OF THE UNITED STATES

Journal

OF

Proceedings and Addresses

OF THE

FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING

HELD AT

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

JULY 2-8

1910

1910

Published by the Association

SECRETARY'S OFFICE, WINONA, MINN.

Composed and Printed By

The University of Chicago Press

Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.

A Message from the United States Bureau of Education-Brown

William Torrey Harris-Greenwood

The Criticisms of the Public Schools by the Laity-Crabtree

Value of Demonstrative Methods in the Agricultural Education of the Rural

The Education of Women for Home-Making-Mrs. Hutt

The Value During Education of the Life-Career Motive-Eliot .

DEPARTMENT OF SUPERINTENDENCE (Indianapolis Meeting, 1910)

Secretary's Minutes-Keating

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III

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TOPIC: CHILDREN DIFFER IN MENTAL ALERTNESS

II.

I. What Constitutes Retardation? How May It be Corrected?-Ayres

Provision for Gifted Children in Public Schools-Van Sickle

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155

III. What Consideration Should be Given to Subnormal Pupils ?-Grosz-

mann

TOPIC: CHILDREN DIFFER IN MORAL RESPONSIBILITY

I. The Variable Factors in Moral Responsibility-Horn.

II. Discipline as Affected by Differences in Moral Responsibility-Lewis

III. Methods of Reducing Moral Truths to Practice-Cummings

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TOPIC: IN MEMORIAM-WILLIAM TORREY HARRIS

I. Brown, G. P.

II. Cary

III. Brown, E. E. .

TOPIC: CHILDREN DIFFER IN MENTAL ATTITUDES, TASTES, AND TENDENCIES

I. Dangers and Advantages of Specialization Prior to the High-School

Age-Striplin.

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II. The Effects of Electives Upon the Future Welfare of Secondary Educa-

tion-Brown

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III. Do Present College-Entrance Requirements Sufficiently Recognize

Different Tastes and Tendencies of Pupils?-Hill

208

TOPIC: CHILDREN DIFFER IN PHYSICAL CONDITION

I. Health and Education-Harrington .

214

II. Competition and Culture--Sargent

223

III. The Principle Underlying Modern Physical Education-Horn

I. Industrial Education in the Elementary School—Johnson

II. Vocational Education in Secondary Schools-Webster

III. Trade Unions and Industrial Education-Prescott

III. Industrial Work: In the One-Room School, Its Kind and Scope-

Byrd

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IV. Teachers for the Country School: Kind Wanted; How to Secure

Them Alleman

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ROUND TABLE OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF LARGER CITIES

Art as a Necessary Factor in Industrial Education-Sargent

ROUND TABLE OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF SMALLER CITIES:

284

I. The Purpose and Content of the Elementary Curriculum-Chamber-

lain

Report of Committee on Provision for Exceptional Children in the Public Schools-

Van Sickle.

The Economical Use of School Buildings-Maxwell

Report on Educational Progress During the Year-Strong.

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Physical Education:

I. Physical Education in its Various Phases-Elementary, Secondary, and

Higher-Sargent

II. Physical Education from the Standpoint of Health-Gulick

III. Fundamental Education-Hetherington

IV. The American Game of Football as Related to Physical Education-

Jordan

The Vocational and Industrial School-Fish

• The Need of Industrial Education in Our Public Schools-Robinson

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Secretary's Minutes

The Principle of Development as the Basis for Kindergarten Method-Miss

Palmer

The Child as the Center of Correlation in the Kindergarten-Miss Tanner

Aesthetic Development of Children at the Kindergarten Period-Miss Crawford

The Test of the Child's Kindergarten Training-Miss Harris

The Kindergarten Out of Doors:

I. Gardens-Miss Harvey

II. Walks and Excursions-Mrs. Ware

III. Open-Air Sessions-Miss Colton

DEPARTMENT OF KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION

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Secretary's Minutes

DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

The Motivation of the Children's Work in the Elementary Schools-Wilson

English in the Elementary Schools-Miss Baylor

Strengthening the Work in the Elementary Grades-Greenwood

DEPARTMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

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436

Secretary's Minutes

The Opportunities of the Modern High School-Cary

School Activities as an Educational Factor in Secondary Schools-Lasher

The High School Itself-McAndrew

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450

I. The Pedagogical Viewpoint-Hart .

Preliminary Report of the Committee on Cosmopolitan High School-Smith

The Practical Aspects of Science in Secondary Education:

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462

II. The Scientific Viewpoint-Osterhaut

A. Physics-Orr.

B. Chemistry-Mills

C. Zoology-Mathewson

D. Physiology and Hygiene-Murbach

Report of Committee on Encouraging College Entrance Credit in High-School

Agriculture-Graham.

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