The Red Cloud chief., 1913-04-24
physics class using the same room IA
the advanced physics class.

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Then, it has been found that the
ordinary, distinctively high school
building In q city soon resolves itself
into snob factory; that the parents
who should and can ordinarily send
their children to high school are re.
strained by reason Of caste or social
distinctions, that make an economic
pressure under which the parents can.
not stand. they simply cannot afford
to supply their children with clothing,
class, and fraternity dues and other ex.
penses that usually become a fixed
standard, so their children are taken
out Of school.
Then there is the relative economy
OF school management by reason of
the larger plant operation.
The system Of rotating classes, that
Is, sending them TO different class
room or different parts or departments
Of the building at the close Of every
study hour, creates an almost constant
circulation Of pupils through the
building; II gives the children chance
to stretch and permits every class Of
small children to get q glimpse Of what
every older class Is doing; It permits
OF smaller number Of teachers, better
teachers at better salaries, and every
teacher a specialist in each depart.
ment Of teaching; but the principal
advantage Is that It doubles what Is
normally the capacity Of the ordinary
school building aud at the same time
reduces the number Of pupils Of each
ROOM there are about ~ to % pupils
under one teacher ut one time under
the Writ system, while there are from
35 to Sc under the ordinary system in
the average city.
This rotating system has still anoth.
er advantage Of being pliable enough
to prevent any one child or group OF
children holding back their class; for
II child shows efficiency In grammar
and deficiency in arithmetic he can
naturally be given more hours IN the
deficient study.
Then the terms are divided up into
three months periods, SO that no pupil
has to wait u whole year in order to be
promoted or denoted as under the con.
ventional plan. 1t is again efficient in
the fact that il child shows physical
deficiencies he Is given more hours on
the play grounds and in physical cul.
ture, which department is also under
a high grade specialist, aud in this way
no child stays out of school Oh account
Of in health.
This old idea we have OF holding
schools from half past eight in the
morning until three.thirty in the after.
noon dve days a week, with two or
three months vacation in summer, is a
rural precedent and has no place in
cities. In the country children were
needed ut home from rising time till
school time, after school time In the
evening, and on Saturdays to help
with house and barn chores, and in
summer they were needed for three
months during harvest time.
The country boy or girl derived an
education benefit from hts house aud
barn work because It taught definite
tasks for dsfiuite purposes, 1t instilled
habit Of application; it was manual
training In other words.
In the city there are few IL spy
house and barn chores, 90 this time OF
work on the farm now comprises tho
street and alley time Of the city child,
which 10 an evil influence.
Under the Writ system Q child does
not 20 to school sny more hours than
under the conventional system, but
the street and alley time is consumed
10 music, drawing, manual training or
physical culture on . play ground or
In gymnasium under = competent
physical instructor aud play master,
And In the swimming pool under a
swimming teacher.
Al Gary oue.half Of the children
stSrt IN the morning with ninety
minutes Of school room study, which
includes arithmetic, English. and his.
tory. This is followed by ninety
minutes of music, drawing, manual
training. physical instruction and
play. The other half of the school at.
tendance appear in reverse order, -
that Is, they first take music, drawing,
manual training, and SO on, followed
by the regular school room studies.
ln this way all parts OF the school
plant, including five acres Of play
ground, are in use all the time. For
instance, instead of recess and play.
time fifteen minutes in the forenoon
and fifteen minutes in the afternoon,
under the conventional plan, the play
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