The Cairo bulletin., 1911-12-19


is school right here in New York
city. Its students are ordinary chill
dren, just such as you meet every day
| In the streets or see In the public
schools; its teachers are men and
women who differ from ordinary men
| and women only in their ideas about
how boys and girls should be taught.
To be specific, the school Is at No.
104 East Twelfth street II was start
ed by the francesca F'errer associa-
ton. II Is supported by voluntary con-
tribGtions. Its teachers are Mr.. and
Mrs. John r. Coryell and its director
| is Bayard Boyesen who until recently
was q professor of Columbia univer-
sity says the New York World.
School having opened one morning
-ecently--opened not with the ring
ing Of a bell but simply through the
arrival Of Mr., Coryell and some OF the
pupls-a small seven-year-old boy, pro-
duced pudding stone" from his
| pocket, showed it to Mr. Coryell, said
his father had told him it was sand
stone. and asked Mr. Coryell's opinion.
The teacher said 1t was "conglomer-
ate"-so called because it was jun
bled up mixture of lot Of other
stones, fused together by heat
The boy asked how il had got the
heat. This opened the way TO lesson
in geology and physical geography
Some OF the other children were in
terested; some OF them not Those who
were listened In silence; those who
were not did something else or talked
among themselves.
his System Of Teaching.
/ Mr.. Corvell traced back tie changes
| in the earth, told how their history is
known, described the animals, birds
aud plants that lived at the success
sive periods and of which traces are
now found in he form of fossils.
1t was not lecture lie simply an
swerd questions The hoy vho had
brought the stone led a., Jrle way in
! the voyage through the ages. and Mr.
! Coryell merely acted as guide Some
( of the other boys followed part of the
way, but one by one they ceased TO be
( interested and turEed away To other
things that Interested them more
The little inquirer, however. grew al
most excited with interest And when
the journey ended he and his guide
| were standing On the edge Of the Arc
tic tcean, to he north OF Siberia, as
afot{nc IN tho u.,rly ~ ,.,-+ti,,,, frr.-,, g n
ice the body Of mammoth that had
been standing there frozen in for tens
Of thousands OF years On the way
they had formed the acquaintance OF
many extinct beasts with names as
formidable as their pictures
The journey had led over several
lands. They had spent the greater part
Of the time in Siberia, and this in
volved a few words ON the geography
history aud government of Russia. Nc
information was given that was uot
sought by questions
knowledge cleverly InstiIIed.
little girl brought to school {
piece of kindIing wood TO which s
/ ohihli ioh 5AlohCA AiAlt7ho sun Niuu :
She had never seen anything like +
before. nor had any of those tene
ment .dwellers among whom she lived
The children crowded around as sh,
exhibited the strange object and ask
ed what II was.
Mr. CoryelPs explanation led severa
0 fthe children to seek further in
formation about funguses. Some o
them asked If they were not poisonous
One wanted TO know why SO man
Italians had been poisoned by ther
early in the fall Mr. Coryell said tina
this was because at home in Italy the
had been in the habit OF eating a fur
gus which was quite harmless, BIZ
that looked almost exactly like on
found here in America that was deat
ly poison.
!. AS they were talking about wood
g boy said that some one had told hi
that paper was made from wood, bl
he did not believe IT, The teacher d
scribed hiw wood is ground into pu
:. and pressed out into paper, and /
!, added:
And have neckue made
wood"
A chorus asked him to show It
them. The following day he wo
the cravat, one Of those of woven WOE
fiber that so closely initiate silk. I
took 1t of and passed It around Il
class. The little fingers felt It and Il
curious eyes scrutinized It closely
The teacher explained how It W
made He went on to tell OF 9th
strange uses for wood and paper 'rh
the latter Is pressed into car whet
seemed to strike the children as or
less extraordinary than that the I,
mer should be made into neckties.
Methods Of Mrs. coryell.
A group Of small children sat arou
Mrs. Coryell at a table playing
game She had distributed brass rir
among them and asked them to s
who could make the prettiest pate
with them. Instantly all the he's
were bent over the table and In d (
minutes stars and circles and geon
rical designs were taking shape. I
little ones were unconsciousy learn
form and order and we're adding
multiplying in their heads before III
even knew figures. Picture books W
animals, flowers letters and so on Z