Reviews : MONROE, PAUL (Ed.) A Cyclopedia of Education. (Vol. V.) Pp. xiii, 892. Price, $5.00. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913
| DOI | 10.1177/000271621405300148 |
| Author | Charles Degarmo |
| Date | 01 May 1914 |
| Published date | 01 May 1914 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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MONROE,
PAUL
(Ed.)
A
Cyclopedia
of
Education.
(Vol.
V.)
Pp.
xiii,
892.
Price,
$5.00.
New
York:
The
Macmillan
Company,
1913.
With
the
present
volume
the
Cyclopedia
of
Education
is
completed,
and
we
are
in
a
position
to
estimate
with
some
precision
what
its
prospective
use-
fulness
is.
On
the
whole,
it
must
be
said
that
the
work
is
an
honor
to
American
scholarship
and
enterprise,
especially
to
the
latter,
as
every
one
must
realize
who
has
ever
tried
to
get
other
men
to
do
anything
important,
and
to
do
it
on
time.
The
work
has
the
great
advantage
of
being
an
initial
enterprise.
Every
article
is,
to
the
best
of
the
author’s
ability
and
information,
fresh
and
down
to
date,
and
not
a
rehash
of
former
articles
by
men
either
too
indolent
or
too
old
to
incorporate
recent
discoveries
or
developments.
Aside
from
the
contents,
the
most
valuable
feature
about
the
present
volume
is
the
analytical
index
for
the
entire
Cyclopedia,
for
not
only
does
this
give
a
comprehensive
survey
of
the
whole,
but
it
enables
the
reader
to
tell
at
once
the
range
of
articles
in
each
part
of
the
field.
Some
of
the
departments
most
profusely
supplied
with
articles
are
the
following:
history
of
education,
philosophy
of
education,
educational
psychology,
teaching
methods,
educa-
tional
administration,
elementary
and
secondary
education.
The
teacher
of
any
one
of
these
departments
has
at
hand
a
convenient
summary
and
bib-
liography
of
each
important
topic.
To
illustrate
how
useful
this
material
may
be
made,
the
present
writer
will
indicate
how
he
is
using
the
articles
on
the
history
of
education.
By
beginning
with
an
outline
of
the
present
educational
situation
respecting
classes
of
the
population
to
be
educated,
dominant
educational
aims,
organization
of
education,
the
curriculum,
didactics,
etc.,
and
taking
up
the
history
of
each
in
order,
the
Cyclopedia
articles
fit
into
the
scheme
perfectly,
for
they
are
written
not
from
any
antiquarian
interest,
but
strictly
to
throw
light
on
the
present
con-
dition
of
the
matter
in
hand.
Consequently,
whichever
way
one
proceeds,
the
treatment
either
begins
with
the
present
and
goes
backward,
or
begininng
in
the
past
the
destination
is
always
the
present.
The
history
&dquo;functions,&dquo;
therefore,
at
every
stage
of
the
work,
and
no
longer
loses
itself
in
mere
aca-
demic
consideration
of
the
past.
Continuity
is
preserved
by
constant
refer-
ence
to
a
good
text-book
in
the
history
of
education.
Four
sets
of
the
Cyclo-
pedia,
scattered
about
the
university,
suffice
to
enable
the
general
readers
and
a
class
of
seventy-five
to
have
convenient
access
to
the
volumes
at
almost
any
hour
of
the
day
or
evening.
A
similar
use
of
the
Cyclopedia
in
other
de-
partments
will
be
found
equally
satisfactory.
Lack
of
space
forbids
a
description
of
the
many
interesting
and
valuable
articles
contained
in
the
present
volume.
The
writer
can
not
close,
however,
without
expressing
his
satisfaction
with
the
interpretation
that
Frederick
Monteser
has
given
to
the
doctrines
of
Rousseau,
for
he
corrects
the
false
or
misleading
expositions
of
Davidson,
and
many
others,
who
regard
the
two
Dijon
essays
as
the
basis
of
Rousseau’s
ideals of
education.
Recognition
should
also
be
given
to
Henry
Suzzallo’s
many
and
excellent
contributions.
Would
it be
too
much
to
ask
for
an
index
of
articles
according
to
authors?
Cornell
University.
CHARLES
DEGARMO.
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