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ondary Schools. By Leon O. Dalbeck. Master's, 1946. Boston University. 35 p. ms.

Evaluates, by the use of a score card, the physical education and athletics programs of the secondary schools, and offers suggestions for improving them.

Prerequisite Undergraduate Work in Physical Education Necessary to Enter Certain Graduate Schools of Physical Education. By Walter W. McCarthy. Master's, 1946. Boston University. 39 p. ms.

Indicates that of the 66 institutions replying to a questionnaire, 19 do not grant either major or minor credit for graduate work in physical education; and that 47 offer either major or minor credit in physical education on the graduate level. Finds a complete lack of uniformity in course-hour requirements necessary for students entering graduate study in physical education.

The Status of Health and Physical Education in the Secondary Schools in Kentucky. By Clarence H. Wyatt. Master's, 1946. University of Kentucky. Kentucky Educational Bulletin, 14: 430-8, July 1946.

Analyzes 484 replies to a questionnaire sent to all of the high schools in Kentucky. Indicates that the programs are inadequate and that the schools differ widely in the amount and kind of health and physical education offered.

A Study of Health Service in Selected Secondary Schools. By Mildred J. Robertson. Master's, 1946. George Washington University. 59 p. ms.

Attempts to determine the extent to which school systems in cities of 500,000 population or over utilize the health council, club, or coordinator in their health programs; whether these cities use a course of study in health; whether they have a director of health service. Traces the history, organization, and procedures of the health council in the white secondary schools of Washington, D. C.

A Survey and Study of the Exercise Habits of Junior High School Girls. By Alice S. Morgan. Master's, 1946. George Washington University. 47 p.

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Analyzes diaries kept by 27 junior high school girls for one week, in which they made notations of their daily activities from the time they arose until they retired. Indicates that the responsibilities of daily living kept the girls active and proved to be extremely time consuming; and that most of their exercise was mild.

A Survey of the Requirements of Large City School Systems for the

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tion. Science Course of Study. Cleveland Elementary Schools, Fifth Grade. 1945. 276 p.

Florida. State Department of Education. A Brief Guide to Teaching English in the Secondary Schools. Tallahassee, 1946. 61 p. (Bulletin No. 49.)

Public Long Beach, California. Schools. World History-Units 2, 3, and 4-Three Resource Units for First Semester Tenth-Grade Social Studies

English Classes. 1945. processed.

Nebraska. Department of Public Instruction. Course of Study for Normal Training High Schools. Narcotic Education. A Compilation of Facts Pertaining to Alcohol and Other Narcotics. Lincoln, Graham Printing Service, 1942. 165 p. (Bulletin E-1, rev.)

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM

Information 21st and C Streets NW. Program

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

ELECT

Dr. John W. Studebaker Commissioner, United States Office of Education Washington 25, D. C.

Dear Doctor Studebaker:

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In announcing the appointment, the Commissioner said: "In Kendric Marshall we have a man who has interpreted American culture for four years in the Far East and who, on the basis of travel and study, is also familiar with the problems of Europe, Africa, and the Near East.

"Now more than ever before students all over the world look to America as the Mecca of educational opportunities. It is especially important that they get those opportunities and that American students have similar opportunities to study abroad if the framework of world peace that is now being built by the United Nations is to be strong and lasting. One of the main functions of the Division of International Educational Relations is to provide technical assistance which will facilitate this exchange of students and teachers between the United States and the rest of the world."

Mr. Marshall, who, for the past 4 months, has been chief of the Near and Far Eastern Educational Relations Section of the Division he now heads, returned to the Office of Education from nearly 2 years of service with UNRRA in connection with its China program.

The new Division Director received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1921 from Harvard University, from which he subsequently also received his Master's in International Relations. After teaching in secondary schools, Mr. Marshall spent a period of study and travel in Europe, Africa, and Asia; he then taught history and political science at Lingnan University, Canton, China, from 1927 to 1930.

After returning to the United States in 1930, Mr. Marshall was on the faculty of Harvard University for 10 years. He served as president of Chevy Chase

Junior College, in Washington, D. C., from 1940 to 1942, when he came to the Office of Education as Director of the Student War Loans Program.

Infantile Paralysis

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gested that normal activities be carried on, even in time of epidemic. Health authorities consider the disease to be an

United Nations Film Strip Available

THE FILM Section of the United Nations Department of Public Information has just released a film strip entitled The United Nations at Work: the Secretariat.

