The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-11

In order to make the new school
two grades have been taken from,
the ward schools and one from the
Senior H,gn school, they being what
is known as the~seventh, eighth and
ninth
Work Is Outlined
In the new school there will be
seventeen home teachers" each with
an average f forty pupils. Five
teachers will care for the seventh
grade students; six for the eighth
and six for the ninth. Students will
be proportioned to the rooms alpha.
uetically.
The purpose of the "home" teach
ears and rooms. is for bringing the
students closer together. and makes
basis for social organization. q, at
the same time it gives the pupils u
broader viewpoint and causes them
20 become better mixers"
Each room will be distinct within
Itself, and as soon as work has be-
come stable pupils will be helped to
organize temseves into bodies with
officers to look after affairs, with
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Furthering this work teachers will
be expected to get acquainted with
pupils parents. in order to carry
the work of the school room into the
daily life Of the child.
Day Begins at $3.50 4. NJ.
With assembly at $50 O'Clock each
n morning, opening exercises of fif-
teen minutes will be held. after which
the Glasses will pass to their differ
ent Instructors for period of one
hour Thirty minutes of this time
will be spent in recitation and assign.
mcnt, after which the child will study
the lessons for the following Ny for
thirty minutes.
The school day will be composed OF
five one.hour periods, with thirty
minutes al noon for lunch. All study
will be done in the class rooms. sup
Elemental reading only will be re-
quired for home study. During the
year four books will be read and re.
ported ON by the student
Finding" Studies First
During the first TWO years in jun
Tor high school the student will be
watched by the Instructors to deter
mine what work il can do best and
along what lines it accomplshes most
explains Prof. Bash. This period is
called the finding period" and when
the lupil takes up ninth grade work
when elective studies are permitted
a foundation FOR a career has been
laid
since all courses in the seventh and
eighth grades are compulsory, the
puIu has 10 choice OF work until
the ninth grade is reached Here
the work is divided into four classes
academic, commercial, industrial arts
and household arts.
The academic studies are prepara.
tory FOR college and form the bases
OF advanced work that will be taken
in senior high school. In the last
year OF junior high work the latter
three classes are merely advanced
work, the Industrial arts being for
boys while the household arts are
Tor girls.
Students Are Given Test
by the graph method all pupils In
the school are classified and placed
into eight groups, the extremes being
the most brilliant and those display
ing subnormal ability. The six groups
between are regarded as the average.
with this classification. teachers
are able To- adjust the work to the
needs OF the child. Those In the
foremost group can finish junior high
school work IN Two years, according
to Mr. Bash. Those In the eighth
class will be given opportunity tol
come forward with as much speed as
possible.
Bash Has Faith In Pupils
The new principal. Mr. Bash. has
the interest OF the student at heart. /.
Thus he is able to vision the work |.
than can be accomplished with the
young Arlmorritcs. Ills faith In a |
student is unfatering His will. /
ingncss to give personal attention Is
noted In his method Of handling the |
youngstess who crowded the new
building during. the past several days |
while registering.
lie is of the belief that too often |
the child is blamed FOR backwardncss, |
when the fault does not lie with the |
child. but with the course of study 4
He does not hpiieve u pupil should be- [
denoted or kept IN lower grade year
after year when with a few changes
in work. the faults could be over.
come
And It s under the guidance OF
such man that Ardmore's newest
educational institute will function