Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-24

euuCatlOnaI extension SchOOlS. Fifty
four are enrolled at Pittsburgh, "a at
Philadelphia, ia at Scranton, 13 at
Altoona and so at Reading.
The problem that will confront
these teachers is one of the most diff
| hcult known to educators and special
pains will be taken to fit them to sue
cessfully cope with it. They will be
required to take hold of children be-
tween the ages of a and 16, many of
whom have left the regular courses OF
instruction because they have lost in
terest and reawaken in them q de-
sire for education.
| The underlying idea of the extension
schools is to make all the instruction as
practical as possible and at the same
time teach the children to think for
themselves. To that end ii is neces-
sary to teach the teachers how to ap-
iply ordinary pedagogical principles to
1.-THE special schools which they will
conduct during the coming winter.
For instance when the subject is
geography special industrial geogra-
ply will be taught and the pupils will
be told not only where the raw ma
tertals in use in the shop where they
work come from, but how they get
/ from the place of origin to the place
where they come under the personal
observation of the pupils. But the
matter will not be permitted to drop
there, for the finished product will be
traced to the consumer and the use
he makes of it will be made clear to
the mind of the youthful student.
The same principles will be carried
out even in the instruction on such
dry subjects as arithmetic and writing.
In arithmetic all the problems will be
adopted to the particular industry in
which the extension school is main
tained and in addition there will be
courses in simple industrial bookkeep-
ing.
In the spelling lessons special stress
will be placed upon trade names and
words that are in constant use in the
industries and the English exercises
will consist of the writing of compo-
sitions on vocational subjects.
Those who are to be teachers OF
such subjects must, of course, first
study them themselves and in addi-
ton they must become thoroughly
grounded in the pedagogy of the sub
jects, the theories as to the best ways
in which the extension schools may
be carried on. Something is known
along this line but to a certain extent
for some time to come all the work
in the school for the teachers will be
experimental. In time it is hoped that
a corps of highly efficient specialists
in this kind of educational work will
be developed.
There are three teachers at each OF
the special schools. w. c.. Ash, who
is principal of the Philadelphia
school, has not yet reported the names
of his two assistants, but the prime
pals of the other schools and theil
staffs are as follows: Reading, w. E
Hackett, principal, P. n. Schaeffer, ]
E. Sandt; Scranton, J. H. Fuller, prin.
cipal, F. NJ. Dunseith, w. L. Hall
Altoona, c. D. Koch. principal, w. P
Loomis, A B. Miller; Pittsburgh, Johr
| Thompson, principal, c. c. johnson.
1t was contemplated in the origina
plans of Secretary Becht to open one
of the schools for teachers at Erie, but
so few applied at that point that those
who did were recommended to apply
at Pittsburgh.
Quinn Promoted. Joseph p
| QUINN of York, who has been a factory
inspector for number of years ha!
been made a superintendent of inspec.
tors. Another appointment announced
at the offices of the Department of La
Dor and Industry, to-day is that o
Matthew Frederic, of Tyrone, to fac
tory inspectorship.
Bids For Muncy Home. Amont
the bidders for work on the admins
tration building and the cottages fol
the industrial home for women to bt
erected at Muncy was the Dauphir
Electric Company which bid $14,54l
on the electrical work. Bids on tht
construction ranged from S153,000 tt
$173,000,
New Clerk. Miss Catherine Com
stock, of Mechanicsburg, has been ap
pointed to a position as clerk in thu
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