Public Affairs Information Service October, 1917-October, 1918 Abattoirs Regulation • Kentucky-Sanitary inspection of slaughterhouses. J. O. LaBach and W. H. Simmons. il tables Ky Agric Exp Sta Bul no 209p 137-67p O '17 Manitoba-Regulation of slaughterhouses. Manitoba Pub Service Bul 1:13-14 O '17 Massachusetts-Inspection of slaughtering. tables In Massachusetts. Dept. of health. 2d annual report, 1917, p 183-90 '17 Ability tests Ability of deaf and hearing children to follow printed directions. Rudolf Pinter and D. G. Paterson. tables fig Am Ann of the Deaf 62: 448-72 N '17 Reprinted from the Pedagogical Seminary, December, 1916. † Boston, Mass. Dept. of educ. investigation and measurement. Arithmetic: the value to the teacher, to the principal, and to the superintendent of individual and class records from standard tests. (School doc. no. 22 -1917) 83p tables fig 7c D '17 Sec. of school com. California. Bd. of charities and correction. Surveys in mental deviation in prisons, public schools, and orphanages in California. 87p diag '18 • Cleveland, O. Bd. of educ. Div. of reference and research. Arithmetical abilities of school children as shown by Courtis tests. (Bul. no. 1) 15p N 9 '17 Exceptional children in the schools of Santa Ana, Cal.: a survey by the research staff of the Whittier state school. J. H. Williams. bibl tables charts Whittier State School Dept of Research Bul no 6 40p Ja '18 Whittier, Cal. Further comparison of scattering and of the mental rating by the 1908 and 1911 Binet Simon scales. J. E. W. Wallin. tables J Delinquency 3:12-27 Ja '18 Further extension and revision of the BinetSimon scale. F. Kuhlmann. J Crim Law 8: 890-901 Mr '18 Individual tests in the Binet-Simon scale. J E. W. Wallin. 79-85p tables '17 J. E. Wallace Wallin, Psycho-educational clinic, St Louis (Ed. exhausted) Reprinted from the Psychological Clinic, May 15, 1915. Intelligence quotients of 68 children in a California orphanage. L. M. Terman and Dorothy Wagner. tables J Delinquency 33:115-21 My '18 Intelligence tests in schools. Elizabeth Woods. Educ N Bul 10:1 My 1 '18 Kansas. Normal school. Bur. of educ. measurements and standards. Report of the use of the Courtis standard research tests in arithmetic in twenty-four cities. W. S. Monroe. (No. 4) 94p tables '16 Emporia Massachusetts-Psychopathic clinic at Massachusetts reformatory. G. G. Fernald. J Psycho-Asthenics 21:73-81 Mr '17 • Measurement of high school mathematics. S. A. Courtis. 129-48p '18 S. A. Courtis, 82 Eliot st, Detroit, Mich. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the 7th meeting of Central association of science and mathematics teachers. Mental ability and future success of delinquent girls. Rudolf Pintner and Jeannette Reamer. tables Delinquent 3:74-9 Mr '18 ↑ Mental survey. Rudolf Pintner. 116p tables *$2 '18 Appleton Mental survey of the population of a workhouse. Rudolf Pinter and H. A. Toops. tables J Delinquency 2:278-87 S '17 New York (city). Dept. of educ. Div. of reference and research. Measurements in spelling. (Pub. no. 16) 88p tables charts '18 New York (state). Bur. of analysis and investigations. Performance norms for thirteen tests. bibl il tables charts. In New York (state). Bd. of charities. Annual report, 1916, v 1 p 513-648 '17 New York probation and protective assn. Report of mental examinations. F: W. Ellis and A. T. Bingham. 16p tables '17 130 E. 22d st, N.Y. Reprinted from the 8th annual report of the New York probation and protective association. Probing the mind: second report, the intelligence and its examination. J. V: Haberman. 