Beginning with a series of pictures illustrating, in prefatory fashion, the preamble of the United Nations Charter and then presenting the United Nations organization, structure, and func

epidemic if 20 cases or more per 100,000 tions, the film strip culminates in a population occur.

Symptoms are described and parents advised to call the doctor immediately if any symptoms appear especially at a time when infantile paralysis is occurring in a community. Other precautions listed are staying away from crowds, avoiding new contacts, avoiding fatigue and chilling, consulting the Health Department before swimming in pools or streams which may be polluted, washing hands frequently, especially before eating, protecting food and garbage from flies and other insects, asking the advice of the family doctor before removal of tonsils or adenoids or other

throat and mouth operations, during the epidemic months.

Families are told where they can turn for aid if they cannot meet expenses for medical and hospital care. In each case, headquarters for help is the nearest Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which has March of Dimes funds for this purpose.

The reaction of State Superintendents in general was expressed in one letter to local school superintendents: "I feel that the brief message contained in this bulletin will be of great benefit to the parents of your students in calling to their attention safeguards they may adopt for the protection of their children, as well as for all the children in our State."

Commissioner Studebaker in endorsing the program said:

"This project, designed to allay fear and panic, merits the endorsement of every one interested in the welfare of the Nation's youth. I hope, indeed, that this program meets with richly deserved success. It is timely, it is important, and it is a fine forward step in bringing to the American people the facts they need and must have.”

detailed study of the Secretariat-its set-up, duties, and activities. In technique, it uses an alternation of camera shots, charts, and pictographs.

The film strip, showing time of which is 20 minutes, can be projected with a standard 35-mm film strip projector. It is available, free of charge, to schools. The strip is accompanied by notes giving a running commentary which may form or varied to meet the needs of be used by teachers either in its present different age levels.

One of the pictures shows a group of college students on a visit to Lake Success. In that connection, it is mentioned that the Educational Services

Section helps to arrange meetings for school groups, briefs them, takes them on guided tours through the United Nations Headquarters, distributes educational material and answers requests for information and study materials.

The film strip-first in a series to be produced-is adaptable to classroom work in current events, contemporary history, civics, as well as to assembly meetings, where a speaker might talk on the United Nations, or to forums and discussion groups of the school's international relations clubs. The Film Section has also produced a catalogue listing all the films dealing with member nations of the United Nations organization.

Requests for the film strip should be addressed to the Film Section of the United Nations Department of Public Information, Lake Success, New York. In case teachers or schools want at the same time all the educational materials available to schools, the request should be sent to the Chief of the Educational Services Section, United Nations Department of Public Information, and this section will see that the film strip is sent along with the material.

Education and the 80th
Congress, 1st Session

S. 575, by Mr. Cordon, February 11.— To provide for the observance as National Flag Raising Day of the day on which the public schools open each year for the beginning of a new school year. (Committee on the Judiciary.)

S. 582, by Mr. Cordon, February 11.

Educational Bills Introduced in the 80th Congress, First Session, To authorize annual payments to States,

Between February 1 and April 10, 1947

by Ward W. Keesecker, Specialist in School Legislation

The April issue of SCHOOL LIFE contained a summary of principal education bills introduced in the 80th Congress as of February 1. This issue brings the list up to date as of April 10.

PRAC

RACTICALLY all of the education bills thus far introduced in the 80th Congress are still in the committees to which they were referred. Bills upon which hearings have been held are so indicated as listed.

The Subcommittee on Education of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare has had hearings on S. 81 by Mr. Green, S. 170 by Mr. McCarran, S. 199 by Mr. Aiken, and S. 472 by Messrs. Taft, Thomas of Utah, Ellender, Hill, Smith, Cooper, Chavez, and Tobey. Hearings are also being held on similar measures introduced in the House, including H. R. 1870 and H. R. 2953, which are companion bills to S. 472. While these bills vary as to methods, all of them would authorize the use of Federal funds to assist the States and Territories in financing their schools and in impoving the salaries of teachers.

