Junior High School Practices: A Collection of Articles Dealing with the Junior High SchoolRollo La Verne Lyman, Philip Wescott Lawrence Cox |
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Page 46 - ... per cent of the boys and 74 per cent of the girls have had paid employment.
Page 5 - An organization of grades seven and eight, or seven to nine, whether housed with the senior high school or independently, to provide by various means for individual differences, especially by an earlier introduction of pre-vocational work or of subjects usually taught in the high schools.
Page 20 - ... development of a system of junior high schools has been decided upon as an educational policy, and in view of the results of this survey, that steps should be taken to extend the system of junior high schools, term by term, as far as practicable, with the ultimate aim of relieving...
Page 106 - It is true that our school has had a influence upon the community. Thus it is no uncommon occurrence to have the principal of the school and the boys go out into the field to prune trees, to demonstrate spraying, to select seeds for potatoes and corn, or to test a dairy herd. In a number of cases we have been bold enough to promote stupid boys and girls from as low as the fifth grade directly into the junior high school. Results have been most satisfactory. In one of the larger junior high schools...
Page 21 - Principals. The past year or two has witnessed a country-wide crystallizing of the conviction that the enacting clause of a real junior high school is a reorganized program of studies. Dr. Judd said to the Chicago principals last May that "the real business of the junior high school is to organize a new curriculum, organize a new body of constructive material which shall be richer and better for the children. That is the only legitimate motive for this organization.
Page 124 - Secretary shall keep a record of the minutes of the meetings of the club and conduct all correspondence.
Page 127 - Lawrence Street New York City LEADER— Ask Yourself 1. Do I know exactly what I want my class to do at each moment when I am in charge? 2. Is my class organized so that each boy is responsible for some particular thing in each activity? 3. In what ways is Speyer better because I am here? Because my class is here? 4. Do I set the pattern for my class? a. Am I obedient? b. Do I do my work a little better than I am required to do it? c. Do I always play fair? d. Do I ever nurse a grudge? e. Do I threaten...
Page 107 - In the junior period emphasis should be placed upon the attempt to help the pupil to explore his own aptitudes and to make at least provisional choice of the kinds of work to which he will devote himself.
Page 132 - S" were clear and definite. Every boy had a copy of the "Requirements." REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SPEYER "S" PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY Points 1. Making one or more of the class teams 10 2. Making one or more of the school teams 15 3. Doing ten practical exercises in perfect form with ease 20 4. The correction within six months or marked improvement of any physical handicaps relating to eyes, nose, skin, throat, feet, etc 10 5. Demonstrating a knowledge of at least five offensive and defensive movements in wrestling...
Page 61 - must not lose sight of its responsibility to each child as an individual, and to society, whose agent it is for leading the children as individuals and as groups toward the goal of social efficiency.