The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-12-19
Caldwell HAS splendid
SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION

doing it's part toward attracting de-
sirable citizens to Caldwell and de-
veloping greater city.
With the finishing of the new
building reorganization was effect
ed in the school itself, which is un-
ique in educational development at
the present time.
Adopt sc System.
Doing away with the old Prussian
eight grade elementary school and
the four year high school the organ
ization is being predicted on the needs
of the child. The elementary con-
cepts and tools of learning are to be
given to the children in an elemen-
tary school of six grades. The time
of adolescence is to be spent in
junior high school consisting of the
seventh, eighth and ninth grades and
especially adapted to the needs of
that difficult age. There is no dip
Iona or certificate given at the end
of this division and the transition in
to the senior high school consisting
of the tenth, eleventh and twelfth
grades is so gradual that there is no
sudden break nor abrupt change in
methods or surroundings.
| A great many, failures are thus
avoided and it becomes the natural
thing to finish the entire six year
course instead of dropping out at the
end of the eighth grade as many have
been doing. Principal d. M. Sharer
spent the past summer at the Univer-
sity of Chicago studying this type of
school organization and visiting the
best junior high schools in the mid
die west. The junior high school fac
ulty consists of teachers who are es-
pecially prepared in training and ex-
lperience to handle the various sub
jects.
Make Radical Changes.
( Traditional subjects which have
been the terror of all seventh and
eighth grade pupils. for years have
i been either eliminated or, having had
\ the useless parts trimmed out, are
E presented in such manner that they
e no longer arouse dread and dislike
Formal grammar is taught through
oral and written composition onl,
and the classics have been replace,
with long list of intensely interest
ing books of science, adventure ant
: achievement which the pupils siez'
and read with great enjoyment. Thu
aim is to develop desire for reading
:, before the pupil is introduced to tn
classical parts of our literature. Spell
ing is taught in connection with al
> subjects and in addition a short drill
in common words is held each day
Penmanship is also practiced eacl
9 day mot with the intention of max
ing artists out of all but to develo
:. good legible handwriting in each pu
:, pill
: Cube root and many other arithme
tic processes which are never of an
practical value to the average perso
and which cause the pupils endles
. bewilderment and worry are elm
= mated from the course in mathemat
les and in their place construction:
g geometry is substituted in the sevent
= grade and experience getting in tn
, field of algebra in the eighth grad
- Funtional arithmetic is not neglec
:, ed nor is it given separately but CON
:" bined with the geometry and algebr
The arithmetic taught in the first 81
- grades is constantly recurring not b
= review but by actual use.
Gust Petty Things.
The history course has not been Il
q, interesting, inspiring course that
= should be because it has always bee
, = a minute, detailed study of some de
ne mite period not proceeded by bros
Al survey of the big historical NOV
ds ments. The basis of the present cour
n Is a large library of historical fact
rh stories and novels and the great
Oh part of the time will be devoted
allowing the pupils to wander tn
-. these historical fields" gaining a We
Ia broad knowledge and wide stock
ar human experiences. In the seven
n, grade the pupils are guided to stu'
ne of primitive people, how they live
"a, worked. exchanged goods, etc, a
"a, then to the city state, slavery. a
he cient beliefs and leisure occupatio
"a. of ancient civilization. In the eigh
~, grade the study and reading are
he rected to the middle ages. Chivall
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