The Office of Education does not have

available for general distribution copies of education bills pending before Congress. Copies of such bills may be obtained by writing to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Senate Bills

S. 508, by Mr. Young, Mr. Kilgore, and Mr. Morse, February 5.-To amend the Social Security Act, as amended, for the purpose of permitting States and political subdivisions and instrumentalities thereof, to secure coverage for their officers and employees (including teachers) under the old-age and survivors insurance provisions of such act. (Committee on Finance.)

S. 524, by Mr. Capper, February 7.— To authorize the Department of Agriculture to receive contributions from foreign governments to help defray the expenses of its work in cooperating with foreign governments in furthering

the interchange of knowledge and skills between the people of the United States and the people of other countries, and for other purposes. (Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.)

S. 525, by Mr. Thomas of Utah, February 7.-To promote the progress of science and the useful arts, to secure the national defense, to advance the national health and welfare, and for other purposes. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. 526, by Mr. Smith (for himself, Mr. Cordon, Mr. Revercomb, Mr. Saltonstall, Mr. Magnuson, and Mr. Fulbright), February 7.-To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes. (Committee on Labor

and Public Welfare.)

S. 545, by Mr. Taft (for himself, Mr. Smith, Mr. Ball, and Mr. Donnell), February 10.-To coordinate the health functions of the Federal Government in a single agency; to amend the Public Health Service Act for the following purposes: To expand the activities of the Public Health Service, to promote and encourage medical and dental research in the National Institute of Health, a dental research institute, and for other purposes. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. 552, by Mr. Magnuson, February 10. To provide for an additional naval academy in the Puget Sound area in the State of Washington, and for other purposes. (Committee on Armed Services.)

Territories, and insular governments, for the benefit of their local political subdivisions, based on the fair value of their national-forest lands situated therein, and for other purposes. (Committee on Public Lands.)

S. 586, by Mr. Cordon (for himself and Mr. Morse), February 11.-To provide for the construction, equipment,

and operation of an additional military academy and an additional naval academy. (Committee on Armed Services.)

S. 623, by Mr. Johnson of Colorado, February 17.-To prohibit the paid advertising of alcoholic beverages by radio in certain circumstances, and for other purposes. (Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.)

S. 630, by Mr. Buck (by request), February 17.-To place the position of Superintendent of the National Training School for Girls under the Classification Act of 1923, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes. (Committee on the District of Columbia.)

S. 639, by Mr. Ferguson, February 29. To amend section 13 (a) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, to authorize that surplus property suitable for educational purposes may be sold or leased to States or political subdivisions, and for other purposes. (Committee on Armed Services.)

S. 652, by Mr. Gurney (by request), February 19.-To provide for the national security of the Nation by requiring that all qualified young men undergo a period of military, naval, or air training for the common defense. (Committee on Armed Services.)

S. 678, by Mr. Lodge, February 24.— To amend the Public Health Service Act, as amended, so as to provide assistance to the States in furnishing certain medical aid to needy and other individuals. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. 680, by Mr. Magnuson, February 24.-To provide that periods of vacational rehabilitation training in Gov

ernment establishments undertaken by disabled veterans who subsequently enter the employment of the United States shall be credited for retirement purposes. (Committee on Civil Service.)

S. 681, by Mr. Magnuson, February 24. To amend the Social Security Act so as to extend coverage thereunder to all groups and all classes, to amend the Internal Revenue Code so as to provide the revenue for an all-inclusive system of matured annuities for America's senior citizens, and for other purposes. (Committee on Finance.)

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S. 694, by Mr. Downey, February 24.A bill relating to the induction of registrants who applied and who were accepted for induction and assigned to educational institutions for special and technical training under the provisions of the act approved August 31, 1918, but whose induction without fault of their own was not completed. (Committee on Armed Services.)

S.712, by Mr. Aiken, February 26.—A bill to constitute the Federal Security Agency a Department of Health, Education, and Security. (Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.) Hearings have been held on this bill and also on S. 140 for similar purpose.

S. 717, by Mr. Baldwin, February 26. To amend the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946 so as to require that leave compensated for under such act be considered as active service in determining the period for which a veteran is entitled to education and training under title II of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended. (Committee on Armed Services.)

S. 727, by Mr. Gurney, February 26.— To authorize the Secretary of War to pay certain expenses incident to training, attendance, and participation of personnel of the Army of the United States in the Seventh Winter Sports Olympic Games and the Fourteenth Olympic Games and for future Olympic games. (Committee on Armed Services.)

