The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-20

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ornaments of cardboard and crepe ant
tissue paper.
DIR. William A. Eckhoff, principal OF thu
Oliver Street School, has been examining
the pupils of the graduating class. in
dividually, to determine how they stood,
This, however, has nothing to do with
the regular examinations.
About fifty teachers have applied to DR.
William A.. Eckhoff for special rate tickets
to Atlantic City, to attend the State teach
ers' convention. The train will leave the
Broad street station of the Central Rail
road at 9'55 a. M, December 26. 1t is
pected that a great many more applications
will be received between now and that
day.
Assistant Superintendent j.. Wilmer Ken
needy will be the speaker at the next meet
ing Of The Parents Association OF the
South Street School. to tax place January
20. An exhibit of the work of beta the
evening and the day school will be shown
at that time.
Examinations for grade work, kinder
garteI work, promotion and principa!ship
will take place in the Normal and Training
School. Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
December &c, q and 2S. The following
schedule will be carried out:
tic, United States history, geography,
reading and literature; kindergarten,
arithmetic, United States History, geog-
raphy; promotion, English, music. draw
ton OF teaching, theory and practise of
teaching in primary grades.
Friday, December 27-Grade, algeria,
physics and hygiene, science, English lam
guage and grammar; kindergarten, alge-
bra, physics and hygiene.s science, Eng
fish language and literature; promotion,
algebra, plane geometry, Kindergarten,
Saturday, December 2s-Grade. theory
and practise of teaching, psychology, his
tory of education. music, drawing; kinder
garten. theory and practise Of kinder
garten, psychology, history of education,
music, drawing.
Thursday. December 2e-Principals-col-
lege. school management. manual trainlas,
history Of education; normal, school man
agement, manual training. history Of educa-
ton. science.
chology, principle and practise of kinder
garten, theory and practise of teaching;
normal, psychology, principle and prac-
tise of kindergarten, theory and practise
Saturday, December 2S-Principals-Ad-
vanced English, mathematics.
-
Randall D.. Warden. the director Of phys
ical training, has been elected a member
of the American School Hygiene Associa-
tion, the purpose of which is to promote
consideration for the neAds Of children in
the schools, and to further hygienic condi-
lions in general. The associations work Is
carried OH chiefly by ircul letters. It's
meetings are held annually. Theodore
Roosevelt is the honorary president.
Two exhibits are being held in the school
department of the Free Public Library
this month. one on the American Revolt
lion for seventh b pupils, and one on the
French Revolution for eighth A pupils.
Reference books for the use OF children
have been moved to the school department,
which has been enlarged.
New educational matter may be found in
the Free Public Library as follows:
Recent Educational Books-"Pragma-
tism," by William James: Modern Amer
lean School Buildings" by w. r. Briggs;
Spirit Of Democracy by c. f. Dolls:
''On Reading" by George Brandes.
Articles In Recent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
for Today by Bliss Perry. Atlantic, De-
cember: 'The Coming and Going Of Elk
pletives," by 7. r. Lounsbury, Harper,
December; Recent Important Poetry" by
Il. Greenslet. Atlantic, December; "Ad-
vancement of American Musical Educa-
ton" as seen by ]. c. D. Parker, Musician,
December; christmas and the Spirit Of
Democracy" by Samuel Nee. Crothers,
Everybody's, December. AN Art Museum
for the People (the new Boston Museum),
by f. j. Mather. Atlantic, December;
"FIction-Its Place in the National Life"
by Sir Gilbert Parker, North American
Review. December.
The next meeting of the newly organized
Storytelling League" composed of kim
dergarten teachers, will be held in the
kindergarten of the Fifteenth Avenue
School. January s. at 8 O'Clock. The sub
ject will be Stories, Songs and Sugges-
tons"
The next issue of the School Exchange
will deal with mathematics. The editors
J plan to cover the whole range of the sub
jeet, from the kindergarten to the High
School, inclusive.
The editor of the School Exchange con-
fines his remarks in the December issue
to matters of legislation, discussing at
length the TENURE of Office" and the
Child Theatre bill. In conclusion, he
says:
These and other matters should receive
the careful consideration and action of the
tcdVncIs VI our 0bdle. M cidoS VI Stti1tuS
are more vitality interested In good legis-
lation han the teaching staff.
Files of all bills introduced should be
convenient for the inspection of teachers,
and whether the proposed law relates to
taxation or temperance, sanitation or sta
t~istics, Bishops bill or backward children,
the teacher should take an intelligent in
terest in It and make his or her opinion
on the matter known to the Legislators"