A book primarily for the beginner that emphasizes the use of materials and methods that will produce finished pieces of pottery ware with the minimum of equipment. Pref. Grades 6-8.

Lenski, Lois. Puritan Adventure; written and il. by the author. Lippincott, 1944. 224 p. $2.

A story of home and community life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony that includes the adventures of the children and the customs of the Puritans in New England in contrast to life in England. Grades 5-8.

Lent, H. B. Aviation Cadet; Dick Hilton Wins His Wings at Pensacola; il. with official U. S. Navy photographs. Macmillan, 1941. 175 p. $2.

A graphic account of a boy's training course at Pensacola. The author has written similar books on the Air Patrol of the Coast Guard, the Army Air Forces' Bombardiers, the Seabees, and the Merchant Marine. Grades 6-8.

Leyson, B. W. Fighting Fire; new wartime edition illustrated, with a foreword by Commissioner John J. McElligott. Dutton, 1943. 254 p. $2.50.

An informative book written from material gathered from New York City fire department. Photographs on flame-colored paper. Grades 6-8.

McClintock, Marshall. Airplanes and How They Fly; a complete primer of aviation for younger boys and girls who want to understand why and how a plane flies. It includes: a brief history of man's conquest of the air; a clear statement of the principles of aerodynamics; the chief types of planes-their engines, instruments, equipment; a glimpse of the great future of flying; with drawings by Arthur Silz. Stokes, 1943. 94 p. $2. Grades 6-8.

McMurtrie, D. C. Wings for Words; the Story of Johann Gutenberg and His Invention of Printing; il. by Edward A. Wilson. Rand, 1940. 175 p. $2.

The story of Gutenberg and his service to the world is told in popular style. Grades 6-8.

Meader. S. W. The Long Trains Roll; il. by Edward Shenton. Harcourt, 1944. 259 p. $2.

Attempts of enemy sabotage and an averted catastrophe on the railroad are some of the events experienced by Randy who is beginning to find out what working on the railroad means. The author's The Sea Snake. Harcourt, 1943. 255 p. $2. is a tale of wiping out a German submarine base near the Bahamas. Grades 6-8.

Means, F. C. The Moved-Outers; il. by Helen Blair. Houghton, 1945. 154 p. $2.

Eighteen-year-old Sue Ohara and her brother Kim remain loyal Americans in spite of hardships this Japanese-American family suffers when removed to a Relocation Camp on the West coast. Grades 7-8. Morgan, Alfred. First Radio Book for Boys; il. by the author. Appleton-Century, 1941.

192 p. $2.50.

Written for the beginner who wants to build a crystal receiver and a one- or two-tube set. Grades 6-8.

Neville, L. E. The Aviation Dictionary for Boys and Girls; il. by Gregorio Prestopino. Whittlesey House, 1944. 192 p. $2.

Includes definitions of aviation terms as well as drawings of military planes, an aviation map supplement, and a chronological history of flight with a biographical index. Grades 7-8.

O'Hara, Mary. My Friend Flicka. Lippincott, 1941. 349 p. $2.50.

A sympathetic and understanding story of a Wyoming boy and his experiences in choosing and training a colt that becomes the most important interest in his life. Grades 7-8.

America's treas

Reed, William Maxwell. ure. Harcourt, 1939. 395 p. il. $3. Geological origin of some of our natural resources such as coal, iron, petroleum, and precious metals, and some of the uses to which these raw materials have been put. Grades 7-8.

Sauer, J. L. Fog Magic; il. by Lynd Ward. Viking, 1943. 107 p. $2.

Greta is transported back into the past a hundred years when she visits a fog village in Nova Scotia and makes friends with its inhabitants. Grades 5-8.

Sawyer, Ruth. The Year of Jubilo; il. by Edward Shenton. Viking, 1940. 266 p. $2. Lucinda's family meets reverses in this sequel to Roller Skates. They were forced to spend a year in their summer cottage in Maine, and Lucinda, now 14 years old, learns to grow in grace through hardship and sacrifice. Grades 7-8.