S. 751, by Mr. McGrath, March 3.To permit the use of appropriations of the National Capital Housing Authority for the maintenance and operation. of buildings and grounds used for nurseries and nursery schools established by the Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia within projects

under the jurisdiction of such Authority. (Committee on the District of

Columbia.)

S. 761, by Mr. McCarran, March 3.To provide additional funds for the fiscal year 1947 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act. (Committee on Appropriations; hearings have been held.)

S. 772, by Mr. Bushfield, March 5.To eliminate the requirement that temporary housing transferred by the National Housing Administrator to educational institutions and other organizations be removed at some time in the future. (Committee on Banking and Currency.)

S. 786, by Mr. Langer, March 5.-To authorize the appropriation of funds to assist the States in furnishing adequate living quarters for school teachers. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. 805, by Mr. Watkins, March 7.To authorize an appropriation for the construction, extension, and improvement of a high-school building near Roosevelt, Utah, for the district embracing the east portion of Duchesne County and the west portion of Uintah County. (Committee on Public Lands.)

S. 817, by Mr. Stewart, March 7.To provide that temporary housing transferred by the National Housing Administrator to educational institutions and other organizations may be permanently retained by such institutions and organizations. (Committee on Banking and Currency.)

S. 846, by Mr. Hill (for himself and Mr. Sparkman), March 10.-To provide that schools constructed under the act entitled "An Act to expedite the provisions of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes," approved October 14, 1940, as amended, may be donated to local school agencies. (Committee on Banking and Currency.)

S. 854, by Mr. O'Mahoney and Mr. Tobey, March 10.-To amend Section 502 (a) of the Act entitled "An Act to expedite the provision of housing [and education facilities] in connection with national defense, and for other purposes." (Committee on Banking and Currency.)

S. 855, by Mr. McFarland, March 10.-To permit veterans receiving edu

cational benefits under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, to receive subsistence allowance for dependents on account of brothers or sisters dependent because of minority or physical or mental incapacity. (Committee on Finance; to Labor and Welfare March 22.)

S. 898, by Mr. Ecton, March 14.—To authorize the use of certain appropriations for the education of Indian children of less than one-quarter Indian blood whose parents reside on nontaxable Indian lands. (Committee on Public Lands.)

S. 914, Mr. Stewart, March 17.—To increase the subsistence allowances payable to veterans pursuing courses of education or training under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, from $90 to $150 in the case of veterans with dependents and from $65 to $80 in the case of veterans having no dependents; and to provide for corresponding increases in the ceilings on combinations of subsistence allowances and income from productive labor. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. 959, by Mr. Butler, March 21.-To provide for contributions to States and local governmental units in lieu of taxes on real property held by the Federal Government, to create a commission to determine and pay such contributions, and for other purposes. (Committee on Public Lands.)

S. 971, by Mr. Aiken, March 21.—To amend the Lanham Act to authorize the Federal Works Administrator to make grants to institutions of higher learning for the construction of educational facilities required in the education and training of war veterans. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. 977, by Mr. Taft, March 25.—To prescribe certain dates for the purposes of determining eligibility of veterans for vocational rehabilitation, education, and training, and for guaranty of loans and readjusting allowances under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. 997, by Mr. Watkins (for himself and Mr. Fulbright), March 28.-To authorize the unconditional grant of all interest of the United States in certain school buildings and temporary housing to educational institutions without con

sideration. (Committe on Banking and Currency.)

S. 998, by Mr. Pepper, March 28.-To provide additional funds for the fiscal year 1947 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act. (Committee on Appropriations; hearings have been held.)

S. 1011, by Mr. Cain (for himself, Mr. Magnuson, Mr. Eastland, and Mr. Dworshak), April 1.-To provide for the education of children on Federal reservations and other federally owned property not subject to State or local taxation, and for other purposes. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

Bills identical to S. 1011 introduced in the House are: H. R. 2650, by Mr. Case; H. R. 2652, by Mr. Colmer; H. R. 2653, by Mr. Combs; H. R. 2669, by Mr. Rees; H. R. 2743, by Mr. Tollefson.

S. 1040, by Mr. Thomas of Oklahoma, April 3.-To provide for the transfer of title in certain temporary housing from the United States to educational institutions. (Committee on Banking and Currency.)

S. 1063, by Mr. Langer, April 7.—To amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to permit coverage thereunder of employees of States and their political subdivisions, and for other purposes. (Committee on Finance.)

