The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-02-26
ROUND TABLE
Ugh School Department

Itaf AAibA 'SAONA department
Conference of high school princl-
pals and teachers in room 10 Central
building, conducted by DR.. ]. d..
Deahl, of Morgantown.
l. How much elective work should
be done in the high school?
2. What should pupils entering the
high school know?
3. How keep the boys through the
high school?
A. Should there be senior reviews
in the high school?
5. Is there too much Geology in
our high school texts on Physical
Geography?
6. What should be the aim in
teaching Physics?
T. What of the senior who fails in
final examinations?
s. Should Latin and German be
taught in the public schools?
.. Should they be elective or com
pulsory?
10. or what value to the pupil is
the knowledge he will gain of these
Languages in the public school?
II. Would the same amount Of
time given to the study of science or
literature give an equal or greater
amount of culture and discipline?
12. What classes of students should
fbe advised to study Latin? Greek?.
10. Educational merits and defects
of secondary education without
knowledge of foreign languages?
IA. Should Latin or modern lang
uage come first in well ordered
course of study?
Is. 1s'a six year high school
course of study advisable?
1G. The influence of college admis-
sion requirements on high school
programs of studies.
II. What should the university
summer school offer the teachers of
the state?
is, How should IT be differentiated
from the ohter schools of the state?
10. In what year Of the high school
course should Physical Geography be
taught?
20. The advantage of high schools
of the new admission requirements at
the university.
81. How can school visiting he
made more valuable to those mem
bers oG the round table who spend
spend som time in visiting at the
Round Table meetings?
49, Does visiting interrupt the
proper progress of the school?
30. Could our Monongahela Round
Table afford to hold a two days ses-
sion in Plttsburg?
"a. Which shall be the, ideal Of
the American school; a complete gen
eral education fitting directly for all
higher professional institutions. or as
at present an incomplete general cd
ucatlon to be finished by few years
in college or university?
General Topics.
7 ]. should the indolent pupils De
kept after school hours?
2. Seat work for class not reciting.
3. At what period of school life is
the pupil at least interested?
4. What may be done to lessen the
influence of social attractions?
6. What should the teacher do in
case parents notify him not to infilct
corporal punishment?
G. What is practical instruction?
Z. Should our city schools attempt
to train teachers from among their
grades?
s. What should be the nature Of
morning exercises. and how much
! time should be used?
/ 8. Should pupils be graded upon
the actual amount Of work done or
us to whether they have acted upon
tneir full ability?
10. How deal with truants?
II. What are the greatest outside
fhindrances to school work, and how
can they be counteracted?
- What is the value of recon-
mendation for a teacher?
(a) The right standard of rec
ommendation?
% The elements of value in a.
recommendation
(c), The honor system in recon-
mending,
10. Should special effort be made
in preparing work in drawing for
Round Table?
IA. Elements that characterize
successful discipline.
Is. Should salaries be graded up
on the merit system?
1G. What should be the authority
of superintendent or principal in the
appointment Of teachers?
II. What should be done with pu-
pills that do not study?
IS. How can the laws be amended
so as to stimulate the teacher to more
substantial growth?
10. For what kind of orrense
should a grade teacher send a pupil
to the principal?
90. What subjects in the course Of
study can be used indirectly for NOR
al instruction?
81. TO what extent should a prin-
otno1 no rpSnOnsible for tho discinline