The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-08
LOVE IS NOT ALL.
Mrs. Williams Says There
Are Other Requisites
for kindergarten
Teachers.
DR.. THOMPSON ON ART
woman's Club Listens to Talks
on Education and Sings
America.
DR.. THOMPSON ON ART

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A large audience of women and one man
attended the meeting of the Women's
Club in Hasbrouck Hall yesterday, and
listened to the programme prepared by
the Education Committee, of which Mrs.
William Marvin is chairman, for the edi-
hcation of less members. The
one man was Mr.. Thompson, superinten-
dent of drawing in the public schools OF
Jersey City. and he stayed until the end.
which didn't come until 5:45. The usual
reports were given in condensed form by
Mrs. A. ]. Newbury, who presided. she
told what each committee expects to DO
in the year to come, and called on Mrs.
Hudspeth-Benson to talk about the Town
Improvement Committee. Mrs. Benson
asked for volunteers for the committee.
She said she wished volunteers because
they would be more apt to work: they
wouldn't shirk. as people who We're APP
pointed might do. The committee will go
to the proper officials whenever they con-
slider Improvement necessary. When an
official says:-"Yes, madam, Ill attend 10
it: l am so glad you spoke OF It," ana
then does nothing the m VIII visit
him again and again until the work IS
done. Persistency is 10 be the by-word.
street cleaning is to be one Of the hrst
departments looked up.
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members was next gone through. ana AT
Mrs. Newbury's request the club sang
I america sang all four verses. ana WITH
out the words. and sang 1t patrlotlcaily,
and with forms erect and eyes sparkling
as if ready that instant to hight the Span
ish army
Introduction of the subject. but. proceed
at once to the programme of the day. She
introduced Mrs. John Bradley Tanner,
who, accompanied by Mrs. Robert g.. Lyle,
sang two songs. DR.. Thompson was the
first speaker. His subject was The Dec
Grafton OF Public Schools. He said when
he eame to- the city. nine years ago, al
most nothing had been done in drawing
in our schools; IN fact. some OF. the prln-
cipals asked him TO proceed as II notning
had been done. Now Jersey City schools
in the matter Of drawing hold their own
with cities of other States. Decoration
in schools. said DR.. Thompson, is of the
utmost ilnp'rtamee. v rhe af bsr I sr man
begins to decorate he begins 10 eleVate
himself. Many people never get Beyohu
that first sense. Il propegly alre atbor
goods. Children lave the beautiful and the
Deautiful must be given them. Ihey
should not have TOO critical a sense cut
fivated, for then nothing that IS beau
tiful Will please. lit is good to have PIC
lures. OF authors. poets and historic peo-
pie in school rooms; 1t is good 70 nave
pictures of the Parthenon and the Coils
Scum. and of the Madonna in school
rooms. but it should not end there. There
are many beautiful pictures suitable ana
necessary 10 children. Small photographs
and IndiSJinct pictures DIR.
thinks unsuitable. In the lowest grades
color is desirable. He has a scheme for
decorating schools never used as yet INT
room for the youngest class should nave
a frieze OF Egyptian ornament, the next
one Greek. and so on through Roman,
Byzantine, Saracenic and the various
ages TO the modern art for the highest
Grade. School No. 9. because 1t Is in a
poor neighborhood and because In it the
- 800 - 81 cnad cnhanl
TO begin with. but not to end with II
would probably cost $1,000 to decorate the
twenty roonhs i'm No. 8, and that sum Of
money could be put to no better use, Dr.
Mrs. Schuyler-Banta read Patsy a
story written by Mrs. Kate Douglass
tens. The second and last address was
given by Miss Williams, Director OF Kim
dergartens in Philadelphia. The FIT
falls and Shares of photographers" she
said she desired to talk of some of the
things that occur in kindergartens; some
of the unforeseen things. She did not know
City, but in a city not a hundred miles
away there. had been a number of dis
agreeable experience There Was no
for teachers, and soon there were all
sorts of private schools for kindergarten
t fsa e 6 s wgI anSsth microscopes bnf Good Mnere Th 1ea
the kindergartens were overrun with in
ferior teachers. ! For instance. there
w wou1d e snr g y0a ansee gl5i W Sor a snoue WAS ss so
fond of children" She seemed to think
any pedagogical training an unnecessary
adjunct to this training. Six months later,
If She were given a triad. one would enter
her class room and hear in sweetly per-
suasive tones. .sit down, Walter; sit
Come here by me, Jennie, come here.
You like to help me. don't you?" And
then she would turn TO her visitor and
say, How. would you get them to mind?
I can't do it, Then there is the teacher
who has the poetic temperament. All is
all the stories are softly yelled in rosy
hues. One of these teachers told the story
hues. One of thes teachers told the story
of the sleeping beauty to her class. she
told them that no one but the Prince
were bright with their greed leaves. the
flowers were all in bloom and the birds
the dear little things" came the an
dmal' understand little 81 what ifia they say
and sing. A class of children were taught
one day to sing AMERICA" One etild
rats are filled like that above Her
mother asked what she meant and she
said, 1T means there are rats in the wood
bound to be trouble with the teachers
who look for a physical cause for every
thing. One young teacher found her
tIAy had had breakfast at $50 gave them
their luncheon. The deduction may have
been all right in that case, but it is quite
possible that a. class having breakfast at
$50 would grow restless at $3.50 when SUBJ
jected to some of the experiments of the
student teachers. One teacher who be-
lieved in the sweetness of childhood
showed her class a picture of the Chris
tians thrown to the lions. A child ex-
claimed, Tain fairp' no said the
teacher, but Nero was a very eruel man
and prosecuted the Christians. Z Oh. j
don't mean that said the child. THAT.
lion hasn't any Christian to eat
Miss Williams said there are many mis-
conceptions of kindergarten work, and
chief among them are the popular ideas
that a Kindergarten is a day nursery or
II is a sewing school. 1t is neither. Many
Of the misconceptions, both of teachers
and public, must be done away with. She
closed abruptly because of the lateness
of the hour.
Miss Julia Harvey played 'Rigoletto."
and the Reception Committee served
chocolate and crackers.