Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-15
EDUCATION NOTES.

A few years ago the Idea of school
or college all the year round would
have been hotly decried; today it is
an established fact in a number OF
educational institutions, public and
private. 1t ia not merely that the
summer session has been widely in
troduced, but the summer work, from
being a purely voluntary and sepa-
rate 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 Ed
ucation.
The Harvard Engineering School
is a recent instance among higher in
stitutions. The curse for the mas
ter's degree in engineering at Har-
ward now takes two years, and there
is no summer vacation. The course
ia divided into first summer, first
year. second summer and second
year. The students work from s to
10 hours a day, and the total vaca-
tions in a year amount to about four
weeks, the time being chiefly at
Christmas and in the spring. me
summer term begins June ~ ana
closes September %. A number or
other universities follow a somewhat
similar plant. 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
nlan has made some Roadway, partic-
ularly in the large cities. Cleveland,
Ohio, formerly had an all-year sched-
ule which included the summer term
as one of four quarters, and a modi-
fed form of the Cleveland plan is In
use In Newark, N. j., where it is be-
ing gradually extended from year to
year. In the New York city schools.
where the problem Of sufficient school
accommodation is a serious one, the
authorities, have recently had under
consideration an all-year plan which
will, 1t is claimed. take care Of practi-
cally all children without
to half time. An interesting indica-
tion of the attitude Of the students
themselves toward the all-year plan
Is afforded by the new Central COM
mercial and Manual Training High
school at Newark. Thirty per cent
Of the pupils Of this school voted in
favor OF continuing the school
throughout the summer.
1t Ia claimed by the advocates OF
the all-year plan for public schools
In the large cities that the children
are healthier and happier in school
than on the streets. 1t Is further
urged that by taking advantage OF
an optional summer 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 up back work,
but this has always been more or less
a feature of summer sessions.
In the case of the high institutions
particularly the technical schools. the
new movement for all-year work is
undoubtedly part Of the nationwide
demand for scientific efficiency that Is
making itself felt in every phase of
American life. The feeling is that
education, especially of an advanced
character is not child's play alone,
but serious business. and should ap-
proXimate the conditions of efficient
business.
The use of moving pictures in ed
ucation has had a real impetus in
German official circles, according to
information recently received at the
United States Bureau of Education.
The Prussian Ministry of Education
is now considering the feasibility of
employing cinematograph films in
certain courses In higher educational
institutions, and a number Of Aim
manufacturers are being given an OPP
portunity to show the authorities
what films they have that are adapted
to educational purposes.
A well known philanthropist has
recently donated two fully equipped
moving picture machines to the
schools of Berlin. One is to be used
Higher Teachers and the other in the
high schools of greater Berlin.
Moving picture films are now avail
able In Germany for anatomical, bio
logical, and PSYCHOLOGICAL courses,
and the manufacturers are confident
that an enormous field for their pro-
! ducts will be opened up when educa-
tors fully realize the value Of moving
pictures in education.
Football is forbidden in the schools
OF Bavaria by a recent decree.
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The average monthly salary of
American school teachers in 1870
was $28.54. 1t is now $61.70.
Berlin is to have compulsory indus
arial and commercial continuation
school for girls.
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