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eds of such children. Well, so much the worse for the course of study. The sooner the high school suits its work to the needs of fourteen and fifteen-year-old boys and girls, the sooner it will be filling its true place in the commu

ers no more from the elementary school than the six cylinder automobile differs from the four cylinder car. Though its work is

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t of place, they lose interest, become discouraged and at fourteen drop out of school to work or to idle. In Newton, as

own age," he explained. "They may take a n

ool work as they have failed in their

rades of the Newton schools he picked the boys and girls who were fifteen or more at their next birthdays. These

achers for their hand-work; but for their studies, I put them in charge of three capable grade teachers, who were responsible for seeing that each child was making good. I put it to the grade teachers this way: 'Here are a lot of children who have got the fa

vics and hygiene). Shop costs, buying of materials and simple accounting covered their mathematics. Those were the things which would probably be most needful in life. The boys got de

g in cheap finery. By Christmas, to all appearances, their classes differed in no way from the other high

d the regular high school course the next fall. They were thus put into competition with their former seventh and eighth grad

school showed that on the average there were fifty-four hundredths of one failure for each scholar. Among the twenty-seven girls from the special classes, however, there was but seventeen-hundre

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cluded. "They succeeded a few times, got the success habit, learned to l

us predicament. Time after time the court had overlooked his truancy and misdoings, but James had taken the pi

. "Each month of this wild life makes him a little less fit to

todians to propose to the judge that he give James one more trial, this time in the Newton Technical High School. The judge, also of the initiated,

during his early years with an aunt, who first spoiled him through indulgence, and then, inconsistently enough, hated him because he was spoi

dering and a distaste for regularity and direction. Taken into custody by the Juvenile Court, and placed on probation with a family outside of Boston, James again ran away to mingle with a crowd of his old associates in Boston. It was at this point that the court decided to send him to the Reform School. It was likewise at this time

, and is working at it persistently. Heretofore school has never appealed to him-in fact, he hated it cordially-but the school at Newton o

e school system, but the superintendent of the Newton schools believes in making the school fit the needs of the

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wton High School can boast of sixty or seventy children who come, each year, in search of a new opening for which they are technically not ready, but into which they

eople, strains every nerve to enable boys and girls to take high

keshop all day at three and a half a week. We got him a job afternoons and Saturdays that pays him three dollars. That tall fellow wi

it possible for the boys to come here. If their parents cannot affor

ver fourteen has increased three times as fast as the number of pupils who are under fourteen. The school authorities have searc

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der this plan is divided into three parts-the elementary grades (years one to six), the junior high school (years seven to nine) and the high school proper (years ten to twelve). The break, if break there must be, between the elementary and the high school, thus comes at age twelve and at age fifteen, instead

elementary and the high school, and the establishment of a public school of twelve school years. This plan, coupled with promotion by subjects rather than by grades, replaces the machine method of

jects in school year eight (last grammar grade) and the other half in school year nine (first high school grade). In order to make the harmony more complete, Mr. Wirt places the elementary rooms,

. B. Gilbert, principal of the Union High School, Grand

ing and millinery rooms, an art department, a woodworking shop, a forge room and a machine shop; the print shop, though not yet installed, is to be put in this year. By bringing children of all grades to the school, we place at the d

rovide that new stimulus by beginning departmental work with the seventh year (at twelve or thirteen). Then, if the child shows any particular preference for any line of work, he may pursue it. From the seventh grade up, promotion is by subjects entirely, and not by grades. If a student elects art, she may follow up her art work for the next six years; similar

is a boy who cannot master grammar. That is no reason why he should not design jewelry, so we give him fourth year language, and take him into the tenth year class in jewelry design. Yes,

terrelate them so intimately that the student scarcely feels the change from one to the other. The result? Last June there were 152 pupils in our eighth grade. Of that number 118, or

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disappeared altogether, leaving the promotion from the eighth year to the first year high school as easy as the step from the seventh to the eighth grade

t mass play. Take singing, for instance. A class started off will sing beautifully all together, but get one girl on her feet and she is afraid to

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t no teacher is detailed to serve you. Instead, a messenger goes in search of the Reception Committee. Two of the school girls, after a formal introduction, start your tour of inspection, if you are fortunate enough to be there at nine, with a vi

lls upon some girl to lead the salute to the flag. The minutes of the previous day's meeting are then read, discussed and accepted. After fifteen minutes of singing-singing of everything from "Faust" to "Rags"-the chairman calls on the two critics for their c

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t three-quarters of an hour in charge of themselves, and have done it with interest, and with striking efficiency. Continuing your journey, you find the process of individualization everywhere

ts during all of their teaching lives, and the idea of handing the discipline and a lot of the responsibi

