The New York herald., 1921-07-05
SUMMER SCHOOLS
TO START TO-DAY
/ All Problems Submitted by
264 Teachers to Be Worked
Out at N. Y. Z.

The season of summer schools begins
to-day with universities and colleges
the country over reporting large en-
rolmerts and educational programmes
of special interest
Problems have been submitted by 264
educators to the educational confer
ences whicn marked the opening of the
summer school of New York University.
These were submitted as the result OF
QUESTIONABLE sent out by James e.
Lough, director of the New York Uni
versity Summer School, asking teachers
to make a list Of their principal troubles
and submit them to him.
Two hundred and sixty-four teachers
thought of LAT problems that worried
or distressed them in the course of
their work, and the worry that led all
the rest was financial worry An analy-
sis of the letters shows that this trouble
Is not peculiar to any city, group of
schools or section of the country. Four
teen of the seventeen State supern-
tendents of schools that replied COM
plain OF it and twelve put financial dis
tress in the first place.
New York city teachers are least con-
ccrned about money matters, only nine
of the sixty-two letters received from
matter. although the New York teach
ers mentioned 426 problems. Many of
them spoke of the condition of build
ings and equipment. Many others dwelt
on problems of health and play. But
the matter OF greatest concern to the
New York educators was teaching and
its problems methods and devices.
Other problems that are deeply con-
corning American teachers are the
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sell education to parents, how to sell
education to the child over IA who
wishes to drop out of school, how to
pay higher salaries 70 men teachers
without injurinS the morale of the
teaching force as a whole. how to elimi-
nate incompetent, inefficient and insub-
ordinate teachers, the increasing cost Of
education End how best to use the play
instinct to strengthen learning and de-
velcl ment.
At Columbia University where the
twoLty-second summer school season be-
gan the attendance exceeded that Of
any previous year. and Registrar Ed
ward j. Grant reported that nearly
5000 students already have put in an
appf arance. Registration will end at
T.. NJ. to-day.
The curricula comprises 1000 courses.
This season several hundred business
men of New York are enrolled at Column
biR, and among the students are Office
workers, mill hands. advertising men
and Journalists.
are on a larger scale than ever before.
Earl Hall, centre of the social and re-
lisious life Of the university. houses the
various social and service organizations.
CHAPEL services will be held daily at
8 A. n. Concerts will be held on the
Greer on Mondays, Wednesdays and
E'riJa;s. On Thursday at p. NJ. Col.
William Barclay Parsons will address
the summer school convocation in the
gymnasium.
A rev kind OF summer school opened
under the direction OF the Institute for
Public Service, of which julius II.
Barnes is Chairman. This Is for the
special benefit of about 10000 school
teachers and superintendents- who will
take summer school courses In the uni
verssties of this city. At Amsterdam
avenue and 115th street the institute
has assembled q collection of facts and
pictu; es about progressive ideas actual
ly at work in hundreds OF schools and
colleges. 1t is called the Schoolmen's
and Publishers Exhibit. Besides in
dexcd and mounted stories Of what pro-
gressive school men and properly taught
children can accomplish, more than
twenty publishers are exhibiting the
latest texts. maps and materials for
modern schools, new methods of teach
ing different subjects and of testing the
mentality OF pupils.
A bodily mechanics chart invented for
Harvard University shows the right and
wroi.g way TO use the feet, and is just
as useful to adults as 1t Is to students.
A complete study is presented Of the
schools OF New York, their excellent
points and their defects. Parents are
especially invited to attend this exhibit
tion.