Newark post., 1922-11-08
MISS SNYDER
ADDRESSES PARENTS
AND TEACHERS
Splendid Meeting Held Last
Thursday Night. Demon
stration Given
GROUP SYSTEM URGED

One of the best meetings in recent
months was held last Thursday night
in the High School by the local Par
ent-Teacher Association. When the
meeting was called to order shortly
after eight, the room was full and
many stood up in the rear and in the
hallway.
The principal speaker was Miss
Agnes Snyder, Director of Practice
Teaching at the Women's College.
Miss Snyder spoke on the November
topic of the State Program-"The
School and What 1t Should Do for the
Child" Her address was we'll pre-
pared and splendidly give. Most of
the points she brought out were di-
rected at local conditions and the pos
sible remedies for them.
The nucleus of her talk was built
around the so-called Group System,
which is becoming so popular in the
public schools. By means of stand
ard list of tests, the school children
are examined as to their ability along
various lines of work. Those who are
on par in proportion to their ages
are then placed in group, and given
work which does neither tax their
natural ability nor makes the going
too easy. The grouping in the New
ark Schools, according to Miss Snyder,
is quite irregular and many children
are hampered by being placed in
grades in which they do not right
fully belong. The use of these tests
was urged by the speaker. Eventu-
ally, age will have little affect upon
the grading of children, for those>of
the same ability will be always group
ed together.
Miss Snyder then spoke of the
great opportunity which modern
teaching methods give to the boy or
girl of the creative turn of mind
Many children leave school each year
because they are not keeping up with
the class work and become tired and
disgusted. If there were something
for these kids to do in the way of
making useful things, drawing, paint
ing or sewing, they would then have
an outlet for the creative ability
which may be hidden in them This,
said Miss Snyder, is becoming a most
popular and commendable part of
later day teaching. Along. this line,
some brushes were exhibited by pu-
pills of the local schools which amply
illustrated the speakers point In
closing, Miss Snyder said, "We have
very efficient teachers in the Newark
schools at present and the parents
should realize that they are expend-
ing untiring and earnest efforts to
make the school place where chill
dren want to be. The continual re-
moval and transfer of teachers each
year is directly against the policy of
an efficient and useful school,"
Before Miss Snyder's address, Miss
Cooper gave a demonstration, using
school children as her subjects. A |
class in reading was held with Miss
Cooper doing the teaching and as the |
expression with which the children
read and by the evident interest they
had in their characters. All these lit
tie things help make school a dandy
characters appeared in the story, one
of the children would assume that
character and try to impersonate by
voice and action his idea of the inter-
probation. The other children did like
wise. The audience was amazed at the
place to spend the long winter days.
Mrs. c. o. Houghton, during the
business meeting, preceding the
speaking, appointed Nominating
Committee and also committee to
send cards soliciting members and the
payment of back dues.
The members of these committees
are:
Nominating Comnittee-Miss Eta
Miss Mary Hoffecker, Mrs.
George Medill. :
Committee on Membership and
Dues-Mrs. G. A. Stewart, Mrs. H. X.
Preston$ Mr.. c. C. Hubert.
Cp1icitJpn