38p '18 J. V: Haberman, 60 W. 85th st, N.Y. Reprinted from the Medical Record, May 18, 1918. Search for nonphysical standards for naval aviators. R. P. Parsons. il tables U S Naval Med Bul 12:155-72 Ap '18 Use of the Binet method in hospitals for the insane, by R. M. Yerkes; Methods of expressing results of measurements of intelligence: coefficient of intelligence, by R. M. Yerkes and Louise Wood; Routine mental tests as the proper basis of practical measures in social service: a first study made from 30,000 cases cared for by 27 organizations in Boston and surrounding districts, by H. M. Wright. bibl charts tables Mass Comm on Mental Diseases Bul v 1 no 1 p 58-63, 98-115, 175-210 '17 Value of mental tests in the classification of pupils. Rudolf Pintner. Am Ann of the Deaf 63:196-204 Mr '18 Wide range versus narrow range BinetSimon testing. J. E. W. Wallin. tables J Delinquency 2:315-30 N '17 See also Crime and criminals-Psychopathic examinations; Educational measurements; Immigrants-Ability tests; Soldiers -Psychopathic examinations Wisconsin. Lib. comm. Leg. ref. dept. Wisconsin soldiers' voting during the Civil war: digest of the laws and summary of Wisconsin supreme court decisions on constitutionality. J. H. Benton. 3p '15 (Typew. 15c) Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Governors' messages, 1918 Kentucky-Gov. Stanley recommends legislation permitting absent voting by soldiers. Maryland-Gov. Harrington recommends that a previous bill providing for a constitutional amendment permitting absent voting by soldiers and sailors be again introduced and passed, and that another bill providing for taking the soldiers' and sailors' votes in the camp or field be introduced, to become effective upon the ratification of the constitutional amendment. Massachusetts-Gov. McCall recommends the passage of a law providing for absent voting by soldiers and sailors in active service, and for civilians only in cases of sheer necessity. Montana-Gov. Stewart recommends amending the absent voters law in order to make it apply to men in the service. Rhode Island-Gov. Beeckman recommends the speedy passage of legislation providing for absent voting for men in the service. South Carolina-Gov. Manning recommends provision for absent voting by men in the service. Laws Connecticut. General assembly. Act concerning voting by electors absent from the state in the military or naval service of the United States. (Approved Mr 21 '18) 6p '18 State lib. Connecticut-Act concerning voting by electors absent from the state in the military or naval service of the United States. 17p Mr '18 State lib. * Connecticut-Act concerning voting by electors absent from the state in the military or naval service of the United States. 24p '18 State lib. Kansas-Laws governing elections for persons in military service. (Article 11, ch. 33, P. L. 1915.) 7p '17 Sec. of state *Kansas absent voter law. (Article 12, ch. 33, P. L. 1915, as amended by ch. 183, P. L. 1917.) 4p '17 Sec. of state Legislation, Comparative Absent voting laws, 1917. P. O. Ray. Am Pol Sci R 12:251-61 My '18 Connecticut. State lib. Leg. ref. dept. Absent voting: summary of statutes passed by the several state legislatures in session in 1917. 18p Ja 14 '18 (Typew. 90c) Laws of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana (extra session), and Wisconsin had not been received and therefore were not examined. Wisconsin laws 1917, chapter 570 is on this subject, and there may be similar laws passed by the other three states. Obtained only thru P. A. I. S. Laws on soldier voting. Lincoln, Neb. Sunday State J F 10 '18 p 14-A Rhode Island. State lib. Leg. ref. bur. Soldier's and sailor's vote: absent voting. 