The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-02
PROGRESS IN EDUCATION

to devote themselves to learning the
science of child-care. under the guild
ance Of the trained nurses attached
to the Institution. 1t Is said that the
experiment has proved a gratifying
success.
School savings banks are also new
departure. Educators have long an-
derstood what most parents seem nev.
er to have learned--that saving is q
habit, and that 1t ought to be formed
in the earliest childhood. 1t is hardly
to be expected that the child who new
er learns the value of money in child
hood will duly value II in after years.
To meet this condition experiments
have been made in teaching children
to save their pennies, through a school
savings. bank, and TT is said 10 re as
tonishing how easy 1t lie to tno ,ulate
habits OF thrift and. economy In the
mind of the child.s Europe / as used,
satisfactorily. the system In its schools
for many years. ~
The railroad school system TO be-
established by the Hartman lines wifi
represent another incursion into the
field of new things in matters ~ edo
ucation. Aside from the United states
Military and Naval Academies these
schools Will be about the only ones
in existence where the student p paid
for his services. There will be mo
guarantee OLA position to gradustess
men is so great that a paying position
Is practically sure 10 follow. This
experiment VIII be watched with es-
pecial Interest by all big employers of
men, A most Interesting feature of
the work Is that all the Instructors
will be PRACTICAL railroad men. en-
gagged in the work of operating de-
partment at the time. @f
Boston, first In so many matters of
education. is first in having an open
air school for consumptive children.
1t is established in Franklin Park.
and the. little weakiings take to the
work with zest. Even In the dead of
winter they arrive at the park at s:4S
o'clock and are given their breakfast.
After this Is over they take q course
of study. and that Is followed by
lunch. After lunch the steamer chairs
are brought out. and each child creeps
into a warm sleeping bag for an af-
ter dinner nap. 1t Is said to be sur
prising how the little fellows get
along. and even in the coolest wealth
err their favorite spot is place where
the wind is broken only by canvas.
Many Of the little pupils have regained
their former good health by a course
of this kind, and have been permitted
to return to the regular schools.
Canada Is much interested in teach.
ing domestic science to the girls. The
Joke about the cooking school girl
does not go with the Canadians. They
realize that in the home science may
accomplish as much as elsewhere, VIM
nipeg has been a leader In teaching
the girls housekeeping. and has met
with such gratifying success that the
department Is to be enlarged and ex-
tended, ,.s.,5 s
Ohio is the first state In the Onion
to adopt a compulsory course of study
in fire prevention. 1t has been esti-
mated that the property destroyed by
children careless with fire amounts to
more than $60.000,000 a year, and that
more than. 500 lives are lost annually
on this account, The Ohio law re-
quires that at least one lesson in IRE
prevention shall be given each week.
all pupils between the ages of 6 and
II to have the benefit OF these les
sons. g.
Congress- last session appropriated
more than 100000 for the Indian
schools of the United States These
schools have upward of $4,000 pupils
in them. 1t has been the hope of the
Government that the time will soon
arrive when the Bureau of Indian Az
fairs may be closed up, and the In
dams cease to be the wards of the
nation. But that the Indian still needs
some one 60 look after him IL illustrated
by an experience related by former
Commissioner Leupp, at a recent meet
ing of the National Education Asso-
citation. He said that a certain old
Indian had told him ne wanted a ROLL
top desk. Asked what he wanted with
such a thing when. he could neither
read nor write. he 'repliedt so could
set in me chair, put me cigar in me
mouth, hold me paper up before me
face and tell the fellers what come
see me- Cit out, too busy to talk to.
you now -
Copyright, 1909. by Frederic J. Has
kim ss-.