This bulletin contains an index to the Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications from February, 1917 - January, 1918. The numbers in the bulletin refer to the item, not to the page. Names of persons about whom articles or books are written and references to subjects are printed in small capitals. [Best copy available has been provided.]

Notes that the notion of authors consulting their audiences is an old one. Discusses how Homer, Ernest Hemingway, and James Joyce reworked their writing to suit the taste of their audiences. (RS)

This special issue contains: (1) an eight-page bibliography of print resources designed to aid social studies teachers with their professional growth and practice; (2) the results of a state-wide curriculum survey; (3) a 10-page list of resource organizations and people; (4) a collection of forms for textbook evaluation; and (5) California Council…

Considers the actual and ideal role and activities of secondary school principals. Reviews results of a survey of high school principals conducted circa 1920 by the Commission of Secondary Schools of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. (GC)

In 1918, a report was issued that organized educational objectives around "Seven Cardinal Principles": vocation, citizenship, health, worthy use of leisure, command of fundamental processes, worthy home membership, and ethical character. This article examines the extent to which curricula of a random sample of high schools during that…

Documents the development of two-year colleges in the United States during the 1920s and discusses the following trends: the early dominance of private institutions and the post-World War I rise of public two-year colleges, their extraordinary growth rate, and their concentration in the Midwest and the South. (GC)

This monograph was originally prepared as a thesis for the degree of doctor of philosophy at Clark University, and in its original form was accepted by the faculty of that institution in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree. It presents an unusually comprehensive survey of the provisions for agricultural education and for…

Summarizes the history of library internships in cataloging. Reviews a survey of 112 academic practitioners and educators regarding the value of cataloging internships in the masters of library science program. Findings indicate that internships are needed to educate library students. Sample cataloging internship programs are appended. (JMV)

In the last discussion of legal education that was published by the bureau, covering the period 1909-1925, four different aspects of the topic were distinguished. These were, first, the organization of the legal profession considered as an influence in the formulation and enforcement of proper standards by the law schools and by the bar admission…

The Bureau of Education is frequently asked for information as to current activities in regard to vocational education in the principal European countries engaged in the present war. This manuscript summarizes the current information on this subject for the following countries: (1) Germany; (2) France; and (3) England. Results of the survey…

This report is an account of a survey entitled, "A Project to Survey the Motion Picture Production Facilities of Selected Colleges and Universities in the United States," which was conducted by the University Film Foundation during the Spring and Fall of 1960, under a contract with the U.S. Office of Education. Reasons for the survey included the…

Social work education in Australia is seen as having been heavily influenced by the social work education systems in the United States and Britain. Through a survey of Australian schools of social work, the sources, manifestations, and extent of American influence is delineated, and the causes for it are explored. (Author/MLW)

During two periods of expansion in higher education, the curriculum of undergraduate education has undergone major changes. Toward the end of each period of expansion, a movement for assessment has developed, with the goal of restoring coherence and substance to the undergraduate program. (MLW)

Historical profiles of 18 corporations based on analyses of incorporation data, net income, comments in "Moody's Industrials," and changes in management show that economic growth and change in upper level management usually occurred in corporations prior to formation of a corporate library. An extensive 97-item bibliography is appended.…

It is of interest from time to time to make studies or have studies made of the various ranks of the superintendency. One type of the superintendency, which is all in all the oldest and is found in every State, is the county superintendent of schools. He exists in more than 3,300 places. The return accompanying this blank was able to get a line on…