INDEX
Reading edition
Agricultural education, establishment of, in city schools, 156, 314
home-project work, 321
relation of, to farm-cadet service, 322
Agricultural labor, resolutions of New York State Board of Regents in regard to, 95
shortage of, 136
farm-garden permits for, 159
release of schoolboys for, 161-163
justification for employment of boys for, 164
German women and children in, 236, 242, 243
English children in farm work, 236-240
organizing boys for, 246-256
example of distribution of, 255-256
social significance of boys in, 270-271
age distinctions of boys, 274
types of farm employers, 280-282
Attendance laws, abrogating of, in England, 135
types of action possible in regard to, 138-139
action of various states in regard to, 140-143
lessons to be learned from England, 144-146
modification of, 155
changes in New York State, 157-159
enlistment for farm service in New York State and relation to, 160-161
relaxing, for agricultural work, 237-239
constructive policy in amending, 309
Aviation schools, 98
Blind, the, reëducating, 211-213, 215
Boy Scouts, 87, 130, 140, 172, 306, 309, 328
Camp Fire Girls, 328
Canada, convalescent homes for disabled soldiers in, 215
work of Military Hospitals Commission in, 228-231
boys for farm work in, 247
Census, agricultural, by schools of New York State, 24, 277
school principal may direct, 312
Claxton, P. P., 92, 146-150
Colleges, continuance of, during war time, 80-83, 92
spirit of mobilization of, 83-86
war-emergency courses in, 86-90, 96-103
maintenance of academic status of, 91, 93-94
field of service for departments of psychology in, 101-103
contribution of geological departments of, 105
effect of war on curricula of, 111
demand for graduates of, 147-148
Commercial schools, indefiniteness of aim in, 316-317
short-unit and part-time courses in, 317
Community canning clubs. See Conservation of food
Conservation of food, need of, 25-28
saving of waste in New York City, 29-31
Columbia lectures on, 87-88
canning clubs, 125-127, 320
drying and evaporating, 126-127, 320
county superintendents' duties, 326
Continuation schools, enacting of laws for, 155
Council for National Defense, 94, 96, 315
Cripples, reëducating the, 211-233
Democracy, teaching of, 149-150
making safe for the world, 326
leisure necessary for, 329
Disabled soldiers, reëducating the, 211-233
Domestic arts, new spirit of teaching, 118
criticism of existing teaching of, 192
improvements in teaching, 193-194
Thrift Club, 321
Domestic science, new spirit of teaching, 119
teaching adults, 122, 319
traveling kitchens, 124
demonstration train, 124
war recipes, 319
home cadets, 321
Education, effect of war on, 113-114
equal opportunity for, 327
socialized, 327
vocational guidance in, 327
for subnormals and cripples, 328.
See also Colleges, Commercial Schools, Schools, etc.
Employment of children, care exercised in, 146
out of school hours, 149
divergent points of view in regard to, 150-151
recognizing work impulses in, 151-152
occupational study of a group of boys, 186-190
"blind-alley occupations," 190-191
waste of boy power, 191
England's schools, use of buildings in war, 18-20
as distributing agencies for information, 23-24
compiling of National Register by, 24
open days for parents, 28
traveling kitchens in, 29, 124
thrift teaching in, 31-32
training semiskilled workers in, 59-60, 66, 75-76
productive work of technical schools, 60-61
courses in cantonments, 101-102
garden work as substitute for manual training in, 121-122
short courses in cookery in, 123
training cooks for army, 128
furnishing meals to children in, 129
furnishing soldiers' kits and hospital equipment, 132-134
abrogating attendance laws, 135, 137-138
restricting labor of school children, 144-146
children for farm work, 236-240
plans for supervision of schoolboy farm labor, 240-242
reorganization of, 304
Evening schools, trade-extension work in, 72
training of foremen in, 316
Farm cadets, organization of, in New York State, 172
reason for organizing, 234-245
plan for use of, 246, 272-274
rearrangement of school program for, 247-248, 313-314
wages of, 249, 250, 253, 261, 262, 265, 267, 278
agreements and contracts, 251-252, 279-280, 282-287
New York State plan, 253-254
physical examination, 264, 274-275
enlistment blanks, 276
Farm-labor camps, explanation of, 245
Massachusetts plan, 248-253
agreements and contracts, 251-252, 265
illustration of different types of, 256-261
food cost and preparation, 258, 295-297
menus, 259
recreation, 260, 297
wages, 261, 262, 265, 267-269
labor distribution, 261-262, 266-268
personal equipment, 262, 292
camp equipment, 262, 264, 268
illustration of training type, 263-266
agricultural instruction in, 267, 297-299
flying-squadron type, 267-268, 302-303
leadership, 273, 287-292
sanitation, 295
definitions of various types, 298-303
Federal Board of Vocational Education, 54-55, 314-315
France, reëducation of disabled soldiers in, 214-225
French schools, use of buildings in war, 20-21
war financing helped by teachers of, 39-40
teaching the meaning of the war in, 41, 44-46
changing aspects of, due to war, 41, 51-52
sewing for soldiers in, 133
part-time, 155
