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THE

ENGLISH JOURNAL THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL

OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

EDITORIAL BOARD

JAMES FLEMING HosIC, Managing Editor

Chicago Teachers College FRANKLIN T. BAKER, Teachers College, New York EDWIN M. HOPKINS. University of Kansas

PERCY H. BOYNTrON, University of Chicago CORNELIA STEKETEE HULST, Grand Rapids EMMA J. BRECK, Oakland (Cal.) High School (Mich.) High School JOHN M. CLAPP, Lake Forest College EDWIN L. MILLER. Central High School, Detroit

BENJAMIN A. HEYDRICK, High School of Com- CHARLES SWAIN THOMAS, Newton (Mass.) High merce, New York School

Refresenting the National Council of Teachers of English GRAcE DARLING, Bowen High School, Chicago FRED NEWTON Scorr, University of Michigan

LEMUEL A. PITTENGER, School of Education, University of Indiana

VOLUME I

JANUARY-DECEMBER 1912

Reprinted with the permission of The National Council of Teachers of English

KRAUS REPRINT CORPORATION New York

1965

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Published

January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December, 1912

Printed in U. S. A.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

JANUARY

I. CAN GOOD COMPOSITION TEACHING BE DONE UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS? Edwin M. Hopkins x

II. THE AIM OF THE ENGLISH COURSE. W. D. Lewis - - - - 9 III. THE SCHOOL AND CURRENT FICTION. Herbert Bates - - - 15 IV. FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ENGLISH TEACHING. Vincil Carey

Coulter -------------- 24

V. THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH: PROCEED- INGS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING - - - - - - 30

VI. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL. SHALL "LABORATORY WORK" IN COMPOSITION BE GIVEN UP ? Editorial -.- ------- 46

VII. THE ROUND TABLE: - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Four Problems for the Council, Edwin M. Hopkins. More Simple and Definite Standards, James M. Powers. College-Entrance Requirements and the Smaller High Schools, Josephine Norville. Questions for the Council, Ernest C. Noyes. Modern Literature for High School Use, Wilbur W. Hatfield. Uniform Grammatical Nomenclature, C. R. Rounds. Vocational Themes, Martha E. Clay. Oral Themes, Elizabeth Graeme Barbour. Oral Compo- sition, Mrs. Henry Hulst. Vitalizing Literature Study, Vincil Carey Coulter. No Hero, Mary Newell Eaton.

VIII. NEWS AND NOTES 58 IX. REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES - - - - - - - - 62

FEBRUARY

I. A NEW TASK FOR THE ENGLISH TEACHER. Emma J. Breck 65

II. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COURSE IN LITERATURE IN SECON- DARY SCHOOLS. Cornelia Steketee Hulst - ---- 72

III. THE ENGLISH COURSE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL: THE NEW ENG- LAND VIEW. Charles Swain Thomas --- --- - 84

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IV. THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNIFORM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS IN ENGLISH: REPORT OF A COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL EDUCA-

TION ASSOCIATION - - - - - - - - - - - 95

V. A NEW FABLE OF BIDPAI. Editorial ---- I 122

VI. NEWS AND NOTES ------------124

VII. REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES - - - - - - - - 126

MARCH

I. THE EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN DRAMA. Mary Gray Peck - - . -- ----- -29

II. CLYTIE: A LYRICAL PLAY FOR CHILDREN. Mary Ethel Courtenay 138

III. A CHILDREN'S PLAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Harry Kendall Bassett ..-- ----- z-146

IV. FORMALITY AND INFORMALITY. Frances Lester Warner - - 149

V. How TO MAKE ENGLISH LITERATURE TEACHING UTILITARIAN AS WELL AS CULTURAL. Edna Williams - - --- 151

VI. A WEEK'S WORK IN ENGLISH (7). Edwin L. Miller - - - 156

VII. SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES IN THE TEACHING OF COMPOSITION. Sherwin Cody -

.--.------- - 61

VIII. THE ROUND TABLE: - - - - - - - - - - 173 An Experiment in Co-operation, C. L. Hooper. A Hint from the

Newspaper Office, F. N. Scott. Differentiation of Schools, Charles Davidson.

