The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-13
c. W. RICHARDS GIVES INTERESTING
REPORT FROM MEETING OF NATIONAL
SUPERINTENDENIS AT ATLANTIC CITY

At the regular monthly faculty
session Of Ardmore public schools,
during the past week. C. W. Rich
ards, superintendent gave a detailed
account of the National Superinten-
dents meeting which he attended re-
Gently at Atlantic City, n. j.
Mr.. Richards was present at
number of group meetings where
various phases of the educational work
were discussed. Among them were the
National Council and General So
ciety for Scientific Education. At the
latter a thorough analysis of Kinder
garten work was given.
Mr.. Richards talk in part is as
follows:
DIR. Gray Of the University Of Chi
cago, said that they found a boy there
in the fourth grade, Is years old, and
yet he could not read an ordinary
selection. He said they took him to the
laboratory and gave him q test and
found out the boy was not able on
account of the condition 0f his eyes,
sAe was not able to pick out or rec
ognize the words as they succeeded
each other in the line. And he found
Ult also on account of an angle Of
vision, the two eyes were different,
and for that reason ne had difficulty
in following q line through. Also found
1t difficult In tracing back the line
he read, and finding the next line be-
low. He gave this boy exercises like
this. He would select printing and
would separate the words quite a
ways, and then would make the dis
tinction between the line OF reading
about four times as far apart as
IN ordinary readers After giving him
ten lessons of that kind he said that
the boy had 80 improved he could
go back to his class and read on an
average with the pupils in his class
II wondered as / listened to him
as he gave a number of laboratory
lessons they had tried out in the
school of education in Chicago, II the
teachers in the Ardmore schools could
not, if we had the time and 0ppor-
tunity to study Individual children,
II we could not trace the trouble with
some OF our poor readers to something
like that. At least it showed me this,
in dealing with an individual child
we must know about his trouble and
then when we have analysed it, We
must endeavor to correct whatever
difficulty there is. That lead me to
make this statement. II there is any
thing l am proud of in Ardmore
schools, it is the Department of Re-
search, physiological research. II there
is anything l am pleased to discuss
with other men from other cities
OF the country, it is TO talk about
the things we are doing in scientific
research in our schools.
Pleased With Home System
II want to say to you that l fully
recognize the fact that we are han
dcapped. because we cannot employ
sufficient help, but ! realize that the
most OF the work is done by one man
si2ed by the teachers, you are doing
the actual work. l have reached the
point where / believe that work in
educational research is going rap
idly forward. Mr.. Rinsland made an
analytical study of conditions that
exist in the different subjects and
grades in our school system, and we
found that different conditions have
prevailed, and l say what have We
done 10 remedy that specific condition.
II is not sufficient for the physician
10 come TO see you when i'll, and
diagnose your condition and say you
have typhoid fever. That is good
enough, but unless you apply the
remedy that is needed in that case,
you may die with typhoid, and you
will not be any better off than if he
had not come TO see you. I want TO
urge you teachers That you coop
crate in the fullest way possible in
this department and that you help to
make a study Of the individual chill
dren, conditions in your room, and
that you endeavor to apply the rem
edy, so that we may get the results
We desire
Hears DIR. Henry Van Dyke
The convention prper was on Sun
day the 27th. There was only one
thing on the program that day, and
that was sermon al IL o'clock by
DIR. Henry Van Dyke. II nothing else
had taken place the sermon was worth
the trip. The text was Rejoice. Young
Man, and again l sly Rejoice cant
give you his entire sermon, but viii
10
Art and Morals. He said. 1t is just
a. bad TO be wrong through art rs
ii Is TO cheat in commerce. II is fool
ish to insist that the decorative can
be the highest artistic expression.
You can't uplift man by Chippcn-
dale furniture. / have heard better con-
versations in homes with rag rugs
than In handsome salons.
There Is a difference between the
real nude IN art and that which is
undressei. Too many pictures are
just undressed. IL we are In sound
health We can feel the difference
There Is certain kind Of art that
has little In IL except exposure OF the
body. The state has the same right
TO protect its citizens from deadly
art rs II has to prohibit the carrying
OF deadly weapons. But | do not think
the law can rach the matter; II is
spiritual.
Teachers. let us not rely wholly
upon the law to make people virtu-
Gus. What We need TO promote better
nrf ara moi Qtrirfpr efatufoa md do
crcss, but moro moral sense which
is not subject to sleeping sickness.
From some plays one secs each
season In New York one might infer
there was only one commandment,
the seventh, and mankind knew but
Al.