Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-27
RESULT or COUNTY
TEACHERS CONFERENCE
Many Matters Were Considere d
at the Meeting Held at
Delaware College.
Two general meetings and two sectional
meetings were held on Saturday in Wolf

Two general meetings ana TWO settlth'h ~
meetings were held on Saturday IN Won
Hall at the county teachers conieIemce'
At O'Clock Superintendent Wilbur
III hlmp opened the meeting. in the
chanel with appropriate greetings and a
most interesting address Following thus
orranprments were made for making
The teachers of New Castle County spec
,al units in the State Teachers Assocla-
tion. Professor W A. Wilkinson OF the
Delaware College Department of Educa-
ton announced the formation OF Ex-
tension Courses for teachers. AZ meet
inc which will soon be held IN Winning
ton, definite arrangements Will hc mace
regarding the courses TO be gwen, ahd
the time and place for classes froi
Wilkinson is now giving a course IN
uieh school Methods to teachersof the
Wilmington High School and II is pro-
posed that this course, together with
two others, will be open to rural New
Castle teachers The two additional
courses Will be made from group OF
three which have been proposed; Ele.
= mcntary School English, Teaching OF
Arithmetic. and Child Psychology. These
courses will count for the same number
Of credits as similar courses now being
given nj theeWomen's College by Miss
N Y Rohr and Miss Agnes T.. Snyder.
Glasses VIII ne neit ltI TWO ibuls thtb
week for twenty three weeks.
Miss Ruth Jones, New Castle County
attendance officer, gave an inspiring
talk on the need for getting children
into school and outlined some of the
methods which teachers might use with
success. DIR. r. W Cooper spoke with
his characteristic optimism and force
fplncss upon The Attendance Drive"
Following this general meeting the
teachers separated To witness the work
dome in two demonstration classes which
werc IN charge Of the County Supervisors,
Miss Ina Barnes and Miss Ruby Miller.
These classes were held in different recIta-
ti0n rooms and were conducted by Miss
NJ. f. Rohr of the Education Depart
ment Of the Women's College and Miss
Pauline Rutledgc demonstration teacher
IN the Newark schools.
Miss Rutlcdge illustrated the work
which she is doing every day IN the first
grade Of the public school. She showed
how her children happily combined play
and work in lessons suited TO their age,
For number work the children utilized
VARIOUS simple and natural materials
which thew found about them. The read
ING lesson was all fun but demonstrat-
"a in q manner which caused the OBJ
serving teachers TO marvel, the large
reading vocabulary which the children
had acquired IN their first month at
school. In a short talk to the teachers
after the lesson, Miss Rutledge called
attention 10 An interesting project which
had been worked out in her grade. The
children have built from large wooden
blocks a PLAYHOUSE large enough for
child 10 enter. The gradual development
Of this building from a crude shelter into
a real home" with doors and windows,
front door steps. walks etc, has been
interesting to student of child psychology
while at the same time II afforded an ef-
fective means for directing the creative
impulses of the children.
Misc Rohr conducted q geography
lesson with the cooperation Of eighteen
Sfth grade children, who had volunteered
70 act as subjects" The lesson had for
it's topic The New England States
and considered two projects connected
with this subject The project was one
which the children had been working on
by appointing committees Of mvestlga-
tion and observation: What Things,
Manufactured in New England Can be
bought in Newark" The committees
admitted a large list which had been
obtained nv visiting the local dry goods.
jewclrv. hardware. and drug stores.
This project naturally led 10 q second
which Miss Rohr developed In her dem
on.tration class: Why Does New ing
land Do so Much Manufacturing? With
much study of text book and map the
class discussed various sides Of the ques-
tion Whether New England has water
mower and coal supply with which to
carry on steam power Industries. whether
she has raw material or can get II easily;
whether she has q home market for her
goods or Is in easy reach of markets:
whether or not her people are sufficiently
intelligent 70 make and handle machinery
and whether or not through lack Of agri-
cultural facilities they need manufactures
in order 70 make 8 living.
Following these most interesting classes
Miss Barnes and Miss Miller spoke TO
the teachers and encouraged general
discussion Of the work done II the dem
onstration classes.
At noon luncheon was served at the
Commons and following this. the teachers
again met in Wolf Hall where most
inspiring and interesting program was
gwen. Professor 4. R Spaid in his talk
concerning his recent trip TO Yellowstone
National Park showed himself 10 be q
real nature lover Miss Ruth Jones, at
tendance officer for New Castle county,
gave a most interesting and helpful talk
on the needs Tor getting children INTO
school and on the practical methods for
securing better attendance. In connection
with this work the subjects of hot lunches
and supervised play were brought up,
and the interest of the rural teacher IN
nature study as a means toward holding
the attention Of the child-were ably dis
cussed.
Miss MARY T. Rich, field secretary in
education, gave remarkably interesting
address on self Measurement Of Teach
ing Efficiency" For this address Profes-
eor Rich was we'll prepared through hel
experience as teacher, student of psy-
chology, and head of the Department o.
Education.
After fine talk by DR. G.. s. OsincuI
on the results and aims of systematic
Healthy Campaign, County Superinten
dant ". H. Jump summed up the
encouraging results Of the convention
from social and professional standpoint
with Acknowledgement Of the good worl
of leaders and the cooperation of teach
prs in making the convention success
ful one