Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-10

ma good-for-no-thing. with a motion
Of expressive hands. only for rich man
and woman"
What can you buy with the worth. of
diamonds?"
Buy store and sell fruit. buy a busl-
ness. furniture and house" are the re-
plies received.
II whip the ball with the bat" says
Minnie. instead OF hit"
When do you play ball, in summer
or In winter?" Tho reply TO this question
for some accountable reason reminds
Louie of the Fourth OF July and. not TO
be downed, the irrepressible youngster
tells anlmatedly OF boys at Sixteenth
and Farnam streets last Fourth OF July,
who threw fire crackers into womans
hair. THAT was not polite" says he
Louie also tells that he has seen "a
Happy New. Year. on cards issued by
local bank. and wants to know why for,
bank says Happy New Year"
Did Not Like to Pass.
Just then HON. Chinese boy who
works In a chop-suey house evenings and
therefore generally attends only the
AFTERNOON sessions, comes in. He is Inn
peecably atVred, and after greeting the
teacher politely. he walks around the
room with great freedom and a superior
air He passes ink-wells to>all the desks
and when he has finished, wipes the ink
carefully from his fingers, in a dainty
manner HON 1t was who when he was
informed that he had acquired sufficient
rudimentary knowledge of the English
language so that he might be promoted
10 another room, raised a great disturb
anoe. instead OF manifesting the Joy of
the ordinary school boy on passing"
New teacher, she not understand" de-
ciared Hon vehementiy, and thenceforth
could not he charmed away from the
manual ira ming room where he forgot
the sordid atmosphere of the chop-suey
kitchen IN plastic clay and artistic wood
carving until he was readmitted to Miss
Bernstein's room.
Fraught with interesting distinctions
are the teachers efforts to teach the ar.
ference In meaning. spelling and pro-
nunciation OF pigs" "pecks" and
packs" and with what sieh of relief
and unknotting of wrinkled countenauces
discemment comes
In the arithmetic lesson. one Of the
pupils disputed the fact that a man could
earn s. in one day as the problem indi-
Gated. To his intensely practical little
soul the sum was munificent.
Teacher IL veraatiIe.
Through all OF this, one is impressed
with the versatility OF the teacher, who
Is able TO hear a reading lesson. give
Hon instructions as to what to do, cor
reefs slate while another child Is wait
ing near to have her slate marked. be-
sides answering sundry questions from
the body OF the room. for these children
are 80 eager to learn that they are most
unhappy at the slightest hindranee TO an
Immediate attention to their queries.
The Greek boy bends over the slate of
the sloe-eyed Syrian Rachida helping her
quietly with her sentences. He Is Frank.
OF the handy Greek-English dictionary,
which he keeps invariably on his desk
or I'm his pocket ana which he consults
on an average OF one DOZEN tiJnes a min
ute. Frank works at noon and after
school in q shoe shining parlor. he and
his brother contributing TO the support
OF the family. His father worked on a
railroad gang and suffered an injury
which resulted IN the loss Of one eve.
80 that he Is not working at present.
His mother cooks meals for other little
bootbiacks. and Prank confided the sor-
rowful, fact that his mother was very
lonesome and wept bitterly at the sepa-
ration from friends and family In the old
country.
The dismissal bell. when Il rings. has
not the slightest effect upon the children
Of the Ungraded Room. ror school Is a
happy place for them.
Freedom OF Action.
Montessorian methods obtain in the
ungraded Room, - far as freedom OF
action Il concerned. although Miss Bern
stein does not express, herself as being
IN perfect accord with the new system OF
education. I'VE teachers have been usine
the best part OF the Montessori method
before Montessori divulged A." she laugh
inEiy remarked. salf-expression Is the
aim. the teacher only being there to
suids the pupils IN the r'sht direction,