Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-01

Teacners 10 De pald Aor tne acCual Clme tney
work
The joint report of Superintendent
Friesner and Clerk Baker gives the fol-
lowing facts regarding new school build
ings:
"The buildings now in course of con-
struction are the Hewitt-street school
house of eight rooms, located just south
of East First street (this takes the place
OF a four-room building unfit for use);
the Ann, the Temple and the Breed
street houses, all of which are being
raised and made into eight-room build
ings.
The Spring street house has been en-
tirely inadequate for the large number
OF pupils residing near the center of the
city SO that during a part of the past
year we were obliged to have six schools
in that building 600 children) on half
day time. By gaining four rooms on
Hewitt street and by readjusting the
district lines of the Spring and Hewitt
street districts, it was supposed that
there would be accommodations suffi
cient to give all children full day time.
But on the re-opening of schools
October Is, 1917 we found it still nec-
essary to conduct some halliday schools
at the Spring-street school house, not
Notwithstanding it is the largest house
twelve rooms) in the city.
Because of this lack of room in this
quarter and because business is fast SUR
rounding the building, it is respectfully
suggested that the Spring street site and
building be sold and two sites, one east
and one west of Main street, be pur-
chased instead, and an eight-room
building be erected on each site, there
by gaining four rooms in this vicinity.
KINDERGARTEN.
To the wide-awake primary teacher
who is on the qui vive for everything
that will enlarge her usefulness in the
school-room, we would earnestly recon-
mend that she turn her attention during
her spare moments to the study and
practice of kindergarten occupations
and gifts.
The work begun in the kindergarten
department in paper folding, cutting,
ETC., should be carried on as q branch
of manual training through the primary
schools, that Limitation may by degrees
grow into invention and that all the
steps in right education taken there
may be continued to the contamination
of work we'll begun.
The following account of the kinder
garten work done in our city schools
during the past year is given by Mrs.
Nora d. Mayhem, the principal OF the
kindergartens.
During the past school year eight
kindergartens have been established as
part OF our public school system, To-
Gated respectively at the Thirtieth, San
Pedro, Ninth, Fremont avenue, Corn
we'll, CASTELAR,, Railroad and Hellman
street schools, each one accommodating
Al - lis hakx / 10
ages of 5 and 6 years. These kim
dergartens each have been in charge of
director or chief kindergarten who
has been assisted by a pupil of the
training class volunteering her services
while learning FroebePs system, or
method of instruction. The entire kin
dergarten system has been under
the supervision of principal whose
mission it was to systemlze
and bring unity into the work, for
without unity there is no strength" 7"
For this purpose she assembled the
regular teachers every Tuesday after
noon and submitted to them weekly
programme, which was discussed at
length, thus affording an opportunity
for exchange of thought and increase of
interest. On Friday afternoon of each
week the regular teachers and assist
ants, or students of the training class,
assembled with the principal to gain a
better understanding of the songs and
games which form SO important part
of the kindergarten system.
The principal also directs the distri-
button OF time and kindergarten mate
rial, watches over the progress Of the
occupations, observes tho execution Of
programme and proper application OF
Froebel's method, and thus maintaing q
constant spirit and enthusiasm. Reg