New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
RAYMOND RIORDON SCHOOL.
BOYS Inside Schooiroom


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a. 70 me corporation
harrington Emerson mas taken over
2J,OOU examples OF lnerlclehcleS' lhclr
causes and cures. and has spent sew
ersl years analyzlng the principles un-
derlyiug their correction, with the re
suit that he has evolved as definite
science rs the Wright brothers did
Of aviation. with principles as firm
" established as those Of electricity
or chemistry.
When Emerson had completed his
work the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation felt that if this science was
teachable il would be a great privilege
indeed to teach it IN their institution.
and to that end a careful investigation
was made by them as to the methods
employed in instructing men how to
become personally efficient.
Or. Walter l.. HeTvey and the Young
Mems Christian Association educational
committee went into the matter very
thoroughly, with the result that we are
now featuring It as one Of the big prac-
teal courses of the West Side Young
Mems Christian Association.
Our classes will be conducted along
the following lines: In the first se5-
slons the student IS tested as to his
best way Of absorbing knowledge, thus
determining by practical methods which
way q student learns best. This is a
decided innovation, since few OF our
| schools and colleges make any effort to
determine for the student which way
he studies to the best advantage. Some
men are eye-mlnded and some ear
minded-that is to say, some learn bet
t'r by vlsualizing thing through the
medium of sight, while others have
Only to listen to recital Of lesson in
order TO acquire II, and 1t is manlfestly
unfair 10 treat both of these types OF
/ students alike.
Having ascertained by actual test the
best way for each individual to study,
/ the class then moves forward to the
study Of the principles Of efficiency and
/ their application to the individual.
/ The second lesson finds the student
recording by means of simple charts
1 his own present decree of efficiency
with regard 10 his utiIism of time on
an efficiency basis. For one entire week
, this chart is kent up. recording accu-
rately lust what the student does with
/ his 168 hours supply of time and a re-
capituIation At The end of the week
completely evidences how much time
has been wasted and how much time
spcnt productiveJv. SO that the recapit-
! uIation not only records a mans Ell
cheney hut also his ineficiencv. This
method of instruction. Familiarity known
as the practical-t method. is
I followed throughout the course. Since
we believe that a s,ucent learns first
how TO do a thing and then why it is
being done, he is being educated in the
most practical manner. This method,
which is also known as the inductive
method, is the one adopted by prac-
tically all of the vocational schools in
the country.