30p D 21 '17 (Typew. $1.50) Obtained only thru P.A.I.S. Academic freedom at Columbia. R. W. Dunn. War 2:17-18 D '17 Academic freedom in war time: American as- Recent academic freedom discussion. Reports Am American assn. of univ. professors. Report of committee A on academic freedom and academic tenure. A. O. Lovejoy, chm. 11p Mr. '18 H. W. Tyler, sec.. Mass. institute of technology, Cambridge (Ed. exhausted) Advance proof of February bulletin. -Same. Am Assn Univ Professors Bul 4:16-28 F '18 American assn. of univ. professors. Report of the committee on inquiry concerning charges of violation of academic freedom, involving the dismissal of the president and three members of the faculty, at the University of Montana. Am Assn of Univ Professors Bul 3:179-228 My '17 Report of the committee of the American association of university professors on academic freedom in wartime. A. O. Lovejoy, chm. School and Soc 7:214-54 Mr 2 '18 Acceptances. See Trade acceptances Accident insurance. See Workmen's compensation Accidents Accidents in the home. il Travelers Standard 6:117-23, 157-68 Je, Ag '18 See also Safety devices and measures; Workmen's compensation; also subhead Accidents under: Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Military; Bridges; Coal mines; Electric railroads; Electric wires and wiring: Elevators; Hotels; Iron and steel industry; Machinebuilding industry; Merchant marine; Motor vehicles; Railroads; School children; Street accidents Investigations Pennsylvania-Legislature of 1917 appointed a commission to investigate sickness and accidents not compensated by workmen's compensation. Prevention * American museum of safety. Slipping and tripping: the most serious public and industrial hazard. H. W. Mowery. 15p il tables 14-18 W. 24th st, N. Y. Address presented to the Philadelphia local, National safety council at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, March 20. 1916. * Bureau of safety. Methods for instruction in accident prevention for use in schools. 31p il '17 72 W. Adams st, Chicago Accidents-Prevention-Continued Fatalism vs. safety. Safety Bul 5:4-5 F '18 New York (city)-Bombed London safe beside New York. Franklin Clarkin. Boston Evening Transcript pt 2 p 5 S 26 '17 New York (city)-Snatching children from Gotham's auto wheels: hundreds of accidents there yearly forcing a wholesale exodus from the streets to the "promised land of the improved back yard." J. W. Smith. il Boston Evening Transcript pt 2 p 5 My 1 '18 Reports † National fire protection assn. Report of the committee on safety to life. 14p table '18 F. H. Wentworth, sec., 87 Milk st, Boston Presented at the annual meeting, May 7-9, 1918. Distributed only to members of the association. Public safety commission of Chicago and Cook co. Annual report and diagram of four years work for safety. 8p '17 Statistics Analysis of accident experience of the travelers in 1917. table Econ World n s 15:350-1 Mr 9 '18 Mortality due to accidents as compared with mortality from all causes. tables Econ World n s 14:242-3 Ag 18 '17 Part played by accidents in the mature white male death rate in the United States. table Econ World n s 14:711 N 17 '17 Accidents, Industrial Accident problem of the iron and steel industries, by J. H. Herbert; Of the electric companies, by B. F. Day; Same, by J. S. Meade; Employer's duty toward accident prevention, by G: T. Fondo; Accident problem of the general industries, by C. B. Auel; Same, by R. J. Wheeler. tables charts Pa Dept Labor and Industry Monthly Bul 4: 113-35, 140-63 F '17 British report on the causation of industrial accidents. Econ World n s 15:854 Je 15 '18 Eye hazards in industrial occupations. table Monthly R 6:1023-6 Ap '18 Ignorance of the English language and the cost of industrial accidents. Econ World n s 15:27 Ja 5 '18 Industrial accidents; Prevention of industrial accidents; Results of accident prevention. il tables charts In R. H. Blanchard. Liability and compensation insurance, p 3-38 '17 Industrial accidents and diseases. tables Monthly R 5:1000-16 N '17 Investigation of the factors concerned in the causation of industrial accidents. table Monthly Labor R 7:418-21 Ag '18 * Massachusetts. Bd. of labor and statistics. Rules and regulations for the prevention of accidents in building operations. (Industrial bul. no. 12) 14p '17 Massachusetts-Industrial accidents. tables