Schauffler, R. H. ed. The Days We Celebrate. Dodd, 1940. 4 v. $2.50 ea. Holiday material including plays, poems, essays, stories, games, and special activities.

V 1; Christmas; St. Valentine's Day; St. Patrick's Day; Easter.

V 2 New Year's Day; All Fools' Day; May Day; Arbor Day; Harvest Festival; Thanksgiving.

V 3: Lincoln's Birthday; Washington's Birthday; Memorial Day; Flag Day; Independence Day; Armistice Day.

V 4: Mothers' Day; Music Week; Graduation Day; Fathers' Day; Hallowe'en; Book Week. Grades 5-8.

Seredy, Kate. Singing Tree; written and il. by the author. Viking, 1939. 247 p. $2.50. Kate and her cousin Jancise shoulder their responsibilities manfully when war comes. This sequel to The Good Master takes place in Hungary during the first World War. Grades 7-8.

Simmons, M. I. Sally Wins Her Wings. Crowell, 1943. 258 p. $2.

Sally is an air-minded girl who, through ability and perseverance, becomes a pilot and an instructor. Grades 7-8.

Sperry, Armstrong. Call It Courage; il. by the author. Macmillan, 1940. 95 p. $1.75.

A legend of the South Seas. Mafatu, who is afraid of the sea, learns to conquer his fear. Awarded the Newbery Medal, 1941. Storm Canvas by the same author. Macmillan, 1940. 95 p. $1.75. Is a stormy tale of the War of 1812. Grades 5-8.

Stefansson, Evelyn. Here Is Alaska; with a foreword by Vilhjalmur Stefansson; with photographs by Frederick Machetanz and others. Scribner, 1943. 154 p. $2.50.

Written with feeling and knowledge of the country. It describes the land and its people in detail. Uniform volumes are Here Is Africa, by E. M. Gatti and Attilo Gatti, Scribner, 1943. 166 p. $2.50;

and Here Is India, by Jean Kennedy, Scribner, 1945. 154 p. $2.50. Grades 6-8.

Strong, A. L. Peoples of the USSR; il. with photographs. Macmillan, 1944. 246 p. $2.50.

An introduction to the 16 Soviet republics. One gains knowledge of the history, industries, geography, and occupations of the Soviet Union from this description. Grades 7-8.

Teale, E. W. The Boys' Book of Insects; interesting facts about the lives and habits of

the common insects together with simple instructions for collecting, rearing, and studying them; il. with photographs and drawings by the author. Dutton, 1939. 237 p. $2. Grades 6-8.

Train, A. K. Story of Everyday Things; with il. by Chichi Lasley. Harper, 1941. 428 p. $3.

Reference book giving comprehensive information on the houses, furniture, clothes, food, agriculture, transportation, industry, and life in the community for the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries in America. Grades 5-8.

Tunis, J. R. All American; il. by Hans Walleen. Harcourt, 1942. 245 p. $2.

A football story that is good fun and also points out the difficulties to be overcome in combating race prejudices in the United States today. Yea! Wildcats. Harcourt, 257 p. 1944. $2. Is a basketball story which evolves around the dangers of politics in sports. Grades 6-9.

Kid from Tompkinsville; il. by J. H. Barnum. Harcourt, 1940. 355 p. $2.

An introduction to the life of a rookie who learns what it means to be a member of a big league team. World Series. Harcourt, 1941. 318 p. $2. Is a sequel. Two other books that use the Brooklyn Dodgers as the central theme are Keystone Kids, Harcourt, 1943, 209 p.. $2, and the sequel Rookie of the Year. Harcourt, 1944, 199 p., $2. Grades 6-8.

Untermeyer, Louis. ed. Stars to Steer By; with pictures by Dorothy Bayley. Harcourt, 1941. 352 p. $2.50.

