The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-05-06

the furnace. HsA 4ffH
The school boards will be surprised
how much paper can be collected in
one day from large city school build
ing. And they viii be surprised. too.
at the price which they can get for
what they have classed as absolutely
useless.
I'm addition to being saving, the
collection of waste paper should be
an object lesson in thrift for the pu-
pills."
YpsI Teachers Assigned.
The following teachers from the nor
NAL have been given positions for next
year: Grace Gilbert, New Buffalo, sec
ond grade; Zola Otis. Oenterville, high
school; Media Lee Smith. Howell. sec
ond grade; Ruth Woods, Grand Ledge,
third grade; Minnie Wellss Grayling,
principal; Esther Goldstick, Grand
Ledge, seventh and eighth grades;
Margaret Chadwick. Highland Park,
second grade: Helen Lucas, Trenton,
second grade: Mabel Heyling, INLAY
City. music and drawing: Mildred
Weaver, Detroit. second and third
grades: George w. Ingarsoll. Leslie
superintendent; Ref A. Babcock, Les
lie, principal; Philip Boyce. Bur Oak,
principal; Thomas Clayton. Britton,
superintendent; Helen Ricman. New.
ark. O., first grade; Frances Whitney,
Worthwhile. second grade: Joyce Car.
ter. Wheeler. first. second and third
grades: Iva Bilheimer. Battle Greek,
seventh grade; Frona Ernst, Eaton
Rapids. high school; Maude Ramsdell.
East Lansing. first grade: Hazel de
Wore, Ionia. second grade; Andrew
Ekye. Horton, superintendent: Joseph.
inc Taylor. Ionia. classroom work;
Harold Lamb. Coral, superintendent;
Ralph Cotanch. Grand Rapids. princi.
pal Of ninth-grade school; Lillian
Firth. Standish, first primary; Alice
Warner. Deckerville, mathematics and
history; Geraldine vallier, Detroit
Central. physical education.
Progress In state Schools.
Results. of an ofIicial investiga-
tion OF the age. grade and dis
tribution of children in the public
schools of Michigan were announced
to the Michigan School Superintend.
ents' association by the committee
which has been conducting the work.
with Charles 8. Berry of the Univer.
sity of Michigan AZ chairman.
In 1908, when the figures were nrst
gathered. II was found that there were
entirely too few at age" pupils and
two many average" pupils tn most
state towns. An at age" pupil II one
in the right grade for his or her age;
average pupils" are those too old for
the grades they are In.
"Since the first figures were taken
In 1908 there has been great better.
ment along certain lines" Doctor
Berry reported. Many schools have
greatly increased their at age pu-
pills and decreased their average
ones and have done 80 without any
perceptible lowering Of the standard.
1T means that many Of the superin.
tendents are taking more interest in
age-distribution. Sometimes we have
found that they have bettered their
standing in the two lines named, but
have apparently forgotten the under.
age pupils. Az the at age average
goes up, this last class should show
some increase"
Figures that startled some OF his
hearers were given on what he termed
repetition" In 225 towns the great.
est percentage of repetition was found
in the first grade.
This means" said Doctor Berry,
that there is something wrong with
our classification of children at the
start. Apparently 1t takes the first
year to get many OF them started
properly and then they have to 60
back over 1t. The grade is too stiff
for some OF them"
The percentage Of repeaters in the
225 towns was 9.4. The percentage of
boys was higher. than that Of girls
1O.7 for the former and 79 for the
latter.
Che general percentage of repeaters
in the first grade was 1919, In this
grade the boys again were the highest
IN, failures, their percentage being 16.1,
while the girls were Ills.
X The fourth grade ranked just be-
hind the first in the number OF re-
peaters, its percentage being s.4. It Is
explained that in this grade the chill
dren begin work which taxes their
higher reasoning powers.
G. H. Carrick. superintendent OF the
Charlotte public schools, was elected
president of the association. while G.
H. Daley. superintendent Of schools at
wyandotte, was reelected secretary
and treasurer. The selection of .
meeting place for next year was left
to the ofhcers.