The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-13

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teacher which comes from strong. virile,
broad minded. elevating life. Such
| teachers can only be obtained at prices
| which the average community is unwill-
ing TO pay No community has right
| 10 expect that a person teaching Tor S
| 10 IS a week shall be a mental guide.
! spiritual adviser and moral headlight,
Of strong compelling magnetism. a guide
unto their feet and a light in the dark
! ness.
So far / have only indicated The lines
along which the home may cooperate
| with the school Briefly, these points
are home discipline and training. the in
| culcation OF the social virtues, truthful
! ness, honesty, manliness. the incubation
| of the school virtues, regularity. pune
tuality. obedience. Parental instruction
as regards physical self. upon which the
whole moral tone OF after life depends
and which cannot be taught in the school.
| Character o. home reading, manner OF
home life as regards social functions late
hours. food sleeping apartments: all OF
which affect the physical condition and
| react on their moral.
| The value OF tAe six years AT nome De-
| fore entering school, which is the mother s
period OF real definite influence. Care over
| personal habits. Home influences which
| bear directly on school conditions, such
|
| and lastly by reasonable demands and
expectations. reasonable comments in the
presence OF children. Reasonable demand
| depends on knowledge: lack OF knowledge
creates wrong Judgment.
The home has no right 20 expect the
| school 70 do this work, nor TO turn out
finished moral product. The home should
Judge fairly. 1t is inclined 10 judge from
its own standpoint. II is inclined 10 be-
| l.. y oh
| Is brought from the elementary school,
when in point OF fact IL was only then
foot rule which has grown into the
yardstick with maturer years. II is not
fair standard Of measure for boys and
| girls They have the right 10 expect II
! they have finished the proper buildings
and equipment and the proper teacher,
that the soil shall be prepared, the seed
planted, cared for. nourished; but II the
| soil prove stony ground the tares spring
up and choke in later years. they have no
right TO charge this as a fault OF the ele-
| mentary schools
The elementary schools have none OF
! the pleasure OF the harvesters. They
may see tendencies change asperities
soften, irregularities grow toward regu-
larities. but the full fruition is not theirs.
] Theirs Is the hope that the fruit may
not blight in the bud. 1t belongs TO the
| nome 10 take the puplls at tHe Gnu VI lue
elementary school period. by the fathers
growing into close companionship with
the boys. and the mothers. in close COM
| panionship with the girls, living with
them the life they should live and bring
70 fruition the seed which the home and
the school have Jointly planted and pour
ished up TO this time.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The department OF primary schools and
kindergartens opened with papers by
Helen L. Southgate, supervisor OF kinder
gartens OF Concord. n H, on The
kindergarten as a Preparation for Grade
Work" and Mary / Hamilton OF the Ben
jamin Dean kindergarten OF South Boston
on "The Work OF a Mothers Club"
Miss Lucy Hummer principal OF the
| kindergarten In Rice Training school
Boston, another speaker, dealt largely
! with personal experiences in the Boston
work Her specific subject. which was
The Effects OF Kindergarten Work Upon
| Chidren's Home Work, offered a wide
field for story telling.
Miss Mabel c. Bragg OF the state Nor
NAL school OF Lowell. Mass, furnished
| an hours story telling, the stories being
those which have been found most attrac-
tive to the children just commencing
school work
GRA- MAR SCHOOLS
The department OF high and grammar
! schools had three speakers. Charles F
King, master OF the Dearborn district
school OF Boston, had for a topic: How
We Teach Geography Today"
| Augustus H Kelly, master OF the Ly-
! man district in Boston, spoke on the
| teaching OF English.
An address by Miss Lotta A Clark. a
! teacher in the history department OF the
! Charlestown high school. Boston, entitled
! IAN Experiment in History Teaching
| described how her recitations in ancient
| history had been carried on by the
classes in the form OF business meeting
with great success.
The pupils had e-ehanee In this way.
she said. TO learn 20 think and act in
dependently and thus prepare themselves
for the self-reliance expected OF them in
the business and social life.
Tho kind OF work done was OF far
greater value than that brought by the
customary question and answer method.
OFFICERS ELECTED
Supt Walter r Ranger OF Montpelier,
VT, was unanimously elected president.
The other officers elected were as fol-
lows: Secretary, William c. Crawford.
Boston. treasurer. Alvin F. Pease. NAL
den Mass assistant secretary. Payson
Smith. Auburn. Me. assistant treasurer.
william L. Bishop, Norwich. Conn.
Vice presidents. Maine. w. e Russell,
! Gorham: Elizabeth Hall, Lewiston:
! George c. Purington. Farmington New
! Hampshire. G. w Bickford. Manchester.
! Henry c. Morrison. Concord; II w.
| Smith. Littleton; Vermont, B. f. Merri-
! am Bellows Falls; John l.. Alger. Saxon
River: q. u Mallieren Barre: Massachu-
setts Sarah L. Arnold. Boston. Walter r.
| Beckwith. salem; j c. Edgerly, Fitch
burg; Rhode Island. Valentine Almy.
! Cranston: y W. Lull. Newport Joseph
| +. Mowry. Providence. Connecticut, @. A
! stuart. New Britain: A. w. Call Hart
| ford: Anna ~ Pollard. Southington, New
YORK Mary Snow Rrooklyn