The sun., 1916-01-09

: mined for each iuipil by his teacher. II
may be spelling for one. reading for
another. history for a third. grammar
for fourth. In general II ought not to
! be mathematics or modern language
work.
! During the four years OF high school
| there should be more home study year
by year. The preparation of lessons in
Latin. mathematics and modern Ian
| suages should be under rigid school SUI
pervison at least through the second
1 year of high school. Rhetoric could with
i advantage be added to that list.
with the beginning of the third year
of high scA,ool--at the close of which
should he the preliminary examination
for those going To- colege--the pupil
\ should beg, To take contro, OF prepare :
ton for himself. The results vf such
self-preparation should Indicate clearly
\ 10 the teacher how much or how little
{ supervision each pupil needs and In what
subjects. The majority of boys need
1 help. or rather helpful hints. III LATIN
prose composition. IN problems In alge-
Dra. in originals in geometry. in difficult
passages either IN Ciceros ordtiots
1 ,especially In Archias and in the opening
chapters of the Manilian law) or in the
I AnalnAsis. as, for example. the chapter
| ON the character OF the generals.
| In ,he iast. or y NOR year. Of the high
| Shuol the preparatory work should he
Aft wholly to the pupils Judgment II he
mar passed successfully the eNaininat IONS
| at the end al the preceding year lie
! ought now t. bc able To- stand alone, or
what use has been the training of the
previous kears? This training should
4 nave given hun some initiative. should
nave developed In him some knack ut
1 meeting the unexpected whereof life Is
4 full.
2 some critical person may say that all
the plan outlined aDoyc seems cNtr;Iordi To-
! harily attractive on paper but IN point Of
TACT II imprscticabc IN every day school
ute. My Hnswer thereto H. that II ~ he
| ing done here IT, Manhattan INV and Ia :
| leeu so done for neuriy twenty wears IN
| the Irving School aud IN oue or two OF her
| schOois Tor nNS with "a success wh.c
| taken 10y ana larg. can honestly be-
called eminently sats:actur,.r
Pauline W sharpe Of the Rircrs,dc
4 School Urites
I TO properly cover the prescribed
! courses of study IN the elementary and
| high schrols home study must l.. re-
! uuired unless the hours of atteud.inc,
, at school are long enough to allow for
study periods Supervised study IT,
| Schoo' has many advantages. rSpe, tally
/ ior tho pupil who iS apt to iill behind
| To-
| reliance aud originality OF thought, and
the average child after an entire change
| from the schuo. atmosphere and after
| plenty OF eNercis" out OF doors iinds his
| nina clearer and NOR" ready 20 cope
| with the problems ~ h.s school work
| than II he j. required to SoVc them ali,
before lac leaves school
1 Judgment Of course should be used ia
/ the assigning OF home work Children
7 uf ne trss ~, h..
| quired TO do home work, hut should have
| short study periods IN school. during
| which u should hs the constant aim of
| th- teacher to show the children how 70
study. BS the time they reach thu
| fourth grade they should bc able to
! study alone. provided IN" wo-k has been
| carefully developed IN class
| I'm the high school. with it, present
| rigid requirements. and with tn, con
\ stant review uf the fundamentals o'
| arithmetic, grammar and spelling which
the colleges demand, the necessity tOg
homo study IL surely apparent. But
| pupils who, through the eight years OF
! the elementary school. have been prop
erl> trained To- rrera-c their lessons by
, liked habits ~ work should he able to
q deal with the problems of HON. study
/ Ia the high school"
! ThOmcs , Lyon Of the RarnGrd
School tor Gtris ,r,itcS:
should high school pupils study at
! home? EnphatiCs,ly yes In the first
place there cannot possibly Toe enough
| time in school, even with the longer
[ day, for them TO do more than a par.
/ OF the necessary preparation for reui-
tation on high school subjects. In the
/ second place the work done IN school
| j. not apt To be ~ indepe, dent. Here
there is danger that the pupil viii On
! tain 80 much help from the teacher that
she loses all power oC initiative. schools
/ are not merely institutions for giving
! out Information, nor is the end purely
scholastic. They must offcr training for
| life--tcach responsibility aad build char
ter. or else they fa!l IN their duty -
this younger generation. The plepara-
ton hy. the pupils themselves of al 80
signed TASK after necessary explanations
have been given IN the class room ! uu,
Of the best ways OF Nelup!ug this sens.
Of personal responsibility. II the pup!
hes trouble with lesson LET her strug-
gle with Il, let her puzzle over il. T.
she succeeds she has ,tccomplis shed some
thing that outlasts the mere recitation
and If she Is unsuccessful she has AZ
least discovered her own weakness ana
her mind is stronger for the experience"
~
try school rrites;
THE pcrplexing question OF HON.
study for boys IL largely solved be
lieNe. b. the country day school plan as
carried out at Riverda- Here til.
school day is broken up 80 that study
periods are interspersed with reclta
tions. There are seven periods of furtl
minutes each, at least two OF which, and
often three are used for study Ihr
school day Is also varied by period
Of recreation in the open fields las:inr
at least two hours. usually from . I,
I IN the afternoon This liz followed
by n study or recitation period until
3 o'clock, when the boys return tu|
their homes In the city.
BY this means all the lower schoo.
boys, that is. those in the grades cor.
responding to the first six years of the
quirements for outside work for tn.
ensuing day, The very little fellows
that is, those through the fourth grad,
have OF course no such ar ssignments.
THE boys Of the first and second
forms Of the upper school. which CORE.
spond to the usual seventh and eighth
grades, with he exception that I.at:n
Is fundamental study In these wear,
are likely, II they are diliGent to finish
all of their home work before the close
Of the day, but 1t frequently happcn,
that they have to take with them worl
which Will require from a half hour to
An hour OF careful study AT home. These
boys average IL, l3 and IA years of