Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-28
FINE DEMONSTRATION |
OF SCHOOL WORK
Given in Atlanta School Dis
trict, Near Bridgeville,
Last Night.

sussex fOiK tuTncu OUT III ioiSS i""'
evening to attend tho second demon
stration meeting in the statewide
series planned by the State Parent
Teacher Association, hold at Atlanta
School District No. 7a. near Bridge
vile. Approximately 200 pcrrons wore
crowded In the one-room school tol
enjoy the program suggested In tho
State program leafiet for the month
OF November. According to the plan,
schools where there are especially
capable teachers have been selected by
the supervisors OF the State Board OF
Education. and requested to give the
program 20 that visitors from ed-
joining associations may observe and
IND an incentive to repeat tho pro-
grams in their own districts. The sub
ject for the month OF November to
be considered in the Parent-Teacher
Associations throughout the state. IL
they play in on the state program. is
THE School-4What it Should Do for
the Child" The idea is TO make every
parent-teacher meeting positive
demonstration 10 the people of the
neighborhood OF Just what the chill
school room. and the Atlanta meeting
Judging Il fvom thie standard. was a
splendid success. The walls Of the
school room were lined with exhibits
OF the children's work. the Various
projects suggested In the lea1et by
the supervisors OF the state Board of
Education for the month OF November.
There were booklets illustrating with
free hand cutting. the story Of the
pilgrims. written in the child's own
handwriting. Thanksgiving poems and
the story OF Hiewathas tasting and
the corn. A -and table displayed an
Indian village which had been nodded
by the children. play. "Epaminon-
das.' cleverly presented by the chill
dren. afforded the laugh OF the even
ing.
Just how reading IL taught now
days, was illustrated with the class
of Fourth grade children. by Mics
Agnes Snyder of the Women's Col
lese OF Newark The children, drilled
for five days by the teacher on the
etory selected for the lesson, worked
out their own dramatiratlon under
the skillful leadership OF Miss Snyder
Methods Of teaching. both silent and
oral reading, were exhibited and an
Ideal TO aspire TO In reading was set
by the teacher when she read fer the
children the poetical version of the
same story from another author Fol
lowing the demonstration lesson. DR.
Florence T.. Bamberger of Johns Hop.
kine University discussed the topic a
the evening. DR.. Bamberger emphasiz-
ed the fact that scientific teschine
has become possible. and it ie the only
kind of teaching that is fair 10 the
child Every child has an individualitl
and varying capacity for education.
IL the work of the school 10 discov
er. first, hB capacity. and then pro
vide the means for its DEVELOPMENT
Just ae phyeiclans ss n result Of thou
sands and thousa nds of tests, know
tho things that are normal, from tn
, physica! standpoint. for men and wo
mon. just no. in a degree which 4
increasinRly sure. can the teacher dis
cover the things that are normal in
telleotually. for children. DR. BAN
berger allowed picture based upo
the tests made by the supervisor las
year In the Atlanta school. The abilit
] OF the children In reading was graphic
l. ally exhibited In the figures of a bo
and girl climbing a hill. the top G
: which represented the goal for fourt
grade children. With the illustration c
type OF training that is being give
| children. With the illustration of tn
{ type OF training that is being give
. by the teacher. Mrs. Leta s. Willie,
!, apparent in the response OF the chlI
{ dren during the work. of the evenin,
D DR.. Bamberger declared, There is n
e occasion for worry in this district
/ believe. without doubt. the childre
, VIII go over the top before next June
= Teachers and officers of the Parent
a Teacher Associations We're praser
, from the following districts: Bridge
Vile, Cannon. Trinity, Wesley, Pre-
greSs and Meals.