New Britain herald., 1916-04-14
THE TABLET MAKES
 APPEARANCE AGAIN
Publication Devoted to the Inter-
 eStS Of New Britain Schools

Il the interests of the New Britain 1 schools, has made it's appearance to- 1 day. It contins eighteen pages of mater set in double column dealing 1 with all departments of the city's edu- 1 cationaI system together with articles l and reports of doings in the educa- | tiona1 field of special interest to tea ch- CTS and school executives. It is not proposed to issue The Tablet monthly, i but it will appear only when it has special messages to convey and : teachers are urged to preserve copies for reference.
 The most notable event at present, it considrs is the completion and open ing of the new Vocational High school and the transfer to this building of the State Trade school. Among other articles is the report of the special committee of the school board on phy- sical education which was adopted to- gether with the recommendations for a new system in the local schools. Citizenship. Under the caption citizenship in the New Britain Schools" the Tablet contains the following: The act recently passed by the Con- necticut Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, in regard to the teaching of the duties of Citizenship, including the knowledge of form of national, state and local government, in the public schools as regular branch of study to pupils above the fourth grade" is being lived up to through the medium of the Patriotic League in the Elem entary Grades and the Civic League in Grammar Grades, as we'll as by formal textbook work in grade eight.
 These organizations are unique and are intended to promote the right type of citizenship among our boys and girls. Frequent meetings are held, conducted always by the pupils Sub. Jects, bearing upon good citizenship and patriotic service, are taken up and at each and every meeting the salute to the flag, the declaration of princi- ples, and the pledge to good citizen ship are given.
 Following are the cardinal points of the patriotic work in the New Brit ain schools:
 Love of country.
 Respect and loyalty for the flag
 Good citizenship.
 Appreciation of the sacrifice and service of our countrys defenders.
 The flag flies over every school building, and is displayed in every school room of elementary and gram mar grades.
 The flag salute is given on all ap- propriate occasions, being familiar to all pupils of elementary and grammar grades, as are the national songs
 In every school is posted a card. on the Display of the Flag setting forth the appropriate and respectful use of the flag for all occasions.
 All patriotic holidays are appropri- ately observed in the schools. especial attention being given to Memorial Day.
 It is needless to say that apprecia- tion of the sacrifice and service of our contry's brave defenders. living and dead, is fully alive in the hearts of all pupils.
 The School Council.
 In reference to the work of the School Council the Tablet outlines the topics for the year as follows:
 The topics determined upon by the School Council for the years consid- eration have been announced in it's year book. They include:
 l. Supervised study: definition. methods dangers to be avoided how to increase power of application.
 7. Highest purposes of the school as set forth in Superintendent Holmes conference with principals: Ca to in culcate worthy motives, (b) to train pupils in judging relative values. (c) to train pupils in organizing their knowledge i. e. in reasoning. Cd) to develop the power of initiative
 3. Some neglected forms of teach ing exercises as set forth in Superin- tendent Holmes address to teachers