THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, ; JUXE 21, 1914.
PORTLAND TEAGHERS STUDY MUNICH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Oregon Well Represented in Delegation Now at Beautiful Bavarian Capital, Where Task Is Made Pleasant by Cosmopolitan City's Many Diversions.
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JUMOR CIVIC LEAHCE 3IE.U
- BEBSHIP PLEDGE.
. I want to make our city a more
.pleasant place to live in:
.,. 1. ' By helping to keep yards, :
streets and alleys clean.
2. By planting flowers, vines
and trees. :
, 3. By making gardens and
-keeping' lawns in good condition;
4. By beginning at home and
then-helping others.-
. I ' may not be able to do all
these things, but will do as much
as I can in these ways to make
. my own city and my street more
. beautiful.
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BY ALICE W. JOYCE.
UNICH, June 13. (Special.)
When Dr. P.. P. Claxton, commis
sioner of education, Washington,
gartens connected with the public
schools, for children under the age of
6 years, form part of the public school
system. . The primary aim of the new
system . is to educate good " citizens.
This is manifested both in the general
plan and In the way in which the sin
gle departments are taught, the chief
object being to accustom the child as
soon as possible to . independent and
productive work, in this way tne
great elementary public virtues are
believed to be .promoted, most success
fully. Workshop Practice Established.
i"rom this point of view -workshop
practice has been introduced for the
upper boys and practical lessons in
cooking and sewing for the upper girls'
classes. ? For the same reason drawing
is taught with the help of natural
training and explanation of the visual
phenomena. To stimulate independent
activity and observation the schools
are provided with botanic and veget
able gardens,- aquariums, terrariums
D. C, chose Munich as the Mecca for J and special rooms for practical dem-
ons
the party of American teachers to study
industrial education, those who were
successful in being appointed as mem'
bers of the party little realized what
great pleasures were m store for them
aside from the various duties connected
with their school interests.
Munich ' is a- city of happiness and
content, placid as a village, rich In op
portunities as a metropolis; quiet, spa
cious, clean and leisurely. . Everywhre
the color of tranquillity and rest meets
the eye the green of the cool north
which prevails in every Bavarian scene.
No -other city of its size is favored
with landscape extremes to the same
extent.
The citv Is not situated in the Alps,
but the great world of the Alps is
noticeable in many ways. Madly the
Isar River rolls along, its foaming wa
ters bearing with It the invigorating
air and odor of the Alps in which It
originates. In spite of the huge stone
embankments with which the city con
trols It, its wild and beautiful nature
is scarcely changed. On the contrary,
it seems to revolt against its fetters
and to receive additional beauty from
them. The river seems to be the only
hurrying object as it rapidly rolls from
springs under the . blue glacier Ice
towards the Black Sea. i
Garden Walks Dcllgbt. .'
One may walk mile after mile through
the heart of the city without losing
the freshness of green turf and the
grateful shade of the trees. ; To this
is added that peaceful sound of trick
ling water from its muny beautiful
fountains which again portray these
masters of art. " -, -
Winding . ways .lead on for hours
through the English garden, most na
tural and sympathetic of urban parks,
until they seem to enclose the beau
tiful lake and merge into the outlying
country.
The gardens along the banks of the
Jsar are the triumph of landscape gar
dening. The green spaces in the midst
of the city, the Hofgarten, with its
festooned walks and cafes where one
spends happy leisure hours under the
trees; the graceful bridges with their
wealth of sculpture: each contributes
its share towards giving Munich an
outdoor Summer charm offered by no
other city. -
. The determining factors in the charm
of Munich which draws visitors arc
the beautiful landscape, with Its trees
and flowers, the life of the people, the
lure of the arts. After living for some
time In. their midst, one is loth to
leave.
" City Is Comuopolltan. ,
The Bavarian capital Is cosmopoli
tan, crowded- with adopted children.
North Germans who have ; settled on
the Isar.. Knglish and Americans, at
tracted by the facilities for education;
Russians who find It convenient to
set another frontier between them
selves and Siberia: painters,, sculptors,
musicians, men of learning and idlers,
but above all students of every na
tionally',' every science and art. A
common question of these adopted cit
izens is,' "What are you studying?" '
These thousands of students come to
Munich, one and all tor the same rea
sons the charm of the city and its
great advantages for study through its
high Ideals. Life itself is their mas
terpiece the life which is lived nat
urally, happily and ideally. ,
The public school system of Munich
ha attracted much attention of late.
