Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-07
ST. JOHNS SUMMER SCHOOL
ITS PRACTICAL ADVANTAGES
what Teacher-Pupil Thinks Of First
Years Venture Great
Success.
fCommunicated).
Mr. Editor

MIR. Editor: -, ..
AZ : teacher who attended 81
Johns Summer School for the past SIX
weeks. | feel it privilege to write
and to express through the Evening
Capital, my appreciation Tor tne
thorough instruction and social time
that have had
The instructors labored increasingly
to give forth the best kind OF knowl-
edge. that is the PRACTICAL kind,
that which we can use in our work In
school.
The good thoughts in Psychology
left by Prof. Handy will reap an ever
lasting benefit to the teachers and
some Of his talks were IS good as real
sermons. those which sink in and take
root.
The uniting efforts of Miss Baugh,
instructor of METHODS and DEM
ONSTRATION, will have to be men
toned. MANY are the good Joints
she gave us, and ] am sure we Will be
better teachers by having been asso-
ciated with her for six weeks at st.
Johns.
The English course by Prof. Roberts
was especially beneficial. He has left
a lasting impression on the teachers
which is. to stimulate the habit and
desire for reading REAL poetry and
prose, such as works OF Cnaucer,
Browning, Tennvson, etc.
Prof. GLADDEN., teacher OF mathe-
matics had small group of teachers,
or / think they were students. ! was
not in his class, but judging from the
happy countenances of HE scholars, |
think they were more than pleased
wi tn him
The Spanish teacher made an i'm
preston on his group of teachers judg-
ing from their remarks, as they all
seemed to think he was just "great. :
The teachers of the Demonstration
School, Misses Stevens and sCsllahan
deserved to be mentor ed among this
list. as their work with the children
showed such good results. The love
they showed for those children was
equal to that the children showed for
them. They seemed a happy, con-
genial crowd The children must have
liked St. Johns, rs ! hear they were
willing to pay small tuition to az
tend during the summer months. This
fee was only limited to the 9Th and
| 18th grades.
Now | will have to mention a word
! in favor of the group of teachers
themselves. They were sociable and
studious set of people. They meyer
shirked, but stuck to the hard study
right to the last. Taking everything
III consideration st. Johns Summer
School was quite success. Remem-
Der, this was the first year, and by
next year, there is 40 telling what the
result will be.
The Social side of s.. Johns has to
be commented on. The Swimming
lessons, given every Tuesday and
Thursday afternoons were quite help
full and pleasant. Tennis, and baseball
in afternoon, and entertainment once q
week in the evening, sill helped to
stimulate the teachers to do their best.
The success of th first summer
school, is greatly due to Prof. Handy,
as noticed the way in which he push
ed things along, and endeavored to be
helpful in every way that he could
| am glad st. Johns had had such
success. and trust next year there
will be many teachers from Anne
Arundel Co. and other counties who
will avail themselves of the opportuni.
ty of attending st. Johns Summer
School.
S. II. RICE.