The Washington times., 1924-05-13
PUT.
OUT NEEDED
MAGAZINE
Association Changes Bulletin
Into Quarterly Lauded
by Authorities

"A new magazine. TO be published
Quarterly by the Progressive Edu'
cation Association, which has its
headquarters at No. 10 Lafayette
Square, this city, is making its
debut to the public.
The new publication is an out
growth Of the bulletin which the
organization has ben printing. It
gives concrete material and actual
news of the progressive movement
In education. ss
The association plans to devote
each issue to the discussion OF one
important topic. Bulletins have
been printed and circulated through
out the United States for the past
five years, dating back to 1919,
when q group Of people interested
In educational betterment got to-
gother and organized.
They saw, az many educators
ana parents see today" explained
Gtanwood Cobb, chairman Of the
executive committee Of the organi-
xatton, today, that there was some
thing vitality wrong with the pre-
vailing educational methods which
attempted to fit every child to an
Identical curriculum.
They felt the need of an ergani.
cation which would give wide pub
Lefty to the very valuable data
about educational needs and tenden-
cieg now available; material which
10 being eagerly sought by every
one who feels the Importance Of
sound education"
The contents of the first issue
% the publication cover a wide
range, including contributions from
both American and European edu.
Gators. The contributions cover
the general subject Of individual
education. with articles on the three
CHIEF systems Of individual educa.
ton now in practicable Dalton
plan, the Winnetka system and the
Decroly method.
Although these methods differ
materially in their conception and
application they have a common
ain-which is the abolition of the
routine. recitation, so prolific a
source of idleness and ennui on
the part Of the pupil.
Contributions in this issue include
papers by Frederick Burk, one OF
the pioneers in this country Of in
dividual education; w. Washburne
superintendent of school of Win
netka, ILL.,. who discusses the Win
etka system; Helen Parkhurst, who
describes the Dalton plan as II
operates in Dalton, Mass. and else
where; Ernest Jackman, who gives
an account of visit to the Daltor
High School; John Fades, head
master of the Kirkstall Road Dem
onstration School Of Leeds, who
describes the adaptation Of the Dial
ton plan for English elementary
schools: Divide Decroly, who writes
IN the system Of individual instruc
ton which bears his name in Bel
GUM: Amelie Hamaide, a coilabora
tor Of Decroly, who has an article
on the "Decroly Method" and
Jean Lee Hunt. who contributes ar
article entitled individual Progress
In the DecroIy School" =
The issue also contains a mes
sage Of good will to the editors
from DIR. Charles w. Eliot, presi
dent emeritus Of Harvard Univer
sity, who is honorary president o,
the association. He says:
II congratulate you on the very
interesting contents Of the frs
number Of the quarterly magazine
to the published by, the Progressive
Education Association.
THE progressive schools are In
creaeing rapidly in number and II
influence and the educational pub
lie is becoming more and more
awake to their merits. They are
to be the schools Of the future II
both America and Europe"