Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-18
RAISING COURSE OF STUDY
Omaha School Principals Cunduotng
a Close Investigation.
DR DAVIDSON TALKS OF WORK
sab-9mwEtfe-s Are D-vutia< Atren-
tisa - separate susi-cta Win
vE-w - CurttnE Out An
Man-EnusnrlaEu.


Rsvisiun az Ene school currfcullm ln use
IN Omaha ls u18ar uaT actively. Tha prin-
eipalH a. rne va-1ous schcols cons-frl1ta the
commfrrse having the mater IN cnarEa.
and tnis conunir1as b divided into sub
.ummtr-ses which are Eivt1E sEadV 10 seq
arzts subjects. A report b. % b. ready be-
FIRE tha sumner vacation begins m June.
The m0ve for q revised currfrllrz-u In
Omaha gains additional significance t-11
recent tsciarz1cn of Ms E1la F1aEE
Young super.nrsndsnt cf schools IN chi
cag1- Ms. Young proposes % reiesaas
alEsbrz % a back ssat. 70 cut out sucn
szsrEises as cum1uIlnG inrarssE- 70 aim
inats much q rEs dsczn Of United ssA-ss
history. and 70 provide a rro-rears' hizh
sehooi course f8r puufls who cu1zot tzks
t1s establishes course 1f four reara.
O M-z TounEss prupCszls and ths invss-
s-Eariou q tha Whois suhse-t row iu prog
rsss IN GUIANA Supsrtzrsndsur Davidson
sxSresses MS awn views a. lenErh IN rhs
following interview
Dr.. DaTidssn's Views
7 have rsad the intsrview w-sh Ms
Ella FlaGE Young. superin1sndenr 0f the
puhisc schools Ok Chicago. in which she
gives AZ outline Of War u IS rnupuaeE
shall be done IN eounecriCn wiki rAa -
vision q r1a course cf s-udy now IN Use
u ne schools q taaG city Eer nrsrvisE
would indicate thar Chicago. Eks every
, 1rher arT On rhe continent ls a. present
underrakinE q Reorganization 0f TIE ma-
-srtals which 60 70 maze ID ne course 0f
srldy IN the puhiin scho0Is-
Like Ch5zE1. Omaha Is AZ present maxi
,ng Al intensive study q ne whole CUES
tea OF the sehoOi cur-iculan- Early il
January. the principals were organised iur0
one genera cnuz1sr1ae for this purpose
since taz1 tine su5-cgmmfr1sea consisting
I 1f groups 1f principals have been making
q detailed ErzsET 1f each branch IN rne
course u sCadT. Fer example. cns som
nittse = unt1eEzAk-ng % Determine Ehaz
{ ne mudern csurss az zS1dy shall be IN the
. szbtscr OF rzAaE7E. another IN writing. an
ether in arwhmsric- another n grammar
Z and lanEusEa- another IN history. another
T n Esog-z7hT un-iF tha whole round q sza-
1scts n the cur-icuiun s1aEl have been COW
s-sd
7 regard the professional Work now BE-
.zE done 5y che princfpa-s q the oua1a
I schools along E1ts Inc as ne most In
Dorrznt and Tal-z1is work undertaken in
a professional var IN connection win the
public schouls for many yeas. EAeh sub
I cumufr1se IN is extensive s-lldv Is familiar
izsnE t-ses Efrh rns wurk -ow beng G0ne
n ne schools q practically every t1porrznz
city IN ras euuu--y- scattered from me
Atlantic 70 the. Pacific eoasz A ssE Of
chssa c0musrzzez- ara n1W a50Ur ready q
report ard al wIsE bs. some tine before
the ca0ss 0f schools in June
Greater Emphasfs aa Fuadanearz1s.
In studying eht various branches n
the course q stus5. each principal mas had
constantly IN mi1d raa- rhe one tang c1r
waich the oruana schooss nov stand and
have always stoods shall be prsserEsd n
Ks tzreg-sry-euphaziz and 5-flI upon Lausg
Fundamentals whIch must lie AZ the bass
ot q eummuu suhooI szEcazon- Nothing
vi be done II 4nT EaT n IOEsr The 5rzzG-
ard or rae deals fur Ehtch ne Omaha
schools IN this Pa--sGular stand bO-h al
home and zhrsA6- II anything svzr
greater emphasis vii BE lad upon f1-ida-
rlsnza1s tnam ever before
7 an unable % review the wOrk q rnH
COMMITTEES On revision uurl ARR eacn SID
suruuuirree shz-1 have s15rufrcsd IS repCT
: u rhe general cnumitrss for rs mod16ea
uun ana zzprsEzL Then. n ul. rhi
Whole -spGr uin Be submitted 70 n
cur-mfrrae o. me BOart OF EzucAuOn 0r
course o. tnstrueriou- THIS u1ch I ca
, ssv huprsvsr- In the work o. rsvisini
. eAcn memhsr 0t the commicrae has ha.
cunHrzurly m mind tine necessity 0f slEEni
naesn1r al nun-ezsenx1als WIN which an
branch may b found % be snczun5srel
AID finally rhe ueg=sssry at sfnpEfflrtnl
the uuaas-azls which remain N thaI braaol
Ef1s- a wise elimination hzs been made
WIN Cus Ous Dad FhEnE.-
IT should be unGs=u1uE mat 10 brzEcl
OF study VII n and Of irssE 5- eliminate,
trum the course ~ instruction Ths eliui
IN -ion referred "a vii concez Iselr VT
tna unn-szsszc1z-s N each branch or ez
ampss. IN the subject OF Ar1rhnlsrsc. alone
rhsrs arr sszu bei1E taught zaanF thing
} wh5ch are TOW 0gr n Gzrs ard wfrnou
practical value n the sfuraczou ct n
cEsid Al tzis ObsoleEe material VIZ d
eliminated q Ou5s- 70 give more tine 61
p artlI On rhs r1u6zr-snraIs u a-zrhrn=tsr
And Whzr Is true of aE1thuetc Is ss4uzlt
true 0f maaE other branches in the cuurz
% srudE.
--This whose subsset Is uDo s-ear for n
10 discuss IN br1ef tursrvtzE- Taken 8
al irs bearings. Is ths most t1uporran
azd Vita subject befurs the Azasrsca.
ECbl1c today In sdlEau0u- The muvsneu
AA- - E-4AA-aAlA4 ElllEzT-Ll-E .
the c0urse q stu1T. and Fur trz improve
E,enr along uUz that are szue. u1oder
6nd uD-oO-4acs. Ehfrh is nov srneeufn
f--m dry 70 CITY aGrua the continent Ia
Tor n purpose Ine brnEtlE OF The Buhu
: schools INTO to-zeh win modern uFs an
: i1t1 harmony W1r5 rWsurerr cHururv su
deaEur and aEEirzriou
II THIS eiry We ara making rzpid pro-
rsss IN th1s WORK of revision of tli- eoz-s
cf study and 81 rhe rszd1uEr-ueur o. -
scnluaH % the aga whose produEr rhey ar
p II can ss ouneAeznrIT lad thnt rhs -anrr
Z rcEial r1ress 0f Cznaoa WI see % Il rha
2 ne ean1arlnua4 nurces Of Omaha IN .
q 70 thaz uur ElI1iiG schuol system. -
m ne matte q a mo9eruEzsE sau--.- q
> study and IL the mar1=- sf eeIeas1t II
sr--1c1-un. stan be second % none IN a
4 land