The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-12
HARTRIDGE SCHOOL AND PHIL
BRICK KINDERGARTEN
Will Combine at Beginning OF
School Year.

School Year.
Miss Marion Haskell, who has been
the guest of relatives in Savannah
for the past week will return to-mor-
row to her home in Columbia. Miss
Haskell has been making arrange
ments for next years work in the
Hartridge School, and has been visit
ing other private schools in the city
Much interest has been aroused in
educational circles by the announce
ment that the Philbrick kindergarten
will next fall enter into combination
with the Hartridge School, to occupy
the same building and form the first
step in the educational system in that
school.
There will be no official connection
in the executive departments of the
two organizations, but in view of the
fact that the Primary Department of
the Hartridge School is doing the con-
Meeting work between the work of
the kindergarten and the courses Of
fered in the Academic Department of
the Hartridge School those at the
head of the kindergarten system have
decided to abolish the independent
Primary School now associated with
the Philbrick Kindergarten, and incor-
porate the same in the Primary De-
partment of the Hartridge School.
Boys will be received in the Prim-
airy Department as in the kindergar-
ten, since it is believed that during the
early years of school life it is of ad-
vantage for boys and girls to work
together. This innovation has long
been contemplated by Miss Har-
fridge, and meets with her strong in
dorsement
Mrs. Paschal Strong has been en-
gagged to conduct the work of the
Primary Department assisted by a
competent corps of teachers. Miss
Cornelia Lee goes this summer to
Columbus College, New York, to take
a special normal course in primary
work as a development of and supple
ment to kindergarten methods, and
other trained teachers will be engaged
to conduct the work of this
department in its enlarged form.
While kindergarten training is not
to be required of children preparatory
to entrance into the primary depart
ment, Miss Haskell thinks that too
great stress cannot be laid upon the
Importance of this training as a foun-
dalton stone in broad and lf-devel-
oping education, and especial atten-
ton will be paid to the building up
of strong primary department to es-
tablish the connecting work between
the kindergarten and higher grades.
In connection with the more advanced
| work of the school, Miss Haskell has
engaged the services of Miss Ruth
Wilder, A. B., of Radcliffe, Cambridge.
Miss Wilder comes of a family long
| and well known in educational and lit
erary circles. Her grandfather was the
founder of Rochester University. and
her aunt, Maud Wilder Goodwin, is dis
| tinguished as a successful magazine
writer. Miss Wilder comes to Savan-
nah with the highest recommendations
| from the faculty of Radcliffe College
and prominent teachers in Boston.
Miss Haskell will return to Savan-
nah for a few days early in June be-
fore going North for the summer. The
first part of her vacation will be de-
voted to an inspection of the Felix
Adler and Horace Mann schools and
| the work of the Teachers College of
| New York. Later she will attend the
| educational conference in Boston.