REVIEW DEC 13 1927 DECEMBER 1927 EDITED BY WILLIAM MCANDREW Illustrations: Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin and Girl Scouts A REVIEW OF MATTERS OF MOMENT The Editor Walter S. Monroe's Directing Learning in the High School; Leonard's Koos' Trends in Secondary Education; Paul Hanus' Opportunity and Accomplishment in Secondary Education; Abraham Flexner's Do Americans Really Value Education? Also a list of books published in 1927 for teachers and students of Education. A REVIEW OF THE VIEWS LAYMEN OF Newspaper Editors The Editor S. D. Shankland Marion J. Galotte 233 236 243 245 248 252 258 THE HIGH-SCHOOL BOY AND HIS IMPROVING FRATERNITY MEN. COLLEGIATE CONFUSION AND A PRO GRAM WHY NOT?. (Contents of previous issues of the EDUCATIONAL REVIEW can be found by consulting the Reader's Guide in your library.) DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY GARDEN CITY 35 CENTS NEW YORK $3.00 YEARLY Education PSYCHOLOGY By EDWARD HERBERT CAMERON, Ph.D. Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, and Author of "Psychology and the School," elc. An erudite and comprehensive discussion of educational psychology written in a clear and direct manner for use as a textbook in universities and teacher-training colleges. The early chapters deal with such topics as the relation of educational psychology to teaching, the physiological basis of intelligence, mental measurement, individual differences, the modifications of innate tendencies, the kinds of learning, thinking, and the transfer of training. The later chapters discuss the psychology underlying the study of the various subjects in the high school curriculum. For a more detailed account of this new book address the publishers 353 Fourth Avenue THE THE CENTURY CO. 2126 Prairie Avenue NEW YORK CHICAGO Best Results in Gregg Shorthand are obtained by the use of the best available material. This has been provided for you in a series of three THE GREGG SHORT HAND MANUAL $1.50 An orderly and systematic presentation of the principles of the system, with sufficient material to guar- GREGG SPEED STUDIES $1.20 Furnishes the teaching plan and material for the further development of correct writing habits, and read- $1.40 RATIONAL DICTATION, By Dr. Edward J. McNamara, Principal, and Mark I. Markett, Chairman, Department of Stenography, High School of Commerce, New York City. Designed to give the student practice in the rapid application of the principles to new and unfamiliar words and phrases. Its use assures a varied and extensive vocabulary, and the development of constructive ability. Best results will be obtained by using the first 140 pages of GREGG SPEED STUDIES along with the MANUAL, and by cor. relating the remaining lessons in SPEED STUDIES with the MANUAL, and by correlating the remaining lessons in SPEED STUDIES with the letters and articles in RATIONAL DICTATION. THE GREGG PUBLISHING COMPANY EDUCATIONAL REVIEW. Published monthly except July and August by Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. Subscription rates: 35 cents a copy; $3.00 yearly for 10 numbers. Foreign postage, 70 cents. Canadian postage, 35 cents. Entered at the Post Office st Garden City, N. Y., as second class mail matter. The EDUCATIONAL REVIEW is a member of the Educational Press Association of America and is published in accordance with the standards of that organization. Copyright, 1927, by Doubleday, Page & Co. All rights reserved EVERY objective of the Girl-Scout organization is also an aim of public-school service. A school-master who whole-heartedly cooperates with scouting, who gets troops organized in his schools, immensely increases his value to his community. Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, teacher, school superintendent, National Director of Girl Scouts. |