A conversation and language book for new Americans. The text takes up the complete sentence from the first and includes a vocabulary for the industrial worker in his daily experiences. The nouns are mostly concrete and the verbs those of action. The essential points of grammar, enunciation drills, principal parts of verbs, singulars and plurals are among the difficulties treated.

WE AND OUR WORK. By Joseph French Johnson, Dean and Professor of Political Economy and Finance, New York University; President, Alexander Hamilton Institute. With 20 full-page drawings, 50 charts and 700 halftone and line illustrations. 301 pp. The American Viewpoint Society, Boni and Liveright, Inc., 61 W. 48th St., New York.

From the first chapter, "Work, the Creator of Civilization," on through discussions of factories, farms, transportation, wealth, banks, trade and tariff, rent and interest, wages and profits, labor organizations, savings, good and hard times, the text is easy of comprehension and fascinating. The last chapter, "Through Cooperation to Peace and Prosperity" cites benefits gained from square deals between labor and capital. The contents are visualized by attractive pictures, making up half of each page. At the end are questions and problems. The text is well adapted to secondary schools.

THE TEMPEST. Edited by Milton M. Smith, Head of English Dept., Horace Mann School for Boys, Teachers College, Columbia University. Charles E. Merrill Company, New York.

This edition helps students visualize "The Tempest" as a play. It gives directions for the interpretation and action of each character and explains how to imitate thunder, rain and wind, to help in the presentation. The introduction discusses the Elizabethan background -a history of the drama before Shakespeare's time and a description of the theatre of his day. It also includes a sketch of Shakespeare's life and an account of the various performances of the play.

LEADING FACTS FOR NEW AMERICANS. By Ralph Philip Boas, Central High School, Springfield, Mass. and Louise S. Boas. 216 pp. American Book Company. 68c.

Presents varied material for reading, composition and conversation and opportunities for teaching history, geography, civics, hygiene, science, economics and biography. At the end of each lesson, "Topics for further thought" stimulate interest in striking personalities, fundamental principles of Americanism, new and broadening facts and experiences of daily life.

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS. By W. M. W. Splawn, University of Texas and W. B. Bizzell, President Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. 386 pp. Ginn and Company. $1.72.

For high school students, that they may realize what it means to live in society. Young folks need to know why we have specialization, interdependence, competition, cooperation, production and transportation difficulties, governmental action and social policies. The book is also adapted to the general reader who may not have had the advantages of high school training.

CONSTRUCTIVE ENGLISH. By Francis Kingsley

Ball. 458 pp. Ginn and Company. $1.28. This pocket-sized volume contains points in grammar, sentence structure, diction, letter writing, punctuation and spelling. Its pages of Do's and Don'ts and correct pronunciation should interest any one who cares for good English, while its index and its cross references are exceptionally valuable.

ESSENTIALS OF ECONOMICS. By Fred Rogers Fairchild, Yale University. 543 pp. American Book Company. $1.60.

A text that constantly refers to the student's everyday life and to the simpler problems of business. Its main divisions are: foundations of the science of economics; economic organization for protection; demand and supply; price and value; money and banking; trade and transportation; risk and its part in modern business; economics of government; distribution of wealth and income. Diagrams, charts, illustrations, problems and exercises clarify the text and develop the reasoning powers, making the text a practical study for high school pupils.

STANDARD MECHANICAL PRACTICES IN REPAIR

ING FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT. By Gustaf H. Radebaugh, Assistant Manager Shop Laboratories, Mechanical Engineering Dept., University of Illinois. 260 pp. The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wis. $2.75.

The text gives practical information for farmers and students for the economical operation of modern power farm machinery. It is in line with the work of the Federal Board and the S Smith-Hughes Bill, which place repair practices in their agricultural training courses. It first discusses the farm repair shop and its equipment. Then follow chapters on the making as well as the repairing of many useful tools; work in concrete and in sheet metal, pipe work, belts and pulleys. The Appendix contains much useful information and many valuable tables. Especially helpful are the numerous pictures of project operations. The author fairly teaches his subject with motion pictures.

SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHILD PSYCHOLOGY. By Margaret Drummond, Edinburgh Provincial Training College. 151 pp. Longmans, Green & Co. $1.50.

