Teaching of Industrial Arts in the Elementary School. By Oscar
L. McMurry, George W. Eggers, Charles A. Mc3lurry. (Now York : The Macmillan Company. 9s. net.) If the purpose of education were to turn children into efficient little manipulators for-the industrial system, then this book would be a useful contribution to educational literature. But few educationalists, or industrialists-for that matter, can accept such an ideal. The general trend of the book may be summed up in the following excerpt from the chapter on " Qualifications of Arts Teachers" : " The arts teacher stands with one foot in the midst of school life, and with the other planted in the center of the busy world activities outside the school. He is the chief mediator between the school and the outside world life, especially the industrial."
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