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, too, can be done. The school is a society-incomplete in certain respects, yet in its broad outline similar to the city and the state. The social work of the school consists in showing the citizens of the school-community how to enjoy the privileges and act up to the resp

ent Government Association, directed by a Board of Governors of eighteen, on which the faculty, represented by five members, holds an advisory position only. The Association gives some annual event, like a May

w we do it all ourselves." True enough, Madame President, and it is well done, as any casual observer may see. Similar testimony is to be had from the sick girls who have received letters and flowers,

The plays for these occasions are written, costumed and staged by the students. Last year the reception was given to Mrs. Dix, wife of the Governor of New York, and the play "Rip Van Winkle

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nd children, pointed to one room in which a tiny class bent over their books. "That is probably the last class in Greek that we shall ever have in the school," he said. "They are sophomores. Only two freshmen elected Greek this fall, and we decided not to form the class." Time was when Greek was one of the pil

fths of the girls who enter Philadelphia high schools. In some cities, technical work and classical work are done in the same building; in other cities, they are sheltered

ing a building of its own,-a building which Mr. Francis insisted should contain accommodations for two thousand students. The authorities protested,-"Two thousand technical students? Why, Los Angeles is not a metropolis." Mr. Francis gained his point, however, and the building was erected to accommodate two thousand children. When the time for opening arrived it was discovered, to the astonishment of the doubters, that more students wanted to come into the school than th

the old high school has lost, but that the new high school is drawing in thousands of boys and girls who, from la

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cooking, sewing, and millinery rooms; wood-working, forge, and machine shops; drawing rooms; a music room; a room devoted to arts and crafts; and an assembly room. Th

of Cleveland, with its outdoor basket ball court, its athletic grounds and grandstand, in addition to the indoor gymnasium, offers a good example of effective preparation for physical training. William D. Lewis of the William Penn High School sends all students who have physical defects to the

s, careful efforts are being made to give a sound sex education. The program at William Penn, in addition to the earlier work in biology and in personal and community hygiene, includes a senior course, extending through the year, in Domestic Sanita

ry, Biology, and Civics are almost universally offered on the cultural side of the curriculum. In addition, girls may take dress designing, sewing, millinery and home economics; boys ma

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by the school or by the pupil, however, the courses lead to college, to normal schools, to advanced technical schools, or to some definite vocation. On one subject, progre

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possible, the facilities of his establishment at the disposal of the School Committee for general educational purposes along industrial lines." In these words, the individual manufacturers of Providence, Rhode Island, who are co-operating with the school board for the establishment o

rse in Providence spends ten weeks in a shop at the end of his freshman year. Apprenticeship papers are signed, the boy gives a bond, which is forfeited if he drops the course without a satisfactory reason, and for three years he spends 29 weeks in the shop and 20 weeks in school, alternating, one week in the shop, the next in t

oms, in machine tool construction, in pattern making and in jewelry making. In order to keep the sch

ue. Again, the academic training is still received in the school, while the technical work, heretofore done in school rooms, is carried on in the fields of real industry. As a supplement

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at and help him to find himself in his chosen profession. This vocational guidance which is filling so large a place in public discussions, may mean guidance to a j

nth and eighth grades. The purpose of the pupils' reading and discussion is to arouse their vocational ambition and to lead them to appreciate the value of further education and training for life. This study upon t

definite idea of himself. Beginning with "My Three Wishes;" the pupil next writes a story about his ancestry; an essay on "My Church," which explains his belief; an essay on "The Part I'd Like to Play in High School;" a study of "My Best Friend," and finally an essay on "The Work of My Early School Days," which sho

g in each case with the qualities, opportunities and education of the great one. These essays,

nd trades,-a list which is checked with the permanent list kept by the department. Succeeding classes thus di

activity and what responsibilities the vocation involves; second, its social, intellectual and financial advantages; third, the corresponding disadvantages; fourth, the qualifications and traits necessary to success in the vocation; and fifth, the reasons for choosing the vocation. Then, under the advice of the teacher, th

ious institutions. By this means judgment takes the place of sentiment in the selection of a college. While the college preparatory pupils are engaged in writing on their college courses, pupils who are going directly from the high school into business write an e

zen and his city; the second half, with the relation between a citizen and the state.

xample, Mr. VanWallen, of the VanWallen Tannery Co., gave the boys a talk on the tanning industry, then took them through his tannery, where they saw the processes of manufacture. The business men of Grand Rapids, who are highly pleased with this practical turn in education, co-operate heartily in every way. The boys are urged, during the summer months, to take a position in the work which they have chosen, start at the bo

has a card for every student, giving on one side a record of class work for four years, and on the other side a statement of positions and pay of the graduate. New pupils are placed; old pupils are offer

nstitute itself a Public Employment Bureau, finding positions for students, keeping in touc

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m elementary to junior high, to high school. If the Gary plan wins, there will be twelve years of schooling, following one another as consecutively as day

hing out into the world, making places there for them to occupy. The modern high school has ceased to be an adjunct to the college. Instead, it is a dist

ow and always, the boys and girls, not the course, deserve primary consideration. Whatever their needs, the high school must su