The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-27


on the constant of the language interesting matter with con-
nua but acu pruning garng faults should be relied rather
than formal analysis and drill Oral work. greatly neglected should
be leading place themes arguments and with
purpose aousing mental reaction possible to topics
lively minimum writing should be called for merely
practice that invites comps
should be the habua occasion for AS for literature the
would that teachers present feel
that they accomplishing their avwed namely TO install appe
good literature Especially this true for such pupils
after attendance These surely have
classic writers for pleasure reading the school has
them nothing ese Ought not the school make it it's first duty
without of ignoring the classics and illuminate such
pupil may reasonably expected
lad leaving school sixteen thoroughly apprecave
magazine much to his education
should queonaby disappear except in such schools
large enough offer wisely administered elective Oppor
unity the school for of Latin under
neor conditions where those who 90 to college and possibly have
studying medicine phiogy foundation
college recognize and plan meet Certainly the
Junior high small for Latin and its still smaller
graduation should longer continue the relatively
expense mention the injustice that entails AS SUBJ
Latin schools large enough to afford should offer
French German as local considerations dictate but this should
the expense work that is fundamental and
ary given could the entire four of the school,
those thence the central school could additional
thus winning for their six years work real command the
writing The instruction should
by and the third and fourth
years applied content having value in
This subject would make the severe demands the
fulfilled which
certainly be met in time.
history given be dropped from
junior school, They only complete waste of time but
actual sacrifice the pupils natural and healthy human
substitute but has not
yet organized make its presentation
graded human institutions start
conditions familiar to the pupil of to-day
returning revelations from the explanation
of modern fe In the absence of textbook
nature while waiting for hem the best expedien
fields together
with the their berae the teacher Any teacher
sufficiently entrusted with history at ALL
social college, should be
develop sufficient the significant spots these historical
them To do however, it must
be question solely of himself and the Glass; not of exterior re
heretofore been considered the
property elementary apparently why
kind of social and economic geography should not be carried along
with the history there the emphasis that it deserves
mathematics the organization would opportunity
notifications In the first place. the formal
arithmetic might well be broken concrete project work
necn with the practical arts and be kept throughout the
Cv opportunity for study of town and state budgets graphic
fashion, budgets estimates for materials labor
profit enterprises and the kitchen furnish endless problems
Even baseball problems aviation, motoring wheeling
make the usually dull distractions take significance Second
would probably be possible to introduce algebra full earlier
than present this should desirable either
pupils college earlier make something
would follow and both these should be subjected thorough
revision the needs of the large number who would
in the central school, the practical applications of algebra geometry