Under Its present head. Dr. Kerschen
Btelner, It has undergone a complete
reform from new and modern points of
view. It is composed of three organic
divisions: elementary education from
the sixth to the 13th year, continua
tion school education for boys from the
14th to the 18th year, divided into in
struction of a general and professional
character, and continuation school or
Sunday school education for girls from
1J to 16 years,. Since 1908 the kinder-
onstrations in- physics and chemistry.
The continuation schools have been
perfectly reorganized. . The chief ob
ject formerly was. to consolidate and
enlarge the knowledge and abilities ac
quired in the .elementary schools. . In
the present form the entire work is
done from the standpoint of the pupils'
future profession; all instruction of a
commercial, scientific, esthetic or eth
ical nature is associated with the prac
tical .requirements of each profession.
The latter Is made the center of edu
cation. There is a special .course for
each profession.
The new organization has . existed
and nas been commented upon favor
ably and even enthusiastically, in Mu
nich and the whole of Bavaria. Hence
it may be hoped that it will answer
the expectations, and that the great
expenses will be justified which have
been caused by the modern reform of
the plan of instruction, the providing
of abundant collections of new or im
proved appliances and apparatus,- etc.,
the training of excellent teachers and
the increasing of their salaries,' the
appointment,, of school doctors and' the
building of. excellent and first-class
schoolhouses. If the health and work
ing capacity of the people can be In
creased, the revenue of. the state and
municipality will derive part . of the
profit. Progress in . public education
has the. effect of Improving the. finan
cial resources of. the state and com
munities. . - ! - -, . ' .
The Commissioner or Education. Dr
P. P- Claxton. realizing the value of a
careful study of the German system of
industrial- education with : a view of
introducing the best and most practical
plans into the American schools sent
L. I Summers as a representative of
the Bureau of Education to Germany
to make a special study of its educa
tional methods and to make a report of
his study, and observations.
Owing to the broad field of investi
gation. which must be covered by ,-the
various pSases of industrial work, Mr.
Summers ! wrote to Dr.' Claxton, re
questing that a party of 25 teachers
be selected, representing the various
departments of industrial education, to
assist him in making this investiga
tion, and that they be ' permitted . to
study the work of the continuation
schools .of: Munich which are known
throughout the educational world. This
request was granted by Dr. Claxton,
and a careful selection of the party
was made by proof of skill or leader
ship, which is shown in the various
phases of Industrial work taught by
the members of the party; and tne lo
cality which each, member represents,
as follows: -
L. L. - Summers, 306 Camp : street.
Meriden, Conn., special collaborator
Bureau ' Education, . Washington,
D. C. .. - .
Miss Isabelle M. Glaufliri, Denver,
Colo., supervisor of girls' handwork.
Major L. F. Loring, Louisville. Ky.,
shop director of Kentucky Military In
stitute.
Miss Elizabeth Allen, Omaha Neb-
director of manual training, Saunders
School. - -
John C'Brodhead, Boston, Mass., as
sistant director of manual arts.
A.' E. Dunphy, Ellendale, N. D.. di
rector 'of manual arts. State Normal
and industrial School, vice-president.
: M. Leon Haas, Pittsburg, Pa., indus
trial instructor.
C. ,A. Maupin, Columbus, Ga., prin
cipal" of Columbus Industrial High
School. : '
Lawrence J. Young, Brooklyn, N. Y
instructor of shopwork, elementary
schools. New York City.
Miss Thyrza Vacher, Paraiso, Panama
Canal Zone, teacher of interior decora
tion and design.
Julius H. Klein: Portland, Or., head
of woodwork department, School - of
Trades. '
., Miss Alice V. Joyce, Portland. ; Or.,
secretary of school gardens, teacher
In Woodlawn School, -i ' .-'"
; Francis. Mahoney, New York,". N. Y.,
Instructor of shopwork (day school),
Evening High School. ' '
Dr. T. U. Gosling, - Cincinnati, O.,
head . of English department, Hughes
High School. -
A. 'N. HathereiU Los Angeles, Cal.,
L. Feeding pigeons la the Hot-Gar
ten.':. View in Munich. 3. The old
Plnakotbck, Munich. 4, The New Plna
kothek, Munich. 6. A popular restau
rant In Munich. 6. Museum In Munich,
7. I.eubach Pisa.
principal of Polytechnic Evening High
School, -electrical 'engineer.
Charles Pamperl, Barre, Vt, modeler
and designer. Evening Drawing School.
J. M. Alexander. . Scottsdale, Pa., . su
pervisor of manual training and draw
ing. Samuel Whltecomb. Brooklyn, N. Y.,
instructor of shop work,- elementary
schools. New York City.
Miss Annie Linton. Athens, Ga., di
rector of manual- arts. State - Normal
School. '-'..'
