Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-22
II 4\he *
Schools

been announced to speak at meeting o
the Mothers Club of the Grover Cleve
land School on the afternoon of the sec
ond Tuesday of January.
''Some Types of Children's Garder
| Work" is the title of a bulletin just is
sued by the Department of Agriculture
1t was written by Miss Susan B. Sipe
who has charge of the school garder
work in this city
| Miss Sipe points out that nowhere is
! there sgstematized garden instruction ir
| the city graded schools. In majority
of places it is still a matter of choice
with the principals.
"As our modes of living improve says
! Miss Sipe in concluding the introduction
| to the bulletin, the demand comes to
the schools for practical methods dealing
| with the question of right living. 1t is
! safe to predict that popular demand will
| cause the replacement of some of the anti
| quated methods and subjects by system
ati2ed science lessons that will teach
people how to lead more wholesome and
! useful lives
| Plans for converting a lot beside the
Garrison School into a playground for
the children of the community were in
| formally discussed at parents day, OBJ
served at the school Thursday. The
parents We're shown the Christmas work
| In the form of artistic cards and calen-
| dars made by the pupils. The school was
decorated appropriately.
Assurance was given the principal X.
A. Boston, by the parents that they
would cooperate to the fullest extent of
their ability in working for the improve
ment of the school.
An evening meeting will be held by
the Hime and School Association of the
school during the first week in January.
This is the first time it has been posi-
BILE to hold a meeting in the evening. as
lights have only recently been installed.
new first grade class has been OPEN
ed at the Bruce School. Miss F. Butler
of Normal School No. is in charge.
Miscellaneous Notes.
More than four-fifths of the elementary
school teachers in Prussia are men.
New Jersey is the first state where the
legislature has provided for statewide
special training for all subnormal chill
dren, retarded as well defective.
An International congress for physical
education will be held in Paris March
17-2O, 1913. under the auspices of the
Faculty of Medicine. 1t is expected that
the United States will be represented.
The common roller towel is specifically
prohibited in the schools of Indiana and
Kansas. The regulations in Kansas pro-
vide that each pupil must have an indi-
vidual towel or sanitary paper towels
shall be furnished"
The University of Tennessee has Just
instituted extension courses in geology
especially des gned for men engaged in
the mining and quarry industries. The
! courses consist of short session fsx
| weeks) and correspondence work. The
subjects of instruction will be physics,
chemistry. mathematics, geo osy. min ng
and metalurgy and mechanical en-
g:neering. The courses are described as
especially adapted to meet the need Of
the man ION the firing line"
The use of moving pictures in educa-
ton has had real impetus IN German
official circles, according to information
recently. received at the United States
bureau of education. The Prussian MIN
lstry of education is now considering the
Feasibility of employing cinematograph
films In certain courses in higher educa-
tionai institutions, and d number of film
manufacturers are being given an OPP
portunity to show the authorities what