Contests,Festivals,and Tournaments

"Competition-Festivals and Clinics, 1941-1942," Music Educators Journal, September-October, 1941, 28:46+. Lists various festivals by states.

Johnson, R.H. , "The Application of the State Regulations governing the Boys' Physical Education Laboratory Program in Thirty-Five Centralized Schools of New York," The Research Quarterly of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. March 1941, 12: 141-51. A study of the applicability of state regulations concerning interscholastic, intramural, and recreational activities in the public schools of New York.

Kramer, M.E. , Dramatic Tournaments in the Secondary School, Contributions to Education, No. 685, New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University. 1936, 176 pp. Reports values of the dramatic tournament and makes recommendations concerning them.

Manning, G.A. , "State Contests and Festivals," School Activities, December 1939, 11:139-40+. Discusses the work of the Michigan State High School, Principal Association in developing a list of contest regulations.

Mitchell, W.W. , "Are Tournaments Educational?" Minnesota Journal of Education, April 1940, 20:308-9. The author concludes that state controlled and state supervised basketball tournaments are educational.

More, G.V. , "North Carolina Contest Festivals," Music Educators Journal, September-October 1941, 28:18-19. Describes what the state of North Carolina is doing in an effort to raise the standard of music tastes.

"Ninth International Schools Contest," Business Education World. September 1941, 22:78-79. Lists the names of the winners in shorthand, typing, book-keeping, machine transcription and calculation and new records set.

Page, J.S. and Manning, G.S. , "State High School Contests Indicted," Michigan Educational Journal, March 1939, 16:312-13+. The attitude of school superintendents and of secondary-school principals.

Pence, C.E. , "Report of the Results of the Referendum on Contest," North Central Association Qacarterly, October 1941, 16:210-11. A report of 2603 principals and superintendents in the North Central region reaction to a referendum on music and other non-athletic contests.

Reavis, William C. , and Van Dyke, George E., Nonathletic Extracurriculum Activities Monograph No. 26. National Survey of Secondary Education, Washington, D. C.: Supt. of Documents, 1933, 174 pp. Chapter IV on nonathletic contests deals with the scope of the program, membership in associations, scholarship standards, and selecting the contestants.

Russell, H.L. , "Types and Conduct of Tennis Tournaments," Journal of Health and Physical Education, April 1941, 12:256-7+. Gives suggestions in planning class and intramural programs.

Ryan, C.T. , "School Contests as Part of the Activity Program in Secondary Education ," School and Society, May 28, 1938, 47: 705-7. Describes a number of contests and discusses their values. He contends that school systems stressing nothing but athletics as their competitive program are failing in their offering.