[Review of the book The Factors Operating in the Location of State Normal Schools

Abstract

Reviews the book, The Factors Operating in the Location of State Normal Schools by Harry Christopher Humphreys (see record 1924-10480-000 ). This is a valuable study of an important subject, but the title promises both more and less than the study includes. The book deals with the political factor in the location of the normal schools in four states, and with other factors, such as donations from cities or the distribution of existing schools in some eight or ten states. The study clearly shows the presence and the potency of unworthy determinants of the location of our state normal schools. The study eventuates in a theoretical technique for the location or re-location of state normal schools and in several entirely defensible recommendations. While not a definitive treatment this is a worthy beginning of a thorny subject. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)