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the long chapter on continuation work later 

 in tlie book supplements this and might have 

 been included here. 



Part II., entitled " The More Intimate 

 Specialized Relationships of High School 

 Work," has to do with the socialization of the 

 curriculum, class-room management and study, 

 and with the bringing of the home and com- 

 munity into more vital relationship. The 

 authors of these chapters are Dr. Scott and 

 Miss Williams, of the Boston Normal School; 

 Mr. Hall-Quest, assistant in education. Uni- 

 versity of Illinois; Mr. Wiener, principal of 

 Central Commercial and Manual Training 

 High School, Newark, New Jersey; Mary V. 

 Grice, founder of Home and School League, 

 Philadelphia; and Mr. dinger, principal 

 Westminster HaU, Lawrence, Kansas. These 

 chapters are rich in illustrative material. 

 The chapter by Miss Williams describing the 

 way she transformed her class in physiology 

 into an active social group for the investi- 

 gation of vital questions in community hy- 

 giene should be read by every high-school 

 teacher. In Mr. Hall-Quest's article on the 

 direction of study, all the chief schemes of 

 " supervised study " are reviewed. The 

 chapter by Mary V. Grice on the " Home and 

 School Association " is exceptionally strong 

 because of its pointed and practical sugges- 

 tions. 



Part III. takes up the "Deiinite Internal 

 Expressions of the Social Nature and Social- 

 izing Function of the High School." The 

 topics treated are the internal government 

 of the school, the improvement of teachers in 

 service, the guidance of the social activities of 

 the high school, athletics, debating, school 

 paper and fraternities. The social point of 

 view is consistently followed in all the dis- 

 cussions. A large number of different means 

 of dealing with these activities now in opera- 

 tion are described. The chapter on " High- 

 School Journalism " is well worth careful 

 reading by any one on the advisory board of a 

 school paper. 



Part IV. brings together a group of " Addi- 

 tional Socializing Functions of the Modern 

 High School." The following are the topics 



with authors: The High School as a Social 

 Center, by Dr. Perry, of the Eussell Sage 

 Foundation; Continuation Work, by Dr. 

 Davis, University of Michigan; High-School 

 Library, by Florence Hopkins, librarian Cen- 

 tral High School, Detroit; Vocational Guid- 

 ance, by Meyer Bloomfield, director of Boston 

 Vocation Bureau; Avoeational Guidance, by 

 Dr. Euediger, of George Washington Uni- 

 versity; Cooperation in the Teaching of 

 English, by Professor Hosic, of Chicago 

 Normal; High-School Hygiene, by Dr. Eapeer, 

 New York Training School; The School as 

 an Art Center of the Community, by Ella 

 Bond Johnston, chairman art department, 

 General Federation of Women's Clubs; The 

 Moral Agencies afPeeting High-school Stu- 

 dents, by Mr. Hanna, state supervisor of High 

 Schools, Illinois; and The Eeligious Life of 

 the High School Student, by Professor Wilm, 

 of Wells College. For the average teacher 

 and principal, certain of these chapters are 

 especially helpful, since they contain vital 

 material on topics comparatively new. Nota- 

 ble in this respect are the treatments of the 

 high-school library, the high school as an art 

 center, avoeational guidance and cooperation 

 in the teaching of English. 



In spite of the clear purpose in the editor's 

 mind, the cooperative method of treatment has 

 failed in one respect. Most of the contributors 

 lay the theoretical groundwork for their dis- 

 cussion; and while the material is good, the 

 reader still finds himself becoming very tired 

 of repetitions. If close readers alone were to 

 use the book, one hundred and fifty pages or 

 more might be eliminated without doing great 

 violence to the work. The part headings, too, 

 are somewhat artificial and strained and go 

 little way toward helping establish standard 

 captions under which to discuss school admin- 

 istration. Aside from these weaknesses, the 

 book contains the best body of assembled mate- 

 rial on high-school administration. Except- 

 ing a small number of the more general chap- 

 ters and a considerable number of introductory 

 paragraphs in others, the editor has realized 

 his purpose — " a survey of policies, examples 

 and suggestions of ways and means of making 