Today we hear of a new psychology, emanating from the consulting-room of the physician, not from the laboratory of the scientist. It is to help those who have failed to adjust themselves to life. Such failures usually have their roots in childish experiences, which have been forgotten. The author cites her own observations and experiences with her nieces and other children, under such topics as cradle education, appetite tendencies, emotional and general tendencies, games, imagination, magic, faults and their discovery. "To the young child this world is of necessity like the world of the fairy story." She would postpone fairy stories and tales of magic until the child has experience enough to separate the gold from the dross. Too much phantasy, so often formless and poor in content, indulges the unconscious at the expense of the conscious life, so that the possibilities of the personality are never realized. A thought-stirring book for parents and teachers of little folk.

ESSENTIALS OF ARITHMETIC, Grade II. By Nina B. Glass. 106 pp. Illustrated. Ginn and Company. 56c.

The text presents, applies and drills in logical sequence the forty-five primary number facts given. It also includes reading and practice of numbers to 1,000, objective work in measures and fractions and the multiplication tables up to and including 5's. The pictures, problems and drills stimulate through motive and interest as related to life.

THE BIBLE CLASS AND THE COMMUNITY. By John A. Cross, President First National Bank, Bruin, Pa. 160 pp. Fleming H. Revell Company. $1.25.

In simple, straightforward manner Mr. Cross sets forth the development of character as the chief aim of the Bible Class. For this purpose is the church establishing schools of religious education and vacation Bible schools. The author is most practical in his treatment of the survey of resources of the community, of the power of the key-man as a leader, of the relation of religion and business and of habit as the social balance wheel. His work is suggestive for good to the individual, the class and the community.

FIRST YEAR ALGEBRA. By Herman H. Wright, New York, Wilbur M. Yeingst, Mount Carmel, Emory O. Bickel, Union County and Elmer E. Kuntz, East Stroudsburg. 270 pp. Weidenhamer and Company.

The text introduces the pupil to algebraic numbers by easy transitions from arithmetical numbers and is quite ingenious in giving the conception of the equation and negative numbers. It arouses the pupil's interest by showing him at once the value of the algebraic method of solving problems and checking the results. It contains the irreducible minimum of first year requirements and gives them in clear, simple language.

CHEMISTRY AS APPLIED TO PROBLEMS OF HOME AND COMMUNITY. By Pauline G. Beery, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State College. 85 illustrations, 547 pp. J. B. Lippincott Company. $3.50.

The purpose is to point out to the college woman the relation between the science of chemistry and the problems of her everyday life. Whereas three generations ago, woman's work was chiefly that of producing within the home the many articles needed by herself and by the members of her family, the modern woman's task has largely become that of selecting from a vast number of factory-made commodities, those best suited for the purpose for which they are needed. The woman of today, therefore, should be taught something of the composition, of the methods of refining, and the preparations of the articles in common daily use, so that, as a consumer, she may know how to judge values wisely. The aim is two-fold: 1. To present such parts of the science of chemistry as prove useful as a foundation for subsequent college courses and, 2. To present chemical subject matter which, in itself, is a direct application to the problems of a woman's life.

DAIRY FARMING PROJECTS. By Carl Edwin Ladd, Cornell University. 327 pp. The Macmillan Company. $1.60.

A handbook for dairymen. Primarily intended for pupils in Smith-Hughes vocational agricultural courses. Its author is a successful dairy farmer, an expert in farm management and an experienced teacher and supervisor of vocational agriculture. It is presupposed that every user of this text has the care of one or more cows, either as a home project or as a practical dairy herd. Chapter I gives a monthly project calendar. Then follow discussions on selection, breeds, dairy records, feeding, care, sanitation of quarters, production of clean milk, crop rotation, cattle diseases, choosing a location and financing a dairy farm.

HOW WE ARE FED. A Geographical Reader by James Franklin Chamberlain, University of California, Southern Branch, Los Angeles. 200 pp. The Macmillan Company. 88c.

This study begins with the commodities in constant use and finally encompasses the whole world, but always with the home as the base of operations. It emphasizes the interdependence of individuals, communities and nations and a genuine respect for the work of the hands and for the worker. It dwells upon habits of conversation and thrift in its study of food production. Many illustrations with descriptive notes and with questions awaken interest, as do questions at the end of each chapter.

THE NEW DEMOCRACY IN THE TEACHING OF
ENGLISH.
Three lectures by Walter
Barnes, Fairmont State Normal School,
West Virginia, 95 pp. Rand McNally and
Company.

To teachers of English this series of lectures should prove a stimulating means of checking up methods and aims in teaching. The subject matter is concrete, tangible and helpful. Mr. Barnes treats the cultural and practical value of literature and composition in a fearless and thought-producing manner.

