Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-28

S'is oit sCioOt tIillr ny some part OF
The LEARNING by doing AND largely. dis
in this way-a child i'm a primary grad.
Is Taught TO count by games. In tn,
class room there are quoits and stakes
and devices similar to bagatelle tables
an or (which involves scores i'm simpl.
fractions. Reading, spelling and elc~
mentary geography are taught by means
of games similar to dominocs. where The
children build up words. sentences ana
maps by means of large blocks. Thts.
also involve scores so there is II CORE
to count with his reading lesson ano
learns to read with his elementary geog-
raphy lesson. The higher branches of
aruanhle',e m classes of older pupils are
class room are scales and measuring de-
vices where beans and other household
commodities are Weighed and measured
out. These classes go out into the play
grounds and measure off building lots.
stake out imaginary buildings, measure
up cement walks: ~roadways and fences.
and figure costs I'm labor and material.
Under. the Writ system this correlation
of studies is carried through the entire
system. History. for instance. is COM
blned with geography. In studying the
geography of England its commercial.
social and political history is considered
at the same time.
The correlation of studies is even car
ried into the high school manual train
ing and commercial courses as will be
explained Il mule later.
Tn" advantage of having specialists in
every branch of study are more than is
s sup%ni apparent ,h In thu ordinary
IN reading, writing. English, history.
music and drawing. The writing. draw
ing and music of the conventional sys-
tenn being in charge of a supervisor who
is supposed to be a specialist. hut who
teaches by process of indirection through
the grade teacher. They make regular
| visits In inc school ltnnn, nnJ 81 .l,,,,t
time before their coming the grade
teacher Grams CHER classes in music.
drawing on writing. according to the SUI
perNlSor who is expected.
In this way the teaching is superficial
and soon becomes out of balance i'm the
school curriculum.
get the benefit of expert teaching i'm a
speciality first hand and all i'm it's proper
palanse and relation TO the other studies.
drawing. and so it is with music and
writing. for "A portion of the study time
each day is set aside for these branches.
In high school manual traing depart
ment all the work done is on subjects
of actual use.
This department is not high kinder
garten as in the conventional school sys-
TENS. The girls, for instance, prepare
all tho food for the noon lunches ana
those who prepare and serve the food re-
ceivc a portion of the profit derived from
the lunches as pa yment for their services.
The sewing classes work on definit
ODJeclS IOf nome uSr-eNelNthll2 from
making Il kitchen apron to a party gown.
The parents soon see the economic adj
vantage of this and provide theil. chill
dren with the necessary material. for all
is done under an expert and nothing is
wasted.
An the school furniture for all the
schools of Gary is made in the high
students.
Ten thousand dollars worth of furai-
ture is now being made by the boys Il
Emerson school for I'roebel school now
III course of construction at Gary. 1t is
done under an expert cabinet maker who
is regularly a member OF a trade union.
and who is Il cabinet maker rather than
a professor.
The. .,re also getting into the trade
school idea at Gary with departments N
electric wiring. plumbing and gas fitting,
painting and glazing, heating and VEN
tilatins.. and printing. The man in
charge in the regular heating and ven
tiatins~ apparatus of the building is also
at TN" ilcad of the class OF this depart
mcnt and this serves as a fair example
of how cvnrything works twice and
sometimes three or four times in the
Gary schools: for the heating and Ven
tilating apparatus not only heats and
ventilatcs the building. but serves an
object lesson in teaching.
All trade departments arc in charge of
experts and all regular members of their
respective unions.
An work about the school is done by
the pupils. even down to and including
the sign painting. There is a cost keep
ing system in the printing departments
as In all departments. and this serves as
school course. and all bookkeeping and
stenography is done by pupils in these
branches. in charge OF an expert.
which is a branch of the down town in
stltution. where .ioney is received, pass
books issued. posted and balanced. and
interest accounted and paid OH balances.
The correlation of studies is more
clearly Illustrated in the manual training
coursex. For instance. each girl is
chemical formula of the food she is pre-
pairing. The English and spelling of this
is corrected so that fundamental chem
istry is not only carried into this study,
but the three RS AS we'll.
AS the pupils advance in school wears
the play time is reduced and the .nanuai
training time increased.
The writer went through every school
room i'm every branch of Emerson school
and he failed to find one class or one
alert and Interested i'm what he was doing.
There are no droning. voices. chins
resting on hand. or lying over on desks.
An pupils We're actively doing their tasks.
They were so interested that they did not
look up when visitors entered the class
rooms: There is a total absence of that
than % different nationalities in Gary
schools and from all walks of life-high
salaried superintendent children and
day laborcrs' children all go under a
shower or the swimming tank at least
twice a week.
William Writ. the founder Of this new
manner. or talk of the average profess
sional educator. yet -he is no doubt the
worlds foremost educator.
He has more of that strong willed de.
ve!opment and powerful physique SO com
monty seen in general managers i'm large
m ma Industries. He sits at a
volume and quality products the same ar
the head of any industry, except that his