Age distribution, 36.
and school progress, 37.

Ages of childhood, 35.

American school system, Statistics of, 19, 20.

Applied education, need for, 156.

Applied work, Cincinnati, 136.
in the grades, 161.

Average children and the old education, 39.
fallacy of, 34.


Berks County schools, manual training in, 186.
physical training in, 186.

Boys and girls, object of educating, 42.

Brown, E. E., quoted, 13.


Carney, Mabel, quoted, 179.

Chancellor, W. R., quoted, 40, 41.

Change, prevalence of, 24.
in social structure, 25.

Child growth, stages of, 44.

Child needs, recognition of, 56.
and community needs, 255.

Childhood, ages of, 35.

Children, needs of analyzed, 45.
social needs of, 48.
varying capacity of, 37, 38.
vs. subject matter, 39.

Cincinnati, educational advantages of, 148.
kindergarten work in, 129.
school system of, 125.
school policy continued, 150.
special school work in, 141.
schools, co-operation in, 126.
creed of, 127.
general support of, 126.
new plans for, 149.
social centers in, 151.
social work of, 150.

City and country, educational value of, 29.

City home, effect of industrial changes on, 30, 31.

City life and the new basis for education, 28, 29.

Civic education, necessity for, 49.

Civics teaching in the grades, Cincinnati, 135.

Club activity in schools, recognition of, 235.

Columbus, Ga., curriculum of schools, 244.
local needs basis of, 242, 243.
school policy of, 242, 243.

Community and the school, 72.
education applied to a small town, 52.
life, contribution of schools to, 167.
needs and child life, 256.

Consolidated school, advantages of, 179, 180.
course of study in, 172.
daily program in, 174.
disadvantages of, 179.
growth of in South, 177, 178.

Continuation High School work, 109.
schools in Ohio, 76.

Co-operation, spirit of in consolidated schools, 172.

Country, the call of the, 170, 171.

Country life, transformation in, 171, 172.

Country school, daily program in a district, 173.
daily program in a consolidated, 174.
two possibilities of, 171.
the duty of, 194.
new geography, 185.
task of, 193, 194.
transformation in, 171, 172.
schools and physical training, 186.

Courses of study, correlation in, 135.
home school, 69.

Criticism of schools, general, 11.
significance, 17.

Curriculum, content of, 44.
requirements of, 51.


Defectives, treatment of, Cincinnati, 144.

Discipline, disappearance of, Oyler School, 165.

Distribution of age, 36.

District school, daily program in, 173.

Domestic science, course in Lowville High School, 122.
course in Page County, 190.
home school movement, 68.
importance of, 51.
in the grades, 159.
in a Kentucky school, 195-200.
in Sleepy Eye schools, 213-216.
problems in, 160.

Draper, A. S., quoted, 12, 13, 18.


Education and the industrial revolution, 26, 27, 30.
and the success habit, 95.
as growth, 254.
city, effect of industrial changes on, 30, 31.
creed of, Cincinnati schools, 127.
elastic system of, 127.
essentials of, 15, 16.
for home-making, 68.
for life, 43.
for the whole child, 81.
in the early home, 27, 28.
place of physical training in, 71.
public lectures and, 73.
purpose of, 15, 16.
new basis for, 24.
new studies, 74.
object of, 22, 23, 42.
social importance of, 19, 20.
specialization in, 75.
standard of, 251.
theory and practice, 242-249.
in Kentucky, reaching parents through children, 195-206.
in the South, canning clubs, 234, 235.
corn clubs, 225-228, 229-233.
effect of on corn yield, 230-233.
improving health, 241.
improving home life, 239, 241.
teaching parents through children, 225-228, 229-233.

Educational advance in Cincinnati, 148.

Educational formulas, danger of, 252.

Educational needs and the small town, 52.

Educational problems of an industrial community, 55.

Educational work and the small town, 52.

Elementary grades, activities of, 87.
co-operation in, 86.
special studies for, 89.
spirit of service in, 90.

English, as a stimulus for other studies, 63.
constructive work in, 61, 62.
new methods for, 61.
organization of, Grand Rapids High School, 111.
original work, 65.
story work and, 64.
use of in other studies, 111.

Enrollment and attendance, statistics of, 17, 18.


Facts, place of in education, 22.

Fallacy of average children, 34, 35.

Fisher, Irving, quoted, 15.

Formalism in education, danger of, 252.

Froebel, F., quoted, 28.


Gary, plan of the schools in, 81.

Geography, new method of teaching, 59.

Geography and arithmetic, method of teaching in a southern school, 246-248.

Geography in Newark, 59.

Grade work, regeneration of, Cincinnati, 132.

Grades, amalgamation of with high school, 99.
applied work in, 161.

Grand Rapids High School, vocational guidance in, 110.

Growth, and child activity, 47.
and education, 254.
through play, 46.
of children, stages in, 44.


Hanus, P. H., quoted, 13, 14.

Health, importance of, 45.

High School, amalgamation of with grades, 99.
at Lowville, 116.
course of study in Cincinnati, 138.
future of, 114.
growing importance of, 54-56.
popularization of Cincinnati, 137.
promotion to, without examinations, 94.
responsibility of, 92.
social status of, 92.

High school children, experiments with, 92.

High school courses, arrangement of, 108.

High school status, Superintendent Spaulding on, 92.

High school training, right of children to, 105.

High schools, co-operation with elementary grades, 98.
technical development of, 106.

Home, education in, 27, 28.

Home making, education for, 68.

Home school, activities of, 70.
course of work in, 69.
in Indianapolis, 68.
in Providence, 69.

Home visiting in the grades, 166.

