The Mankato free press., 1912-11-15

present plan is to have the teach
ers who will benefit from it pay
one per cent of their salaries. The
minimum number of years after
which they may be pensioned should
| be- twenty and the maximum mum
! Der of years which a teacher should
! be allowed to teach is thirty. The
pension should be graded SO that d
retired teacher would receive in pro
portion to the amount of salary she
received while teaching and accord
ing to the number of years she
/ taught.
| Miss Smith gave an explanation OF
the work her club had done and
asked that the teachers present last
night take action upon it.
Lecture BY Fitzpatrick.
! Dr. William H. Fitzpatrick of Co,
lumbia university then gave his lee,
! ture on the Montessori system of
teaching kindergarten children. The
teachers who have been waxing en-,
thusiastic over this system must
necessarily have received a death
blow, for DR.. Fitzpatrick, who has
made a careful study Of the system
and has visited the Montessori
schools in Italy, and he says that
/ the system is about thirty years
! behind the modern methods of kin,
dergarten teaching in many respects
parts of it have already been dis
/ carded by American schools, and
some OF their methods cannot be
used in American schools.
! Dr. Fitzpatrick discussed the sys,
tenn under three heads: The doc
trine of sense training, the utiliza-
| tiCn of practices of life and the
! doctrine of freedom.
| Madame MOntessori has said that
her system is to refine the senses,
not to develop the senses of color,
| form and size. 1t is impossible
cannot be used in the English Ian
guage because the children are
taught to read and to know the
letters from their sound, and in
| that language each letter has just
one sound. There is nothing in it
for us in arithmetic. There may
be something in it for us in their
writing method.
But do we want our children to
learn TO read at an age of less than
six years? Personally | wish to re-
ject any snch uotion. And iii the
ether things that are taught by
this system there is an absolute
lack of initiative, none is possible
Miss Else Jache opened the musi-
cal part of the evenings program
with a sonata by Chopin. Miss
Jache won many new admirers last
night by her playing. Her wonder
ful execution of these big things in
music is delight to people who
appreciate quality in music. Miss
Jache at the insistence of the large
audience, played an encore, an etude
by Chopin.
Miss Lora Lulsdorff sang a group
of four songs, "An Den Sonnen-
schein," by Schuman; les Blinkt
Der Tau" by Rubenstein; 81 Hid
My Love-" by d'Hardelot; "The
Nightingale Has a Lyre of Gold,''
by Whelpley
Miss Lulsdorff has a wonderful
voice, particularly for so young a
singer. 1t is a voice of power and
of great breadth in range and in
tone. Her Interpretation of her
songs is delightful, and Miss Luis
dorff has a wonderful ability to
carry her audience with her through
the songs she sings. 1t is particu-
larly delightful for people to know
the exact words Of song, and that
is possible when Miss Lulsdorff
sings. Not the least attractive thing
n cir oh,
manner, her friendlness toward her
audience and her simplicity in sing
ing
DR.. E. B. Hoag gave one of his
interesting and instructive talks be-
fore the teachers convention yester-
day morning. DR.. Hoag, who has
been heard in Mankato before, is
becoming well known to the teach
ing fraternity of the state which is
profiting much through his talks and
advice.
DIR. Hoag told yesterday of the
health promotion in the public
schools, starting at the time when
there was inspection made to find
cases Of contagious diseases. The
inspection idea developed until it
included finding out the physical de-
tects of children which reduce their
happiness and decrease their eff
cheney as students. At the present
time this health promotion has reach
ed the point where open air schools
are being established, special rooms
are provided for retarded children
and public schools are being es-
tablished for the crippled and blind
children.
In his inspection of school chill
dren, DIR. Hoag has found that about
two per cent of the children attend
irg the public schools are mentally
deficient. 1t is an important matter
to defect this trouble in a child and
1T is important to distinguish be-
tween the retarded child who can
be cured, and the mentally deficient
child who cannot be cured DR.. Hoag
recommends the use of the Biuet In
telligence Scale, by which the DIFF
ference between these two troubles
in children can be distinguished.
superintendent II. e. Griebenow
delighted a crowded auditorium yes
terday afternoon with his songs. Mr.
Griebenow has been heard by the
teachers at previous meetings and his
singing is always in demand. His
songs yesterday were when the
Heart is Young" by Dudley Bick:
my Ain Folk" Laura G. Lennon;
"Stille Vie Die Nacht," by Carl
Bohm; and "Thy Name" by May
Knight-Wood.
Dr Milo prioo pr;poipol of Dill,