Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-17
STATE HOUSE.
Report Of Committee of Modern
Language Association.
Sketch of Life of Jonathan G. Hunton,
Fourth Governor.
Resignation of Two Officers of Ma
tional Guard.

The report Of the committee on pre-
! l.aratory schools and courses of the
! Maine Modern Language Association
/ has Just been printed by the State Edu-
cational Department. IN Issuing the
same Superintendent Stetson says:
The Educational Department is con-
| WINGED that the report of the Commit
| tee or Preparatory Schools and Courses
| Of the Maine Modern Language Asso-
! citation is document Of unusual merit.
| 1t is believed that it viii be of great
service. not only to the teachers of
| modern languages in our preparatory
schools but To all instructors in these
institutions. The tables Of statistics.
| outlines Of work pursued. and lists Of
| texts used, together with definite
recommendations as to methods 10 be
| employed III teaching modern Ian
guages. must prove stimulating ana
! helpful. The Department feels that it
is rendering Il distinct service to our
! secondary schools by obtaining this re-
| port for publication" The committee
! consists Of .. +. Lewis, University Of
Maine; Miss =. Taylor. Hampton
! Academy. Miss \. Torroy. Bath High
school, and Miss &. F. Morrill, Hebron
! Academy. IN the asso,iation - schools
are represented by the principal ana
! instructors in modern languages. The
! Cony High school is represented by
Prof. =. r. COOK ana Miss T.. ". Ger
flSh- me recommendations of the
! committee are us follows:
The periods devoted to modern Ian
%uage instruction should lie not less
/ imam 40 minutes in length. This time
! is generally reduced FIVE minutes BY
! la passing OF uuDils from one class "
! another. !rpDs.ible all periods in mod
/ eru language Instructions should b.
for;y-live minutes in length III daily
periods Of thirty-fve minutes tie
| teacher should not attempt to cover
very much ground, but should ratker
plan To empha-ize some few points
with circumstances. The shortness 81
the high school periods Is u source of
worry To many teachers VINO see college
! Examinations in the distance: they
! should be careful not To become
..staInpeded". through tha desire TO
I cover MIN ,ro,Ird t..,,'h.,e ,na,. ron-
| der their vor! almost vaIuelass.
/ 'The committee recommends fve
| periods week i'm each course OF mod
| rru language instruction. If Ian
/ gauge can be carlfed through the r,ul.
wears of the hio, school ro1,rsa four
periods q week should he coneid-
,.ftd sufi,,;,.r..
( "Thc committee, recomends that less
/ than $50 minutes of instruction pe,.
week i'm a modern language. course be-
| considered by the college as probably
not fulfilling tn" certiffcatfon require
nent4 IN that course. The college re-
. Guir,mcuts i'm elementary French on
/ German generally prreuppose two years
! of secondary instruction during fve
periods Of forty minutes each per
\ week
The committee recommends tina,
schools giving less than ia weeks o.
actual instruction per vear i'm modern
languages ia. copsid.gnd Inv tn. col -
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year. IL would DE hl'''ii eS'ly u',lAll ="
| schools STRIVING 10 meet cieuitaDil tne
college requirements IL puplis SHoulu DC
| admitted 10 college upon certlled state
mcnts that they have completed "tWo
years Of French, for instance If this
should mean actually five periods or
| less per week Of p or 80 minutes i'm
length, given during less than "a weeks
Of actual session per year.
IN tile reuort statistics are given
from the various schools in which the
terms are noted ana the number OF
minutes devoted TO each study in each
term or the year.
The committee summarizes its
recommendations on the different
phases of the study as follows
That al teachers of modern lam
guages become familiar with the Re-
port Of the Committee of Ten and par
ticularly with that of the Committee OF
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