The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-08-29


been include din the testimony.
fourth years. Under this arrangement
a student spend half his time in
school working toward his high school
diploma. and the balance of his time
in a shop learning a trade. and earn
ing money.
Conkey Offers Inducement.
The w. r. Conkey Printing company
adds another inducement by offering
the apprentice seventeen and one-half
cents an hour for the fourth year In
stead of the minimum fifteen cents.
and Furthermore agrees to open
joint account beginning with the Sec
ond year At that time. the company
will deposit to the credit of the ap
prentice one dollar each two weeks
with the treasurer of the company.
At the end OF the apprenticeship the
entire sum to the credit of the student
plus twenty-five dollars will be paid
him. II for any reason the appren-
ticeship Is not completed the money
so deposited reverts to the company.
At the end OF the apprenticeship he is
to be put on the pay roll at SIS a
week. and should he be in the employ
OF the company when he arrives at the
once on the payroll at the regular
journeyman's wages.
short Business Course.
In his article Supt Mcdaniel also
mentions the two year business course
which is a departure from the curricu-
lum to meet local conditions. and after
introducing the subject OF pre-voca-
| tionai work, he says in part:
Await New Building.
To give a student a fur
Their opportunity to discover his ability
shops will be opened when the new
high school building is erected. For
those who take the cooperative school
and shop work sch eme, the school
shops will be used to give the theoretf-
cal side of the work. For those who
take all school work. the shops will
he used to give familiarity with tools.
machines and processes common to To-
cal industries.
Many pupils have left school In the
grades. not only because they see no
relation between the work offered and
the industrial life which they intend to
follow, but also because of detention
for more than one term in a grade.
While the addition of Industrial fea-
lures will arouse a new interest. IT was
necessary grading and examinations
should be eliminated
Promotion of Grade Pupils.
II believe that many pupils have
/ been required to repeat their grade be-
cause OF artificial standard of grad
| ing. Any figure that may be determin-
] ed upon is both arbitrary and artifl-
cial. No standard grade can be a just
expression of pupils mental devel-
opment
/ e. AS an aid for the "unsat-
isfactory pupils a system of coaching
has been established"
! Speaking of the elimination of exam
nations. and the work of the summer
school the writer says
Examinations.
! Examinations have been another dis
turbing factor to both pupils and
teachers and are an unnecessary bur
den for each. In the grades all exam
| nations generally practiced have
been abolished. AS we use examinations
1 prefer the word test" The object OF
the test" Is to indicate to the teachers
the lines of work which need empha-
sis.
| 90 Some pupils who are nat
urally slow In development need Ion.
ger time than Is usually required II
finish the work. This alone necessi-
tates the
summer School.
However, the purpose Of the efgh
weeks summer school Is threefold: Tt
enable the students who are slow II
their development to complete the reg
ular work and receive promotion; IL
enable the students who have extra
ability to do the required work in lesi
than the usual time; and to give out
Iet to the energy of the boys an,
girls who do not have positions during
the summer
Time VIII Tell.
Time only can decide whether tn
complete scheme planned for tn
! Hammond school system will come III
to expectations While much of thi
/ plan is in the experimental stage ant
will need occasional adjustments. per
! haps some features eliminated and 9th
are o1,hc+ffntad q meeting with nh