New Britain herald., 1916-10-03


 And be not found among them that utter dark sayings:
 Yet without these shall not city be i~habitated,
 Nor sls,ll men sojourn or walk up and down therein.
 For these maintain the fabric of the world,
 And in the handiwork of their craft is their prayer
 Commercial School. "While preparing for the trades we have also prepared very thorough ly for our course in commerce and for the household arts. Under MT. Moody's most efficient direction the course in commence has steadily en- larged until it now includes about 40 per cent. of the pupils of the school and offers a technical training and | broadening culture which may well challenge any similar course in the field of secondary education. Our course in homemaking starts with a complement of pupils. AL though much of the equipment is still on the way, the right spirit seems present in both teachers and pupils; this augurs well for its success. Normal Preparatory. "Of our academic courses, practic- ally all the new features are in the l normal school preparatory courses. l Through this course we are hoping 1 that the High school may make g. larger contribution than 1t has ever made before to the equipment of our ] public school teachers. We are try i ing to give the candidates for the Normal school that general ability and breadth of view which the Nor ! mal school has a right to expect. Except for the general course, the college preparatory courses are the l oldest in the High school curriculum. l There is little change that can be made in these courses. They are de- termined by the colleges; and for ! their contents the colleges-not the High schoo1-must be held respon- , sible. However, our newer courses | will relieve the college preparatory | courses of many who have followed the latter because the school has of fered nothing better suited to their | purposes, but who have lacked in terest in, and ability for, this par ticular kind of school work. It will be the policy of the administration 1 to discourage all who have no inten- ton of entering college or technical school from following these courses.
 Physical Training.
 "This report would give but a one side view of our new High school life, if it should fail to refer to our en- larged department of physical educa- ton. For the first time in the his
 
 suming the fundamental responsibil- ity for the physical welfare of all the pupils. For the young we have hitherto made some provision, but now We are recognizing the needs of the young men. I have very strong | confidence that MT. Moorhead and his assistant will accomplish for the young men a very large work in phy- sical and moral upbuilding.
 Little Room Left.
 |In my report of the previous year I expressed a hope that in the con- struction of buildings, you might so anticipate the needs of the school as to make - unnecessary ever again to return tC the plan of halving the school privileges; I refer to the plan followed in 1913-14, 1914-15, and for @ part of 1915-16. The opening of the present year reveals the danger very near at hand. We still have a very little room to spare in the vocational building but the academic building is filled beyond reasonable limits. The building was originally designed to accommodate 500. By the narrow ing of the aisles, the use of teachers rooms and museums, and the adapt ing of the auditorium to the use of one or more classes, the building was made in 1912-13 to accomm odate over TOO. At this writing we have between 67O and TOO enrolled in this building.
 'It should also be called to your | attention that our auditorium is SC 1 small as to make 1t necessary to as semble the school in two parts; that the time is fast approaching when parents will draw lots to determine who shall have the graduation ticket for the exercises of the High school and that the efficiency Of the work in physical education is impaired by our having but one gymnasium. The young men may not have gymnasium
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