PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL Published monthly, except July and August, by the Pennsylvania State Education Association J. HERBERT KELLEY, Editor RACHEL SARAH TURNER, Assistant Editor JOHN PIERSOL MCCASKEY, Editor Emeritus JESSIE GRAY, EZRA LEHMAN, J. GEORGE BECHT, FRANK H. KRAMER THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL is a member of the Educational Press Association of America and is published in accordance with the standards of that organization. The JOURNAL is also a member of the Service Bureau of State Education Associations, 505 Youngerman Building, Des Moines, Iowa, which is its direct representative in the national advertising field. The payment of the annual dues of $1.00 entitles a member to attend all the meetings of the Association and its departments, to vote for delegates to the House of Delegates, to hold office and to receive the JOURNAL monthly and other publications and services approved by the Executive Council. Subscription to non-members is $2.00 a year; single copies, 25 cents. Advertising rates on application. Members are requested to report promptly changes of address, giving old as well as new address. President PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Jessie Gray, 1301 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia First Vice-President H. W. Dodd, Chairman and Treas., Allentown Beulah A. Fenimore, Phila. George L. Omwake, Collegeville OFFICERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL John C. Wagner, Treasurer, Carlisle. John R. Helwig, Assistant Treasurer of the Permanent Fund, Allentown J. Herbert Kelley, Executive Secretary, 10 S. Market Square, Harrisburg LOCAL EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES FROM COLLEGE TEACHER TRAINING CLASSES. John D. Brooks 341 Jessie Gray-Miss Gray's Inaugural Address - P. S. E. A. Permanent Headquarters-Legislative Program for 1925-Open Letter to Legislators-Tenure Bill-Retirement Board Election -Lucy W. Glass-The Erie Convention-House of Delegates-Business Session of the P. S. E. A.-P. S. E. A. Officers for 1925-Official Delegates, Erie Convention-Council on Educational Methods All College Dinner-Vocational Education Luncheon-Local BranchesCincinnati Convention-Harry R. Allen-The County Unit Plan-New Department Members -Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County-Prizes and Scholarships-N. E. A. Honor RollResolution of the Indiana Branch of the P. S. E. A.-John G. Dengler Memorial PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL Published monthly, except July and August, by the Pennsylvania State Education Association J. HERBERT KELLEY, Editor RACHEL SARAH TURNER, Assistant Editor JOHN PIERSOL MCCASKEY, Editor Emeritus JESSIE GRAY, Ezra LEHMAN, J. GEORGE BECHT, FRANK H. KRAMER THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL is a member of the Educational Press Association of America and is published in accordance with the standards of that organization. The JOURNAL is also a member of the Service Bureau of State Education Associations, 505 Youngerman Building, Des Moines, Iowa, which is its direct representative in the national advertising field. The payment of the annual dues of $1.00 entitles a member to attend all the meetings of the Association and its departments, to vote for delegates to the House of Delegates, to hold office and to receive the JOURNAL monthly and other publications and services approved by the Executive Council. Subscription to non-members is $2.00 a year; single copies, 25 cents. Advertising rates on application. Members are requested to report promptly changes of address, giving old as well as new address. PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL First Vice-President President ... Jessie Gray, 1301 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia Ezra Lehman, Shippensburg H. W. Dodd, Chairman and Treas., Allentown Beulah A. Fenimore, Phila. George L. Omwake, Collegeville OFFICERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL John C. Wagner, Treasurer, Carlisle. John R. Helwig, Assistant Treasurer of the Permanent Fund, Allentown J. Herbert Kelley, Executive Secretary, 10 S. Market Square, Harrisburg Volume LXXIII MARCH, 1925 CONTENTS GEOGRAPHY AND THE HIGHER CITIZENSHIP. J. Russell Smith Number 7 MARTIN GROVE BRUMBAUGH AGAIN DIRECTS AFFAIRS AT JUNIATA COLLEGE President Jessie Gray Addresses the Reading City Institute- The Retirement Law Is Sound- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION The Reading Vocational Education Survey-Eliminate Fire Hazards-Educational Exhibit in the State Library and Museum-Opportunities for Teachers in One-Room Rural SchoolsState Scholarship Examinations-Current Aids in Geography-House and Senate Bills Relating to Education-Regional Conferences for School Nurses NEW BOOKS PERTINENT PAMPHLETS NOTES AND NEWS ALERT TEACHERS OBSERVE 401 405 406 407 408 429 434 436 437 443 443 445 445 |