Home work, disadvantages of, 79.
opportunities for in school, 79.

Huxley, T. H., quoted, 16.


Industrial communities, educational problems, 55.

Industrial High School, place of in the school system, 248.

Industrial system, effect of on education, 27.

Institutions, effects of change upon, 26.


John Swaney School, course of study, 176.
equipment of, 176.
social life in, 176, 177.

Junior High Schools, outlook for, 98.


Kentucky education, teaching a community to cook, 195-200.

Kindergartens, at Gary, Ind., 58.
progressive work in, 58.
in relation to grade work, 131.
vitalized work in, 129.


Linden, Ind., equipment of consolidated schools, 175.

Locust Grove School, method of teaching a community, 195-206.

Lowville High School, courses in, 121.
domestic science in, 122.
social service of, 123.
work in, 116.


Mass training, defects of, 101.

Mathematics, and life problems, 60.
in Gary schools, 60.
in Indianapolis schools, 60.

Mothers’ clubs, organization of, 163.
work of, Cincinnati, 132, 163.


Needs of school children, 43.

New basis for education, 24.
and city life, 28, 29.

New education in the South, 220-250.

Newark vacation school, 80.

Newton Technical High School, success of, 96.

North Highland School, industrial training in, 245, 246.
raising community standards, 245.


Oconto County, Wis., schools, agricultural work in, 183-185.
the new arithmetic, 184, 185.
the new English, 184, 185.

Ohio, continuation schools, 76.

Old education, spirit of, 253.

One-room school, making it worth while, 182-187.
possibilities of, 182-187.

Open air schools, 71.
results of, 72.

Original work in English, 65.

Overwork, extent in schools, 14, 15.

Oyler School, social education in, 153.


Page County, Iowa, contests in schools, 189.
domestic science, 190.
ideal schools in, 188-193.
social life in, 191, 192.
training for country life, 189-190.

Physical training and education, 71.
a part of school work, 82.

Play, and growth, 46.
creative forms of, 48.
stages of, 47.

Playgrounds, Cincinnati, 145.

Popularized High Schools, Cincinnati, 137.

Promotion for special students, 92.

Promotion, improvements in, 85.
new methods of, 85.

Promotion average, fetish of, 40, 41.

Public lectures, and education, 73.


Rapp, Eli, quoted, 182, 186.

Regeneration of grade work, Cincinnati, 132.

Rural districts, needs of, 54.


School and community, 167.

School and shop work in high school, 109.

School feeding, 72.

School children, needs of, 43.

School equipment, educational nature of, 120.

School houses, social uses for, 117.

School machinery, abolition of, 84.
necessity for, 32.
new standards of, 32.

School mortality, statistics of, 18.

School plant, wider use of, 73.

School progress and age distribution, 37.

School work related to shop work, 76.

Schools, agricultural training at Sleepy Eye, 208-211.
agricultural training in Oconto County, Wis., 183-185.
agricultural training in Page County, 189, 190.
and the community, 72.
as public servants, 257.
city, effect on children, 33, 34.
condition of, Montclair, N. J., 13, 14.
consolidated vs. district, 171, 172.
courses at Sleepy Eye, Minn., 218.
courses fitted to community needs at Sleepy Eye, 207, 208.
domestic science at Sleepy Eye, Minn., 213-216.
elementary plumbing at Sleepy Eye, Minn., 209.
equipment at Sleepy Eye, 214.
equipment of Linden, Ind., 175.
general criticism of, 11.
influence on community at Sleepy Eye, Minn., 217.
local service of, 157.
mechanical course at Sleepy Eye, Minn., 214.
Montgomery County, Ind., 180, 181.
Page County, Iowa, 189-193.
purpose of, 42, 43.
short agricultural course at Sleepy Eye, Minn., 212, 213.
size of, 33.
social uses of, Cincinnati, 158.

Self-government in high schools, 102, 104.

Sex hygiene, importance of, 46.

Shop work and school work, 76.

Sleepy Eye, Minn., course in domestic science, 213-216.
course in elementary plumbing and steam-fitting, 209.
courses given in schools, 218.
department of agriculture, 208-211.
equipment for mechanical work, 214.
fitting schools to community needs, 207, 208.
influence on community at large, 217.
mechanical course, 214.

Sleepy Eye, Minn., short course in agriculture, 212, 213.

Small town, educational work of, 52.

Smith, W. H., “Corn Club,” 228.

Social centers in Cincinnati schools, 151.

Social change, 25.

Social education, Cincinnati, 153.
content of, 49.

Social importance of education, 19, 20.

Social needs of children, 48.

Southern schools, corn clubs in, 225-228, 229-233.

Special school for defectives, Cincinnati, 144.

Special schools, Cincinnati, 141.

Specialization in education, 75.

Spencer, H., quoted, 16.

Standard of education, 251.

Story work and English, 64.

Student organization in high school, 102.

Subjects of study, summary of, 51.

Success habits in education, 95.

Summer schools, Cincinnati, 145.


Technical High Schools, development of, 106.

Three “R’s,” Progressive work in, 59.

Twelve-year schools, possibilities of, 99.

Tyler, J. M., quoted, 16.


University of Cincinnati, social relations of, 140.


Vacation schools in Newark, 80.

Vernon school, before and after consolidation, 181.

Vocational guidance in high schools, 110.

Vocational training, appeal of, 78.
Cincinnati, 142.
in elementary grades, 77.
Lowville, 117.


Washington Irving High School, procedure in, 102.

Waste in education, 12, 13.
extent of, 18, 19.

Wider use of the schools, Lowville, 117.

William Penn High School, student organization in, 104.