The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-04

devoted to the same general purposes,
i except that teaching would now be
more general, and the sldelights woulu
be brought out by every possible
4 means, so that the children should I'M
derstand exactly what is III hand. Ii
is better to go over less ground and
have everything clear thal to leave
pupils befogged about anything
That is what discourages most chill
+! dren.
By eleven o'clock the larger boys
would go to the workshops, tie smaller
!; ones TO the gymnasium. Some Of the
! girls would go to the kitchens to pre-
| pare the lunch, and others to the sew
| ing-room and laundry AS it would be
| impossible to accommodate all of
the children in this way at any one
time, the teachers would have few
pupils in each room to stimulate in
various directions, and these in turn
would go to the workshops after luncn.
The boys would be learning some prac-
tical business lessons-bo bookkeeping,
typewriting, etc.
The lunch, which would be simple
and substantial, would be wholly pre-
pared and served by the girls, under
competent direction. With given ma
terials provided by the public at
| fixed cost, so many good lunches
would be prepared. Some of the old
er girls would he sent to market to
purchase supplies for small number,
say, six persons-for a given sum;
( they would cook this and serve to Sc
lected pupils for week, when another
set would undertake the task. The
| idea of this would be to train the
young girls in practical marketing
/ Too few married women have more
than a smattering knowledge of how
to buy economically the most nutri-
tious and palatable food, or how to
| cook it properly.
/ After lunch there would be recrea-
ton; then the boys would go to the
shops and the girls to the sewing,
typewriting, and commercial rooms.
Those who had this exercise in the
morning would now have academic
work. The afternoon instruction would
consist mainly in Illustrated lectures
by experts. On each floor there would
BE- moving-picture equipment; the
lecturers would go from floor to floor;
dii LIE ltSGulto NOulu clilDIdCe elS-
mentary science, history, travel, liter
allure, and politics in its broadcast
sense.
Mr. Rogers recognizes the fact that
many persons regard moving pictures
as an evil, but as he observes, it is
impossible to ignore their great po-
tentialities for good. Literature he
] \ o1o
zionist, and much time should be de-
voted to music" The manual training
would not be of the petty sort now
taught in schools, but would be Sc
rious work, under the charge of COM
petent mechanics"
Great importance is attached by Mr.
Rogers to the practical nature of the
teaching for girls. He says:
Take the case Of a young woman who
has graduated with honors from the
High school. Is she truly educated If
she cannot take care Of home and
run it economically? How many such
girls today can go out and purchase
economically the materials for any
sort of meal and prepare it with any
degree OF efficiency? There are a
good many who can do this after a
| fashion, but in these days the chem
istry Of cooking is a science. There
are certain things which we ought to
eat in certain proportions. there are
some things which we ought not to eat
at all, and most food is Of value ac-
cording as it is cooked No girl is
properly educated who cannot run
home as well as man does his bust
ness and on essentially the same prin-
ciples That is why | have laid so
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