Monthly R 6:1017-19 Ap '18 National com. for the prevention of blindness. Eye hazards in industrial occupations: a report of typical cases and conditions with recommendations for safe practice. G: L. Berry. (Eye hazards in industrial occupations no. 12) 145p il tables 50c N '17 Practical value of charts in showing the nature and conditions of industrial accidents. tables Econ World n s 16:96-7 JI 20 '18 Accident prevention fundamentals; Marine hardware manufacture. il Travelers Standard 6:30-40 F '18 Accident-prevention in mills: the safety movement in the paper and pulp industry. David Van Schaak. Paper 21:11-13 F 20 '18 Read before the American paper and pulp association at the annual meeting in New York, Feb. 7, 1918. Accidents and accident prevention in machine building. L. W. Chaney and H. S. Hanna. il tables charts U S Bur Labor Statistics Bul no 216 (Industrial accidents and hygiene ser. no. 13) 117p Ag '17 Can serious industrial accidents be eliminated? L. W. Chaney and H. S. Hanna. Monthly R 5:201-16 Ag '17 Cooperation in safety work: how safety principles should appeal to employers and employees in paper mills. A. P. Costigane. Paper 22:11-14 Je 12 '18 Address delivered before the technical section of the Canadian pulp and paper association at the meeting in Toronto, June 6, 1918. Duties of the safety engineer. David Van Schaack. Cal Safety N 2:8-15 Ag '18 Duty of employers in the matter of prevention of accidents and the conservation of health of employees. George Pope. In New York (state). Industrial comm. Proceedings of the 1st industrial safety congress, 1916, p 14-19 '17 Educational work in accident prevention; with discussion. D. M. Holman. tables US Bur Labor Statistics Bul no 210 (Workmen's insurance and compensation ser. no. 9) p 12844, 151-7 My '17 English for safety campaign by the state industrial commission. M. K. Clark. Safety 6: 34-8 F '18 Fixing shop and man accident liability, by D. C. Pultney; Welfare work and the prevention of accidents, by W. P. Strickland. Preservation 1:83-6 F '18 Flare-backs of oil fires; Accidents in tanks and bins. Cal Safety N v 1 no 8 15p Ag '17 Foreman's duty toward accident prevention, by H. T. Raisbeck; Employe's duty toward accident prevention, by C: H. Spotts. Pa Dept Labor and Industry Monthly Bul 4:720 Mr '17 How organized labor can be of service in the prevention of industrial accidents, by J.H. Maurer; Valuation of education in eliminating the human equation as a factor in the causation of accidents, by E. B. Morgan; Work of the American museum of safety in the prevention of industrial accidents; Discussion, by the members. Pa Dept Labor and Industry Bul v 5 no 1 p 145-73 '18 Massachusetts-Social insurance and accident prevention urged by the governor. Monthly R 6:441-3 F '18 National safety council. Accidents to workmen are costly, unnecessary, wasteful and inhuman. 15p il '17 W. H. Cameron, sec.treas., Continental & commercial bank bldg., Chicago Prevention of industrial accidents. Commerce Repts no 134 p 943 Je 8 '18 Extract from report of the Health of munition workers' committee. Progress of accident prevention on railroads and in industries in the United States. M. A. Dow. table Econ World n s 14:419-20 S 22 '17 Part of an address delivered at the 6th annual congress of the National safety council, New York, Sept. 12, 1917. Safety pointers for mill workers: a list of dangers which should be brought to the attention of new workmen. Paper 21:22-3 S 26 '17 War hazards. W. D. Milne. Insurance Lib Assn of Boston Bul 8:1-4, 6 Ja '18 (to be cont.) • Youngstown [O.] sheet & tube co. Rules and instructions. 3d ed 98p il J1 '17 J. M. Noltz, safety dir. See also First aid in illness and injury Accidents, Industrial-Prevention-Continued Bibliography Syracuse univ. Lib. school. Safety movement in factories, iron and steel mills, and mines of the United States. E. L. Dibble. 