METHOD OF RECITATION. 1. What facts advise against the exclusive use of the development method of teaching? 2. State three safeguards against wandering in discussion. 3. What can be said in answer to the objection to the developing method that it is too slow? 4. What kind of questions should be put to a class? 5. What means can be used to produce vivid mental pictures? 6. What improvements in forming vivid mental pictures were brought in by Comenius and Pestalozzi? 7. In what particular thing is Fiske's "Critical Period in American History" a model? 8. What was the favorite maxim of the Jesuits and how did they apply it in teaching? Answers. 1. (1) Not everything can be so taught. (2) It is a difficult method to follow. (3) The treasures of knowledge possessed by the world can best be obtained from books. 2. (1) A clearly defined aim. (2) A clear and logically arranged outline. (3) The law of sequence should be observed in the conduct of the discussion. 3. The development method takes time, but the time is necessary to the child's intellectual growth. 4. Questions that stimulate thought should be asked. Catechetical questions should be avoided. 5. (1) Use of development method. (2) The use of objects in illustration. (3) Abundant details. (4) Motor activity. 6. Comenius in his "Orbus]Pictus" advocated the use of pictures. Pestalozzi insisted on the use of the object itself in teaching. 7. In the abundance of its interesting details. 8. "Repetition is the mother of studies." They had daily, weekly, and even annual reviews. LITERATURE. 1. What reasons can you give for using Scott's "Lady of the Lake" in the eighth grade? 2. What literary work would you suggest for correlation with the history in the eighth grade? 3. Why is "Hiawatha" especially suitable for use in the lower grades? 4. Who wrote "Silas Marner?" What do you know of this author? 5. When did William Shakespeare live? With which of his works are you most familiar? Name five other works of this author. 6. Who wrote each of the following: "The Princess," "Divine Comedy," "Don Quixote," "Vicar of Wakefield," "Sir Roger de Coverly?" 7. Make a selection of five literary works suitable for use in the sixth grade. Give reason for your selection in each instance. 8. What reasons can you give for placing the study of literary masterpieces in the grades? Answers. 1. Pupils like it. They appreciate the fine passages and understand its portrayal of border chivalry. 2. "The Spy," "Alice of Old Vincennes," Butterworth's "Lincoln," Thos. Nelson Page's "Red Rock." 3. It appeals to the savage instincts and inherited tendencies of the child. 4. George Eliot. Born in 1819. Her real name was Marian Evans. She was a great reader. She relinquished Christianity and began her career of a philosophical novelist about 1857. Her power lies chiefly in her ability to portray the development of character. Her first husband was G. H. Lewes and her second (?) John Cross. She died in 1878. 5. From 1564 to 1616."Merchant of Venice," "Macbeth," "Julius Cæsar," "Romeo and Juliet," et al. "Coriolanus," "King Lear," "Tempest," "Hamlet," and "Henry the Eighth." 6. 1. Tennyson, 2. Dante, 3. Cervantes, 4. Goldsmith, 5. Joseph Addison. 7. "Hoosier Schoolmaster," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," "Rip Van Winkle," for their wholesome fun, and "Evangeline" and "Snow Bound" for more serious reading. 8. So many pupils never reach the high school they help to form splendid ideals. 1. When he assumed the management of the factory at New Lanark he found the employees in degradation and squalor. His predecessor, Mr. Dale, did not seem to be able to correct the evil tendencies of the laborers. Robert Owen began to formulate plans to establish his theories for the betterment of the operatives. He instituted rules of sanitation, stopped the credit system and gave them a co-operative store. In a few months new life was infused in the community. An American traveler summed up the result of the experiment in the following language: "There is not, I apprehend, to be found in any part of the world, a manufacturing community in which so much order, good government, tranquillity, and rational happiness prevail." 2. Labor troubles and differences with his partners made him resolve to carry his new theories to America, where he thought he might work them out without opposition. 3. He was absent from New Harmony too much, and Maclure did not carry out his plans and there was no organizing unit in the community life such as a religious zeal could furnish. Too much free thinking among the settlers. 4. It must be of the mind and spirit, not corporal punishment. The instance given of "Ben" staying in swimming too long, and what followed is a good example of his methods. 5. He was really the father of geological science in America. It was largely to his efforts that the office of state geologist for the various states was created. 6. He was the man who inspired the Owen family to take up scientific study. He introduced the educational system of Pestalozzi into the United States. He was also one of the earliest advocates of industrial training. He was a great leader of men and stamped his individuality upon all who came in contact with him at New Harmony. 7. They were absorbed into the township libraries established for Indiana in 1854. As late as 1890 some of the books were reported to be found at Williamsport and Princeton. 8. New Harmony was a Mecca for the brightest men and women of that time. It was the intellectual center of the West. Indiana owes the existence of her splendid school system to the principles that emanated from New Harmony. Without this settlement the Owens, the Maclures, Neef, Say and others would never have been attracted here. MUSIC. 1. Where do the half steps occur in the minor scale, (a) ascending, (b) descending? 2. What is meant by secondary accent? 3. Distinguish between a scale in three flats and a scale in four sharps. 4. Locate the following syllables on staff, key a flat: do, fa, la, do. 5. Same as No. 4, except key three sharps. 6. Define chord. What notes form the G chord? Answers. 1. In the melodic minor scale ascending, the half steps occur between 7-8 and sharp 5-6; in the descending scale, between 3-4 and 7-8. In the harmonic minor scale both ascending and descending the half steps occur between 7-8, 3-4 and sharp 5-6. 2. By secondary accent is meant an accent of less strength than that given the first beat of a measure, e. g., in four part time greater stress is given the first and third beats; that given the first beat is called the primary accent, and that given the third beat, the secondary accent. 3. The scale in three flat is half a tone lower than the scale in four sharps. 4. Do-Second space. Fa-Fourth line. Do-First line above staff. 5. Do-Second space. Fa-Fourth line. La-Fifth line. Do-First line above staff. 6. A chord consists of two or more tones of different pitch sounded simultaneously. G chord-G, B, D. 7. Red, White and Blue.-Shaw. Keller's American Hymn. Keller. 8. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord. He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. Official Announcement Concerning N. E. A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN SESSION, AUDITORIUM HOTEL, To the Board of Directors and the Active Members of the National Educational Association: In view of the appalling calamity which has visited San Francisco, it is impossible for the National Educational Association to hold its meeting this year in that city. After fully coesidering all the letters and telegrams which have been received from all parts of the United States, and after carefully weighing what is due the people of San Francisco, the Executive Committee, under the authority conferred upon it by the Board of Directors at its last meeting the Board of Trustees, now in session, concurring-decides to postpone the annual convention of the National Educational Association for one year, to a place yet to be determined. They join in the hope that the Associa tion may meet in San Francisco as soon as feasible. Trusting that you will acquiesce in this conclusion which has been reached after mature consideration, we are, Very respectfully yours, IRWIN SHEPARD, Secretary, N. E. A. NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER, |