A variety of poems to suit various tastes that are made inviting by informal talks introducing each group. School ed. $1.20. Grades 4-8.

Van Loon, H. W. Thomas Jefferson; written and il. by the author. Dodd, 1943. 106 p. $2.50.

A living interpretation of the man and his ideals. Grades 7-8.

Waldeck, T. J. White Panther; il. by Kurt Wiese. Viking, 1941. 193 p. $2.

Ku-Ma, the white panther, learns the ways of the jungles and how to fend for himself in this story of British Guiana. Grades 7-8.

Watson, H. O. Top Kick, U. S. Army Horse; il, by Bernard Garbutt. Houghton, 1942. p. $2.

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Top Kick began life in an Army remount depot where he received the training necessary for a good cavalry horse. He and Lieutenant Bayley prove their worth to the armed forces in the Philippines. Grades 6-8.

Waugh, E. D. Simón Bolívar; a Story of Courage; il. by Flora Nash Demuth. Macmillan, 1941. 326 p. $2.50.

The life of a South American leader's fight for the ideal of democratic government. Grades 7-8. White, A. T. Lost Worlds; the Romance of Archaeology. Random House, 1941. 316

New U. S. Office of Education Publications

Fitting and Selling Shoes. By John A. Beaumont. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 86 p., illus. (Vocational Division Bulletin No. 230.) 15 cents.

A teacher's manual for use of those who train owners, managers, and employees to fit and sell shoes properly. Material presented in instructional units to facilitate its use by teachers of organized classes.

Social Leadership. By C. F. Klinefelter and Charles T. Battin. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 43 p. (Vocational Division Bulletin No. 231.) 10 cents.

Essentials of conference discussion techniques of special value in supervisory training programs. The course contained in this bulletin can be offered as a separate course of study or as a unit in a course designed to be offered during the second semester to college students in order to prepare them to establish relationships and assume responsibility in society after they leave college.

Digest of Annual Reports of State Boards for Vocational Education to the U. 8. Office of Education, Vocational Division, Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1944. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 73 p. Free.

Prepared in compliance with a mandatory provision in the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 which reads as follows: "It shall be the duty of the Federal Board for Vocational Education to make, or cause to have made, studies, investigations, and reports, with particular reference to their use in aiding the State in the establishment of vocational schools and classes . . ."

School Census, Compulsory Education, Child Labor-State Laws and Regulations. By Maris M. Proffitt and David Segel. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 200 p. (Bulletin 1945, No. 1.) 30 cents.

Contents: Historical Development of Protective Legislation for Children; Summary of Protective Laws and Regulations Regarding Children; Trends and Implications of the Protective Laws and Regulations Regarding Children; and State Laws and Regulations Concerning the School Census, Compulsory Education, and Child Labor.

More Firepower for Health Education. By Arthur H. Steinhaus. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 50 p., illus. (Bulletin 1945, No. 2.) 15 cents.

Prepared especially for high-school teachers, representing a point of view which recognizes feeling as equal to knowledge in the learning process, in order to help teachers become more skillful in working with feelings, to the end that more knowledge will be translated into ways of living.

Federal Government Funds for Education, 1942-43 and 1943-44. By Timon Covert. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. (Leaflet No. 76.) 10 cents.

Data on regularly recurring appropriations for education for-Colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts, agricultural experiment stations, cooperative agricultural extension services, vocational education below college grade, and vocational rehabilitation; Emergency funds allotted to education forNeedy persons in high schools and colleges, National defense and war training, Assistance for waraffected localities and for school lunches; Funds

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allotted by law to certain States; and Funds for education activities of the Federal Government.

Good References-The Local Board of Education. Compiled by Andrew H. Gibbs. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 12 p. (Bibliography No. 76.) Free.

Salaries, composition, officers, organization, and powers and duties of boards of education, as well as relationships of the board of education and its members to employed personnel and to the public are among the topics included in this bibliography.

