New Britain herald., 1927-11-11

minds sufficiently developed to ab- sorb some of these things that are stored in books.
 "One of the values of education is 10 develop the body. help to under stand it and know how to use and care for it. A lot of people when young did not find out a few of the more simple things about the body and wen. on through life crippled as a result.
 Education teaches us how to use the body in play. The man or wom- an who grows up and forgets how to play is In a terrible plight. Teach ing boys and girls 10 play right will help them to live happier and more useful lives.
 Man is the kind o' a person who likes to be with other folks. No one likes to live with a person who cannot get along with other people, We want our boys and girls to learn how to be memhe o' a group. That is one Of the things we ought to ex- peCt.
 Man is an animal. but he Is the kind of an animal that is more than an animal. He Is supposed 10 do more than eat. sleep and Tisgle around q bit. He must do more than inst improve his mind. Some of the greatest crooks and criminals in the world have wonderfully de veloped minds. IT his mind alone is developed he may be a crook. II he develop. his body only he may be a bully. If he Is nothing but a good mixer and develops nothine but his ability to get along with people he may become a parasite and a nuisance. r. he develops all three, mind and body as well as so- cially. he still is developed lopsided Whats the matter with him7 He needs a religion. He needs a moral development. The week day church school gives him the development which makes him four square and keeps him from being 1 lopsided. We want to pass on our 1 heritage of education little better | than We got 1t. Let's develop our selves four-sided.'
 1 Stating that the New Britain schools are among the foremost in the country, Mir. Marsh introduced Miss Margaret T. Ryan. dental hy- gienist. Miss Ryan explained what dental hygiene really means and what 1t consists of in the schools She explained the system of teaching 1 children the proper care o, the teeth.
 A warning 10 mothers was issued when she said "Pacifiers which you give 10 your babies are the most { dangerous things in the world. The! make more crooked mouths and crooked teeth than anything else know Of"
 The Christmas sa.e Of articles made by children and homemade cakes, pies and candy made by the parparents. to be held in the schoo December 9, for the purpose oI ! furthering the work of tbe associ. ation. was explained by MT. Weeks
 Under the present progressive sys- tenn of the New Britain schools, the teacher is guide not taskmaster Principal Louis P. Slade told mem bers of the Parents and Teachers association of the Levi o. Smith school at the Americaniza'ion week meeting in the school auditorium last evening.
 His talk dealt chiefly with the opportunities offered the pupil iron the time he first begins his educa
 ton until his high school days. H.
 also told of the progressive system
 and of the points of improvement
 which it has over the older plans.
 Speaking of the advantages a bo,
 or girl has under the present system
 he said the school offers speca
 kindergartens for five year old chil
 dren. six grades with special schools for children from six to 12 year
 Ut age, JuIlOT Hlsll StnOUlS "lll CIlli Gren from 12 to 15 years of age II
 which each pupil is led to find hi . working place in the world, and
 senior high school with an cooper ating trade school in which youth from 15 to IS may begin life wor through appropriate school activi ties
 Principal Slade told Of the wid reputation New Britain has in th . country because of it's new progres
 sive plan. He said the departme en
 receives inquiries from widely sepa rated points and visitors from ever of