The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-08-11
THF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Vis~s From NJ. IOhr S. Terrell on The subj.et


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otber ..h,,,is ana ,,,.,'t.'- "''
who win tg,"" ,ssi.,'' ,.;.,' - VI 'Hu. So
grades r.a5il, A. sa,tse-I r. ~
evidently kro,v. tls~.. D' p."."
tlsmt,a h.dta-. nm. - ' ="
in hi- pr..,- of dufi.- ba,n., ,a - 80
to lota-ehim MI. ~. faff,,'.lt..'.. -
promotion bv NOR. tbo,, D, - -, '''i',
INV .,,,,'s ,,-,,'l. sli.,,,''1 - Ofu' 81
per cant rstrc,i,., r., - "'''.9 ~
next higher csrtainlv j. ,,,-,rh.
s.ri. ms con .id.r,,,i,, c..
system into tb. ra,v hpil9ir,, ,,''D.'l
obtg,in sir,ilsr r..,I,s L, !" go
pitiful si,.ctncle n srbsr ~. ~, 49,, ~ ~ :
new building. al. "D,trn., "a, :, .,,,t.,I,
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studies fnr chi .srs,, 80 ,,,.I'
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re,itafinn m -. ~ "''. ese'S
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ara nronnrciatt','s ~, 80 ePy'l'lt
ever cnnsclensions ana 49,. ~
may bo can carrv ~ -, ,i.'-,,,, i'.S -
this list. Arithmetic b.,l, ,,re..,,,...i
and oral Advanc..5 f,o,,,r,,,,t,, -.
Gated with s,.,faI Vi-,-i,i,, .'.,.t,
extra Advanced Hisso,v -, a,
Language far o6ucatsd acni,s ur--t..-
ditto. A mvsterious b.,,ys ,v,,,,I'; -
of Grennsr ,vitb sn.li,,,, S-.'-.. y, ~, =,
nenmarsbin hrn,,,,,i,, 49, ,..'.i 's.i'
But for stranpo.. b1.r,, ~
% ner c.ut os f,,,i,,-,' ,,-,.,,il A.
70 par cent
This "hard road IN .raesl- g. ,,-..s
upon the child AZ inst tl's soa =, -, -
most pos.ibl. harm AZ this 90 -.
to fourteen nersor,,l nri6e a,,,,'s - -
20 a child Of sensihilitv the faiInr, 49,,
pass" il very calling In vsrv -.
eases th. sehooI s,tsnt.rca -. ''s -,
there. ''7''
The enrollnent ,.f lint "a 6, ,b. 49,.
higher grade can onlv be eYnIsjn.a ~
such a condition
The effort To carry ,he load 5..sa,.
the teachers enthu-iasm / and I'm ,s
sistlng nv children that their taacbers
have no time" " hen ask is no roo
son for a certain pr,cednr. in arithr,at,c
is asked Tor the renlv A. w ba,o,.i, ,
time for thar etc -. 3, ,rb.,.. -, -,
be an eNpectation that the nn,iIs rbaII
do their stud, ,ing AT boma a. as So
How examining tha dav fnli ,,f r,5,,,as,..a
rpcitations Under a corrsct ors,ssn,S,
ton any capable TEACHERS sbonId Ss ahie
to do iustice TO 30 punils Nv ter,, a. !,
teacher was served under "a snneyin,s Ten
dent who was n Heidelbery gradrats q
thorough student of Defo5o,,v fror,
Froebel aud Pestalczzi 10 his 1s0n dav
and who became suuefintendentof nnhiic
instruction OF Illinois. Under him moth
irg but extreme mental de6ciencv vvas
allowed to interfere with the heal.hsnI
stimulation OF the semt-annnaI baT
" AIDE promotion. and n az anv roint
there was developed a slngs,sb ,,oSy ~
the current he gave that noint sr.,,,al N.
tention. going II necessary To tbe hom.s
OF the children, advising assisting and
encouraging. Each seaeher was oivsn
two sections or classes ~ a ,-sds ,nd
promotion came bv haltgrede ser,i
annually. This gave eaeh class half the
time for study and half for recitation
with leisure for both nuniia and taocbsrs
to use their brains To ADVANTAGE Thars
was no bOsh of scholarshins madals
and latin His dictum was The Public
School mote the canItals1 IA r. MI
possible source of school education fir
nine-tenths of the peopIe. and it sbonId
give them Just what will be most usefnl
to them. A thorough common school
knowledge Of Reading. Writing and Aritb-
metic, Text Book History. Geography
ETC., etc, were only allowed In the higher
grades where the pupils could have
some understanding of them. and the
High School never lacked ATTENDANCE II
was over'ull e 10 10 IS year old voptbs
the M j-r,ty sg .Lu.l ur,.ier Fredericks'
burg's system would have been down
and out, either prematurelv at vol or
loafpg. Truancy and Observation-Disclosures
were almost unknown. Vicions hoTna
influence IL either abetted or veatenad
by school itfluence. In the ahsenc,,' "a, a
compulsory attendance law mucb can be
done by so conducting a school svstsw
that a sort of com6plsorg attsndenca
sentiment will take It's place
In the foregoing DO NOT narticuiariv
aim to critieiss Mr.. WJNs | sec hv ~.
papers he gets his share and wins his
share of legal business. and we are