New Publications of Other
Agencies

U. S. Department of Agriculture. Farm Credit Administration. State Councils and Associations of Farmer Cooperatives. By Jane L. Searce. Kansas City, Mo., Farm Credit Administration, 1945. Processed.

p. Single copies free while supply lasts from Director of Information and Extension, Farm Credit Administration, Kansas City 8, Mo.

A summary of the development of State cooperative councils, with a description of the objectives and activities of these councils in the various States.

U. S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Elections: 1944 No. 2 State Proposals Voted Upon in 1944. Prepared under the supervision of E. R. Gray by Richard C. Spencer. Washington, U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1945. Processed. 28 p. Tables and diagrams. Single copies free from Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, as long as limited supply lasts.

A concise account of the subject matter of proposals voted on in the States, together with an analysis of the size of the vote, and methods of instituting proposals.

State Finances: 1944. Summary of State Government Finances in 1944. Preliminary Edition. Prepared under the supervision of E. R. Gray. Washington, U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1945. Processed. 8 p. Tables. Single copies free from the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, as long as limited supply lasts.

In tabular form, summarizes the general revenue and borrowings of the States, the character of expenditure, and functions, including schools and libraries for which expenditures were made.

U. S. Department of Labor. Children's Bureau. Child Guidance Leaflets: Series on Eating. No. 1-7. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. Sample sets free from Children's Bureau; larger quantities may be purchased at $1.50 per 100 from the Superintendent of Documents.

No. 1. Children Like to Eat.

No. 2. If Your Child Does Not Eat Well. No. 3. Now Your Baby is on a Bottle. No. 4. Now Your Baby is Ready for Solids. No. 5. Now Your Baby is Teething. No. 6. Now Your Baby is One Year Old. No. 7. Now Your Baby Has Been Sick and is Getting Better.

Women's Bureau. Outlook for Women in Occupations in the Medical Services,

U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1945

Presents in tabular form by States, the la regarding work which is prohibited, certifica which are required, persons which may be e ployed, requirements regarding working conditier and the maintenance of records.

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State Labor Laws for Wo With Wartime Restrictions. Decemb 15, 1944. Part I-Analysis of Hour Lav Washington, U. S. Government Printing Off 1945. (Women's Bureau Bulletin No. 202–) 110 p. 15 cents.

Presents in tabular form by States, the l regarding maximum hours of work, day of minimum meal or rest periods, and persons e ered by the provisions.

U. S. Office of Inter-American Affairs. Salvador: Land of Eternal Spring. Washin ton, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1 9 p. 10 cents.

A concise account of the history, geography, E commercial conditions of the country.

"Books"

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Worth, Kathryn. They Loved to Laud il. by Marguerite De Angeli. Doubleday, 19 269 p. $2.

Martitia, aged 16, learns to live in a North C olina Quaker family of five fun-loving boys an critical sister. Grades 7-8.

Young America's Aviation Annual-194 ed. by David C. Cooke. McBride, 1945. il. § A standard guide to the year's development aviation. Photographs. Grades 6-8.

Zim, H. S. Rockets and Jets; il. with dra ings by James MacDonald and with phet • graphs. Harcourt, 1945. 326 p. $3.

"The story of rockets is still largely a story things not yet-of things only just begun." T book brings together in one volume available fa about rockets and jet-propelled planes. Sim books on military science by the same author Parachutes, Harcourt, 1942, $2.50, and Submari Harcourt, 1942, $3. Grades 7-8.

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State Legislation for Exceptional Children

TATE programs for the education of exceptional children have developed rapidly in recent years. The foundation on which such programs have been built in more than 25 States has been sound State legislation authorizing local facilities, providing State aid to pay for the same, and insuring competent State supervision. The year 1945 has added to legislation already in force significant enactments in a number of States, which are described below by Elise H. Martens, Senior Specialist in the Education of Exceptional Children, U. S. Office of Education.

