Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-28
TEACHERS LISTEN
To NEWARK MAN
ON SCHOOL WORK
David B. Cors0n Addresses An
nuaI Session of State AS
ISOLATION.
SUPT. c. J. BAXTER
SHARPLY CRITIClSES FADS
Election of Officers Tonight Will
Close Fifty-sixth Meeting
of Organization.
Especial to the wara start

A1LNANiAS -
Paul II. Hanus led the session OF tne
department OF supervision IN cohnee-
ton, with the annual meeting OIL the
State Teachers Association IN the Hlsn
School this morning and MS special
topic was some principles OF ocAooi
Administration He said mat the
authority for the schools should pe
concentrated in the superlntehoehts
and that they should be heio RESPONSE
bio for all conditions under thefn super
vision. He did not believe II 10 pe tne
work of the boards OF eduea'lon 70 ulN
In with the hor
trative duties of the super~intehaei.s,
He was of the opinion thai tne ooarus
of education should attend to All me
business ends of the schools and tina,
the superintendent should not nave ~
give any part OF their attention 10 tne
routine of business that is connecteu
with the schools. Their minds, ne saiu'
should be free to study their Pupio
and the multiplicity of questions III
connection with the technical anu au-
illustrative part of their duties.
The speaker did not believe III lalee
boards of education, either lie SaIu
that the smaller the ooarn the lalesl
the men. and the larger the poaios
the smaller the men. tie aoVocateu
the kindliest of relations between
boards and the super1ntenoehts anu
the hearty cooperation uhNei
sup VI - SIR ESu-.Ea, +ba taach-
10 'lle Doaiu ul,nitv
.nonosa1s for increasing the
ae,aiancr IF The elementary school"
nora1 tonic and the depth OF
"as : aducat,on Under the leader
- ~ ucnry suzzaIo. of New
mn rho +onic was subdivided
,yi+h a snaaker for each,
- o.nz1Io snoLa or ms Modern FNlnc-
10y Tesc,sncv"
rasXsn-andsr David r Corson. of
NrHJ anote On "Needed Changes in
80 "a n,7a+ion and MANAGEMENT of
-IaYlsrtor ~ schools as a Whole"
.sr.oaiaX pacons+ruction Of the Course
~St,,dr,t was the subject upon which
,aorin+aIden Henry M. Gresham. of
- uartSr talked. Modification in
re- Sni,I+ and Method of Classroom
rhine o., was he ubiecteof DR.. C. s.
rSaa;, nrincinaI Montclair Normal
Sohool. .eTbe Proper Recognition ard
Cont~o, If the student by superin-
G-san-AL Johnson. Crawford!
act rbara was a short meeting OF the re-
,ren,ant FIND denartment. but the re-
1,or+s win not he completed and ready
for presentation until tomorrow morn
ing
:
Mr. o
David p. Corsoh' assistant supol
tendent OF pubic scnooi Oh Newark
SAID IN part
1t Will De oy al tno
tho TffiA n III nlG uIB III d I
formidable ana iensthy, ana II "ouIu
seem lnat the SUBJECT thus aHsisneu -
me is one Wnlcn requires a somewhat
critical ana pessltnlstlc attl'uue co"aiu
what is IN the elementary schooi' Lee
me say by way OF explanation u tne
spun Vi ~ e"eN' .l1 az Ss,us. %
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saa4a 49, aohiIitv ga b,,ovancv ~
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80 ma. - ~ a sriend
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80 ~ o1aro,+
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III 90 - asoaur1od- ~ n.son.iai
naa,- A. sa1ondia n1rnosa ond +ha
49, naarioan onmnon
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sa.to+;o, 80 S,arostion constortIv
1870 o,,ar +ba b. 10 h,t on Indi.
potiaa % 49, arootton - ~ aaon,a for
- 49, - 49, da,sot;a. 70 49,
anorkors 80 49, ,aadars 4, +ba oducaS
+to.aI awou r. A. 49, 49, Anarooa
~ah-~1- +ht9na ronaarI,oh1w
SsaII 20 IT. 80, go ~ indIn1dna,
LII az Iii W ,nr tbo natton Tha
~ ae "en y tne "'
-aaai > I'll Sa+tonaS A. r. 80
~. 49, sISaT-s .aodaa
80 a~SaSS-4 80 osa
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~ stsa'ei with n aOtieVoNrel7 ~
enat "na1 nay pe sou i@tnei !" ING
spirit VI proPheoS anu op'ihie"'
improvements Needed.
The first of the needed changes is
an improved time adjustment. The
length of the school day is, in general,
five hours for all kinds of schools, the
kindergarten alone excepted. An ad-
Justment should De MADE that WIZ
ADAPT the time TO the three chilo-
development PERIODS covered by the
years OF school attendance, namely, the
transition, the formative and the
adolescent, Each of these periods has
Its distinctive physical characteristics,