THE WORLD BOOK COMPANY, Yonkers, New York, are publishers of a series of Measurement Tests of special interest to grade and high school teachers who are using intelligence measurements.

1. Morrison-McCall Spelling Scale-8 lists from the Ayres scale of 1,000 words. The words of each list range progressively from easy to difficult, the same list may be given in grades 2-8. Age and grade norms are available. The words are used in sentences. 25 cents net.

2. Wilson Language Error Tests, designed to detect common errors. A group test containing 3 short stories with 28 common language errors. May be used in any grade above 2. Directions for scoring and making practical use of the results. Specimen set 15 cents.

3. Van Wagenen English Composition Scale. Rate for 3 elements thought content, structure and mechanics. A separate scale for three types of composition-exposition, narration and description. Complete directions for using the scale with compositions. 25 cents

net.

4. Lewis English Composition Scales. For Measuring business and social correspondence letter writing. This most common form of composition makes a practical basis for tests. Separate scales measure each type of letter. Directions for use. 25 cents net.

5. Ruch-Popenoe General Science TestsFor use in grades 7-9. Part 1, 50 items concerning elementary scientific facts. Part 2 measures the ability to identify apparatus, organisms, structures and principles and to apply principles of a science to simple problems, 20 diagrams and drawings. Published in form A and form B. Either form can be given in 45 minutes. Contains a manual of directions. Specimen set 25 cents.

READING TO FIND OUT. A Silent Reader for Primary Grades by Frances Ross, The Moraine Park School, Dayton, Ohio. 90 pp. Illustrated. The Macmillan Company. 60c. Developed from a few leaflets printed to ascertain if children like to read directions and carry them out. Describes simple games which children six to eight years of age can read, and play under their own direction. These games give repetition of new words so naturally as to attract. Children will refer again and again to the directions, as they love to find out and tell others how to play.

PROGRESSIVE TYPEWRITING. By Harry F. Admire, Brown's Business College, Bloomington, Ill. 207 pp. The Macmillan Company. $2.20.

After the student has grasped the fundamental principles in the handling of the typewriter and the fingering of the keyboard, the instructor may let him depend largely upon the instructions preceding each lesson. Grading

cards for both students and teacher permit each to check up on the work. The text treats theory, letter writing, speed, invoices and statements, telegrams, stencils, copying and filing, pay rolls, legal papers, specifications, tabulating. It also gives suggestions to teachers, budgets of students' work, international contest rules and records, figures, location charts and models.

MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS. For the Emancipation of Adult Illiterates. By Cora Wilson Stewart, Chairman Illiteracy Commission, N. E. A. 194 pp. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York.

While acting as voluntary secretary to illiterate folk, the writer, then Superintendent of Schools, Rowan County, Kentucky, conceived the idea of establishing moonlight schools. From a canvass on Labor Day, 1911, she and her teachers anticipated an initial attendance of about 150. To their surprise, 1,200 came. From this experiment the work spread throughout Kentucky and to Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Minnesota and many other states. Mrs. Stewart later became the author of the Act creating the Illiteracy Commission and has written several textbooks for adult illiterates. She writes convincingly of the need of these schools as she relates the many uplifting influences resulting therefrom. The challenge has been answered by leaders all over the nation with the slogan, "No illiteracy in the United States in 1930."

ELEMENTARY LATIN. With Correlated Studies in English. For Junior and Senior High Schools. By L. H. Ullman, Head of Latin Dept., University of Iowa and Norman E. Henry, Peabody High School, Pittsburgh. 391 pp. Illustrated. The Macmillan Company. $1.40.

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The vocabulary is largely from a list of words having the largest number of English derivatives in ordinary prose. Each lesson contains both Latin and English word studies: prefixes, suffixes, loan words, phonetic changes, spelling, abbreviations, phrases and quotations. Cross references to elementary English gram(seven pages) offer drill work for such as need it. Graded reading dealing with Roman life, private and public, some for rapid sight reading, gives an introduction to Roman civilization. The text also provides conversational material, a list of classroom phrases, two Latin plays written for review of forms and vocabulary, a section showing correlation of French and Spanish with Latin, and various teaching devices.

MEASUREMENT IN HIGH EDUCATION. Ben. D. Wood, Assistant to the Dean Columbia College, Columbia University. 337 pp. World Book Company, Yonkers-on-theHudson. $2.16.

Account of trial of the usefulness of mental tests in meeting problems of instruction and administration in a modern college during a three-year period. Method, practicability, and reliability of the Thorndike test are treated. New types of examinations are given. Appenimprovements.

