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JOURNAL OF CHEIvIICAL EDUCATION

were on the verge of being abandoned. Today the trend is changing. However, much has been learned from these controversies. Pringsheim has taken an active part in these discussions, contributing experimentally and theoretically, and has succeeded in presenting the opposing views in a well-balanced fom-though he seems reluctant t o reinstate the older theories. The reviewer knows of no better hook in the English language dealing with the same subject. The German edition, which is dated a year earlier, seems to he more nearly up-to-date on some few occasions. P. A. L E ~ E N E

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS Persing Laboratory Chemistry Test. Forms A and B. K. M. PERSING. Public School Publishing Co., Bloomington. Ill., 1932. 4 pp. (each form). 21.5 X 28 cm. Sample set (one form with accessory material), 80.15 postpaid. Other prices on application to publisher. This test is designed as an objective measurement of the achievement of pupils in laboratory technic in high-school chemistry. It includes the use of multiple-choice statements, completion-type problems, completion of apparatus, and checking up incorrectly set-up apparatus. The test is intended far use in measuring achievement in courses using the conventional laboratory manual or direction sheets. The test was constructed from material obtained from an analysis of the available laboratory manuals, laharatary guides, and direction sheets in high-school chemistry. From a large amount of material thus obtained, a selection was made, eliminating the material not of common occurrence. T o this selected material were added certain items containing problems and difficulties frequently encountered by

students in the laboratory. Each form of the test consists of sixty-nine items. High-School Science Clubs. Lours A. ASTELL,Advisor, Illinois Junior AcadW. ODELL. emy of Science, and CHARLES Assistant Director, Bureau of Educational Research. University of Illinois Bulletin, Vol. XXIX. No. 39; Bureau of Educational Research Bulletin No. 60. College of Education, University of Illinois. Urhana, IU.. Jan 12. 1932. 77 pp. 15 X 23 cm. m.50. Recently the extra-curricular activities of our schools have been receiving much attention. This is a s it should he because they make important contributions to the education of boys and girls. I n order t o capitalize fully the passihilities of these activities wise direction by the teachers and by the school in general is essential. This study of science clubs in high schools is presented in the hope that the information collected will he useful t o teachers and high-school principals. The annotated bibliography will be of service t o those who desire to studythe topics further. The ' ~ e a c h i nof~ Chemistry in the Secondary Schools of New South Wales, with Special Reference t o the Conditions Existing in the United States of America. ROY W. STMOPE, B.Sc.. Dip.Ed. Issued by the Australian Council for Educational Research. Melbourne University Press in association with Messrs. Matmillan & Co., Ltd., Melbourne, Australia, 1932. 74 pp. 14 X 21.5 cm. This survey indndes a discussion of the following topics: organization and enrolment in schools, the chemistry syllabus, the teachers, textbooks, manuals, and reference books, chemistry rooms, teaching methods and aids, and suggestions t o improve the teaching of chemistry. The Appendix includes data on general science in the United States, chemistry courses in the U. S. A. and N. S. W., statistical tables, and a questionnaire form.