A high mark of achievement in State legislative action on behalf of exceptional children has been reached in the year 1945. At least three new Statewide programs of special education through day-school systems were inaugurated by law (in Maine, Oklahoma, and Texas), and at least four States (California, Illinois, Iowa, and Ohio) greatly expanded their already existing programs, which in every case are administered by the State department of education or public instruction. If the interest displayed in these seven States is any indication of what one may expect elsewhere, the educational future of hitherto neglected exceptional children-particularly the handicappedis ultimately assured in the United States.

Texas

The purpose of Senate bill No. 38, passed this year by the Texas Legislature, is "to provide competent educational services for the exceptional children in Texas between and including the ages of six (6) and seventeen (17) for whom the regular school facilities are inadequate or not available." "Exceptional children" include "any child of educable mind whose bodily functions or members are so impaired that he cannot be safely or adequately educated in the regular classes of the public schools without the provision of special services." The "special services" may include special teaching of

any kind needed, transportation, and provision of special supplies and equipment. Children who are eligible for enrollment in the State schools for the Ideaf and the blind are excluded from

the provisions of this act, since special education is already furnished for them.

In order to “foster, inspect, approve, and supervise" the educational program provided by the act, there is created in the State department of education a division of special education, with personnel specified as follows: director, assistant director, secretary, and stenographer. The appropriation for the salaries of these persons and for travel and contingent expenses is $12,500 for each year of the biennium.

The sum appropriated for the operation of the program in local school districts is $275,000 for the biennium, $100,000 to be used the first year and $175,000 the second. This appropriation is to be used for the excess cost (up to $200 per year per child) of instructing exceptional children in local school districts over and above the average per capita cost of educating normal children in the respective districts. The minimum number of children specified to permit the establishment of a special class is 5. "Convalescent classes in approved treatment institutions" may also be provided.

The division of special education is the responsible agency for the approval of all such classes in either local school districts or institutions, for the preparation of courses of study and other material needed, for setting up rules and regulations for the training and qualifications of special class teachers, and for cooperating with all other State agencies concerned with handicapped children. Definite reference is made to the need of providing "counseling and guidance in social and vocational matters" and to the possibility of employing "one or more teacher-coordinators to assist in the establishment of such services," in cooperation with State agencies dealing with rehabilitation and employment.

Maine

In Maine new legislation (H. P. 417) was enacted containing provisions somewhat similar to those in the Texas act, but presenting also certain differences. As in Texas, so in Maine the educational services rendered are to be for physically handicapped children of all types who cannot be adequately taught in regular public-school classes and who are not otherwise provided for by the State. A division of special education, as in Texas, was created in the State department of education, which shall be responsible for supervising the program and for regulating courses of study, qualifications of teachers, necessary educational equipment, and other matters pertaining to the operation of the program.

The age range of children to be served in Maine is, however, broader than in Texas, all physically handicapped children between the ages of 5 and 21 years profiting by the provisions of the act. Moreover, the Maine statute, while specifying 5 as the minimum number of children to permit the establishment of a special class, permits also the use of home teachers or approved correspondence courses if there is not a suffi

cient number of children for a class. "The average daily attendance of pupils instructed by home teachers shall show the number of 60 minute hours devoted to such work, and 5 such hours shall constitute a school week."

The maximum excess cost to be paid by the State is $200 per year per child attending school in his resident district. But for pupils "who must be boarded. away from their home districts in order to attend a special class, or be transported from other districts," the excess cost met by the State may be not more than $350 per school year. Children in treatment institutions may also benefit by the provisions of the act.

The appropriations made for this program include: $5,000 for each year of the biennium for the administration of the division of special education; $7,000 "for subsidies, scholarships, and

reimbursement to local school districts" for the year 1945-46; and $10,000 "for such educational services, equipment, and reimbursement" for the year 1946-47.