Evening star., 1921-12-04

q center Of activities, thereby de-
veloping here an educational labora-
ciples for which the school stands are
embodied and vitalized. With this
arrangement every element of in
struction 10 directed to familiarizing
the student with the great variety
of activities which constitute the
terest and ideals born from the ex-
periences gained by coming in actual
touch with living problems are
aroused and the power to analyze
and apply educational principles in
school work is developed"
In the department of physical train
ing each of the 1876 girls in the
normal school has made a chart
similar to the one used by DR.. Emer-
son Of Boston, except that there are
enough weeks allowed for the school
year. About fifteen minutes of the
period are used in weighing each
girl and In marking her chart. and
another quarter Of an hour at the end
of the lesson is consumed in checking
up the. losses and gains during the
week. Many interesting facts are
brought to light. Numbers of the
girls are now getting quart of milk
day. others have begun to eat
breakfast and still others have given
up drinking tea and coffee. The in
terest in the nutrition side of the
work Is the outcome of a nutrition
clinic conducted in the Miner Nor
NAL School by Mrs. Earnest Grant
of the Tuberculosis Association.
The morning devotional period has
been socialized and vitalized this fall
through the participation of the stu
dents in the conduct Of this activity.
Early in November Principal Clark
assigned the teachers Of the theory
department with their respective sec
tions to the devotional exercises for
successive weeks.
In view of the vitalizing and en-
riching power of the correlation of
subjects the members of section "E''
presented program for the week of
October 81 which was Of a geographic
cal nature.
Each morning delegates from the
nations that had attended the confer.
ence were represented. There were
delegates from China. Japan. France.
Italy and England. Each acquainted
the audience with the customs. con-
tributions and problems of her native
land. On the last morning all of the
delegates assembled and a represen-
tative of America offered to each her
advice concerning the solution of her
problems. In return the various ma
tions offered America a solution of
race problem"
The week opened with an oral pre-
sentation of the story of David. Sc
lected as type story for grades three
and four. 1t was followed on the sec
ond morning by "Sir Galahad." On
the third morning Of the exercises
dramatization in pantomime, The
Three Bears" was presented. This
story, so widely known and ranking
first among the children's stories in
America, needed no oral presentation.
No expense whatever was attached
to this stage setting. the only cost
being for the costumes, which were
designed and made of brown cambric
by the players themselves. The nee
essary chairs. bowls and tables were
borrowed from the school. Beds Of
ranging boards across the chairs.
while the idea of woods was carried
out in a similar arrangement of the
school rubber plants.
The week closed with a presenta
tion of Mother Goose rhymes and
gingles. The conventional use of the
curtain was dispensed with through
the substitution of a unique arrange
ment of cardboard held in front OF
each participant and dropped as the
particular character interpreted her
Single.
The past week has been a swift
survey of English literature. por-
trayed by section &C. of the junior
class. The purpose of the exercise
has been to familiarise the student
with the masters of the English Ian
guage and stimulate in them an in
creasing appreciation of English lit
erature.
Groups of students dressed to rep
resent the five ages of Chaucer.
Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth and
Tennyson, have described the charac-
teristics of the periods and significant
events in the lives of the outstanding
writer's and have interpreted striking
passages in their works.