Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-30

sibls for the attendance records OF the
two sroupa Of pupils who cit IN her
room. Special teachers cooperate to
the extent Of assisting In the taking
and recording of attendance and tardi-
ness. Al much AZ possible Of the clcri- |
cal work Of tho homo rooms u dele
gated to the principals clerk. Each
class hns class captain who carries
AN attendance record card with him
from class to class, This card II pre-
scented by the captain TO each spccial
teacher to whom the class recites for
her attendance record md when nc
returns to the home room the captain
brings the card with the complete
record Of his class for the time II has
been out OF the home room.
Special rooms must oe provided
with seats for pupils Of various sizes
from the hrEt grade through the sixth
grade or In some instances the eighth
Mr., Spain continues. This may be
done by using three sires OF Moulthrop
seats combined with group OF kin
dcrgnrten chairs In front. 1t II quite
easy TO care for pupils from Grade j
to Grade VI In one room. but when
thy seventh and eighth grades are
present. II makes the problem more
difncult. This difficulty viii be OBJ
Waited. however. by the six-three-three
organization. The auditorium is seat
ed with opera chairs but tho small
children sit In kindergarten chairs In
the front OF tho ROOM
Regarding the organization OF In
structlon Mr.. Spain first takes up the
academic classes and on this subject
he says.
The home room Is the regular
school-room home OF the pupil. The
home room teacher Is responsible for
his attendance. conduct, and scholar
ship: She not only has hin, under
her direct control three hours OF the
day and exerts tho same type OF In
nuence over him that the teacher ha~
always exerted In the traditional,
school, but she also co-operates with
the other teachers IN planning his
work, keeps I'm touch with his prog
ress and conduct. and communicates
with his parents In all matters Gin
which the cooperation OF the home
and school Is necessary. While 1t is
true that the pupil In tho platoon
school is under the direct eye OF his
home room teachers from sixty to
ninety minutes less than he would be
In the traditional school, II IL also
true that the home room teacher has
direct control over bim,for one hun
dred and eighty minutes and has In
direct control over him all Of the
time. During Mt least three hours OF
the day she does continue TO exercise
that material influence over him OF
which we hear SO much. During the
, periods OF the day In which the pupi
liz out from under the home room,
tteachers direct control. he Ia develop.
Ing az interest. an enthusiasm, and .
desire 10 work which enables the HON,
room teacher TO accomplish more Will
him during the three hours he IA In he-
immediate presence. II II better fol
both pupil and teacher that he doe.
not sit I'm the home room during tn,
entire day.
The home room teacher under thi,
{ organization may become n specials
, In the formal subjects. In the smaller
, platoon schools the home room mus
{ care for the instruction I'm arithmetic
; spelling. geography, or history. an,
} part of the work I'm English. In tn
larger schools. where there is create
2 variety OF special rooms, It liz pos
sihle to have n special room for gcor
raphy and history. and TO permit IN,