Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-27
new INSTRUCTOR
IS SELECTED AT
BOARD SESSION
Miss Florence E. BLAZER Of Mum
Gle, Ind, to Teach House
hold Arts.
is GRADUATE OF BRADLEY
Plans Made for Organization of Pre-
liminary Class to Consist Of
Youngest Pupils.
IS GRADUATE OF BRADLEY

special meeting Of the board of
education was held last evening with
all members present, TO consider maj.
tiers relative 20 The opening Of the fail
term of school. The probable enroll.
ment in the city schools based on the
assignment OF pupils made at the close
OF the spring term. was considered by .
the board and IL was decided that a
new room should be opened in the |
Grant school TO provide for the pro- /
motion OF children 70 the seventh !
grade With the promotion OF this !
class, all the rooms in the new Grant /
building will now be in use. II is an /
ticipated that there will be some in |
creased enrolment in this building I
fSom the territory already annexed to |
7 TIE city.
In accordance with plans made last !
year an additional room will also be
opened in the Audubon building 10
provide school accommodation for
children OF the first five grades. An
additional room will also be opened
in the Horace Mann school. The ad-
ditional school accommodations in
both the Audubon and Horace Mann
districts are made necessary by the in
creased building OF homes in these
school districts during the present
season.
The boundary lines between the
LOngfellow and Horace Mann district
were changed so that pupils living
% ~
OF Forty-fourth street will attend the
Horace Mann school Pupils on both
sides Of Eleventh avenue cas-; Of Thir-
ty-eighth street will attend the Long
fellow school
ELECT INSTRUCTOR
Upon recommendation Of the teach
ers committee. Miss Florence Z.
Blazier Of Muncie. Ind. was elected as
instructor in household arts in the
high school. Miss Blazier Is a gradu-
ate OF the Bradley Polytechnic Insti-
tute Of Peoria and has had experience
as a teacher in regular school work
and as instructor in household arts in
both graded schools and high school
work The following were elected as
teachers in the grades Miss Bernice
NJ Resser. Miss Ruth Kinsey. Miss
Gertrude Caldwell, Miss Ora Redman
and Miss Ethel Reynolds.
Superintendent Hayden reported
that a meeting OF the first grade teach
ers had been held this week and that
plans for the organization Of pre-
liminary class TO consist Of the youngest
OF the children entering the
first grade, and recommendations
were submitted and after consider
alton were adopted by the board.
NEW PLAN.
Il is the judgment Of the first grade
teachers that at the opening OF the
term next week all children entering
the first grade for the first time shall
be grouped together and that those
that are OF sufficient maturity be
started at once upon the beginning
work in the first grade; and that a
group OF children for preliminary work
be organized as soon as the teacher
has become sufficiently familiar with
the children TO develop a group for
this work.
1t is the further Judgment OF the
primary teachers that. for this pre-
liminary group, a simplified course OF
work be offered, the general plan be-
ing that the children who. because OF
immaturity. belong in the group shall
give at least one and one-half years
10 the work preparatory TO entering
the second grade.
1t is the further recommendation OF
the primary teachers that the pre-
liminsry work should include the fol
lowing features:
Room movements, learning to 20
and come with other pupils and act
under direction.
plays and games. similar TO the
first grade; with some special adapta-
lion TO their needs.
S-Occupational work, the use Of
primary supplies. 10 teach form and
arrangement.
Primary seat work. as provided
In Miss Deans outline.
5--Very easy work leading to the
Aldine work in reading; the use of OBJ
iects to teach form and number, in the
way OF counting crayon holding,
Ind the larger movements leading TO
the beginning work in writing.
u is he plan Of the primary teach
ers that the foregoing lines OF activ.
ity be worked out into a regular out.
line during the first month OF the
term
The immediate needs for this work