New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-03-28
A Teachers Opinion.

To the minds of teachers, the pro
nouncement of spring has been of
ficially declared in the agitation which
rolls the regularity of education and
blurs bit the working vision o.
those who wonder why March minds
permit themselves to lose sight of the
necessity for educational as well as
calendarial progress if ones to know
| the sun that's summer in the citizen.
/ ship of the life of the city's tomor.
row.
Relative to the question of proper
accomm odations; if proper accommo-
dations means only the providing OF
space to relieve youth from pedal ac-
tivity on sidewalks, New Britain wont
need building program for another
10 years. If proper accommodations
hasn't any concern with its obliga-
ton to the health welfare of the
young, there are still a few basement
rooms which may be utilized and
like enough the results Of the VEN
tilation possible in such wont be any
the more unsatisfactory nor obvious
ly vicious-youth resists much, i'm
youth-than were the youngsters
herded in any other crowded pen each
breathing back the poison of himself
and all taking in the poison of the
masse.
If it's just a question of numbers
per room, any experienced teacher
much ease as she now experiences diff
iiculty in reallyreaching 80 or 40.
If, however, proper accommodations
takes into account what teaching
means--the academic, social, cultur-
al day by day progress in the lives
of children to better fit them for life
activities, the number in room bears
an exacting and definite relation to
the results to be obtained.
The writer controls as much physi-
cal energy in vocal expression as do
many spellbinders- in her opinion, it
isn't much more than pretty good
trick, to hold the attention of 1,400
or 1900 people, young and old, in a
now-and- then talk, speech or holler
To hold, to direct, to make notice
able progress with 80 in day by day
routine of assigned work would tax
the best efforts of the strongest op-
ponent of lesser numbers to- a greater
extent than it taxes her She'd like
to watch them do it!
Talking with one of those opposing
the bond issue | listened to state
ment that our public schools are
palaces.
The analogy is good enough-makes
one realize why European castle hold
ers are trading them inland they
don't need any more expenditure pro-
portionatey to make them liyable
than does New Britain need the same
to promde proper accommodations for
her growing life. A million doesn't
go so far.
1t would seem that the parents of
New Britain should concern them
selves with the question and support
the school committee in the forward
which demands the elm !
nation of portables and basement
rooms and program which doesn't
give more than S5 pupils to any one |
-eacher,-if one imagines the number
too few, I'd suggest the spending of
day in one of the public schools.
IL might be enlightening if he |
wished enlightenment.
Unless the general public is salts /
lied to let the citys progress slip back
INTO the dark, neither politics nor
pocketbooks" will be permitted to in
-erferc with the program of educa-
,lon whose proper accommodation
requires the building of schools.
And after sprlng-summer' in
A, D. MURRAY