“In this treatment of school management, the subject is defined, not as the control and the instruction of individual pupils, but as the organization, maintenance, administration, direction, and supervision of schools, and the planning of schoolhouses. The book is designed for all persons interested in the control of schools and school systems.”
“Mr. Chancellor’s style throughout the volume is direct and practical. His composition is inelegant, if not occasionally ungrammatical.”
| + — | Ath. 1905, 2: 78. Jl. 15. 650w. |
“As a guide to the novice, the work will undoubtedly prove useful. As a study in social control, it is a masterpiece. Anyone interested in knowing the schools as part of the social machinery of the country will find the work profitable.”
| + + + | Dial. 38: 270. Ap. 16, ‘05. 290w. |
“All persons engaged in the practical work of administrating and managing schools will be glad to get hold of this volume, and will be grateful to its author for the vast wealth of concrete instances which he has adduced to illustrate the attitudes and conduct of those with whom school officers have to deal in their work of directing public schools.” Samuel T. Dutton.
| + + | Educ. R. 29: 195. F. ‘05. 1210w. (Survey of contents.) |
“It is a book of high ideals and much common sense.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 273. Ag. 3, ‘05. 60w. |
“It impresses us as being crammed full of suggestive material that will prove of great value for classroom use in departments of education and in normal schools.”