University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-04-17

port of the condition of the patien,
as is possible to be secured. To the
physician this chart means much
Future prescriptions are based upon
the findings shown by this carefully
taken, tabulated account of the symp-
toms of the sick one.
In the University High School Just
such system is being worked out by
the supervisor, J. l.. Merriam, in his
effort to overcome the great bugbear
of the age, poor English as turned
out by the schools of the day.
Schools of all times have had COM
plants entered against their teaching
methods in English. Professor
LOunsbury recently remarked that
English teaching in the early part of
the Nineteenth Century was done in
only "haphazard" manner in spite
of the fact that Longfellow, Haw-
thOrne and others were of that per-
iOd.
This hospital system of which
Doctor Merriam can safely be called
the father can however, have no such
aspersiOn cast upon it. By his care
fully worked out methOd-and four
months trial has proved its efficiency
hot single error on a written
sheet passes unnOted or uncOrrected.
Going further with the figure, the
patient in this scheme of things is
the student. His varied moods, ir-
regularities and temperamental diff
ferentialS are recorded. not as such,
but in their effects. This chart is
prepared by the English teacher and
she, the nurse, displays it before the
eyes of the supervisor, the physician
The system is best explained by
noting the directions under which the
work is done. The following nOta-
tions show the working basis:
|. Kind of nOte-boOks.-Each
student shall provide himself with
the Oxford notebook for daily use.
>. Contents of nOte-bOOks.-a.
All assignments, except where a
single word in text will clearly indi-
cate. Students. however, will be re-
sponsible for all assignments. b.
Various notes for information or out
lines given in class. Students should
if needed. during the class discus
siOns. c. Students must not put in
these notebooks irrelevant notes,
drawings. markings, etc. Notebooks
thus defaced will not be allowed in
the school.
3. Keeping the notebooks. -
Teachers in all classes are directed
to see that their students observe the
following regulations: At the upper
right hand corner of the cover shall
be written the students name, Co.
lumbia address, University High
School, date of first use. A margin
of three-fOurths of an inch shall be
observed at the left. Allow no num-
bers or other marks to appear in this
margin The work of each day
shall be begun on new page at the
top of which shall be written the day
of the week At the close of the
notes on each subject one line shall
be omitted and on the next line the
name of the next subject shall be
Notes taken in class shall be
grouped under .class notes" and as
Notes taken outside the
class shall be in accordance with the
given for notes in the
class. All outlines shall follow the
generally observed. i. e.,
all main topics shall be placed to the
left. sub-topics under the main topics
and to the right The first word of
all headings shall be capitalized. No
shall be placed after
headings. Each student shall num-
Der the pages of his notebook, pref
erably on the one side used. This
for convenience later. 1t is desir-
able that pupils use one side of the
paper only. When full, the note
book shall be dated and given to the
students English teacher. At the
close of the year all of these books
may be claimed.
COrrelative with the foregoing out
line is found:
4. Correction of nOte-bOoks.-On
the second and fourth Wednesdays
of each calendar month the English
teachers shall collect all notebooks
and before the next day shall have
for class criticism of these
as follows: The written work of each
student since last corrected shall be
read and errOrS-aS directed by the
in English-shall be un-
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