(L) Laboratory work. Show sam- For further information, write The September Century will publish a collection of "Songs for the New Age"-six pages in all-by James Oppenheim. Other modern poets represented in this number of The Century will be Grace Harding Conkling, Louis Untermeyer, author of "Challenge," Arthur Davison Ficke, author of "Mr. Faust," and Margaret Cobb, a mountain woman of California with no schooling, bound to a life of peculiar hardship, whose poetical gift was first discovered by Jack London, who lent her some books of verse. The faculty and friends at Teacher's College recently listened to a most instructive lecture by Miss Charity Dye upon the "Psychological Moment for the School Historical Pageant in Indiana." Miss Dye illustrated her lecture by what the children had done in New Harmony as proof of the contention that the school pageant was a distinctive division of pageantry demanding certain conditions of time and treatment. The point receiving most stress in the lecture was that the time is ripe for the schools of Indiana to begin, through the pageant to make the minds of the children ready for the observance of the centennial of the state mastery of reading, writing and arithmetic and without a background of experience should have an added amount of time to do the work so that it would be a joy to them instead of a forced task. She showed by illustration how the whole school and the whole community were brought into co-operation in the preparation of a pageant in an educative way, and that no other way had a right to be imposed upon innocent children. Glenn V. Scott, superintendent of Floyd county, is finding his efforts. toward securing better school buildings are bringing results. Three new modern school buildings are now being constructed. Here is an old maxim that is much quoted and unlike most of these proverbial epigrams it is really true: "Friendship that is the outcome of business is much better than business that is based on friendship." What I write here is written after four years of business dealings that have ripened into a friendship that is mutual. To know any one it is best to live with them-next to that is the test of business relations that reveal the inside workings of one's mind in a way. that no phrenologist or psychologist can ever describe. Business must be spiritualized, for the highest and truest friendship is that which grows out of a mutual exchange of commodities. Peace and plenty should be our common lot if we were all really friends. We are beginning to realize that the work of a state is not to conduct an eleemosynary effort to dispense charhood of Indiana. She said that chility, but it is to so conduct the people's dren who were getting ready with the affairs that happiness will be pro When Trustee G. C. Shultz began to build the beautiful Wayne Township consolidated school, he did not tear down the little one-room school building. After the new $23,000 Wayne school was completed, the attention of both Trustee Shultz and Superintendent Driver was turned to this little old-fashion brick building and they conceived the idea of turning it into a house where the janitor was to live. Four hundred dollars was spent for repairs, before the building was arranged to the satisfaction of Mrs. Ethel Burkett; she has running water and artificial light in her country home. which is only about fifty feet from the main school building. Many women in Indiana contribute largely to the uplift and betterment of always on hand when the bully needs a little private attention. We take pleasure in giving in this school mother. We have personal knowledge that she is a beautiful house keeper, the teachers say that she is a good cook and a good nurse. Mr. Burkett is employed for eight months in the year as janitor of the Wayne building and receives $400 a year for his services. In addition he receives a house, garden, stable. He has graded the yard about the school grounds and about his home and he makes such repairs as are possible to be made in the limited time which he has. We shall be pleased to receive photographs from any of our readers. who this Randolph can duplicate this County school and home. The Marion County Teachers' Institute was unusual in that the pro gram changed each day. Co. Supt. Lee E. Swails, a year ago, made arrangements to have for his instructors, Dr. E. B. Bryan, President of Colgate College, Hamilton, N. Y.; Prof. Milton Harris, Chicago, Ill., and Julia Fried Walker, Indianapolis. A few days before the Institute Superintend ent Swails was notified that it would be necessary for Dr. Bryan to undergo a serious operation and that he could not be present. Immediately arrangements were made for Dr. Book of the State Department of Public Instruction to speak twice on Monday. Tuesday, Prof. L. J. Rettgar, of State Normal, spoke twice. Wednesday Dr. Robert Kelly of Earlham spoke twice, Thursday Supt. J. G. Collicott spoke twice, and on Friday morning Hon. Addison C. Harris, formerly U. S. minister to Austria, spoke upon Emperor Francis Joseph. Mrs. Walker's work was primary and Mr. Harris had the music work. Each of these did their regular work. MY CREED. By H. A. Waters. I would be true, for there are those who trust me, I would be pure, for there are those who care; I would be strong, for there is much to suffer; I would be brave, for there is much. to dare. I would be friend of all the foe-the friendless; I would be giving, and forget the gift ;. I would be humble, for I know my weakness; I would look up-and laugh-and love and lift. The Sabbatical Year. President Sparks, of Pennsylvania State College, has recently sent to the Bureau of Education the following account of the policy pursued by that institution in granting leaves of absence to its teachers. Certain features of the plan appear to be unique: The sabbatical year is primarily a reward for faithful service, although the recipient may use it for study. A young instructor desiring to pursue advanced study must wait six years, and his classes must be deprived for that time The chief of his increased efficiency. objection to a "leave-at-any-time" system is the uncertainty whether the instructor is in duty bound to return to the institutions and at what compensation and for how long. At the Pennsylvania State College a system has been in successful operation for the past five years and seems to be well adapted to institutions of collegiate rank. collegiate rank. Any instructor may obtain a year's leave at any time for the purpose of pursuing study at an approved university. During the year he receives as compensation the difference between his salary and that necessary to pay a substitute to do his work. In return, he agrees to return for a period of three years or to repay the college the sum he received during the year's absence. He returns at the same salary at which he left, but his salary during the remaining two years is not affected by the leave. That is, he has the benefit of any increase which he would have had if he had not been on leave. Should the recipient desire to spend a second year in study, it is considered as non est. The leave is continued without salary and the number of years of service remains at three. Under this system the college suffers no financial loss, has only the disadvantage of substituting a cheaper instructor during a year, and improves a teacher either for itself or some other institution. The instructor has a year of advanced study and, if he receives a call to another place, it is at an advanced salary which will permit him to buy off his indenture. SPECIAL OFFER, ALL FOR TEN CENTS IN STAMPS DURING SEPTEMBER NEW 1914 CATALOGUE OF The Perry Pictures It ought to be in every home and in every school-room. It contains 64 pages with cover in two colors. For a frontispiece it has one of the beautiful Boston Edition Pictures. As an insert it has one of the New York Edition pictures and also one of the Seven Cent pictures, also one of the Bird Pictures in Natural Colors. Besides these, it contains 1,600 miniature illustrations, showing pictures that are published in The Perry Pictures. It also contains two pages of illustrations of United States Carbons and Artotypes for framing, and four Half Cent Pictures. It also contains 37 pictures each nearly as large as the Half Cent size. 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This is one of the volumes in the series of Riverside Textbooks in Education edited by E. P. Cubberley, Professor of Education, Leland Standford Junior University. It has been shaped by the conviction that the primary concern of such a text should be the child itself. The author has summarized and interpreted the best of the technical literature on this subject for the use of teachers and parents. |