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nicipal League. Basic research as to what constitutes adequate teaching is noted as a prime requirement before a reasonable solution to the perplexing problem of separating “incompetent” teachers from classroom work may be found.

After pointing out the more important problems in public school education and its financing, the symposium offers sug- gestions for their improvement based upon experience, study and hope. If in the near future there must be major changes in the system of public school education and the means for obtaining revenues for its support, one cannot help but note how little agreement there is as to the methods which shall be employed. For the most part, prime emphasis con- tinues to be on the autonomous and inde- pendent local school district where the money is appropriated, schools are built, teachers are hired and the curriculum is determined. This tradition is not likely to change rapidly until school problems get even larger and local taxes to support education are thought to near the point of being confiscatory.

T.R.W.

Organizations

TIONS. Detroit, Gale Research Company, 1956. 306 pp. $15.00, including supple- ments.

First edition of a new directory listing about 1,600 industrial associations from the Abrasive Grain Association to the Zinc Institute, 450 scientific associations from the Acoustical Society to the So- ciety of Systematic Zoology, 450 educa- tional and welfare associations from the Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education to the Zionists, 250 health as- sociations from the Aero Medical Associ- ation to the X-ray technicians, and 300 general associations from the Conference on Uniform Traffic Accident Statistics to Zonta. And all the 1,600 Chambers of Commerce.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN ASSOCIA-

Public Opinion MODERN PUBLIC OPINION. By William

Albig. New York, McGraw Hill Book Company, 1956. xii, 518 pp. $6.50.

Although the author has retained the basic structure and organization of his earlier work, PUBLIC OPINION, in his present volume, careful revision and modernization make it a new book. In almost all instances simple, non-technical terms are used in the discussion which make for ready comprehension by those who are relatively new to the field of public opinion and propaganda. The six sections of the volume provide logical de- velopment of the subject: The Nature of Public Opinion, Psychological Processes, Measurement, Opinion Change, Mass Media and Contemporary Public Opinion. It qualifies, as its dust jacket blurb in- dicates, as “a definitive statement on con- temporary public opinion.”

T.R.W.

Additional Books and Pamphlets

Administrative Assistants DIRECTORY OF ADMINISTRATIVE As-

SISTANTS TO CITY MANAGERS. Chicago 37, International City Managers’ Associa- tion, 1956. 13 pp. $1.00.

Assessment ASSESSMENT TERMINOLOGY. (Second

Edition.) Chicago, National Association of Assessing Officers, 1956. 42 pp.

Comic Books COMIC BOOKS. Report to the Colorado

General Assembly. Denver, Colorado Legislative Council, 1956. 39 pp.

County Attorney COLORADO STATUTES RELATING TO THE

COUNTY ATTORNEY. Including Certain Statutes Relating to the District Attor- ney. Boulder, County Attorneys Section of the Colorado State Association of County Commissioners with the Coopera- tion of University of Colorado, Bureau