Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-28

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 We need. more and more. 6 corps of teachers more anxious to serve the needs of ehildheed than to uhfeld In logical sequence the academic stud les. To fit each individual te live with his kind is vastly more eignifi- gree of detailed accuracy in the for- Eaulse of the sciences. In Eh6rt the schools need. for the sake ef healthier democracy, more enthusiastic teach CTS, not more technical schools.
 To promote the ends of civilization let Us weleof1a ali higher institutions of loernins e,id secure to them gener- ous national support. Let democracy assert its oisin to "the best" by train ing it's specialists to give freely and bountifully their choicest products, and their own service to promoting the welfare of the race as a who,s. Let the ideal hold steadily before each of our youth be unselfish service for his country and for his kind. sE
 Section Meetings Held.
 Section meetings organized by Car Ion E. Wheeler, state supervising agent, New London. were held as fol- lows: High school. room 8. first floor, Norwich Free Academy. chairman, Henry A. Tirrel1, principal Free Aca1 denny, Norwich: Ii, address, The Reci tation, Walter D. Hood. principal Gill bert school Winsted. Rural Schools. Chairman. Arthur N. Potter. state su- pervtsing agent of Willimantic; II, address, The School Room Survey, Francis G. Wadsworth. agent Massa- chusetts State Board of Education; discussion opened by H. o. Clough. school. Slater Hall. Norwich Free Aca- denny, chairman, Fred l.. Newton. su- pervising principal Norwich; 2. ad- dress, Teaching Composition, N. Searle discussed by TeEesa A. Brown. prin- cipal Saltonstall school. New London, Edward J. Graham, superintendent of schools, Norwich. Kindergarten, Broad street Kindergarten. Chairman, Helen B. Royce. kindergartner, Hobart stration, Use of Building Material, demonstrated with class of children. Gertrude l.. Stadtmueller, supervisor of kindergartens. New London.
 Kindergarten Demonstration.
 At o'clock a very interesting kim dergarten demonstration was given at the Broad street school by Miss Ger trude L. Stadtmueller, supervisor of kindergartens, New London. It was largely attended by those interested in the work of the lower grades of schools.
 Miss .Stadtmueller prefaced her demonstration lin the use of building material" by a short talk based on the fundamentals of educational principle, designed to point the dem onstration to follow.
 She emphasized the following points: First. the necessity of building your plan on what the children need; what you. want to give them, instead of working for new pattern. That will naturally come if you work for the broad underlying educational princi- pie you are trying to give the child.
 Songs, stories and games are all means to this end which is exposing the child, the beginner in the business of living, to a variety of experiences in music. literature and manual and dramatic art so that the kindeFgar- ten is a truly miniature world to him. Of course all the experience, mater ial which is put in the way of the Cthis is most important) must help, not hinder his physical growth then his knowledge. sl....-.. .5-..4 .. 5.=5 ,---- Children Taking Part.
 The demonstration which followed was based on the story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin and the children talk ing part in it were from Miss Ger trude Browning's class. First the story was very simply told by Miss Stadmueller, and pictures shown of the different scenes in it. The chil- dren were allowed to speak and eX- press themselves. their comments be- ing very refreshing and often unex- pected.
 Then with their building materials they constructed the bridge from which the rats jumped, and later en- acted scenes from the story, originality of idea and expression being encour- aged and chance being given them to relax: work and play alternating It was quite evident that they under stood it all. and they had such a good time
 There are in Norwich about three hundred little men and women under such instruction. .s Miss Helen B. Royce of the Hobart Avenue school was chairman Of this section.
 The School Room Survey.
 At the rural school sectional meet ing Francis G, Wadsworth agent Massachusetts State Board of Edu- cation. delivered an address on the School Room Survey. In part he spoke as follows:
 In part Mir. Wadsworth spoke as follows:
 In the field of school administra- tion the survey aims to discover the facts regarding the present practices and methors of procedure. to ana lyze these facts so as to discover the causes leading up to the present day practices, and then with the facts and explanation of the facts at hand to evaluate the school administration of a given town. city or state in terms of approved standards.
 In the organization of schools the survey seeks to discover the strong points as we'll as the weaknesses, to measure the results of the existing system of school organization, and to compare these results with those ob- tained in systems where the school or ganization is different.
 The educationaf survey does not merely seek to discover the facts, the explanation of facts, and their evalua- ton in trms of school administra- tion and school organization, but aims also to promote. through a care full investigation and analysis of con- ditions, the improvement of the school plant, the teaching service. the meth ods of instruction, the courses ot study.
 What Survey Should Show. The school room survey should show three things. (f1 the facts S(o1