Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-11-29
ALL YEAR SCHOOL
Many Public and Private Institu-
tons Adopt New Idea.
ITS ADVANTAGES URGED.
Claimed That Children of Large Cities
Are Better Off In Various Ways,
While Students Taking Technical
Courses Require the Extra Time.

y few years ago the idea of school
or college all the year round would
have been hotly delried. Today il is
an established fact in a number Of
educational institutions, public and pri-
vate. 1t is not merely that the sum-
mer session has been widely intro
duced, but the summer work, from be-
ing purely voluntary and separate
affair. has come in some instances to
be an integral part of the years work,
according to reports received at the
United States bureau of education.
The Harvard engineering school is n
recent instance among higher lust;tu-
tons. The course for the masters de-
gree in engineering at Harvard now
takes two years, and there is no sum-
mer vacation. The course is divided
into first summer, first year, second
summer, and second year. The stu
dents work from eight to ten hours
day, and the total vacations in a year
amount to about four weeks, the time
being chiefly at Christmas and In the
spring. The summer term begins June
% and closes Sept. %. A number OF
other universities follow somewhat
similar plan. The University Of Chi
cago has for some years maintained a
summer term having equal weight
with the three other quarters of the
year.
Even in the elementary school the
plan has made some Roadway. particu-
larly in the large cities. Cleveland,
O., formerly had an all year schedule,
which included the summer term as
one Of four quarters. and a modified
form Of the Cleveland plan Is In use In
Newark, N. j., where 1t is being gradu-
ally extended from year to year. In
New York city schools, where the
problem Of sufficient school accommo-
dations Is a serious one, the authori-
ties have recently had under considera-
ton an all year plan which will. II Is
claimed. take care Of practically all
the children without recourse to half
time. An interesting indication Of the
attitude Of the students themselves
toward the all year plan is afforded
by the new Central Commercial and
Manual Training high school at New
ark. Thirty per cent Of the pupils of
this school. voted in favor Of continu-
ing the school throughout the summer.
1t is claimed by the advocates Of the
all year plan for public schools In the
large cities that the children are health
Ter and happier in school than on the
streets. 1t is further urged that by
taking advantage of an optional sum-
mer term children who are compelled
to leave school at an early age will be
able to advance further in the grades
than at present. Backward pupils will
also have an opportunity to make UT
back work, but this has always been
more or less a feature of summer ses-
sions.
In the case Of the higher institutions,
particularly the technical schools, the
new movement for all year work is UNI
doubtedly part Of the nation wide de-
mand for scientific efficiency that is
making itself felt In every phase OF
American life. The feeling Is that ed
ucation, especially Of an advanced
character, Is not child's play alone, but
serious business, and should approx
mate the conditions Of efficient bust
ness.