Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-22


find q certain satisfaction 10 estimating
the moro import1nt achievements which
have been made in the course of tbs past
few months In the Education Depart
rnent, especially, have the results been
gratifying, since the work Of the students
has eyerted an influence which ~ not only
directly beneficial 20 the students them
selves but 10 society through the pro-
gressive steps in practical educationa
methods aud child psychology which
are being demonstrated IN student pro
iects One OF the most interesting Of these
projects has been developed in the first
grade Of the Newark Public School under
the direction OF Cardelle Williams,
Senior at the Women's College and Miss
Pauline VI Rutlelge. demonstration
teacher in the primary grades The chil.
firen1 n this depart ment have set of
! Patty Hill building blocks which are
/ large light in weight and of sIch varied
shapes as 70 furnish adequate material
1 for worth while construction nOuses
with actual doors and windows and ceilings
/ high enough To permit small children %
+ play inside the rooms, wagons serOplenes 3,
4 etc. Early this fell one of She children, +,
/ n little more imaginative than the others
+ conceived the dea 81 making from these
/ blocks n store with real counters The
+ cue was taken by the tascheTs who direct
ed the impulse into truly educational
channels The store vas built. but while
the children we're busy with the manip-
ulative side of the adventure tney were
encouraged ~ think about the plan -
decide what kind of 4 store they should
have and to choose the things necessary
for opening = good store. Empty cans
and boxes in which spices, tea, coffee,
cereals. raisns and other package goods
are purchased were collected by the chill
dren and arranged attractlvely on the
shelves
The problem of prices then arose Here,
as ~ every step IN the development of the
idea the teachers encouraged the chiid :
ren 20 arrive AZ their own solutions and
insisted ipon accuracy. Actual, not hcti :
tious price were secured by inquiry - 70
current market quotations
The children . sed the school hand
printing press 10 print these prices neat
" upon pieces of cardboard ard then Al
tached t he labels o the packages By rneans
Of steel clips which they had collected
While engaged in this work the child
drsn acquired surprisingly large Teanlns
voca abulsrv based IDon actual practice y
handling the plainly labeled goods q
every day use In supplying toy nnone)
for purchases and in learning 70 rnak'
correct. chang 'uumbe- work became
fascinating game. 50 the plan grew ant
the idea developed the children TOOK IN
initiative IN each new step, but ncund
ready and encoura giu response from MIS-
Rutledge ard Miss Williams IN every case
An especiaIly happy illustration = IN
was shown when TIE children, 70 tnel
up-t0-date properly Dlacarded AmeEI
Il hanr4ka uTFrn rFYT-
rnodities Is sugar corn meal, and 0rne
goods generally sold In nulk. he crIldrel
secured containers for these article
and Miss Rutledge introduced scales =
make possible 2 Just distribution 2
'saw-dU ST sugar In wei ghInE ounces aIf
pounds Of this Pre- clous substance .
children found 1t ali pleasure 70 earn IN
avoirdupoIs table WHICH usually ave
older children 80 much trouble. From TIN
point il was merely +. step % ada dry ant
liGuId msasuTe tables 70 the children
list Of accomplishments.
At present the store Is well eqmpp e
70 handle ths reeds OF al customers desir
ing groceries, but the teachers are read,
70 neet any suggestions from the childre
as 10 the reed for new departments
Cardelle Williams, VINO has been co
operating with Miss Rutlegste IN directln
this interesting project, has nowcomplete
her requirements in practice teachlns
but her work Will be continued BY othe
} students in Miss Agnes Snyder's educa
tion classes.
MY NEsoTA PLAN.
Distinctly worth while work IN eGuca
ton has been accomplished during th
past term By the Sophomorss IN the sam
. / a h.Nqz rha Mn
nesOta course Of study, which Is now Use
in all Delaware Elementary schools the
have recast It into n series Of project
and have indicated the required suolec
matter Of the course which each prolec
covers. Ia addition they have compile
! a bihhogaphy of up-to-date related mater
al obtained from all source, books, ma g
zines, pamphlets, United States depart
ment bulletins, and advertising material
Dean Robinson ard Miss Mary +
Rich, Field Secretary in Education, al
tended the Inauguration OF Governor VA
ham D. DenDey on Tuesday.
They both found, IN the governor
attitude toward the colleges, encourage
ment and q promise for continued SuT
port By the state executive of 3 progreS
/ sive educational program III Delaware
On Wednesday night Miss Rich helr
ed in the organization of a Parent Ieachc
Association at the Oak Grove School, q
! Elsmere.
Because Of the time which must b
given to examinations, chapel aSsembl
has been discontinued since Wednesda
morning. The last two chapel period
were, however, extremely interesting
On tuesday morning, Miss Rachel lay
lor Of the art department gave delight
ful account of Jessie Wilcox Smiths Lt
} and work She pictured the artist workln
. in her attractive home surrounded BY III
;: children Of her friends whom she entce
5 by the charm and beauty of her hous
. and garden 10 play near her. She ais
| told Of Miss Smiths abomlnatlon Of th
b paid child model and Of her love Tor natul
al childhood which she represents 50 d'
hghtflllv upon her canvases. To ulustrat
this skillful handling or child studlei
Miss TAYLOR distributed among the student
mounted reproductions of Miss smith
work culled from magazines as well 9
several books Illustrated by this mos
beloved Of American artists, On Wedne'
day morning, Miss Dorothy Wolf, OF tt
Biology Department, read several beaut
full selections from the College Antholog,
Among them were a few wNch Wei
written by her former classmates at Sinit
College.
Miss Williamson Of Teachers Colleg
Columbia University, was dinner que
of the faculty on We e1nesday evenln
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