The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-02
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I.o order ~ rraios 'hs number u books
carried ~ " minimum may silence eN-
t.rr,r,Irr GruuI. vho has an idea that
,.s-r IL graf Iu 'cSt hooks, and this nov
.,ruto nv elucauun may make Assembly
man Leslie f~onpkins sorry that no sver
,.od lr MaHveli "a htful and fancy
b4r And II may be enough TO satisfy
,I.se on uera who wondered why q CONF
wi,,ra Il the B"ard VI Education recon-
,,ard.i tho increase u Mr.. MaSweli's
.,,ry from ss.gO To $1,000 a year. That
resaIntinn 10 recommend vas passed on
Aprl -. y day when 400 500 pupils carried
,hair nin,i load ~ school books by Mr..
Maxwell and other authors In their left
hands. II they didn't forget or didn't dispute
the jurisdiction II the court on constitu-
tional grounds.
The aggregate length OF spine that il to
10 kept straight could he determined by
any one Of MFR. MaEwell's boys, II. as Assem-
hlyman Tompkins intimates, hs wasn't
TOO busy at plain sewing and fancy cooking
% learn how TO add and multiply. However.
one child'- spine. put in ROUND numbers
for the sake Of n sum, Is, say, three feet
lorz and, II 40. the spine Of 055 sos pupils
would be 1888, so feet, or 372 miles long.
And If every child carried two pounds OF
Mr.. Maxwell's or Others books, the 372
miles of spine will be subjected 10 n strain
Of $50 tons Of reading. spelling. arithmetic,
geography and frills. That's the load that
must be shifted every day.
But the plan hasn't been worked out yet
IN all its details. There'll have to be a
special order for June /, or the pupils won't
know what to do. The last day Of this
month, May 81, will be odd and comes on
Thursday, and the children will all carry
their books'in their left hands. il they don't
forget. But the very next day will be odd
too, Friday, June /, and what will the chill
dren do with their spineS?
This new order is supposed by some to
have been what Mr.. Maxwell had in mind
on February "a, an even day, when he said
to the Board Of Superintendent:
Il may say that we are on the verge, |
won't say more. but we are on the verge Of
solving the greatest problem Of helping
the pupil"
The odd and ever order was about the
first thing that came out OF Mr.. Maxwel's
Office after he threw out that hint about
being on the verge.
Developments of the plan are expected.
Chewing gum must be munohed on opposite
sides on alternate days, but to get the most
symmetrically formed product of the public
school system the gum should be ohewed
on the right side on odd days to Offset the
weight Of Mr.. Maxwell's own best text
books on the other side. Hair must be
parted in the middle all the time or the
side must be changed daily.
Little girls must wear round garters or
else have the up and down the side kind
mended every night. or have both sides
broken one from left to right or vice versa
every school day. Considerable latitude
will be allowed in this matter, for Draoo
could not insist that a little girl nave both
sides whole every day. No little girl ever
did and he constant grabbing at the same
knee every school day to pull up some
thing is a. bad for the spine as carrying
Introductory Lessons in English Gram
mar" by William H. Maxwell in the same
hand every day. Round garters are better,
anyway, for "A child who hopes to go beyond
The grammar grade and is Of a bookish
bent, because they permit her to put more
OF her thought on her studies.
II boys are allowed 10 go barefooted on
saturdays it is requested that they get
splinters and stone bruises on their left
one week and on their right feet the
next, az every little helps, in this crowded
and rushing age, that makes for the even
any symmetrical development Of the child.
nv, Maxwell does not pretend TO regulate
he activities of the pupils away from school.
tuf the sports INDUCED in az the recreation
and on the school grounds must be
ia. ditied in behalf of the spines. At base
all the boy chosen tor pitcher must de-
liver the ball first with his right, then with
Wv '",'', tAptCtOIutlslB Oh lfe SdInt,
before tossing, first from the left and then
from the right side Of the mouth, or not at
This IL imperative. To prevent dizzi-
hess and a lopsided formation, each player
must run around the bases from left to
night as often a. from right to left, and the
girls must observe the same rule of al
'"rrallng at bean bag. No bear bag must
'Nceed IN weight o~ne-quarter of a pound,
Rind IN conveying it TO and from school the
ma must use 1t as a counter weight against
FIRST Steps in Language five %ouncesl, by
William II. Maxwell.
The most serious phase OF the problem
Tei to he tackled is that of the pocket loads
! boys in the primary and grammar grades.
very careful parent, with the spine of her
mia really at heart, should sew two plim-
-ol marks to the seat of his trousers, one
IN the right side and one on the left, to
indicate any difference there may be in
sag, 20 that that difference may be COR
'rcted and the pocket lead distributed with
TO the outside weight carried In
,,eXt6ooks. One introductory Lessons In
InGliSh Grammar" by William H. Max we'll.
.or instance, weighs about seven old nails,
an Advanced English Grammar" by
William II. Maxwell, is the equivalent OF
.%o peg tops and one paper covered copy
Frank, the Fraction Boy: or. who
the '~Teacher?'.
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