New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-14
RELATION TO THE CHILD.

MUST BE SEEN CONSTANTLY IN IT'S
RELATION TO THE CHILD
Four new kindergartens were opened IN the city
yesterday. Three were in the Hebrew Alliance
Building and one is located II the schoo! in in Trims d6
rent free 10 the city.
1t was busy day in the school world. Vacation
4. already dream OF the past, and hundreds Of
thousands OF children FLED into the New-fork and
Brooklyn public schools to begin a new year or
study and acquisition. \ number OF new schools
have been provided for the accommodation OF the
immense army Of li;te children. AMI many old
schools have been enlarged; but several thousand
children are yet be admitted and me question OF
finding room for them is a serious one. In Brook
lyn thirteen kindergarten schools were opened the
Board OF Education having decided 10 give this i'm
porian{ GSHa Viss Fannc Bcc cnrys former
director Of kndcTcdrten work in the state Normal
1ery'sor of the brooklyn kindergart~ns, ana he
school buildings Nos =? - ~ g. 4 - 3D. -.
poor need school influences a. early as possible the
majority Of these are 2C@f5 In ine
acyc dGd np darRs IhS fRmmcT ana l4e
the friends of kindergarten principles.
Dr. Jenny B. Merrill. in a paper on Methods Of
Child StUdv in the Kindcrgarten. read recently be-
fore the Department of kindergarten Education in
Milwaukee. said:
The only met nod Of child study that will
desirable physical conditions is that OF constant OBJ
scrvation OF these little things that AFFECT the
health Of the child. II Is surprising 10 find what
important physical matters escape the attention OF
the Kindergarten whose mind Is on her pro-
gramine and not on the child The kndorgartnor.
as well as other teachers needs be occasionally
reminded that do teach drawing. weaving.
sewing etc. but that teach the child. Tn"
child must he uppermost in the mind the work
must be constantly in its relation 10 u" rhlld
Il especially recommend he kindergariner 20
study carefully her own chIldho2d ior believe, as
Professor Barnes SAYS: He who sits down and
carefully and honestly reconstructs from memory
e RS own mas gwen Smsa S mednm through WHEN
he can see children as they are.
The Worcester Mass) Froebol School and Kin
dergarten Normal Class has outerown its old quar-
ters on Wcst-s,. and now has accommodations In
the same building with the Dalzel Girls School,
where the children entering the kindergarten OF
the Froebel S'hool AZ three Years OF age may CoI
tinue in the same building until sixteen or twenty
New York and South Dakota have perfected State
Mothers Organizations That Of New-York state
has the following officers President, Mrs. f.
SCHNEIDER Barnes; vice-prcsident Jrs. Harris; re-
cording secretary. Mrs. Charles Burchard; CORE
spending secretary, Miss Edrienne Atkinson; treas
urer Mrs. Lionel Sutro The annual memheISihiip
dues 30 cents. and they publish a mohthIy
magazine for s. year.
Among the prorlirent educators who attended
the kindergarten meeting at Milwaukee was Miss
Sarah Stewart Of Philadelphia, whose name IS as
sociated with the early educational history Of Wis
,on4in Miss Stewart possesses a dignity which. TO
gether with her sympathetic insight into the real
issues of educational movements. makes her an
added force 10 every good work with which she
allies herself
In Chicago there has been organized on the West
Side Mothers Council the ohjec; Of which Is
TO study the child and it's relations to the home
Miss Frances Newton gave in the spring series
OF lectures Introductory TO a study to be taken
up in October. The officers are Mrs NJ = Blonkss
president. Mrs. Nair vce-prcsident. ana MIS- a. D
Tobias. secretary and treasurer
Miss Emile Poulsson and her sister Laura have
accepted the joint edorship Of THE Kindergarten
FOR the future as The Kindergarten Review" At
a subscription price OF g per year Inc bouisson
sisters Will continue 70 i've IN thelr coSey Hoic at
No. sc Chestnu-st.. Boston.
Miss Constance Mackenzie the director OF the
public school kindergartens Of Philadelphia was
married July ! TO John S. Durham a lawyer OF
Philadelphia and ex-Mnster 10 Hayti under liar-
rison's Administration. Mrs. Durham is well known !
In the kindergarten world. and though her mar
riage necesstated the resignation Of her place At
the head OF one OF the large public kindergarten
systems OF the county she goes to Santo Domingo /
with as lively interest in the work az ever. MI /
and Mrs. Durham about the middle OF this /
month They will make their home In Santc Do /
mingo. where Mr.. Durham will attend to large /
sugar interests.
Des Mones Iowa Is very much alive the
mothers club question. The first club was or
ganzed over year and half ago with about |
fifteen women members and the meetings have |
been held monthly ever since. in March the iaw-
thorne School held the first meeting I'm connection |
with the public school, and then nearly quite
all the ward schools began 10 hold similar meet
!nss. ei'he- fortnishty or moithly. and there has
been much interest in them-hcroasingly so: ana
the wonder Is that they were not begun long ago
simply meeting together as teacher and parent
with the common centre the chill. makes the bonl
strong one HIPS greatly TO an understanding Of
the needs and sympathy with Me thoughts and
aspirations Of the child. well as apprcci-
suon OF its weakness. mentally and physically The
gathering together Of so many mdhcrs to inter
;hange thought and purpose and experience In the
moral mental and physical training of their chill
uIeh gives TO the earnest woman "a inspiratio
ana 10 one not apprecatve of the beauty Of the
steat git. motherhood" proves an Inspiration ard
rp 70 higher sense of her respons bilities. aud
g. eaes desire TO be and do better In the future.
and y" We are hoping that the good work Will 80