Research Bulletin OF THE National Education Association INDEX TO VOLUME XVII 1939 RESEARCH DIVISION NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES l Sixte enth St ‘ ‘ N rthwe o¢ W netor D ( 1939 INDEX TO VOLUME XVII Agencies promoting international cooperation. See International relations. Alcoholic beverage taxes: state legislation, 1934- 39, 107, 123-27; states with, 1934 and 1939, 104- 105; total yield, in certain states, contributing directly to state school support, 1937-38, 127. See also Tax legislation affecting schools. Alves, Henry F.: referred to, 5, 52. Assignments of teachers. See Teaching load. Barbour, Richmond: referred to, 227 Bennett, G. Vernon: referred to, 225. Blose, David T.: referred to, 5, 52. Carter, Goodrich, and others: referred to, 49. Cavins, L. V.: referred to, 4. Chain-store taxes: affecting school support, 1933- 38, 106; as related to state school support, 1929-38, 133; described briefly, 101; number of states levying, 1933-38, 106; state legislation, 1934-38, 107, 133-35; states with, 1934 and 1939, 104-105; total yield, contributing directly to state school support, 1937-38, 134. See also Tax legislation affecting schools. Charters, W. W.: referred to, 225. Class size: limitations proposed by teachers for, 253. See also Comments of teachers, on class size limitations; Teaching load. Comments of teachers: on class size limitations, 254; on cumulative effect of assigned duties, 257; on curriculum study and revision, 258: on de- mocracy in school administration, 259; on diff- culties experienced with large classes, 252-53; on equalization of assignments, 258; on extracur- riculum requirements, 257-58; on heavy teaching loads as a detriment to professional growth, 255- 56; on inadequacy of rural salaries, 30-39; on need for local studies of teaching load problems, 259; on out-of-school activities and interruptions, 257; on relation of public opinion to teaching loads, 259; on total time requirements of teaching, 258; on unnecessary administrative and clerical work, 258-59. Corporation taxes: affecting school support, 1933- 38, 106; described briefly, 101-102; number of states levying corporation income taxes, 1933-38, 106; state corporation income taxes as related to state school support, 1929-38, 113; state legislation on corporation income taxes, 1934-38, 113-16; state legislation on other corporation taxes, 1934- 38, 107, 140-43; states with corporation income taxes, 1934 and 1939, 104-105; total yield of per- sonal and corporation income taxes contributing directly to state school support, 1937-38, 114. See also Tax legislation affecting schools. Cyr, Frank W.: referred to, 4. Davis, Horace W.: referred to, 16. Democracy in school administration: desir- ability of, 259, 261; quotation concerning, 261. See also Comments of teachers, on democracy in school administration. Dependents: “dependency unit” defined, 12; num- ber of, for rural teachers, 12-13. Douglass, Harl R.: referred to, 227. Duties of teachers: See Teaching load. Economic status of rural teachers: a composite picture, 40-41; cultural, recreational, and eco- nomic opportunities, 41, 44-45; differences ac- cording to type of rural school, 41-42; family re- sponsibilities and living conditions, 12-13, 40, 42-43; financial status, summarized, 41; out- standing points and their significance, 4 fessional status, 40, 41-42; summ transportation facilities, 40-41, 43-44 Eells, Kenneth W.: referred to, 22 Elsbree, Willard S.: quoted, 24, 74 Expenditures of rural teachers: « single women and married men in cx arrangements, 15-18; comparison of different income levels, 20-21; co teachers in different types of school, 19 parison of teachers with different an perience, 22; comparison of teachers ent numbers of dependents, 21-22 purposes, 15-24; four major uses of 20-22; variations in amounts used f purposes by individual teachers, 22-24 Income of rural teachers; Salar teachers. Extracurriculum activities of teachers devoted to, 230-31. See also Comments of on extracurriculum requirements. 