Morris tribune., 1905-07-01

unrectifed class teaching works wide
spread disaster. His new system does
not abolish class teaching, but frees Ia
and renders it operative. Besides the
regular class teacher another teacher
is assigned to give personal attention
to the backward or bashful ones. This
teacher takes the troubled ones in
hand, sits by their side, warns them
with sympathy and encourages the1n
with suggestion that awakens conf
dence and fills them with hope EE
answer to the question whether this
two-teacher system does not increase
the expenses, Superintendent Kennedy
replies that, on the contrary, it reduces
expenses. He says there are actually
less teachers in Batavia than theirs.
would have been if his system had not
been adopted. With a team of teach
ers more than two sets Of children caR
be assembled and the class work goes
smoothly on without drag. Mr.. Ken
nedy regards the sectioning as system
atized dishonesty and the room for
iaggards as the most Objectionable
form of segregation because it is s.
quasi penal institution. AS to the OBJ
lection that the weaker children via
only become more dependent Mr.. Ken
nedy says that the individual teacher
leads the children to help themselves
This system humanizes organizatiosG
and saves the schools from becoming
mere machines. Truancy is disappear
ing at Batavia. ,r~,et. q
Leh;sh's New President. s%s's-s, EssissS& i
The board of trustees at Bethlehem,
Pa, have chosen Henry s. Drinker Of
Haverford, Pa, general solicitor Of the
Lehigh Valley railroad, to be president
Of the university, succeeding the aafS
DR.. Thomas M. Drown.
Fewer Professional Women.
President Schurman in his address aa
the Cornell university commencement
said he believed the growing sociaa
conservatism was reflected in the fact
that the total attendance Of students
is constantly and largely increasing ait
Cornell, while the number Of women
there is steadily declining He thought
that it indicated that the movement OF
women into professional fields had
passed its flood tide.
Roosevelt to College Men.
President Roosevelt attended the
commencement exercises of Clarke
university at Worcester, Mass, June
81, and was the guest at Williams col
lege commencement next day.. At the
latter place he received the degree oil
liams the president discussed publhe
questions and said he desired the as
sistance Of all the colleges and coz
lege men in the country in working OFT
the governments problems. He ASH
ed that the navy be built up and kepS
up as guarantee Of peace and Of tfss
Monroe doctrine as well as for the de
Tense of the Panama canal. The most
compact statement of his idea wass
"Keep on building and maintaining All
the highest point of efficiency the Unit
ed States navy or quit trying to be
big nation Do one or the other" The
president also emphasized his welt
known views of federal supervision OF
great corporations.
At North Adams he said that the sort
Of kindness of parents which would
keep their children from hard work Or
from knowing how to do the work 0R
the household was a curse.
More New York Fairgrounds.
The New York city board OF alder
men, after having twice defeated the
plan, voted unanimously June 20 Do
appropriate $1,Oeo,0o for Fairgrounds
On the congested east side and $3,00Gs
900 for athletic fields for the high
schools. The Fairgrounds will be sman
but numerous, and there will be an
athletic field for each Of the four DSr-
oughs.
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