Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01

tional Museum at Lyngby, with view
to educating the people in their national
history. There are galleries filled with
Old furniture, antique coaches, hearses
that belonged to different gui DIS, with
their funeral trappings, and other inter-
estinS relics of the past.
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Boys appear to be slightly healthier
than girls in Japan, but the girls have
better eyesight. According to official re-
ly 2CG0.0Co children in the public eie-
mentary schools, Az per cent of the
boys had strong constitutions, i1.4 pei
cent medium and 40 per cent weak; of
the CIR s, 42.1 per cent had strong con-
situations, 51.2 per cent medium and 81
per cent weak. Another test was on
strength of the spinal column: 81 per
cent of the boys had a perfect spinal
column and 40 per cent defective; 81.
per cent of the girls were perfect in this
respect and 30 per cent defective. In
eyesiSht. on the contrary, only 500 per
cent of the boys were normal, COM
pared with 1913 per cent of the girls.
Working is not allowed to interfere
with attendance at school in Hammond.
ina. Special arrangements are made
whereby boys and girls may work half
daV III certain commercial establish
nlents and attend school the balance
OF the day. Hammond is a manufac-
turing commun y. where the tempta-
ton to boys aid girls is strong to
leave school and earn a living. Supt.
McDanieIs plan makes it possible for
boys and girls to earn money, remain
in school. and also make themselves
more efficient industrially.
The plan at Hammond is based on a
full realization of modern social and
industrial conditions, says the United
States bureau of educa ton. Supt. Nc
Daniel proceeds on the theory that,
while there are certain general prin-
ciples underlying all educa ton. each
community has its own special prob
the making of the schools. Besides the
co-oDerative schoolsand shop arrange
ment. Hammond maintains night
school with an attendance of 700, where
boys and girls may not only make up
elementary deficiencies, but also re-
ceive practical training in specific
phases of commerce and industry.
vocational guidance forms another
feature Of the Hammond plan. The
schools furnish information about the
various industries in the community
the salaries paid in different lines of
work. the opportunities for advance
ment- hours of labor, permanency of
employment. and all the details that
are of value in determining a choice of
employment. AS early as the sixth
grade the teacher tests the child's in
terest and ability in various forms of
elementary industrial work. So that he
ture vocation. The school authorities
also maintain an employment bureau,
where present and former pupils are
registered and their qualifications
carefully investigated
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Holland affords a good example ac-
cording to the United States bureau of
education, of public school progress in
the important matter of attendance. In
1860 about three in every hundred chill
dred did not receive instruction; in 1904
the number had gone down to two in
every thousand; in 1908 it was one to a
thousand, and more recently the inspector
at Nijmegen was abe to announce that
there We're no children of thirteen or
fourteen years who could not read and
write.
The South African Union has just
awarded five government scholarships in
agriculture for study abroad. The hod-
ers of these scholarships viii receive 500
per year during the three or four years
for which provision is made. The sue
ceSSful applicants We're obi ged to pledge
themselves to enter the service of the
South African Union after completing
their studies, and to remain in the service
for at least three years at salary not
less than Leo per annum. Only sons of
parents permanently domicied in South
Africa were eligible for the scholarships.