Evening star., 1912-11-15
WOULD CREDIT WORK
Principal of Business High Has
New Plan for Pupils.
HOPES FOR ENDORSEMENT
Suggests Labor Outside of School
Hours Be Marked Up.
BENEFIT TO ALL CONCERNED
Scholar as Well as Employer Would
Profit by Arrangement,
It Is Argued.
HOPES FOR ENDORSEMENT
BENEFIT TO ALL CONCERNED

That pupils of his school may be cred
tied with the work they do in business
enployments outside of school hours is
recommendation made by Allan Davis,
principal of the Business High School. to
DR.. William Nj. Davidson, superintendent
of public schools That the proposal is
one of large possibilities and indeed may
lead to great results is the belief Of many
of the school officials. DR.. Davidson has
not yet had time to consider the recon-
mendation in detail nor has the board of
education had time to act upon it, but
the superintendent has expressed himself
favorably in the matter so far as he has
had time to look into it.
1t is admitted that the idea may in the
course OF time take on something OF the
continuation school, idea, in which the
pupils study their work in conjunction
with their school work and follow studies
designed to make them better qualified in
the subjects which they intend to take
up as a life vocation. Then as adults,
while engaged in their vocation, they
follow courses outlined by experts, thus
perfecting themselves in their work.
Neither Mr.. Davis nor the school Off
cials are at present considering this
phase Of the matter however.
Plan of Mr.. Davis.
The scheme at present receiving the at
tention of the school authorities was out
lined by Mr.. Davis today. Suppose a
boy is helping his father in the feed and
grain business he said. Don't you
think he should be given some credit for
it in his school? This will urge him to
his father. The same with the boy who
is aiding his father in the jewelry or any
other business. Then, in course of time,
We might have a committee of teachers
working along each line, which could help
the boys ard girls to learn various
phases in connection with their work. For
instance, one committee of teachers
would look after business bearing on the
agricultural pursuits, such as the feed
and grain business; another committee
would look out for the business bearing
on the metal industry; and so on.
Now if a boy was already proficient
in certain subject-a science. for in
stance. he might be allowed to drop that
subject and devote his time to studying
the business in which he was engaged. l
should suggest, however, that he be not
allowed to give more than six hours a
week to this outside subject in school
time
Thinks Men Will Cooperate.
Mr.. Davis believes that the business
men of this city will cooperate in the
idea. He pointed out that by it the boys
and girls entering their service after
leaving school would be more proficient in
the practical knowledge of the work and
that furthermore the pupils with their
scientific knowledge of business might be
able to give suggestions to their en-
ployerS for saving time and money.
'Of course" continued Principal Da-
Wis, I'VE shall begin only in small way
If permission is granted us. We shall
meet a few stumbling blocks at first.
probably, but l think we shall soon get
over them and the scheme will prove a
great benefit to all concerned
A. T. Stuart, director of intermediate
instruction, declared the plan had great
possibilities. 1.-The boys and the girls
in the city do not have as great an OPP
portunity for doing constructive work as
those in the country, however, and the
fact that SO many countrybred men know
how to do so many things is that because
when they were young they had to do
them:'
Credited in Some Places.
Mr.. Stuart called attention to the fact
that in many western places work done
at home is credited in school. He had
copy of letter from the state super
intendent of Nebraska to the school Of
how this was DONE The plan referred to
in the letter was carried out by A. /.
O'Relly, a young man who has taught
school in the Spring valley for three
years
Some of the work and the time it con-
sumed, for which credits were given,
follow: Building fire in the morning, five
minutes; milking a COW, five minutes;
cleaning out the barn. ten minutes; gath
ering eggs, ten minutes; feeding chickens.
five minutes; blacking stove, five min
utes: making biscuits, ten minutes, and
sweeping floor, five minutes.
Parents or guardians of the children
have to certify as to the amount of WoEk
done. Prizes of both money and holi-
days are offered to those doing the best.
The plan presented by Mr.. Davis is
necessarily different from the one used
in the little country school, but both
plans, it is pointed out, offer considerable
room for thought.