Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-20
RAYMOND RIORDAN ON JUBILEE
THE LITTLE PLACE IN THE WOODS"

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thrown together, make a charming So
cial hall. with hard wood floor that
tempts the light fantastic toe.
Twice a week We spruce up and
have small and early affairs; and the
lads and lassies in their best bibs and
fuckers are an attractive looking lot.
Zone evening a week is given to
lively games proper ones only, with
teachers supervising or joining in; but
some games are permitted on any
evening. and good reading is provided
without stint.
THE dramatic instinct is strong in
children. and manifests itself at an
early age, as when the little girl pre-
tends she is Mrs. This or That and
walks. and talks and acts like some
one else; and the little boy as doctor
comes TO cure the ailments of the
dolls
1T is the purpose of Jubilee to util-
ze this instinct. to make it profitable
as well as pleasant, by visualizing in
cidents in history. sometimes enact
ed, imprOmptu. in class. and some
times given more ambitiously as n
stage performance. Dramatic and
operate pieces are given as often as
they can be properly prepared. the
rehearsing and simple stage setting
being regarded as recreation and done
in recreation hours.
Excellence in scholarship is a large
factor to be considered in making mp
the cast.
AT the three meal times the family
comes together, sitting six at a table,
an older person being one of the six
and conversation and laughter help to
make good digestion wait on appetite.
and health on both.
Little need be said of book work
This is fundamental, and may go with
cut saying: Whatever can be done is
done. by the best instructors-not 10
pour knowledge. willy nilly. into the
child but To arouse his mental power.
awaken his interest and set him to-
getting for himself that which unless
he does get it for himself, will never
be of value to him.
I'VE take him from the Intermediate
grade on up to the entrance 10 unive:
sity. and good work must be DONE no
Sinking or evasion is allowed
But the one basic principle of the
school, book work being adjunct to the
means employed. is character build
ing BY every possible means we en-
deavor to eXalt character. TO instill
the spirit of honor. courage, truth.
Not only head work. but hand work,
is a means to this end. Play is anoth
er and most important one Some of
the best lessons a child can get are
learned. mconsciously. in play He is
benefited physically, mentally. ami
morally by entering heartily into
games that call for strength or agility
alertness of mind. quick judgment.
and cooperation with others.
Now do you see what kind of 4
school we have. in this historic spot
so full of associations of the past and
buOyant hope for the future?
1T is a school based on the home
idea, where. in fresh air and healthful
surroundings, with regular hours and
simple food, with work and play in
just proportions, with all that devoted
instructors can do to bring about such
a result. boys and girls may be gently.
but firmly and surely, led to know
ledge, to refinement, and to high
ideals.
"A school for the development If
character, for the preservation of indi-
viduality. for the formation of good
habits and gentle manners, for the cul-
tivatiOn of hand and heart as well as
head.
WAS it not FroebeI who said
Come. let us live with our children?'
We live with ours, work with them