MENTAL TESTS AND THE CLASSROOM TEACHER. Virgil E. Dickson, Director Bureau of Research and Guidance, Oakland, California. 231 pp. World Book Company, Yonkerson-the-Hudson. $1.80.

For teachers from kindergarten to university. Written in simple language for those untrained in testing. Shows (1) why mental tests are needed, (2) what they are like, (3) how they can be made most useful.

THE ALLEN SPELLING TABLET. Charles Forest Allen, Principal of West Side Junior High School, Little Rock, Arkansas. Charles E. Merrill Company. 1923.

By placing side by side the list of attempts and list of missed words the pupil makes his problem individual, for the words which the child can spell are easily eliminated.

METHODS IN ELEMENTARY ENGLISH. By Nell J. Young, Minneapolis and Frederick W. Memmott, Principal in Brooklyn, N. Y. 238 pp. D. Appleton and Company.

For the first three grades. Work in the first grade consists of oral composition in two and three sentences. The text throughout stresses the sentence sense to avoid the "and," "so" or "but" habit. It includes pictures for individual interpretation; stories for reproduction; dramatization work; class criticism; a list of common errors; language, voice, enunciation and pronunciation drills and games. A wealth of interesting material.

A SHORT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN. By R. L. Mackie, Lecturer in History at the Training College, Dundee. 440 pp. World Book Company. $1.88. An introduction to British history for high school students. The task emphasizes a rational development in British history and an economic political evolution. It abandons the strict chronological order, that it may group related topics. Most interesting will the reader find the author's temperate manner of handling such topics as the Irish question, the American Revolution and the World War. The illustrations are mostly of authentic portraits, views of buildings of historic interest, of costumes and armour in common use, or reproductions of old prints and drawings. Maps, synopsis and chronological index accompany the text.

A NEW ENGLISH GRAMMAR. By M. A. Leiper, Western Kentucky Teachers College and A. Gordon Wilson. 362 pp. The Macmillan Company. $1.20.

A text for high schools, normal schools and teacher training classes. It contains outlines, observations and suggested methods of approach, also explanations of difficult idioms. It treats language as a living, growing body of usages subject to change. Among its special features are: historical paragraphs tracing the development of idioms in our language;

study; exercises; outlines for review.

CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR WORK FOR THE FARM. By F. Theodore Struck, Assistant Director Vocational Education, State Department of Public Instruction of Pennsylvania. 382 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company. $2.90.

Written primarily for vocational agricultural students in high schools and colleges. The text should also be helpful to farmers engaged in plant and animal production. Sections may be adapted to short-unit courses of instruction or they may be amplified by use of reference material cited. The chapters discuss the school shop, tools for construction and repair work, materials, work relating to gardening, poultry raising, field crops, horticulture, hog raising, horses, dairying, general farm projects and the farm home. Numerous illustrations and detailed drawings add to the value of the text.

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED

Some of these will be reviewed later. AMERICA, A History of Our Country. By William J. Long. 531 pp. Ginn and Company. $1.64.

ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. By Charles Oman, University of Oxford. 307 pp. Longmans, Green and Co.

CONTEMPORARY POETRY. Edited by Marguerite Wilkinson. 372 pp. The Macmillan Company. 96c.

THE BETHLEHEM BACH CHOIR. A History and Critical Compendium. By Raymond Walters, Dean of Swarthmore College. Silver Anniversary Edition. Illustrated, 343 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company. $2.50.

PRACTICAL MAP-EXERCISES AND SYLLABUS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY TO 1714 AND SINCE 1714, two books. By Mildred C. Bishop and Edward K. Robinson. 32 pp. each. Ginn and Company. 56c each.

THE BOOK OF THE LONG TRAIL. By Henry Newbolt. School Edition. Illustrated. Edited by J. C. Allen. 177 pp. Longmans, Green and Co.

RURAL EDUCATION, A Critical Study of the Objectives and Needs of the Rural Elementary School. By Orville Gilbert Brim, Cornell University. 302 pp. The Macmillan Company. $1.40.

OCCUPATIONS, A Textbook for the Educational, Civic and Vocational Guidance of Boys and Girls. By Enoch B. Gowin, William A. Wheatley, State Normal School, Edinboro, Pa., and John M. Brewer, Harvard University. Illus. 441 pp. Ginn and Company. $1.48.