IX. NEWS AND NOTES ------------ I78

X. REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES -. - ---- 187

APRIL

I. THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY OF HIGH-SCHOOL ENGLISH.

William Bishop Owen 1'93

II. OLD ENGLISH BALLADS IN THE SCHOOL. Francis B. Gummere 203

III. A PARTIAL SUBSTITUTE FOR THE THEME. Martha Hale Shack- ford-- ------------- 208

IV. THE WASTE OF UNLEARNING. Charles R. Rounds - - - 214

V. AN EXPERIMENT IN LIBRARY TRAINING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. Carrie E. Tucker Dracass - - - ---- - - - - 221

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CONTENTS v

VI. THE DICTIONARY SQUABBLE. CONCERNING CRANKs. Editorial 232

VII. THE ROUND TABLE: - - - - - - - - - - - 234 Another Fable of Bidpai--The Song-Birds and the Domestic Fowls, R. H. Fletcher. The Labor of Theme-Reading, A. G. Newcomer. A New Type of Interscholastic Contest, J. M. Clapp. English Entrance Requirements at the University of Nevada, H. W. Hill.

VIII. NEWS AND NOTES -----------242

IX. REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES - ------ 251

MAY

I. HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS' RANKINGS or ENGLISH CLASSICS. Charles Maxwell McConn -.- ------ 257

II. A ComPOSITION ON RED INK. Alfred M. Hitchcock - - - 273 III. AN EXPERIMENT WITH MAGAZINE LITERATURE. Frederick

William Edgerton -.- ------- 278

IV. WANTED: A HIGHER STANDARD OF SPEECH. Mary A. G. Mitchell -------------- 284

V. COMPOSITION AS A MEANS OF CULTIVATING LITERARY APPRE- CIATION. Mabel Lodge --.- ------ 287

VI. A REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNIFORM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS IN ENGLISH. Arthur Willis Leonard ------------ 294

VII. THE ROUND TABLE: - - - - - - - - - - 302 An Experiment in Senior English, J. M. Dorey. Some Examples of Verse Translation of Latin, Cora V. Helizell. Elasticity in Freshman English Courses, P. H. Churchman. "Narrative and Lyric Poems for Students," A Rejoinder, S. S. Seward, Jr.

VIII. NEWS AND NOTES - - - - - - - - - - - 315

IX. BOOK NOTICES - - - - - - - - - - - - 319

JUNE I. OBSERVATIONS UPON THE TEACHING OF COMPOSITION IN FRENCH

LYCeES. Karl Young - 321

II. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON DARKENING COUNSEL. Frank

Aydelotte ------------- 340

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III. A FEW REASONS WHY. Sarah J. McNary - - - - - 351

V. SOME EXPERIENCES WITH ORAL COMPOSITION. H. K. Munroe 359

V. THE NEW PLAN OF ADMISSION IN ENGLISH TO HARVARD COL- LEGE. Chester Noyes Greenough - -a 364

VI. THE POLICY OF THE English Journal. THE MASTER'S THESIS. Editorial- ---- ---------- 375

VII. THE ROUND TABLE: - - 377 Some Problems of Grammatical Terminology, Alma Blount. Shall the Last Be First ? R. W. Neal. A Second Section of "Another Fable of Bidpai," D. D. Peele. Compulsory English. F. A. Tupper.

