Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-29

and the Latin grammar school Iatr
replaced by the high school, and tk'
Elementary schools were both maE.
ptblic institutions Of learning the o.
WIS not bridged. and the feeling st;,
remained that one was for the betts.
class, while the other was for the noo.
80, today, we see the studies an.
methods of the primary school carriss
to the upper grades of the gramm,.
school, and in the high school the snh
| jects and means of instruction used I,
the colleges are found; so that neiths.l
the work nor the methods of the n.
schools articulate. The high school n
| isolated from the rest of the schol
system. This gap cannot be bridpod]
| it must be filed. The principal anil
| teachers of the high school must "a
come personally and professionally A..
| quaihted with the principals and teach.
ers Of the grammar schools. THRONES
general meetings, through departmept
meetings of the teachers of the upp.,
grammar grades and the first-ysa,
teachers in the high school, throu,b
meetings OF the principals Of the two
schools and through visiting each
other. They should work together
kindly and sympathetically to adapt
the work and methods of the iva
schools to meet the needs of the pupil
and to develop independence and re.
sponsibility on the part of the pupil
| Many pupils who do good work in
the upper grammar grades, fail com.
pletely when they reach the -
school Prior to entering the
school, they have done their stud
under the. direction of a class
| teacher, who has been teaching
every period of the session, for a
or a year, and knows them thoro
| When they enter the high schoo
| must doStheir studying out of
and recite to different teacher
having Termed fixed habits of
| they are left to their own cal
inclinations; therefore, they
| study at all, or put their time
or two Lessons. This can be n
| in a large degree, if the pu|
taught to depend more on thS
| and if the parents will see
| home work is well prepared.
on the Observance of regun
| hours at home, while the
| connected with the grammar 50
In order .more fully to cod
differences, we must elimina1 u
less work that is being ID M
grammar SCHOOLS in arithm ma
mar, and geography, so as II no.
i'i d Oooi 0q III mo ERA,
iiiatics' l,idiiudl u aiming udy
which will unity the co44 duoa
| in the two sehools. We NJ
III the carrier nish ming
hle'noo 'la' WIN pi''N Whelp-
pupils under the symratfHu hors
full guidance of one or ooob
who will have human i'll Ian IN
pupil, somewhat as the5M limo
the grammar grades, bit har5s
leading them graduallytM inter
of specialists. A chanfM l. ro-
ests and activities of qeX nroach
ing on at this time al eroanco
and enter the perlodfoX -, q,
and they need the a. tbese
teachers and parents. ,ny
things, we may avoif ma
cases of complete diN8;,.. 1aar-
the pupils failing orY
ing the high school III o,os.r
Having proposed A .,,o oIo-
relation between thff TOTO
mcntary schools, W ~. cot
steps to make the "a, aoIo
the needs of societ -.
nists founded the 50 soa,,oo
of immediate impoa4 ~ ~. a,d
ton of the young 10, rohooI
up to very recent hs - ., tho
had for its objectn nioht on
boys and girls sqna af tho
ter college to ftHe ,ou ar
learned professieF -, o,,ar-
medicine. The rdH
supply in these Ca ,.orcb If
In this age, trHis mon. and
industry is calf my 49, ,,,,IIic
women. it is men rental
schools to givpu III snn notbing
education, Whit have a
in particular; Mt III, enable
practical eou9 and profitable
''ii Wtion.
HAS your ,h4 w .'e or,,o,
you loi any usand boys ana
WIS asheo oip a at the Massa-
!ou's h'en nent bureau |or
work. Only LTD ans" in school
"ouiu i've taught you
IL 'Ilc scho9 ked. Eight hun
traue' W"9 answered in the
a. ~ Herald)
en-, ,,,, md ~, kets only small
ne ms d. c-school children;
lraclioh TO the end is still
''io lung is that they are
s,'.s'ii' ~ eal things of Ire
a., a.. I'm: therefore, they
WHICH a. O pursuit Of studies
Dream ave. comparatively little
i'i.rre h.,,sb to keep these chill
,ot, at they may hnlsh
uieh - prepare them 10
ra, +ha325t in life we'll!
perlo h;s M ion we may learn
~ From Germany oHe
."iue Xtion compulsory anu
mas ,is,. nner of trade schools
es'a children with refer
anu Il. aeds and conditions.
ehcY ,ooIs are created for
thoh who: TO go to work. Even
'n9 rmaids, hotel mana
ioners are trained IN
h has Nine technical unlver.
es'o 49, X a,ondary technical
schools al n schools .so wn,rn nu-