New Britain herald., 1929-09-13
HOLMES ANALYzES
 NEEDS OF SCHOOLS
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tuuCdlIOH, III uelenSe or tnelf policy with regard to fraternities is an in dication of the genuineness of their belief that those organizations may be made forces for good. The fact that we had filed in a contrary pol icy lent, l believe, strength to our position"
 MT. Slade also spoke of the prob lem of making the school studies at tractiVe to the graduates of the junior high school. According to Mr. Slade 70 per cent of the graduates of the two junior high schools enroll and many of them do net stay for graduation. It was Mr.. Slade's opin- ion, however, that the Senior High School is in the forefront in it's adaptation to the needs of the adolc- scent.
 His report follows:
 "This is a report of the Senior High school for the school year l926-1929 with a statement of it's ideals and objectives and of the means used to attain them.
 Our ideal is a school workshop with the best of conditions for work for physical and moral health while at work; and with proper and ade- quate anticipation of, and prepara- ton for, the next stage in the eXpe- rionce of its students.
 "This ideal assumes on the part of the student desire for some sort of work. And such an assumption is warranted in a supported public Senior High school.
 "By the time the boy or girl has reached the age of 15 (the normal age of entrance to Senior High school and an age when manhood and womanhood has already bcgum it is essential for the wel-being of both society and the individual that
 F youth resolve to do his part in .! worlds work and that he enter
 ,)n tn cearlier stages of this work
 jhout delay. In this resolution lies large part of the solution of the
 bblems peculiar to adolescence.
 t"The Senior High school should Q regarded as one of the workshops of the city. The school workshop must of course be different from the other workshops. Its tasks must be
 
 variety to meet the aptitudes and abilities of many types of adoles- cents. Its prospective product is not, for the most part, some material commodity that is immediately sal able but rather skills, powers, infor- nation, habits, dominating princi- pies, personalities, that enable their posScssors to find and deserve places in a complex and ever changing so- ciGl life
 Among the ideal conditions for the physical and moral health of the school workers, the plant should include:
 "Work rooms well lighted, well heatod well ventilated, with the fire hazard at a minimum; toilet rooms the most sanitary possible; equip ment of work rooms with all neces- saly books and apparatus; exercise foo-'s for bringing the workers to- gethcr in large groups with ade- quate dressing rooms and baths; library large enough to accommo- niGhed comfortably and with books to meet widely varied interests; offices and conference rooms suited in size and location to the needs of administrative officers; an assembly hall in which may be seated all the members of the school and in which a real community life may find op- portunity for inspiration and eX- pressiOn.
 "With this plant, the teachers and the administrative officers should create and maintain an atmosphere . char cterizcd by belief in good 1. thorough work; in the completion of ones work, and with the joy of the artist; by an cver-prcsent regard for 1 the interests and the rights of others ! whether in the school community or beyond; by sense of responsibility | for the local, state, national and | world communities; by willingness . to accept whatever responsibilities i one may be fitted to carry; by as large an individual liberty and mi 1 tative as may be consistent with a wholesome community life; by an understanding to distinguish be- tween the better and the worse; by i will to choose the better.
 "Inasmuch as the senior high l. school covers normally but three l. years in the life experience of it's students it should, in large measure, ! beIorgani@cd and administered with a view to the future. So far a. po&si- 1. ble it's worI, should have definite hearing upon the future work and responsibilities of its students; and 1. in the plan those who may leave be- /. fore graduation should Ee included. ! "noWards the attainment of tk2 | ideals which l have described we keep in view the following obiec- . tiveS: CD To attract and hold as many graduates of the junior high . schools as may find in its courses the . kind of work that fits into their life plans. CD To have courses so or gaAi2cd, administered and taught as to emphasize the completion of piece of work, and on time, (3) To . have courses so grouped in curricula . as to serve the ultimate, or some . what distant, purposes of the vorlor rather than his immediate interests and inclinations. (4) To conscrve ln . the worker a sound physical con stitution. (5) To make the most of . the opportunity for community in- sprations and activities, an opoor- tunity the extent of which may never again be approached in tic ives of many ot the students.
 Our school is organized, our Wcr'i and other activities are con ducted in the light of these objec- tiyes.
 Our offering of courses is a rich one, particularly when the close CO., operation of the state trade school is considered. Many purposes are met and yet, without doubt, we fail to serve the needs of all the gTaGu- ltoS of the ilniOr hich schnnls A