VIII. NEWS AND NOTES ----------- 383

IX. REVIEWS- -------------- 389

SEPTEMBER

1. THE INFLUENCE OF THE STUDY OF LATIN ON THE STUDENT'S

KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Cyrus Lauron Hooper - 393

II. THE EFFICIENCY OF STUDENT CORRECTION OF COMPOSITIONS.

Jacob C. Tressler -- 405

III. GOING FORTH TO THE PMLISTINES. Thacher H. Guild - 412

IV. To BEGINNERS IN ENGLISH TEACHING. Allan Abbott - - 419

V. A SCHOOL COURSE IN DRAMATICS. J. Milnor Dorey - - 425

VI. HORATT.US. Marion Harvey - - ----- - 431

VII. SIGNS OF PROGRESS. Editorial - - - - - - - - 438

VIII. THE ROUND TABLE: - - - - - - - - - - - 440 Going into the Silence, Lewis H. Moulton.

IX. NEWS AND NOTES -- . - ----- -- 442

X. REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES - - ----- - 454

OCTOBER

I. VOCATIONAL AND MORAL GUIDANCE THROUGH ENGLISH COMPO-

SITION. Jesse B. Davis - - - 457

1. THE TEACHING OF LYRIC POETRY. I. Harry G. Paul - - 466 III. DRAMATIZATION OF SCHOOL CLASSICS. Maude M. Frank - - 476

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IV. How CAN THE UNIVERSITY BE OF MORE HELP TO THE SECON- DARY SCHOOL ? Clarence Stratton - 482

V. CULTURE AND EFFICIENCY THROUGH COMPOSITION. Glenn E. Palmer --------------488

VI. EXPERIENCE DAY. Frederick William Edgerton - - - - 493

VII. ORAL COMPOSITION IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL AS A BASIS FOR EFFECTIVE TRAINING IN WRITTEN COMPOSITION. Horace A. Hollister -------------- 497

VIII. THE COUNCIL MEETING. Editorial --- --- - 502

IX. THE ROUND TABLE: - - - - - - - - - - - 504 A New Source of Comic Effect, C. L. H. Schedule of English, J. B. White. The Aims of High-School English, Allan Abbott. Latin as a Branch of English Study, J. Willis Jefferis.

X. NEWS AND NOTES - - - - - - - - - - - 513

XI. BOOK NOTICES ------------ 519

NOVEMBER

I. THE TEACHING OF LYRIC POETRY. II. Harry G. Paul - - 521

II. PROGRESS IN STANDARDIZING THE MEASUREMENT OF COMPOSI-

TION. Ernest C. Noyes - - - - - - - - - - 532 III. WRITTEN COMPOSITION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. Alice Jouveau

DuBreuil ------------- 537 IV. POETIC TRITENESS. Simeon Conant Smith - - - - - 547

V. PITY THE POOR TEACHER. Raphael D. O'Leary - - - 552 VI. ORAL READING IN ITS RELATION TO THE STUDY or LITERATURE.

Doris Thorn-Wright - -- 557 VII. AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE ORAL COMPOSITION EFFECTIVE. Mary

Ethel Courtenay - - -------- - 562 VIII. THE TIME FOR ACTION. ARTICLES ON ELEMENTARY ENGLISH.

Editorial --------------- 566 IX. THE ROUND TABLE: - -- ---- ---- 568

The Forthcoming Report of the Committee on English Compo- sition Teaching, Edwin M. Hopkins. Of Generalities in Criti- cism, Gilbert Cosulich.

X. NEWS AND NOTES ----------- 573 XI. REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES 585

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DECEMBER

I. COLLEGE ENGLISH COMPOSITION John W. Cunliffe - - -591

II. IRREGULARITIES IN VERSE. Horace A. Eaton - - - - 6ox

III. ORAL ENGLISH IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. B. E. Fleagle - - 611

IV. THE SCHOOLBOY'S NIGHTMARE. Randolph C. Wilson - - 619

V. ADAPTATIONS or SHAKSPERE FOR PERFORMANCE IN HIGH

SCHOOLS. Edward J. Eaton - ----- - - 625

VI. DEVICES FOR VITALIZING COMPOSITION WORK, WITH ILLUSTRA- TIONS. Sarah E. Simons - - - - - - - - - 628

VII. THE CLOSING YEAR. THE EFFICIENC WAVE. Editorial - 638

VIII. THE ROUND TABLE: . ------. - 642 A Use for the "Just-So Stories," Eva A. Rumbley. Paragraphs as Trains, L. W. Crawford. Composition that Seemed Worth While, Lita Battey. An A-Z (Aisy) Method for Marking Themes, Edwin L. Miller.

IX. NEWS AND NOTES -.- -------- 648

X. BOOK NOTICES - ----- 653

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