Evening star., 1922-09-27
PROVISION FOR ALL
CHILDREN UNDER5
Suggestion Made for Estab-
fishing Sufficient Number of
kindergarten Schools.
URGED BY PRINCIPAL S
Other Recommendations for Bet
ter Educational Facilities En-
bodied in Supt. Ballou's Report.

| Establishment OF enough kinder
gartens to provide for all children Of
five years of age and that e1orts D.
made to insure full year of kinder
garten training for each pupil before
he enters the first grade is recon-
mended in a report prepared by Sn-
pervising Principals Flora L. Hendley
land Marion p. Shadd. comprising
isection of the fourth installment oi
1.-THE annual report of Superintendent
of Schools Frank w Ballou, made
tpublic today The entire fourth sec
:tion of DIR. Ballou's report IS taken
up with reports and recommenah
ttions of supervising principals, AZ
,signed by the superintendent I" studE
special administrative and educator
problems Of Washington's public edu-
cational system.
| Other Recommendations
| The report of Miss Hendlcy ana
miss Shadd. which is the result OF
| study by them of the subject OF pro
imot!on. non promotion and retafHa-
| tion of pupils. also recommended.
! That first-grade classes h" organ
! lied on II basis of not more tndh
I
| classes for experimental work. with
| children whose rate OF progress IL
! slower than that Of the averae"
! child. be established in each division
physical examination and inteili-
! gence test he given to ev"rT ch!ia
who enters the public schools
! 1t was revealed in the report iha
Of total of 26,sSs pupils IN tn"
frst four grades, s.3as repeated
I c. 1yyoo ocfa ar
j pupils In the first A grade repeated
! that grade six times. ii pupil N III"
! seconG a grad repeated tina
j grade sixteen times. and a pupil in
; the fourth A grade repeated tha'
| grade eleven times.
| These facts should prompt uS I"
ask ourselves whether we teachers
| and school officers are doing all W"
, ought to do. or what we ought /"
do. for these pupils who are SO tre-
Guently failing Of promotion" con-
| mented DR. Ballou. Are these pupil
having a square deal educationailH
Here is food for thought.
School Attendance Discussed.
! A report prepared by Supervis.i@
Principals Hosmer II. Johnson aua
John c. Nalle after a careful eNarina
ton of the workings of the schoo.
iattendance department. emphasized
that "irs, Of all. the teacher should
clearly realize that she herself. ON
tlrelN uGalOel uE TUItS anu olIti
school regulations. is responsible IL
a very large measure for the good
or bad attendance in her school. Sh"
should know that as rule. witt
very few exceptions, the better tn
school the better the voluntary at
tendance Of the pupils. and that whil'
it may not be possible for the bes'
of teachers to secure perfect al
tendance in their schools-that is, 1"
have II all that it should bet j..
I 10, he attendance,
! of a school is. in very large degree.
i reliable measure of the efficiency o:
| the teachers work.
1T would he very unfortunate.
continued the report Of Mr. J"hns"ns
and Mr. Nalle. for teacher 10 feel
] that any law or rule of the board "f
education designed to help only ia
securing good attendance in school
relieved her Of any responsibility ~
the matter. She should feel rath'r
that such regulations are only in
tended to supplement and not TAX"
the place of her efforts-that her hrst
and last duty is to make the children
want to come to school by making her
school good school
Supt. BnlIou's Comment.
Commenting on this report Surt-
Ballou said that the attendance de-
partmentS are fnnctioning as eHcc-
lively as possible. They are not
doing all that they might do under
,
Ballou. "They need better salaries
more attendance officers and ne"
compulsory attendance law before
they will accomplish All that they
ought to accomplish. The new com
| pulsory attendance and school census
bin. now before Congress. is intended
TO put these departments on more
! efficient basis.
Supervisiug Principal Seiden NJ.
rly who reported on the furnitur"
1f al q . GrhnnIS
denlored the failure to repair the wall
! ,.lncks in the schools. There has heru
no contract for the repair "t Wall
clocks for several years. said MI
Ely, consequently many of thes"
clocks throughout the city are hol
running and present a bad appear
ance in the buildings.
DIR. KimbalIs Report.
The report of Dr. Ephriam q.
+! Kimhall. supervising principal. on
thrift teaching in the elementary
schools. showed that s9.on6.5i vas
. buildings At the close of the last
school year. he said. there were
ithirtv-nfne automatic savings banks
in the various schools, installed ana
operated by Zen dlHerPHt Sa\tHsS
= banks
. In commenting on Or. kimba us re
port. Supt. Ball"u said that the IN
production of The automatic SAVING
itellerS is not the OliN means cinprs
ed in the Washington schools i"'
,teaching thrift. This report describe
iwhat has been done in this one i"-
spect," declared the supcrInt"Id"ni
"No machines were Installed h"i"'"
: March, 1922 The brief period Of u~''
anpears to indicate that these ma
chimes may serve a very useful pNt-
nose in encouraging the saving 81
imoney on the part of young pcrsohS-
a wider use may be expected. n"
Incorporation of the banks IN lhIs
.matter is appreciated.
Educational Research.
! Reporting on their study OF educa
tt;onal measurement and research.
Supervisng Principals Robert !.
! Haycock and John &. Bruce pointed
out that Dr. l.. J. O'Rourke. director
of psvchological research of the 'lHil
, ;Seryire Commission. admin iStored -
, number of tests in Mckinley ami
: BUSINESS high schools for research
: nurposea in order to establish forms.
r "Dr, O'Rourke," the report said. mas
. devised several tests the purp"s"
of which is not only to determin"
: several intelligence. hut also To re-
: veal special aptitude as for mcchani-
> cal work or for stenography and book
. keeping. When finally revised ana
standardized his tests will be of value
> IN the guidance of high school fresh
men in the selection Of courses"