Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-16
REPORT OF WORK DONE
IN SUMMER SCHOOLS IN
NEWARK DURING 1911.
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Twelve thousand children in Newark,
the 6rs, city in the country to adopt
the summer, school idea, enthusiast
caliy indorse Principal Sarah E. Har-
tough's characterization of the summer
school as "happyland.
Thirty summer schools will hold their
closing exercises Friday, following six
weeks of delightful work for botn
pupils and teachers.
Tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock a
public spelling match will be held IN
the auditorium of the Morton street
School between representatives OF the
rival schools.
"Happyland" is a remarkably apt
description of the summer Scnool.
When an Evening STAR reporter was
taken through the Fourteenth Avenue
School by the principal. Miss Hartough,
evidently interested in whatever work
was the order Of the day.
In the Cooking Room.
There was the cooking-room, for in
II with large hollow squares with
individual gas stoves for the class or
girls.
Each girl in the class has an indi-
vidual stove and a regular Kitchen
cabinet, containing dishes and knives
and spoons. A frying pan, saucepan.
an ~egg-beater and a wooden spoon for
stirring hot foodstuffs-a metal spoon
must never, never be used. Miss Mar
garet Marshall, the teacher, explained
complete the outfit.
What have we made here? Why, let
me see-biscuits, simple doughs, muir
fins. pop-overs. cake, cream, custards'
junket, candy and the like"
Is it any wonder that summer schools
and "Happyland" are synonymous in
he minds of the girls who go to them?
Manual Training.
In the manual training department in
the Fourteenth avenue school, under
Martin G. Corcoran, the boys have
made every conceivable object in wood
At least so it would seem from their
exhibition. From Null-sized steamer
chairs. tipped at an alluring angle of
repose by means of an adjustable
rack. TO miniature furniture sets, the
models embrace all kinds of woodwork,
some of t, craftman designs being re-
markably artistic.
In both sewing and manual training
the classes have Observation-Disclosures
periods two or three times a week.
The bent-iron work done at h Four
teenth Avenue School under Miss Rena
! Zehnder forms one of the most inter
esting subjects for summer schoo
| work. Miss Zehnder's pupils have
made from original designs some bent
iron lanterns that might we'll be hang
ing In the hallway of an ancient steep.
rooted house Of the Middle Ages.
Sewing Marveis.
In the sewing department the pupil:
of the summer schools perform mar
wells. one girl in the Fourteenth Ave
nue. school has sold a number of bag
embroidered on Java anvas with sill
or linen tops.
One belt, Of particularly artist
design, which looked as If untold labol
had been expended upon it. was shown
by Miss Squire, the teacher.
Did that take a long time to work p
laughed the instructor. why. the girl
can make them in about an hour
Originality is cultivated in the sum
mer schools. Even for the basketry
rattan work and raffia weaving design
are drawn and strictly adhered to
Everything is systematized. yet TIL
work is individual,
THE principle Of the summer school,
said Miss Hartough, lis to give an all
around training for the children,
broad training. Hand and mind worl
in unison. There are not only bool
studies and bookish teaching.
Then. too. there is the social time
School is a pleasure. We are all com
p~anions here. That is why we call /
among ourselves 'Happyland.'
Charles Grant Shaffer i supervisor q
the summer schools. Miss Mar
Geraghty Is special teacher of manus
training; Mrs, Agnes A. Vreeland. Q
cooking, and Josephine A. Belcher. 2
sewing.
The latest development of the S. .
mer school are the special classes
where pupils who have failed in Gel
tain subjects during the year ar
coached II whatever they ar defectiv,
Two thousand children are catching Il
in this way.
DIR. William n. Barringr started tn
first summer schools in the country |
1885. The Newton. Morton and Fl. m
burg schools were opened hat yea
Since then the idea has been taken Il
by other cities.