Magazine EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION I. The Crisis of Hellenism, by Prof. W. S. Ferguson II. Points for Emphasis in the Tudor Period, by Prof. A. L. Cross by Prof. E. B. Greene IV. Historic Role of the Slavs, by Prof. R. J. Kerner 290 291 292 294 Latin American History in High Schools, by Laura F. Ullrick 296 Progress Within the Subject in High School History, by Prof. R. M. Tryon Testing Results in History Teaching, by Frances M. Morehouse 1917 297 301 305 306 308 List of History Teachers' Associations, 307; Publications of the Committee on Public Information, 314; the War and the Schools, 315; Military Training in the Schools, 316; Notes from the Historical Field, 317; Periodical Literature, by Dr. G. B. Richards, 318; Book Reviews, edited by Prof. W. J. Chase, 319; Current Articles on the Teaching of History, listed by W. L. Hall, 321; Recent Historical Publications, listed by Dr. C. A. Coulomb, 321. Published monthly, except July and August, by McKinley Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Copyright, 1917, McKinley Publishing Co. Entered as second-class matter, October 26, 1909, at Post-office at Phila, Pa., under Act of March 3, 1879 THENAL Reading References By HENRY LEWIN CANNON This volume provides exact references to about two thousand of the most accessible and useful works on English History. The material comprises A classified bibliography of all books. Topics and references, chronologically arranged and covering the whole field of English history. Each division contains a summary of sub-topics, references to modern works suitable for high school students, and to modern works of a more advanced character. $2.50 GINN AND COMPANY 70 Fifth Avenue RECENTLY PUBLISHED An Enlarged Edition of Green's Short History of the English People REVISED AND ENLARGED By ALICE STOPFORD GREEN The London Times says of this new edition: “The keenest-eyed literary critic would find it difficult to determine from internal evidence where J. R. Green laid down the pen and Mrs. Green took it up. There is the same picturesque style, the same gift of epigrammatic expression and faculty for seizing the essential detail, the same broad outlook on human affairs. There is no important aspect of history since the battle of Waterloo upon which Mrs. Green has not touched with a deft and sympathetic hand. Altogether it is difficult to see how the history of the last century could have been better written.' 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The purpose of the papers will be to show to what extent, if at all, the teaching of history in American schools should be made to bear upon the present international situation of the United States. Special Trial Subscription Rate To introduce the MAGAZINE and this important series of articles to teachers not already subscribers, a special Trial Subscription Rate is offered of FOUR MONTHS FOR FIFTY CENTS Send remittance direct to the publishers, MCKINLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA The regular subscription rate is Two Dollars a year, except to members of the American Historical Association and members of history teachers' associations, to whom a reduced rate of One Dollar is offered. Such subscriptions can not be received through agencies, but must be sent direct to the publishers or the secretaries of the associations. TWO REMARKABLE TEXTBOOKS Hazen's Modern European History By C. D. HAZEN, Professor in Columbia University. vii 619 pp. Large 12mo. 155 illustrations. C. A. HIDLEY, State College for Teachers, Albany, N. Y.: (American Historical Series.) "We have decided to put it into students' hands for the freshman year. Its especially strong feature is that the student can use it, and its regular use can be required." (Italics are Mr. Hidley's.) REBECCA P. ELLIOTT, William Penn High School for Girls, Philadelphia : "I have found the chapter on The European War very valuable, as giving, in a concise form, the essential points of the controversy." Fite's History of the United States By E. D. FITE, Professor in Vassar College. vi + 575 pp. AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW: 12mo. 110 illustrations. 44 maps, $1.60 "The first impression which this book makes upon the reader is that it is unusually good. A critical examination convinces him that the first impression was correct, and that another first-class textbook has been made available for use in secondary schools " MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL REVIEW: "The book is singularly free from errors. The style is quite readable, and is written distinctly for the high school. This book will take rank among the best of the recent texts." HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 19 W. 44th Street, New York 6 Park Street, Boston 2451 Prairie Avenue, Chicago Volume VIII. Number 9. PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER, 1917. $2.00 a year. 20 cents a copy. National Board for Historical Service It is