Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-01-29


Coming practical attention is invited to
those forms of training which, although far from dominating the cur
ruum in themselves may be relied upon to give variety and va
to balance the bookshness of past school
with puposeful and to lay open many subjects
application illustration 1t becoming
and clear that knowledge of immensely greater accuracy and
when motor reaction involved that is when the child
does the thing hence the great WISDOM wherever possible of trans
distractions into their applied FORMS there will remain
enough distractions at best When at the same time these pursuits
practical e their educational value enhanced
mpoverhment is believed that the genuine though
sometimes scornfuly termed
vocational subjects wholly unreazed and susceptible of
development woodwork domestic
agriculture therefore, most warmly to be
,a f 1ti iiSance That NO. school can aford 70 miss
probable that nography and tpewrtng should eventually
school of this kind not wholly for their vocational
extremely tools that acquire
roughly sketched school form which,
well equipped should be able to hold throughout its all normal
pupils to be of decided value them. They should
directly sxgrade elementary without
other than those usually their classes should
the policy the junior high school to admit freely almost pupil
considerable discrimination
pupils the central school, 1t that school
Of this typ could not be successfully organized without at least three
teachers training ability present
the small institutions The outlined above
appear at first sight sort of omnum its variety recurring
large the will require
ton preparation It's units longer nicely adjusted college
courses training purpose
operating elastic would believed
the curriculum to be economical than the old The
principal preferably man, training agriculture
problems espe-
cay for this work in the advocated another
should be employed Although the expectation of the school would be
such subjects should keep its classes full throughout
munte Thus the four classes English could protay
in and their material could well be
Arithmetic Also indicated should
applied forms other classes Such
require skill, but would not dificult+
few main
be pointed This its higher years.
boys and girls whose abilities have been tested in the
and who know rather definitely what they want Here
concentrated the studies specifically college,
French could doubtless be
curriculum with reasonable special
would be during the last two pupils
other schools Parallel with these
and thooughness should agriculture
another domestic Teacher
schools should be organized vocational girls
in music in drawing designing wood metal working
be available is short the school that
form of instruction that be shown be value
demanded by considerable number of boys and girls
1t emphaticay peoples school, affiliate
other effective educational enterprises and its
equipment permits, with industrial mercantile establishments
training their employees 1t emphacaly school
vocational school in the being limited to the drilling
pupils the series of mechanical be found Office shop
factory Many of these must of include but its
by of teachers themselves cultured and trained for the