Senate Resolutions

S. J. Res. 66, by Mr. Morse, February 14.-Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make certain studies of the health of school children, and for other purposes. (Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.)

S. J. Res. 78, by Mr. Green, February 26.-Joint resolution designating September 17 of each year as Constitution Day. (Committee on the Judiciary.)

S. J. Res. 80, by Mr. Hawkes, March 3.-Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue annually a proclamation designating December 15 as Bill of Rights Day. (Committee on the Judiciary.)

House Bills

H. R. 1588, by Mr. Engle of California, February 3.-To liberalize the payment of subsistence allowances, the standards pertaining to training on the job of veterans, and for other purposes.

(Committee on Veterans' Affairs; hearings have been held, Report 77.)

H. R. 1601, by Mr. Smathers, February 3.-To exempt from admissions tax admissions to activities of elementary and secondary schools. (Committee on Ways and Means.)

H. R. 1617, by Mr. Hedrick, February 3.-To increase the subsistence allowance to veterans receiving education or training pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. (Committee on Veterans' Affairs; hearings have been held, Report 77.)

H. R. 1621, by Mr. Johnson of California, February 3.—To authorize the Secretary of War to lend War Department equipment and provide services to the Boy Scouts of America in connection with the World Jamboree of Boy Scouts to be held in France in 1947; and to authorize the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to provide exemption from transportation tax; and further to authorize the Secretary of State to issue passports to bona fide Scouts and Scouters without fee for the application or the issuance of said passports. (Passed the House March 31.)

H. R. 1682, by Mr. Hays, February 5.-(Similar to H. R. 1621, by Mr. Johnson of California.)

H. R. 1762, by Mr. Whitten, February 6. To promote the general welfare through the appropriation of funds to assist the States and Territories in providing more effective programs of public education. (Committee on Education and Labor.)

H. R. 1770, by Mr. Stockman, February 6.-To provide for the establishment of a United States Foreign Service Academy. (Committee on Foreign Affairs.)

H. R. 1775, by Mr. Morrison, February 6.-To provide additional funds for the fiscal year 1947 to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the provisions of the National School Lunch Act. (Committee on Education and Labor.)

H. R. 1803, by Mr. Abernethy, February 10.-To promote the general welfare through the appropriation of funds to assist the States and Territories in providing more effective programs of public education. (Committee on Education and Labor.)

H. R. 1815, by Mr. Case of New Jersey, February 10.-To promote the

progress of science; to advance the national health; prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense; and for other purposes. (Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.) (Similar to H. R. 1830, by Mr. Mills, and H. R. 1834, by Mr. Priest.) Hearings have been held.

H. R. 1821, by Mr. Hagen, February 10.-To provide for the collection and publication of statistical information by the Bureau of the Census. (Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.)

H. R. 1827, by Mr. Jones of Washington, Feb. 10.-To authorize a naval academy in the Puget Sound area of the State of Washington. (Committee on Armed Services.)

H. R. 1830, by Mr. Mills, February 10.-(Similar to H. R. 1815, by Mr. Case of New Jersey.)

H. R. 1834, by Mr. Priest, February 10.-(Similar to H. R. 1815, by Mr. Case of New Jersey.)

H. R. 1870, by Mr. Battle, February 12. To authorize the appropriation of funds to assist the States and Territories in financing a minimum foundation education program of public elementary and secondary schools, and in reducing the inequalities of educational opportunities through public elementary and secondary schools, for the general welfare, and for other purposes. (Committee on Education and Labor.) H. R. 1892, by Mr. Curtis, February 12. To authorize voluntary compacts for the coverage of employees of States and the political subdivisions thereof under title II of the Social Security Act. (Committee on Ways and Means.)

H. R. 1942, by Mr. Landis, February 13.-To promote the general welfare by providing funds to assist the several States and Territories in paying adequate salaries for the school year 194748 to elementary and high-school teach(Committee on Education and

ers.

Labor.)

II. R. 1949, by Mr. Hays, February 13. To provide for the payment of sums in lieu of taxes with respect to lands acquired by the United States in order to assist in the liquidation of certain bonded indebtedness. (Committee on Public Lands.)

H. R. 1950, by Mr. Larcade, February 13. To provide that veterans pursuing educational and training courses in pub

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