Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
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An Interesting Paper by Miss Scran. | ton-Miss Brooks of New York |
 Makes an Address-A New Associa- |
 tfon With a Wider Scope Formed An Enthusiastic Meeting.
 A meeting of the New Haven Kinder garters' association was held at the Church of the Redeemer last evening and was at tended by about 100 people. The presi- dent of the association, Miss Mary O. Liver more, presided over the meeting, which opened with the singing of Froebel's hymn, "Up to Us Sweet Childhood Looketh," by . ladies' quartette. Miss Beard of the Wslch Training school was the first speak CT, and her subject was "The Aim of Froe- bel" who was the founder of the kinder garten method of instruction. Miss Jessie A. Scranton of the Hamilton school kinder garten then followed with paper on 'tThe Social and Moral Effect of Kindergarten Training From Personal Observation" She said in part:
 s'I believe in the all sided development of the child's nature, and I have found that not much practical work can be done until the children are brought into right social relations with each other. One of the principal needs is organized play and the orderly doing of certain things every day. There Is another need which is recognized and met in the social life of the kindergar- ten and that is cleanliness and neatness of person and dress. am sure that you will all agree with me that there is nothing which adds to ones self respect more than the sense of being comfortably and neatly | dressed. And am just as positive that there is nothing that helps more to elevate | . child's morals and manners than the Ac- | quirement of habits of neatRess.
 | 'This is in brief the teaching of the kin | dergarten, and we believe with more ulh- mate hope of success; for our work lies in the formation rather than in the re-forma- tion of character, in the implsnting in the hearts of these little ones such love for that which is right and true and just, that the lesson which came by contact with others in the miniature world of the kin dergarten would not be forgotten by them when ss men and women they enter upon the social relations of responsibilities of | the real world"
 Miss Lucia M. Bower of the Edwards street kindergarten spoke on "The Value of Mental and Manual Training" and made
 some very interesting points.
 Miss Mary 0. Livermore then gave 6 brief, yet comprehensive, resume of the
 history of the movement in the United
 States. The ladies' quartet then" sang
 Miss Brooks, a prominent kindergarten
 of New York, then made an excellent ad dress on ''The Inclusiveness of the Kinder
 garten Idsa." Briefly she said: "This sub ject is so inclusive that we hardly know
 where to begin. But there is need of new methods of education in this age in which
 we are living. If we look abroad in society
 we find that we need something else be
 sides the schools ss they now are. Why
 can we not have the schools and something
 else, tool I think that it is very foolish tt
 put of sending the children to the kinder
 garten until they are four years old. They
 are perfectly well adapted at three years o
 age, or even at two and one-halt years
 You cannot imagine how important thes'
 early years of training are. We are onl,
 just waking up to the importance of earl!
 childhood"
 l Miss Remington and Miss Finch the1
 followed in a few excellent remarks, afte
 which Miss Pinney of the Grand avenu
 scheol, who has just returned from Swedel
 where she has been studying the Sloyi
 system, spoke few words on systemati
 training.
 Septimus Fleetwood, the auditor 0
 Consolidated railroad, then offered tn
 resolution that kindergarten association
 be founded in this city, with the object o
 promulgating the work and teachings 0
 the kindergarten, and of founding two o three missions in the city. MT. s. B Oviatt seconded the resolution and 1t wa
 passed by @ standing vote. Mis- M. 0. Livermore was then authorize to chose at her leisure 8 committee of fiv to draw up constitution and set of by
 laws for the new organization and also t nominate officers. The new associstio will be wider and more general in it's scop 3 than the old one.
 l Among those present at the meetin l were: President Charles E. Graves of th
 board of education, Superintendent ( T Schools Virgil G. Curtis, Principal Fi6el
 of Eaton school, Rsv. MT. Lines, rector ( St. PauPs parish, Mrs. s. L. Cady, Mr l. Bickford, Miss Stella Skinner, the drawir 5 teacher at the Hillhouse High school an !. | Miss Fogg.