Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-09
IS A GOOD SHOWING
Years Work OF the Grand RAPIDS
kindergarten Association.
OLD OFFICERS REELECTED
Saislsbis RSposs by sssr~tawy Clara
ssssnx facss ~ the WORK

In fright htsle kindergarten ro-lm
At ne esrnsr a BcsIwick AMI Pars
streets. The Grand ikapids Kinder
sartsa association held IL annual meet
iaz sss evening. With a soosi number Of
members sn attendance. The treasurer
CAV. the following nguFes for the year.
Cash IN hand April !, l-.s.. s'lln,
cash received s3.5sis7. each exTend-d,
~ 10 ~ balance "a hand. .rF, 81.
Clara Wheeler. -e,Tetary of the s-sS-
ciatHau. rcssd her animal report. and 10
was decided 20 publish the report in fun
Ia an aftsastIvr pamphlet, fnr general
circulation. Aarong ether tolDgs. the
report -sSs. The training department
kas taken an al snce step in the forming
20 class for the Secon9 sedr course q
study. Fifteen students q last year en-
tered the class. and IN the continued study
Of the sors there has been such a grow
ing In, efest that the thought u0N = 81
fora a third year. OF pet graduate
eour.
The fir-t course ha= numbered forty
students this year The students u
Last year are almost all carrying on the
suod work either az home or abroad.
Two are teaching Kindergarten IN the
city schools. az ara teaching private
sghDois Ga The city. tao arr teaching IN
MussexU n. one j. Teaching pubic
kintlsrg artsn n ironwo.,d. che j. teach
ing 2 private class ~ Cadillac. on. - IN
Psv pss one IN >alt Lake City one i
IN the free kindergarten ant one is m
IT, ChiltFen > hour in this city.
fkis class meets fcgui aFlv each week.
The slcnhers having studied last wear
with Nrs. Trat have enloyesl the al
! Il
thourft for TEACHERS who desire kin
de-gartn*rs training. but whose only
iine fpr thorough study Is ~ the Saca
too. a SUMMED class Was conducted dur
ing july ard August and Siii be con
tlnuet the cosolug summer.
I've mothers cissses have been
formed. the class q last year taking
81 advanced course. These classes study
the kind -rsarten principle A. related 10
ne homo. ard IN many songs. games.
stories and occupations. 49, helpful in
their application 20 the wee ones are
found very useful o. the busy mother a.
well a. developing 20 the child
We Save the Park kindergarten and
connecting class under the dirctiOn II
Mss STOVE with Miss Elo,s. Eyerhart
"a charge ~ he primary class. The
school was op-ned October l. The age
81 the children - from I Ia ; years.
Many little ones have received the
benefit and blessing II kindergarten
through the association a. the suggc-
fion n Mr~ 4. ID. Eourke. principal ~
the Fountain street school. The pupils
20 her school donated els IL buy mate
rial for tree kindergarten n the sixth
ward baptist mission. Through the
work q Mrs. William " Rowe and
other workers IN that Sunday school an
average 81 twenty rv- children enjoyed
the benefits % the school Tor three
monshA Through the kindness ot Ger
aid Fisx Gerald and II. A. Blodgett a
summer kindergarten vas opened on
West Bridge street The Waterloo stree;
free kindergarted opened February
and ha~ been open daily since.
The following members we're elected
members 81 tho executive board: Dr
liAxlswood. Miss Frances Pierce. Willard
Palmer. MIRA j. F. Y Blake. DR. Ru,her
fosd. BeH Putnam. Mrs George Cook.
Emps Field, Mrs. G. n. Eourke. Clark
II Gksson. Clara Wheeled. Mrs. Gerald
Fitz Gerald. Mrs. VI. l.. Boucher. MIRA
LYDIA Brown. W. ID Fuller. DR. Charles
Flghrer ard Dr. John L. Jackson The
er--onv- board net and reelected the
officers az last year.