JUST BETWEEN OURSELVES. Practical Talks to Industrial and Vocational Teachers. By Arthur D. Dean, Teachers College, Colum(Continued on page 63)

SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRESS

The New Castle Board of Education has under construction a fifteen room building known as the Rose Avenue Building. It is to be used for an elementary platoon school.

County Superintendent of Schools, Clyde T. Saylor, reports that Chester County's joint consolidated school building containing 21 class rooms will be ready for use September 1. It has a school site of six acres. Willistown township is replacing an overcrowded tworoom consolidated school with a four room building on a 12 acre site.

McAlisterville, Juniata County, is building a high school building and expects to install a 4 year course.

New Kensington is erecting 2 portable school buildings as an annex to the junior high school.

Kate G. Barnes, assistant county superintendent, reports for Mercer County a new high school building at Sharon and a new elementary school in Wilmington township.

Sunbury's new $125,000 ninth ward school building will be completed October 1.

Superintendent H. R. Vanderslice reports that Coatesville plans to build a new elementary school building and an addition to the colored school during the next year.

L. M. Wilson reports the following new buildings for Jefferson county: in Brookville, an addition to the high school; in Richardsville, a new high school to be opened September 1; in Brockwayville, a new school to be completed this fall.

A new $225,000 grade school building, modern in equipment, will be dedicated in Carnegie on September 14 by Dr. J. George Becht, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Thomas J. George, Superintendent of Carnegie Public Schools, states that the swimming pool is aland popular with the entire use

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Upper Darby School District, H. M. Mendenhall, Superintendent, will open a new 12 room school in September, to be known as the Cardington-Stonehurst Public School. At Fernwood in the same township a new school building will be completed April 1, 1924.

County Superintendent James F. Chapman states that Indiana Borough is building a new $450,000 high school. East Wheatfield and Armagh districts are building a joint consolidated grade and high school building, located on the William Penn Highway.

Hubert C. Eicher, Director, Bureau of School Buildings, Department of Public Instruction, has just completed his survey of the school building plant of Reading.

C. B. Dissinger, superintendent of schools of Pike county, states that Matamoras is to have a new 11 room high school with an auditorium equipped with a motion picture machine.

Lackawaxen township, Pike county, is to have a modern two room school house ready for use by the last of November.

The conditions of the school buildings of Pike county were tested by the Butterworth School Building Score Cards and each school

board was presented with the results of the test. Consequently, many improvements in building conditions were made during the sum

mer.

Pittsburgh has dedicated 3 new grade buildings, Greenfield, Perry and Fairywood and one high school building, Langley high school. At the dedication of Langley high school Thomas E. Finegan made the address and Superintendent William M. Davidson presented an oil painting, the work of James Bonar, superintendent of buildings.

Superintendent J. M. Yetter of Monroe County reports two new school buildings in Stroud and Chestnuthill townships.

T. K. Johnston, superintendent rintendent of schools, states that McKees Rocks will open a new 17 room grade building in which the departmental work for the 6th, 7th and 8th grades, including cooking and sewing, will be taught.

Superintendent I. H. Russell reports the following new school buildings in Erie county: high school at Albion; an 8 room junior high school at Lawrence Park to be opened January 1 and a rural school in Amity township.

Superintendent A. G. C. Smith reports many school improvements in Delaware county. Birmingham township and two districts of Chester county have built a consolidated school near Chadds Ford; Lower Chichester last year completed an 8 room building; Clifton Heights completed an attractive stone building last term; Collingdale is erecting a junior high school; Glenolden and Norwood have completed a model joint high school building; the 4 schools of Marple township have consolidated and will occupy the new building in September; Middletown township has a new three room stone building.

J. C. Taylor, superintendent of schools, reports the following improvements in Lackawanna county: a ten room school building at Clarks Summit to be ready Jan. 1; in South Abington a remodeling and addition of two rooms to the graded school; a new consolidated school building in Jefferson township to be completed in December and in Madison township a bond issue for a new consolidated school. The old high school building at Lewistown is being repaired at an expense of $40,000.

Berwick public schools are to have a new grade building made necessary by the union of Berwick and North Berwick.

G. A. Grim, superintendent of Northampton county schools states that new buildings will be completed for the opening of school in the Seidersville and Wind Gap districts.

The new Nazareth high school will be ready for use some time during the 1923-24 school term.

George L. Swank, county superintendent, reports work toward the partial consolidation of the schools of Point township, Northumberland county.

County Superintendent J. W. Sweeney reports that a new $150,000 senior high school building is being erected at Ridgway, Elk county.