1e8 Financing education: See Tax legis! ing schools. Fosdick, Harry Emerson: quoted, 211 Funds earmarked for schools: See |] tion affecting schools. Gasoline taxes: state legislation, 1934-38, 1 127-28: total yield in certain states of ¢ taxes contributing directly to state schoo 1937-38, 127. See also Tax legislation schools. Gaumnitz, Walter H.: referred to, 4 General Education Board: referred to, 4 Givens, Willard E.: forewords by, 4, 68, 1 224. Goodrich, Carter, and others: refer: Hull, Osman R.: referred to, 225 Income of rural teachers: school sala: other income, 6-13; sources of, 6-7: uses of See also Expenditures of rural teachers; S$ of rural teachers. Income taxes: affecting school support, 193 106; described briefly, 101; number of states ing, 1933-38, 106; state legislation, 109-12 personal income taxes as related to stat support, 1929-38, 108; states with, 1934 104-105. See also Corporation taxes; Tax tion affecting schools Indebtedness of rural teachers: amounts ported for each type of, 25-26; extent of ind ness, 25-29; repayment of debt, 17-18; tot bilities in relation to home maintenancs ownership, 29; total liabilities of teachers | different amounts of experience, 26-27 Index numbers: of all school employees’ sa to the 1930-31 salary of elementary tea 86-87. Inheritance, estate, and gift taxes: des briefly, 101-102; state legislation, 1934-38, 136-37; states with, 1934 and 1939, 104-1! also Tax legislation affecting schools. International relations: materials on, suppli schools, 212; organizations and agencies ested in, listed alphabetically with page ences, 214-17; services with respect to, ava for schools, 212; work of various organizat and agencies described, 167-211. Irwin, Manley E.: referred to, 227. [ 272 ] Se ania anil Kandel, I. L.: King W. 3 quoted, 22 referred to, 163 Koerner, Grace: referred to, 163 classes: difficulties experienced with, 251 evalence of, 229, 251. See also Comments of rs, on difficulties experienced with large License taxes: described briefly, 102: state legisla 144-47. See 1934-38, cting schools. vad pressures: See Tea hing load Me id, A. R.: referred to, 4 Monroe, Paul: referred to, 163 National Education Association: Committe: Economic Status of the Rural Te to, 4, 5, 49, 68, 69. National Education Association: Committee o1 International Relations, referred to, 163, 165, 16¢ eport quoted, 213. National Education Association: Department of Classroom Teachers, yearbook quoted, 29, 256 National Education Association: Department of Elementary School Principals, committee report cited, 78; referred to, 225 National Education Association: Educatio: Policies Commission, quoted, 166, 261, 26 cles: veheroed National Education Association: Educational Research Service, circulars referred to, 7 231 National Education Association: Research Di vision bulletin quoted, 13, 46, 64, 23 referred to 5, 101. National Industrial ferred to, 148. National Society for the Study of Education yearbook referred to, 165. Conference Board: r Organizations promoting international coop eration. See International relations. Personal relationships of teachers: 235-3: Pertsch, C. Frederick: referred to, 227 Property ownership by rural teachers: am reported for each type of property and indebted ness, 25-26; home ownership not common, 43; total and liabilities in relation to home maintenance and ownership, 29; total assets and liabilities of teachers having different of experience, 26-27; value of property and extent of indebtedness, 25-29. See also and investments. Property taxes: changes in state laws, 148-51; described briefly, 102 103; property tax replacement and search for new revenues, 103, 107; tendencies in state legislation, 1934-38, 103. See also Tax i schools. Pupil load. See Teaching load hunts assets amounts Savings 1934-38 property tax relief, legislation affecting Questionnaire: on the economic status of rural teachers, described, 6, 14, 25, 30: same duced, 55-60; on salaries of city school employees, described, 95: on teaching loads 26, reproduced, 265-70. Robinson, Wm. McKinley: referred to, 4 Rural teacher: a composite picture of, 40-41; auto repro described, 225 mobile ownership by, 43-44; cultural and profes- sional improvement of, 40, 41, 44; family respon sibilities of, 12-13, 40, 42-43; +3; housing facilities of, 43; home ownership by, indebtedness of, 17 also Tax legislation | Ss 4 vyned } } ( ict t 4 6S ( ( s: Expend ‘ shiy S S an ! t Salaries of city school employee 138 list 1 of sala es id cert S sory tt 1 of sala ‘ | ( { supervisory ofhcers ) l listribution of sa ees in cities ¢ tf sala es 11d t 3 s 1 Ss In Cities « :% s paid J distribution of s j t nd cle Ca emplovees } sa iid teachers in cities lis I f salaries paid rae 3 77: intercity liar nd arithmetic mean sa ind senior high-school teach iedian and a 1 kinde ten and element t ¢ ] ( nedia nedial iries paid and index tie r 3 193 31 nd med s s paid and id } cit s ide 50 UN 193 31 ! median sala s paid element | te ac 4 n sa ies | 1 high-s« median salaries paid junior high tear 82 nedian salaries I iid super | t in nd distribution § of ll sitions), to the 1930-31 sala f ¢ tary t chers, 86-87 special ta i t r scribed, 89-9 referred to, 79; trend 193 to 1938-39 70-75; trends in el cl tear salaries, 1930-31 to 1938 tre in hig school teachers’ salaries 1 t 39 trends in salaries paid et ( 5 to 5.06 1930-31 to 1938-39 +; trends salaries paid employees in cities to | 1930-31 to 1938-39. 