Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-18

ways outside CT the class work in
which she had assisted the. foreign
born people of Portland, by investigat-
ing cases where those in meaSre cir
cumstances had been discharged from
their daily work, and cases where fg-
norant foreigners had been greatly
overcharged for provisions and serv-
ices.
Principal n. A. Potter
Many valuable suggestions for ad-
vcrtising the night school were con-
tained in the talk given by Principal
II. A. Potter OF the Bangor evening
schools He told OF the fine results
from placing a large banner outside
OF the school and putting posters in
show windows advertising the courses
Evening school directors have q
great advantage in advertising because
they can get the assistance and cooper
alton of everyone in the community"
lie asserted.
Cards can be placed in :he electric
railroad cars calling attention to the
evening school methods and courses
and frequent items in the local news
Papers are Of great value.
Another variety of oral advertising,
having announcements regarding the
school made IN the churches and before
local clubs.
Director L. w. Mckay
Leslie W. Mackay, vocational direc-
tor. OF Sanford. in speaking on Some
Suggestions for Courses of Study as
serted that he thought the unit course
is the best by far for the evening
school because it can be given without
reference to what has preceded or what
may follow it. BY discovering the inn
mediate needs of the people the school
is able to organize and arrange its
courses so that instruction may be
given which has a direct relation to
the day employment.
BY means of such courses a student
in the evening school may select the
particular unit of work that Is Of
most immediate value to him as a
means to the next step forward in in
dustry. and may leave until a later
date that which has a remote value.
Among the unit courses that be
given in the evening school If there
is need for them Mr.. MacKay suggest
cd the following:
Unit courses in carpentry and build
inS-Course !, stair building. Course
2. roof framing. Course 3, inside finish
ing.
Unit courses in printing /.
stone work. Course .. press work !;
Course 3, advanced press work. Course
4, job composition.
Unit courses in electricity-Course
l, general wiring. Course .. interior
telephone system. Course 3, motors.
Course 4, moving pictures operators
course.
Some units would run week. others
would run 10 weeks, but the work
would be covered intensely and closed
as soon as completed. certificates
granted and the students impressed
with feeling Of accomplishment.
Speaks on "Types of Teachers"
characterization teachers can't
be exactly angels. but must have I'M
bounded patience, discernment, and
above all. sympathy and tact in or
der to deal inteIligently with the
sensitive and self conscious foreign
err who comes to him forsknowl-
edge" declared Principal James III.
Bradbury of the Biddeford evening
school. who spoke on the subject
Types of Teachers"
The teacher who wishes to sue
coed must be discerning enough TO
read character from faces. be Sensi-
tive to the slightest expression of
dissatisfaction, he able to put the
most timid and self conscious at
ease. to restrain the ovcr-confident
and boosters: in short. be able to
make each pupil feel that he is just
as important as anyone else.
He must be enthusiastic In the
work of teaching and always seem
to lead. but never to drive. for the
men and women who attend night
schools are voluntary pupils. and
therein lies the difference between
the pupils OF night and day schools.
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