The program of the subsection on commercial education of the education section of the Pan American Scientific Congress, held in Washington City December 27, 1915 to January 8, 1916 under the auspices of the U.S. Government, was so comprehensive and the papers of such value that the Commissioner of the Bureau of Education requested the assistant secretary general of the congress to prepare the papers for publication as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education. Abstracts have been made by the writers of the papers or compiler of this bulletin. In a few cases the statement is taken from the official stenographic report. This document, which additionally includes information about the congress, the development of commercial education, and the congress program, is meant to satisfy the increasing general interest in commercial education in all parts of the country, and especially in the centers of urban population. An index is provided. (Contains 10 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]