normal schools' contribution to war service, 199
Red Cross work, 208
German schools, efficiency spirit of, 17, 104
contribution to agricultural labor, 242-243
conservation of natural resources in, 243-244
industrial-efficiency idea in, 305
History, teaching of, 46-47
Industrial and trade schools, contribution of, to manufacturing needs, 60
war-emergency courses in, 63, 314-315
question of production in, 66-67
readjustment in war time, 71
open in summer, 72-73
part-time classes in, 74-76
teaching of hygiene in, 77
producing farm-camp equipment, 252
inventories of equipment, 315
state study of possible war uses of, 315
Junior Red Cross, 207, 209-210
Labor, war demands for, 58
industrial schools meeting shortage of, 61, 68-69
one method of training, 61-64
educative value of, 152-153
Liberty Loan bonds, and the schools, 37-39, 311, 325
Library, service of, in war time, 104-105
Manual training, garden work in place of, 130-131
war-service work in, 131-132, 317-319
making Red Cross splints, 206, 317
abandoning models, 318
in connection with junior high schools, 319
Military equivalents, recognition of, in New York State, 171, 305
experience in England, France, and Germany, 173
necessity of conscious service, 174, 177-180
types of occupations having, 175-176
"Moral Equivalent of War," 176
an example of, in agriculture, 181-185
an example of, in industry, 186-189
farm labor as a military equivalent, 254
Military training, exemptions from, 165, 167
compulsory in New York State, 166
in high schools, 167-170
including employed boys, 168, 170-171
vocational training in relation to, 173
adaptability of, 309
"Moral Equivalent of War," 176
National Board for Historical Service, 46
National Council of Defense, 94, 96, 315
National Security League, 49-50, 140
National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, 64
Naval schools, description of, 77-79
Off-time classes, importance of, 72
Part-time education, opportunity for, 74-75
war-emergency courses in, 154-155
enacting laws for, 155
farm work and, 240
as an economy measure, 308-309
Patriotism, teaching meaning of the war, 42
necessity for teaching, 42-44, 48-49
topics in relation to, 50-51
Physical training, compulsory in New York State, 166
recommendations of New Jersey Commission in regard to, 167-170
importance of, from military standpoint, 168-169
advantages of, over military training, 309
Posters, war, 129-130
Practical arts, definition of, 116
project plan of teaching, 117-118
influence of war-service work on, 117
Principal, war duties of, 33-34, 310-314
Red Cross, work for, in schools, 194, 196-198, 311
a state plan of school service to, 200-201
use of knitting machines, 202
work for, in Troy, N.Y., 202-205
making splints, 206
Home Service division of, 207-208
Junior Red Cross, 207, 209-210
what can be done in schools for, 207
reporting home conditions to, 308
Reëducation, the problem of the physically handicapped, 211-213
relation to federal insurance, 213
a government problem, 214
instruction for the blind in France, 215
L'École Joffre, 216-219
instruction in vocational subjects in France, 218-221, 224-225
percentage capable of, in France, 222
the problem in the United States, 225-228
industrial accidents and, 232
Roosevelt, Theodore, 11, 324-325
Rural schools, agricultural labor under direction of, 153-154
camp in connection with, 302
School boards, in relation to war service, 306-307
provisions of, for drafted teachers, 307-308
organization of vocational courses by, 310
planning for agriculture by, 310
work of, for avoiding juvenile delinquency, 310
School principals, 33-34, 310-314
Schools, as distributing centers for pamphlets, etc., 22, 311
furnishing lunches to children in, 128-129, 308
opportunity for poster work in, 129-130
maintaining efficiency of, 146
keeping children in, 147, 308
postponement of construction work for, 149
agricultural activities in rural, 153
lengthening terms and hours of, 308.
See also Commercial schools, French schools, etc.
Smith-Hughes Bill, 54, 57
Teachers, work of, in promoting French government loans, 39-40
opportunities of, to teach history, 46-49
New York State directions to, 119-121
service of, on committees, 326
war-service programs of, 326
Technical institutes: war-service courses in Wentworth Institute, Boston, 106-107
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 107-108
Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, 108-111
Thrift, necessity for, 31-33
practice of, in England, 31-32, 36-37
teaching of, 35
campaign for, 311
Thrift Club, 321
Trade schools. See Industrial and trade schools
Traveling kitchens, 29, 124
Unit courses, organization of, 73-74
utility of, 306
United States Boys' Working Reserve, 163-164, 322-324
Vocational education, definition of, 53
federal grants for, 54-55
federal requirements of, 56
adjustment of, to industrial needs, 59
standardization of products, 195
"safety-first" instruction in, 212
opportunity for teachers in, 233
influence of automatic machinery on, 329
for distinct callings, 329
War Savings certificates, in England, 36-37
in the United States, 311
Wilson, Woodrow, 1, 54, 72-73, 81-82, 209, 324