Essays on the teaching of English in honor of Charles Swain Thomas.
Contributors: Gay, Robert Malcolm, 1879- ed.
Publisher: Harvard university press
Published: 1940
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Thomas, Charles Swain, 1868-; English language -- Study and teaching.
Notes: Edited by R. M Gay.
College teaching and creative scholarship, by K. O. Myrick.--The teaching of English, by Mary E. Chase.--Yesterday, by A. M. Hitchcock.--A note on the writer's craft, by John Erskine.--How well can English teachers write? By Allan Abbott.--On saying what you mean, by J. E. Park.--Uneasy English, by Frances L. Warner.--Linguistics and the teaching of the English language, by R. C. Pooley.--The major in English composition, by Agnes C. Perkins.--Grammar in the elementary curriculum, by F. S. Hoyt.--The Commission on English and the present state of the comprehensive English examination, by E. S. Noyes.--A glimpse of English public schools, by C. M. Fuess.--Amateur spirit in Korean literature, by Younghill Kang.--Notes (p. [279]-284)--The contributors (p. [285]-286)
Table of contents: title: Introduction, by R. M. Gay.; title: Charles Swain Thomas and the teaching of English, by H. W. Holmes.; title: A modest caveat about the curriculum, by H. M. Jones.; title: The responsibility of the public schools for the maintenance of culture in America, by Dora V. Smith.; title: English and the social studies, by H. E. Wilson.; title: English as experience in secondary schools, by Angela M. Broening.; title: We dare to teach English, by Lou LaBrant.; title: Three question marks for the teacher of literature, by Reed Smith.; title: Can a sense of beauty be developed through the English class? By Phyllis Robbins.