The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-05
DENVER GLASSES SCHOOL CHIL DREN
 BY MENTAL AGE

ble advantage from the schools and at the same time to cut down un- necessary costs, Denver schools are reclassifying all pupils according to mental age, studying the cost of in- struction per pupil helping children choose vacations when they leave school. and doing everything else ton, according to the December School Life. That the same ten dency to give the new generation the found all over the United States and in other countries is indicated by other articles in the same issue. The American Legion is taking a stand for spreading Americanization through the medium of the schools, and in accordance with this move ment, Dr. John J. Tigert, the U. S. Commissioner of Education. has ar ranged for the distribution of free copies of the Constitution of the United States.
 States is taking in the rest of the world is reflected in college courses of study from California to Maine Seventy-one colleges and universities courses preparing young men to represent the United States in foreign trade and other foreign service, the University of Washington enrolling 4O7 students in this field. Georgetown University offers a complete curr1cu- lum in preparation for the steamship business, an important step in the advancement of the United States in its new era as a shipping nation. Es- tablishment of a graduate school or geography at Clark University shows the same spirit of keeping up with foreign affairs. The international trend of education is further snoWh by the great number of foreign stu dents who study in Amerlcan sid lnsiti- I1aY tered in the higher institutions oI New York city alone. ,
 German education Is trying to rio itself of the old militaristic ideas ana to give the common people some of the educational advantages Whlcn formerly belonged only to the upper classes. Teaching practice in cen- tral and northern Europe is discussed in this number by pr. Peter H. Pear son. who spent most Of last year III Europe studying educational aHa1rs: This article is one of a series ol studies of European education by pr. Pearson which have been appearins in school life. report from the Philippines shows that Amer1can pinos to settle down and form per manent communities under the gulo- ance of settlement farm schools"
 School life is the official organ or the U. s. Bureau of Educauon. I!e principal function of that bureau is to collect information as to educa- tfonal progress and disseminate 1t among school men and women throughout the country. In the bureaus early years it published little besides an annual report of forn1da- bIe proportions; but 1t became ap- parent that big volumes issued at long intervals did not meet the need of American school people, who are not satisfied Go wait a year for thelr information. The practice arose therefore of issuing "GirenlaFs or binb inb usually consisted of monographs or considerable extent. These added greatly to the usefulness of the Blu reau of Education. but they did not fiM the demand for up-to-date infor- nation of important movement ana events. Brief leaflets were issued, therefore, when occasion required, and these in turn were supplemented later by mimegr phed circulars, which could be prepared quickly ana issued frequently.
 All these methods of diffusing in formation have been continued by the new commissioner. They do not. however, either singly or in the az gregate, completely meet the demand, according to Commissioner Tigert, who discussed the matter yesterday A method is required of collecting in formation systematically and of pub fishing it regularly. frequently, eco nomically. This need was met by thea establishment of the perlodlcaA "schooI life"
 This publication has proved to be of great use to educators and it is in 1 such demand that the free edition of 10000 is insufficient. Dr. Tig'ert stated. l It has been necessary to establish a | subscription list, and the Superfntend- l ent of Documents send the publica- | tion regularly to those who pay the l actual cost of printing from stere- | otype plates, namely, 30 cents a year. |
 The mtmegraphed leaflets that for 1 merly came from the Bureau Of Ed | ucation literally by millions have al- | most entirely ceased since School Life | has been issued; and the printed leaf | lets have been greatly reduced in | number. The periodical covers the | ground far more effectively and eco | nomically. Its cost is actually less than that of other forms of distr1bu- tion, and it presetns a more pleasing appearance and bears an aspect of permanence which the nlimeographed material lacks.
 School Life is one of the fl Gov ernment periodicals whose publica- tion was suspended December 1 be- cause authority for them lapsed at that time. The further existence of all these periodicals depends on the | massage of Senate Joint Resolution 132 which has passed the Senate and is now before the House of Represent atives, or of some other measu<e with like T111rrOSe