73: trends it ployees in cities 10 ito 3 19 to 1 39, 72: trends in salaries paid en r in cit 3 to 1 1930-31 to 1938-39, 71: tre salarte paid employees in citis | 1930-31 to 1938-39, 70 Salaries of rural teachers: av: con - 11 teachers, 8-12 l ot dependents, 12-13: in relatior Y by states, 9-11: in relation to tr perience, 10-11: in relation to t eral area, and sex, 7-9: in it t school position, 11-12; in relati t ( tors, 7-13; salaries paid rural it 91-94 school salaries and ot I l situation unsatisfactory, 45: source ‘ rural te ichers, ( 7? uses of income 14 + Salary schedules: trends with resp Sales taxes: affecting school s pI t 33 | ilcoholic beverage taxes, 123-27 1 101; gasoline taxes, 127-28; gener st related to state school support, 192 11 cellaneous, 131-32 number of stat r ] 5 38, 106; states with, 1934 and 19 104-1 egislation, 103, 106, 117-22 128-30; total vield of general sales taxes con- other vocations, 238 rated tributing directly to state school support, 1937-38, various grade levels, 23 118. See also Tax legislation affecting schools. in various high-school departments, 232 Savings and investments of rural teachers: related to enjoyment found in teaching, 23 annual, 17-18; miscellaneous types, 25-29, 41. See size as a measure of, 229, 253; class also Property ownership by rural teachers. and median reported, 229; comments of School support. See Tax legislation affecting 252-59; comparison of measurable load schools. H groups, 233; consequences of undu School taxes. See Tax legislation affecting schools. 251-56; considered unduly heavy or: Severance taxes: described briefly, 101: state 232-33; effect of, on personal and profs legislation, 1934-38, 107, 138-39; total yield of, growth, 255; extracurriculum activities of contributing directly to state school support, 138. ers, 230-31; health of teachers as related See also Tax legislation affecting schools. heavy pressure, ten sources identified Simmons, Louise B.: referred to, 163. important problem of, 225; large class Smith, Dora V.: referred to, 251. 251-53; local studies of, desirable, 250, 25 major pressure areas in, 242; number of t periods as a factor in, 229-30; opinions as t reasonableness of, 232-38; out-of-school act as a factor in, 230-31; personal relationships factor in, 235; present pupil load reported teachers, 229-31; ratings given to 44 specifi tors in, 239, 263-64; satisfaction with teaching assignments, 236-37; sources of press at various grade levels, 247-48; sources of sure for teachers in R and H groups, 243 sources of pressure in various high-school d« as 77 4-3 2. >, a8 I Tax legislation affecting schools: alcoholic bev- erage taxes, 104, 105, 107, 123-27; bibliography, 154-55; chain-store taxes, 101, 104, 105, 106, 107, 133-35; corporation income taxes, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 113-16; corporation taxes, miscellaneous, 102, 140-43; earmarking versus general appro- priations, 107-108; gasoline taxes, 106-107, 127- 28; income taxes, personal, 101, 104, 105, 106, 108, 109-12; inheritance, estate, and gift taxes, 101- 102, 104, 105, 107, 136-37; license taxes, 102, 144- 47; new types of school taxes, 103-107; over- ments, 249-50; teaching situations represented lapping of federal and state provisions, 107; study, 228-31; total number of pupils as a me property taxes, 102, 103, 107, 148-51; provisions of, 229. found in various states, 1933-38, 106; sales taxes, Teaching periods. See Teaching load general, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 117-22; sales Terrebonne, L. P.: referred to, 4 taxes, miscellaneous, 131-32; sales taxes, selective, Tobacco taxes: as related to state school su 101, 123-32; severance taxes, 101, 107, 138-39; 1929-38, 129; state legislation, 1934-38, 107, status of various types of taxes, 1934 and 1939, 30: states with, 1934 and 1939, 104-105: total 104-105; tax surveys and commissions, 102, of, contributing directly to state school support 152-53; tendencies in, 1934-38, 103-108; tobacco 1937-38, 130. See also Tax legislation affecting taxes, 104, 105, 106, 128-30; trends summarized, 1934-38, 103-108; types of taxes defined, 101-102. Tax Policy League: referred to, 109, 123, 128, 136, 148. Tax surveys and commissions: state legislation, U. S. Treasury Department: report cited, | 1934-38, 152-53. See also Tax legislation affecting 123, 129, 136. schools, ‘ ; Teacher load. See Teaching load. Waples, Douglas: referred to, 225. Teaching assignments: degree of satisfaction Ware, Edith E.: referred to, 165. expressed with respect to, 236. Wofford, Kate V.: referred to, 4. Teaching load: as compared with demands of Woodward, Annie C.: referred to, 163 , . 3 schools. Twentieth Century Fund, Committee on Taxa- tion: referred to, 123.