26p '17 (Typew. $1.30) Bibliography presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a certificate in library economy. Obtained only thru P.A.I.S. Conferences International assn. of industrial accident bds. and comms. Proceedings of the 3d annual meeting held at Columbus, O., April 25-28, 1916. tables US Bur Labor Statistics Bul no 210 (Workmen's insurance and compensation ser. no. 9) 254p My '17 National safety council. 6th annual safety congress: proceedings (part 5, governmental sectional meeting, New York, September 14, 1917. 533-93p '17 W. H. Cameron, sec.-treas., Commercial & nat. bank bldg., Chicago New York (state). Industrial comm. Proceedings of the 1st industrial safety congress, Syracuse, Dec. 11-14, 1916. 236p tables '17 New York (state)-First industrial conference. Monthly R 5:1003-6 N '17 New York (state)-Second industrial safety congress. Monthly R 6:177-81 Ja '18 New York state industrial safety congress. Proceedings of the 2d [meeting] held under the auspices of the state industrial commission, Syracuse, December 3-6, 1917. 292p '18 N.Y. industrial comm. -Same. In N.Y. (state). Industrial comm. Report. 1916, p 291-527 '17 Tennessee. Dept. of workshop and factory inspection. Safety conference for west Tennessee, Memphis, May 6, 1918: [proceedings]. 28p '18 Governors' messages, 1918 Massachusetts-Gov. McCall recommends that the legislature make a careful investigation of the causes of increased industrial accidents, with a view to providing remedial legislation. Maine-Industrial accidents. tables In Maine. Dept. of labor and industry. Excerpt from 3d biennial report, 1915-1916, p 25-30 '17 Pennsylvania-Bureau of statistics and information compiles records of industrial accidents in Pennsylvania for the year 1916 showing 255,616 accidents reported, of which 2,670 were fatalities. table Pa Dept Labor and Industry Monthly Bul 4:35-6 Je '17 Tennessee-Industrial accidents. table In Tennessee. Dept. of workshop and factory inspection. 4th annual report, 1916, p 54-91 '17 Trend of accident frequency rates in the iron and steel industry during the war period. L. W. Chaney. tables charts Monthly R 5: 847-56 N '17 Why and how of uniform industrial accident statistics for the United States. Royal Meeker. U S Bur Labor Statistics Bul no 210 (Workmen's insurance and compensation ser. no. 9) p 91-9 My '17 Accounting Definitions of modern accounting terms. In Los Angeles, Cal. Auditor. Report, 1917, p 8-11 '17 Recent progress in budget making and accounting. C. E. Rightor. Nat Munic R 6:70719 N '17 See also Collection of accounts; Commercial education; Cost accounting; Farm accounting; Libraries, Accounting; Municipal accounting: School accounting: State accounting: Uniform accounting; also subhead Accounting under: Advertising; Agriculture; Coal; Creameries; Fruit shipping; Insurance, Fire; Municipal property; Pumping stations; Railroads; United States-Shipping board; Warehouses Bibliography Brief selected list of books in accountancy for the use of small public and private libraries. M. N. Johnson. Pub Lib 23:268 Je '18 Adamson act decision. F. W. Hackett. Am Law R 52:23-40 Ja '18 Administration of justice Judge and the statute. Warren Gard. Cong Rec 55:783-8 S 14 '17 Address delivered before the American bar association, Sept. 4, 1917, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Justice through simplified legal procedure. Carl Kelsey and H. W. Jessup, eds. Ann Am Acad v 73 no 162 251p S '17 Includes: Simplification of the machinery of justice with a view to its greater efficiency, by H: W. Jessup; Some observations upon the report of the committee on the Phi Delta Phi with special reference to the typical judiciary article for a constitution, by C: A. Boston; Layman's demand for improved judicial machinery, by W: L. Ransom; Working of the New Jersey short practice act, by Martin Conboy; Progress of