The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-05

mer Study-Dr. Baker on the
Work at That Institution--The
schools of Germany-The Trou-
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That teaching is more ard more held
70 be profession is evident from the
number of teachers who every summer
avail themselves of the means of i'm
provement 10 be had in great educa-
tional gatherings, in smaller local in
stitutes and in the great colleges and
universities which offer vacation
courses for teachers
mat the long summer vacation is a.
long playtime for teachers is a popular
Iallacy, as the teacher nowadays who
docs not do something to improve her.
SELF professionally during this time is
almost an anomaly.
81. Paul has heretofore sent a fairly
respectable number of teachers away
10 these centers of inspiration and
knowledge. That the number is per-
ceptbly falling off in these latter times
Is due naturally to the fact that teach
ers have less money to invest in such
expensive IuXuries as summer schools
linen the subjects given most promi-
nence- by the leaders in education whom
one meets at such centers at Chautau-
qua, Martha's Vineyard, Bay View and
chicago, Harvard and Clark universe
Ties, are exactly the ones that local
cracles and authorities discourage and
Oer1de. 1t is not strange, then, that
some OF our most enthusiastic and pro-
gresslve teachers are beginning to feel
That st. Paul should have what it asks
70 for
more. 1t takes courage to invest cap
ltal In a losing business-and the fact
mat few teachers still possess the
courage and faith and the professional
zeal to spend time, strength and money
10 improve themselves, speaks volumes
for the profession.
Among educational centers for sum-
mer study perhaps Clark university is
most popular, and deservedly so, from
the fact that DR.. G. Stanley Hall is
at its head. 1t has, since it began sum-
mer courses for teachers, always at
tracted a small cOterie from Minnesota.
Last summer st. Paul was represented
by Miss Gertrude A. Stoker, special in
structor in drawing in our grade
schools. and Henry G. Baker, principal
or the Jefferson school. The latter
completed his fourth summer course at
Clark, and has earned by this and pre-
Vlous work the degree of doctor Of phi
Iosophy. He is a most ardent admirer
OF Dr. Hail, and was chairman of a
committee which, at the end of last
summers work, drafted resolutions of
appreciation Of Clark summer courses
and made an earnest plea for the con-
tlnuance of the work in future years.
Both DR.. Baker and Miss Stoker have
shown a zeal and an enthusiasm in
their work during the last year which
the most depressing local conditions
C0I1In ND b;.a1,
be gained from such minds as one
meets at a place like Clark university.
DR.. Baker contributes the following
simple, clear and interesting account Of
the work done at Clark, which will be
read with pleasure by all interested in
the upward trend of education in this
country:
DIR. BAKERS ACCOUNT.
In October, 1889, Clark university, Wor-
cester Mass, opened for the reception
of students. 1t was named from the founder.
Jonas Clark. The presideAt from the first
has been DR.. C. Stanley Hall. cole ge
diploma. or its equivalent Is the require
ment for admission. 1t is not the plan of
work. but rather to prepare graduates who
have received the degrees of A. B., B. S.,
etc. to teach in colleges and universities.
complete the course they may choose. as
psychology. mathematics, physics, anthropo-
logy. pedagogy. etc. 1t is primarily a school
OF research. The student is required to
write graduation thesis which shall add
something to the sum of human knowledge.
Clark university is. pioneer in the new
field. 1t is better known and more appre-
ciated in Germany than in America. Men
who have spent a year Of Two in Germany
can now come to Clark. and complete their
education. as many have done with profit and
delight
The summer school at Clark gives to its
students the cream. the substance of the
n Of hn Jr1itrlr end ~,
world. The term of school consits Of twelve
days, with eight lectures per day, besides
in the various laboratories. The one tn ng
the summer school does not aim to do is to
give students the substance Of what they can
find in books and read for themselves. 1t
does. however, TO an extent which few would
deem possible, inspire all with intense zeal
in the study Of pedagogy and psychology.
There oeo have been four summer sum schools, viz.
in 1882, 1884. 1885 and 1885, The writer has
The lectures Of Dr. G. Stanley Hall upon
the principles Of psychology and pedagogy
are pronounced by experts who have heard
perior to what any university in Germany
can offer. He treats. what psychologists
are the basis Of character, in a
manner which not only delights, but
arouses intense interest, and furnishes
many hard problems of life. These lectures
Worcester.
applied psychology or pedagogy, gives teachers
the worlds best thoughts and latest re-
search upon such topics as training the men,
DRY, school programmes fatigue in school,
For the school room teacher his are per-
haps fully as practical as any of the courses.
His knowledge is at once cycopedic and
critically exact both of the principles and
history of education.
DR.. c. F. Hodge gives the best possible
condensed course upon the brain and its
parts. and their relations to mental work,
experimenting what others have done with
the results of his own original researches.
DR.. E. C. Sanford lectures upon expert
mental psychology. His recent book. the
first of several to be published by him, is
the best manual upon the subject.
DR.. A. F. Chamberlain, whose new large
work upon anthropology, marks a new epoch
in that science lectures upon the child and
folklore and related topics, until hearers be-
gin to think the child is the most wonder
right
Usually DR.. A. G. Webster has given
courses upon the matter and methods of
physics, but he did not in 1896. The same is
true of DR.. w. E. Storey, Of the depart-
ment of mathematics. He has in prepara-
ton for publication some works embodying
new departments of mathematics
DR.. Herman Lukens. who takes the chair
OF pedagogy at Bryn Mawr this year, gives
a course upon the history of curricula, a
topic OF unusual interest at this time. Spe-
cal attention was given last year to the
principles of kindergarten work, and many.
OF, perhaps, most, of the leading kinder
gartners of the country were present on
,ika1dergarten day" when child students and
token of perpetual alliance. Think Of See
ing and hearing in one day such personali-
e tSs as TENT Mhe 1F Har Bryan Blow
Nearly all the men whose names arc ever
heard in connection with modern psychology
have been students at Clark, or of Dr. Hail.
Donaldson, of Chicago; Scripture Of Ysla.
Bryan. Of Indiana University; Krohn, Of