department. WESTON. Warren P. Adams, died here on July 30 at 77 years of age after a lingering illness. He was widely known among educators. He was an active member of the Boston City Board of Education. Education. He wrote often for the and later of the Cambridge Board of Journal of Education. GLOUCESTER. John D. 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Remington Typewriter Company 374 Broadway (Incorporated) New York ESTABLISHED 1869 TEN MONTHS OF HARD USAGE Will Be Given Every Text Book in Your Schools Obtain FULL SERVICE from them by PROTECTING, HOLDEN BOOK COVERS THE ONLY ONE-PIECE, DURABLE, WATER THE HOLDEN PATENT BOOK COVER COMPANY SPRINGFIELD, Natick, has resigned his position to go into army service and expects to be called to France shortly. Mr. Brooks is a Spanish War Vet eran. MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. NEW JERSEY. NEWARK. Newark is to have a new Normal School for Physical Education, which opens September 14, under the supervision of Randall W. Warren, director of physical training for the Newark schools. PENNSYLVANIA. PITTSBURG. G. W. Gerwig, who has been secretary of the Board of Education for twenty-five years, points out in the annual school report, just out, the progressive steps made during the last few years under Superintendent W. M. Davidson. Among them are these: The establishment of a system of depositories for public school funds providing: (a) absolute security; (b) the maximum rate of interest, and (c) entire fairness of distribution. The installation of a system of accounts in accord with the best government and school accounting standards. The adoption of a modern budget system for all future operations. The installation of a definite system for cleaning schools and keeping them clean. The largest repair program ever undertaken by the school district, affecting the involving repairs safety and sanitation of all the older school buildings. of A system for the fuller use schoolhouses as social centers and for all proper public meetings. The organization of an adequate high school system upon a plan for district cosmopolitan high schools, and increase of high school facilities from accommodations for 4,000 pupils in 1911 to 10,000 pupils an at present. The regrading of schools on the basis of half-year promotions and the adoption of a uniform and more simple course of study. The organization of summer high MILES C. HOLDEN, President and grade schools, of special and of PITTSBURG. County Superin- The rules provide that any pupil of ten or more years of age may enroll; that the drying of fruits and vegetables may be by sun drying, oven drying, or by an evaporator; that the prizes for the contestants exhibiting one pound each of corn, beans, apples and peaches shall be on the basis of 100 points:-50 points for the exhibit, 25 points for the quantity dried, and 25 points for the essay. NORRISTOWN. Superintendent A. B. Martin's continued success has been recognized by the increase of his salary to $3,000. JOHNSTOWN. A comprehensive educational and building program to take care of the Johnstown schools for a score of years has been presented to the Board of School Directors by a committee, headed by Supt. J. N. Adee, appointed to visit the Gary, Indiana, Schools. Among other things, the commit- the present school organization; the The Johnstown Board of School MASSACHUSETTS and elected Arthur F. Payne, of New York, assistant professor of Manual Arts at Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Illinois, to the position at a salary of $3,000 per year. All the manual and domestic arts of the Johnstown schools will be under the supervision of Mr. Payne. who began his work on August 1st. LUZERNE. During the present vacation period construction is proceeding on more than a half million dollars' worth of school buildings in Fayette County. SOUTHERN STATES. FLORIDA. GAINESVILLE. At the annual meeting of county superintendents, principals and board members here last month, President D. A. Murphee of the University of Florida appointed the following committee to report on a constructive school program for this state: Superintendent Superintendent G. I. Metcalf of G. W. Tedder of Madison county, Palm Beach county, Superintendent H. J. Dame of Citrus county, Principal H. Clay Marks of Daytona, Principal George Lynch of Arcadia, J. W. Allen of Pinellas county board, J. H. Baisden of Osceola county board. GEORGIA. ATHENS. Twenty thousand gallons of wine left to the University of Georgia by the will of the late John L. Hand is causing the trustees quite a bit of worry. Under the "bone dry" laws of the State it is unlawful to keep the wine, and it is equally unlawful to sell it. It is too much to drink and it is a misdemeanor to give it away. To complicate the situation, the university needs the $40,000 the wine would bring. The trustees are trying to solve the problem, but it is likely the Legislature will be asked a special law to govern to enact the case. a TOPEKA. In reply to letter from the Topeka Industrial Council urging that the teachers of Kansas organize themselves along the lines of labor unions, Secretary F. L. Pinet of the Kansas State Teachers Association wrote to the labor organization as follows: "While the teachers are generally classes with all of in sympathy workers and are pleased to know of improved conditions for all classes, there are certain methods and certain ideals which, being peculiar to the teaching profession, are not in harmony with the ideals and methods which characterize labor unions." are KENTUCKY. on LOUISVILLE. Public and private schools for negroes in Kentucky described in the report "Negro Education," just issued by the United States Bureau of Education. Besides listing the private and higher schools for negroes in Kentucky and other Southern States, colored Federal report on this schools analyzes the provision for discusses education by the States; means and methods of education for negroes; described building and equipment for typical schools, and attempts to give specific aid to public and private authorities interested in negro education. The problem before the colored schools of Kentucky is indicated by the fact that illiterates are still 27 per cent. of the 165 colored people ten years of age and SCHOOLS and COLLEGES over, and 8 per cent. of the children ten to fourteen years of age. The Kentucky section of the report shows that there are, according to census figures, 261,656 colored people in Kentucky, forming 11 per cent. of the total population. It is pointed out that 8 per cent. of all persons engaged agricultural pursuits in the State are colored and that the number of farms cultivated by negroes increased 4 per cent. between 1900 and 1910. in Public provision for colored and white children in Kentucky is compared on the basis of the amount expended for teachers' salaries and the number of children of school age. The public school teachers of Kentucky received $3,790,562 in salaries in 1912. Of this sum $3,389,354 was for the teachers of 417,081 white children and $401,298 was for the teachers of 40,047 colored children. On a per capita basis this is $8.13 for each white child of school age and $8.53 for each colored The per capita expenditures for colored children in Kentucky is among the highest in the Southern States. MISSOURI, child. VERSAILLES. Wray M. Witten, superintendent of Morgan County INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ART the OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK was in charge of the Department of of the Rural School Management State Agricultural College of Montana, at Bozeman, this summer and "no man on the faculty was more popular or efficient" says the editor of the Journal of Education. WISCONSIN. PEWAUKEE. Following a farmers' meeting at Pewaukee, arrangements were made whereby principal of the schools and teacher of agriculture was to spray orchards and gardens in that vicinity, utilizing as many high school boys as possible. Twenty-one orchards in whole or in part were sprayed at a cost of 15 cents a tree. At this rate the instructor found that he could pay for the materials and pay the boys a reasonable wage. 120 Claremont Avenue FRANK DAMROSCH, Director Special Course for Supervisors of Music in Public Schools THOMAS TAPPER, Principal SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS ENROLLMENT Prospectus of Supervisor's Course mailed on application People in that vicinity then asked him to undertake spraying of potatoes, and arrangements were made to do so. Very many of the high school boys of this Waukesha county town are busy at steady jobs, the principal having formed a sort of employment one to bring the farmers and the younger boys together. agency The boys are doing such things as hoeing potatoes, corn, beets, caring for lawns and gardens, in fact anything that they are capable of doing. The boys seem ready and anxious to work, and it is teaching them habits of industry. COLORADO. PUEBLO. Superintendent J. F. Keating's three sons have enlisted each in Navy, Cavalry and Artillery. NORTHWESTERN STATES. ΜΟΝΤΑΝΑ. HELENA. State Superintendent Missary Trunper has intensified the rural work of the state by appointing Mr. Reinochl of North Dakota, and Miss Ayres of Idaho, as country life state leaders. OREGON. CORVALLIS. A farewell reception was given last week to Professor R. D. Hetzel, extension director of the Oregon Agricultural College and president-elect of the New Hampshire Agricultural College. A feature of the entertainment was a banquet made up from the products of war gardens planted this year by members of the staff. |