the proposal to substitute rules of court for common law practice, by T: W. Shelton; An efficient county court system, by Herbert Harley; Justice factory, by F: D. Wells; Administration of business and discipline by the courts, by Julius Henry Cohen; Organization of the courts, by G: W. Alger; Looking forward in the law, by A. Y. Wood. Ontario-Respecting the administration of justice. (Pt. 18 of Municipal act) In W: R. Meredith, ed. Municipal manual, p 422-41 '17 Important provincial cases are cited. Probation as an aid to the administration of Justice. A. T. Clearwater. In New York (state). Probation comm. 10th annual report, 1916, p 137-42 '17 Admissions Taxation Legislation War tax on admissions; War tax on admissions and dues. In Federal trade information service. War revenue law of 1917, p 30-2, 61-2 '17 † Advertising and selling practice. J: B. Opdycke. (Shaw educ. ser.) 206+xxiv bibl il tables charts $1.25 '18 A. W. Shaw Advertising in Latin America. C. H. Greene. South American 6:26 Je '18 Address delivered at the 5th national foreign trade convention, Cincinnati, O. Advertising pictures: what they do and how they do it. John McCartan. il Postage 4: 137-40 D '17 American advertising in China. W. A. Adams. Commerce Repts no 283 p 861 D 3 '17 Business insurance by direct-by-letter advertising. R. J. Shoemaker. Postage 6:5-7+ Ag '18 Canada-Paid advertising carries Canada's victory loan to success. H. C. Lowrey. Printers' Ink 101:87-8 D 13 '17 Arthur Dominican Republic-Advertising. McLean. Commerce Repts no 9 p 136 Ja 11 '18 George W. Perkins hero of unique advertising attack. Printers' Ink 101:85-93 O 4 '17 German attempts to control press through advertising. Manufacturers Rec 73:76-7 Je 6 policy. '18 Great Britain's war-time advertising H. A. McBride. Commerce Repts no 75 p 1224-8 Mr 30 '18 How sense saves dollars in direct advertising, by C. L. Davis; Practical application of direct mail advertising, by H. J. Buckley. Postage 4:153-7 D '17 How the new excess profits tax affects advertised business. Printers' Ink 101:3-6, 129-34 N 15 '17 It pays to advertise truthfully. A. K. Ford. il Minn 3:21-2+ Ag '17 † La Salle ext. univ. Advertising, E. H. Kastor. 317p $2.50 sold only to schools and libraries '18 4046-58 Michigan av, Chicago Leaders of business see coming need for greater advertising. Bruce Bliven. Printers' Ink 100:1-8 S 27 '17 Maker bigger than goods: father of "institutional advertising" tells of its success. E. B. Merritt. Forbes M 1:708-10 Mr 16 '18 Moral value of advertising. Ind 92:500 D 15 '17 Organizing advertising. J. F. Hickman. Credit Men's J 4:1,60 Ag '18; Same. Better Business 2:1,44 Ag '18 Putting the human touch in direct advertising. Burton Biglow. il Postage 4:106-7 N '17 Regularity of technical advertising and its effect on inquiries. L. G. Dennison. charts Advertising & Selling 27:14 F '18 Relation of advertising price to standardization. Printers' Ink 101:25-8+ O 11 '17 Urges use of trained instead of volunteer advertising: estimate made that half of $5,000,000 spent for second liberty loan might have been saved. H. S. Houston. Printers' Ink 101:69-72 N 15 '17 Address delivered Nov. 12, 1917 at Indianapolis at an executive committee meeting of the A. A. C. of W. Value of service. C: H. Mackintosh. Postage 4:144-7 D '17 Address to the 31st annual convention of the United typothetae and Franklin clubs in America, delivered on Sept. 18, 1917. See also European war and advertising; Flags-Use in advertising; House organs; Intoxicating liquors-Advertisements; Municipal advertising; Office management—Advertising departments; Salesmen and salesmanship; Sexual diseases-Advertisements of cure; also subhead Advertising under: Banks and banking; Chambers of commerce; Chiropody; Druggists; Explosives; Farm produce; Libraries; Mail order houses; Medicine; Political campaigns; Public utilities; Railroads |