Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-12-31
PUPILS TO STUDY
CIVIC AFFAIRS
Chicago Educates for Ideal Municipal
Government for the Flu
ture.

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next generation is to be an ideally
governed city or the board of edu-
cation will be greatly disappointed.
They have woman there in charge
of the school of that city and they
pay her a salary Of $4,000 a year
and according to all accounts she is
worth every cent Of It, Her name
Is Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. She be-
lieves in teaching the pupil just
what you want him to know; in
short, give him a practical education
along the lines followed in the in
dustrial and commercial world. The
school board will at once put In OPP
Grafton some of her modern ideas.
They will commence with Chicago
course" to be introduced in the pub
lie school curriculum next January
and the pupils are to be made fami-
liar with the government of this city
to the last detail and learn the exact
scope of the business transacted
daily a. the stockyards, the number
OF charitable organizations in the
city and many other facts that will
aid In the performance of their fu-
ture civic duties.
After January /, 1910, the eighth
grade pupils Of every public school
III the city will spend five hours a
week Kan hour day-studying
Chicago, it's history, its geography,
its municipal government, its manu-
factures. its commercial activities, its
educational anl philanthropical in
stitutIons, it's political and social in
fluence In the nation.
Textbooks will be used, but not
exclu lively, for the laboratory me-
thod" Is to be the backbone of the
course, and Chicago, before the
children are through. Is to undergo
the closest and most thorough in
spection in its experience.
Frequent excursions will be made
in school hours to various important
points, teachers and principals ac-
company the pupils and explaining
things, first having carefully brushed
up on their own information.
Parties OF youngsters will ransacl,
the city hall from top to bottom, and
the city department that goes unin'
vestigated may consider itself for.
tunate. Manufacturing plants and
the big commercial houses will be
visited The social settlements, the
parks and the charitable institutions
will be looked into.
"Chicago Course" In Detail.
Here is the Chicago course" as
Mrs. Young announced It after tn,
conference:
History--Explorations and settle
ments of the French in the old north
west, George Rogers Clark's expedi
tion, ordinance OF 1887, creating tn,
Northwest territory. Fort Dearborn
and the war OF 1912, Illinois as {
state. its part In the Mexican ant
Civil wars, the worlds fair.
Geography-Advantage of Chi
cago's location, resources of Illinois
and the northwest, waterways, rail
road development
lndustries--The stockyards, roll
ing mills, agricultural Implement
manufacturing, machinery, electrical
supplies. furniture, books, musica
Instruments, boots, shoes and cloth
ing, industries In the neighborhoo,
of each school
Social Activities Educational In
stitutions, philanthropic enterprises
social settlements, hospitals ant
churches.
Municipal and Civic Affairs-Cit.
government the city hall, fire de
partment, police department, healtl
department, county government
state government park systems, wa
ter supply, sewers, care of streets
transportation in the city, gas light
ing, tunnels and subways, plans 70
the government of Chicago,
Take Place of Algebra.
The Chicago course will talk
/! the place OF algebra In the element
airy schools, which was abolished b
the board last summer,
This is important" said Mr.
Young. "lf the public schools ar
established for anything, they are e'
| tabllshed to make good citizens
rather think this will land MS som,