The School and Other Youth-Serving Agencies

Abt, L.E. , Mendenhall, Paul , and Partridge, E.D. , "The Interests of Scouts and Non-Scouts," Journal of Educational Sociology, XIV. November, 1940, pp. 178-82. Compares interest-inventory replies of 800 scouts with those of an equal number of non-scouts.

Blount, G.W. , "Pupil Participation in School Management," California Journal of Secondary Education XV, March, 1940, pp. 157-59. Describes co-operative endeavors of a Los Angeles high school with a local coordinating council of social agencies. An excellent example of pupils participating in real life situations, thus adding reality to school program.

The Civilian Conservation Corps, The National Youth Administration, and The Public Schools, Washington, D. C. The Educational Policies Commission. 1941, 80 pp. Proposes a comprehensive educational program for American youth, in which the Federal government and the state-and-local educational system can work together—without the necessity of separate Federal youth agencies.

Jacobson, P.B. , "Youth and Work Opportunities," The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, April 1940, 165 pp. A manual describing a number of school-aid projects and resident centers sponsored by the National Youth Administration. Herein is contained information on the youth problem and the relationship of the NYA program to the problems of secondary education.

Jacobson, P.B. , "Youth At Work,' The Bulletin of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, May 1941, 196 pp. Contains descriptions of a number of selected NYA projects for in- and out-of-school youth, extensively illustrated. Herein is contained information on the youth problem and the relationship of the NYA program to secondary education. similar to those accounts of NYA projects described in the April 1940 issue of The Bulletin.

Nicholson, Edwin , Education and the Boy Scout Movement in America, New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1941. A history of its development and description of its educational phases.

Student Life, A monthly publication of the National Association of Secondary-School Principals, (May to June inclusive). Various issues of this magazine contain accounts of out-of-school agencies, such as the NYA, the CCC, the Youth Hostel, the Future Craftsmen of America, FFA, Boy and Girl Staters, the Mutual Placement League, etc.