now possible to make a brief statement of the work of the National Board for Historical Service. Formed on April 29, 1917. The Board is composed of James T. Shotwell, Chairman, Charles H. Hull, Vice-Chairman, Waldo G. Leland, Secretary-Treasurer, Victor S. Clark, Robert D. W. Connor, Carl Russell Fish, Guy S. Ford, Evarts B. Greene, Charles D. Hazen, Gaillard Hunt, Henry Johnson, and Frederick J. Turner. In addition to the members of the Board, the following historical scholars have assisted. the Board in Washington: Messrs. E. E. Brown, E. S. Corwin, C. E. Gould, D. C. Munro, W. Notestein, C. O. Paullin, F. L. Paxson, J. G. Randall, and L. F. Stock, and Misses Louise F. Brown, F. G. Davenport, Harriet Dilla and Elizabeth Donnan. Many persons in other parts of the country have cooperated with the Board. The Board has carried on an extensive correspondence throughout the country, seeking by this means to direct historical activity into lines of national service. It has furnished advice concerning research work, university courses, public lectures, newspaper and magazine articles, the collection and filing of records of the present war, and other topics. It has had prepared bibliographies of the war such as those. which were published in THE HISTORY TEACHER'S MAGAZINE for June, 1917, and that which will shortly be issued by the Committee on Public Information. Active co-operation has been maintained between the Board and the Committee on Public Information. The Board has aided the Committee by making historical researches and by gathering material suitable for publication by the Committee. Dr. W. G. Leland has prepared a pamphlet on the collecting of material respecting the war and its treatment by libraries and historical societies. Early in its work the Board undertook joint work with the United States Bureau of Education, which resulted in the decision by the Bureau to publish a pamphlet of suggestions to history teachers. This plan was expanded further to include a series of papers to appear in THE HISTORY TEACHER'S MAGAZINE from September 1917 to June 1918. The educational work was placed in the hands of four committees, each of which has considered what reorgani zation of historical material should be made in the usual high school subjects of Ancient, European, English and American history. The general chairman of the educational workers is Professor E. B. Greene, of the University of Illinois. The committees are composed as follows: Ancient History: R. V. D. Magoffin, chairman, J. H. Breasted, S. P. R. Chadwick, W. S. Davis, W. S. Ferguson, A. T. Olmstead, W. L. Westermann; Medieval and Modern European History: D. C. Munro, chairman, F. M. Anderson, A. I. Andrews, S. B. Harding, D. C. Knowlton, Maggaret McGill; English History: A. L. Cross, chairman, Wayland J. Chase, Edward P. Cheyney, Blanche E. Hazard, L. M. Larson, Wallace Notestein; American History: E. B. Greene, chairman, W. L. Fleming, R. A. Maurer, F. L. Paxson, T. S. Smith, James Sullivan, E. M. Violette. The Board has encouraged the establishment of prizes for distribution among teachers in public high and elementary schools, and by the public spirit of donors it has announced competitions in fourteen states. The prizes are offered for the best essay, primarily historical in character on the subject, “Why the United States is at War." In each state, provision has been made for a first prize for high school teachers of $75, and other prizes of $30, $20, $15 and $10; and for a first prize of $75 for elementary school teachers and additional prizes of $25 and $10 (five of the latter). Further information concerning the competitions can be obtained from the Secretary of the Board, Mr. W. G. Leland, 1133 Woodward Building, Washington, D. C. Other activities of the Board have included the preparation by Prof. S. B. Harding, of a syllabus for lectures and reading courses on the causes of the war; the reprinting of articles bearing on the war; the supplying of historical material on the war to magazines; and arrangements for issuing sample copies of THE HISTORY TEACHER'S MAGAZINE and for trial four-months' subscriptions at reduced rates. The work of the Board has been carried on solely by the voluntary co-operation of the historical scholars concerned. The Board has paid no salaries, and the members not habitually residing in Washington have paid their own expenses while staying there. The spirit of service among historians is well shown by their willingness to share in the work of the Board not only in Washington but throughout the country. By encouraging a scientific attitude toward the questions involved in the war; by directing teachers to trustworthy sources of information; by pointing out how history courses should be reconstructed in the light of the war; by furnishing historical data to public officials, by furthering popular but accurate statements on the causes of the war-by these activities the creation of the Board has been fully justified. |