Educational Measurements The proceedings of the recent conference on Educational Measurements, held at Indiana University, will be printed by the University and sold at fifty cents (.50) per copy. The book will contain the following: 1. Addresses of Professor Thorndike, President Bryan, Professor Lindley, Professor Jones, and Superintendent Greathouse. 2. Proceedings of all the round tables held. 3. Copies of the testing materials used by Professor Thorndike and others. 4. Copies of a considerable number of the tables and charts exhibited. 5. A bibliography on educational measurements. The book, which will make about two hundred pages, will be valuable to superintendents, teachers, and others interested in the scientific study of education. Numerous orders from superintendents have already been received. These range from ten to thirty copies per order. It is the intention to print as nearly as possible the exact number that will be taken. Those wishing copies of this report should send orders at once to the Indiana. University Book Store, Bloomington, Indiana. INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA W. A. RAWLES, Director, Extension Division. THE EDUCATOR-JOURNAL Vol. XV SEPTEMBER 1914 Books and High School Pupils President Robert J. Aley, University of Maine. The schools of America are doing great things for the country. They are indeed its hope. Without the schools the days of the republic would be few and short. The growth and continued beneficence of the government depend in great measure upon the growth and continued improvement of the schools. Whenever the schools get so good that they are above criticism the beginning of the end is in sight. We ought to rejoice that this time is not yet in hailing dis tance. The schools have labored hard to equip the youth of the land with I what the race by its common concensus of opinion has come to regard as the needed information. This has been crystallized into the so-called 'fundamentals of knowledge. It includes the proverbial three R's and in addition some knowledge of the earth as the home of man, and of man's history upon it. In recent years we have added to these things considerable training specifically designed to help the youth in the struggle for bread. Manual training, domestic science, drawing, music, agriculture and many other subjects of practical value are now included in the curricula of some schools. A very large number of people are coming into agreement with John No. 1 Dewy. "The school is not a preparation for life; it is life." In many respects the after school life should be a continuation of the things begun in school. It is this view that makes books and their uses a topic of great significance to teachers. The subject is of real importance to every grade of school from the primary to the university. The wisdom of the past, the instruction of the present and the prophecy of the future are all contained in books. If one would prevent present mistakes he must know past failures. If one would build a structure of permanence he must rest it upon the foundations that the past has proven. If he would enjoy the calm and repose that make for power he must find the elements of these qualities in the experiences of the past. If he would have the companionship that is satisfying he must find it in the men who have recorded their thoughts in books. All these things and more make books one of the great materials of education. In the education of the future books must take a greater part than they have yet assumed. The work of the school must be so adjusted that every pupil will get familiarity with some books and the practical ability to use many books. He who has learned how to use books has in his |