- Dr. Henry E. Fritz. New York City,
teacher of mural decoration, -chairman
of fine arts department. Instructor
eveninar art school. Stuyvesant, H. S
Miss Muriel K. Neal. Columbus, O.,
teacher -Highland Avenue School.
W.' K. Kaulkes, 1 Appleton, -Wis., di
rector of manual -arts.-principal Ap
pleton Industrial School.
Miss J. Marie Craig; Bainbriage, ua.,
teacher of science and supervisor-ath
letics and mathematics..
R F. Schaeffer, Pasadena Cal., In
structor 'of manual arts Poly. Ele.
schools. Instructor of art metal, even
ing high school. . . .
Frank C. Stanton,.- Dayton, O., . in
Btructor high school woodwork, princi
pal' High School..
Mrs. Sarah KarricK. salt Lake uiiy,
Ctah. supervisor of handwork, primary
grades. . . ;
Miss Gertrude Carey, iuiutn, jumn.,
supervisor High School drawing.
K. L. Southworth, Minneapolis, Minn,
instructor mechanical drawing. West
High School.
These members of the party met Mr.
Summers in New York, March 30. They
were the guests of the National Arts
Club, at a banquet in their club rooms.
the same evening. Dr. Goodnough, the
director of the manual training depart
ment of New York City schools, was
the toastmaster of this evening, and so
successfully entertained the party .that
there was a mutual friendliness by the
time he ushered 'them to Hoboken, N.
J.,- where they embarked on the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Groase , - " -
' Organisation la Effected.
After assembling on board, a perma
nent organization was enacted,' the so
ciety; to be called .the -American Society
for the : Foreign Study' of Industrial
Education. -
The alms of the society are (1) to
promote and improve industrial educa
tlon and conditions in the United States
through the study of foreign schools,
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HANDSOME CHURCH BUILDING WILL BE COMPLETED IN .TWO MONTHS. ' . ; j
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Industrial and social conditions and (2)
the mutual .improvement and advance
ment of the members of the society.
The following officers were elected:
President, L. L. Summers; vice-president.
Dr. T. W. Gosling; secretary,
Alice V. Joyce; treasurer. A- E. Dun
phy; executive board, C. A. Mauptn, A.
N. Hatherell, Isabelle McGIauflln,
Frank C. Stanton..
The time on board was ' prof itably
spent in general conferences, two each
day. , Each member briefly described
the work whif h his or her school was
doing and the line of special work rep
resented. - This exchange of plans and
Ideas was a means of strengthening
the alms for the plans of study.
At Cherbourg several of the members
landed, expecting to reach Munich via
Paris. Cologne, etc. The remaining
ones landed at Brcmerhaven. After
the ordeals of custom-house Inspection
we went to Bremen, where again the
party divided, one section by way of
Berlin, Leipzig. Dresden, etc., the other
to Caasel, Wurtzburg, Kothenburg and
Nuremberg.
By the 15th of April the party had
reunited, but as the schools were closed
for the Easter vacation, nothing spe
cial was attempted until Afirll SO. The
first week l'a hern devoted lo a gen
eral Inspection of the si'IhiuIn. fkm
Inatlons. etc.. po that s-h cns may
have a trenaral Idea before enrolling
a student.
Much valuable Information has been
gained by vIMttnjr the mimeum. cathe
drals and other pla ea of liilrM.
The si hool authorities have been very
courteous and cordial In uaherlng the
party to te varloua noola.
The HurgomaMer kindly received the
party, ar.d sincerely hoped the teachera
might gain valuable siiRseatlnna from
the school system whth la known
throughout the edncntlonul world.
ACRE TRACTS ARE SOLD
HOMKSITKS IX LAKE VIEW VILLAS
ARE PURCHASED RECENTLY.
Sales - Also Reported at Tlgard and
Bonlta Station by Atchison-Allen
- Company- Many Will Build.
SECOND CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CIURCII, NORTHWEST CORNER OP EAST SIXTH STREET AND HOLLA-
1AY AVK.VIK. '-
Excellent progress is being made on the Second Christian Science Church building at the northwest cor
ner of East Sixth street and Holla day avenue. The main portion of the walls has been completed, and the
building will be Inclosed withro. afew days. -Hollow tile is being used in the walls.
Daily bulletins are posted in the hall of Multnomah Camp, East Sixth and East Alder streets, showing
progress made for information of the members. At present this hall is being used by the Second Christian
Science Church. Within about two months the new building will be completed. " "'...
The Atchison-Allen Company reports
many new sales made In the Lake View
Villas" tract at the west end of Oswego
Lake. -Additional train service and the
electrification of the Southern Pacific
line running to the tracts have created
a new impetus to the sale of these
homesites. Many of the purchasers have
started to build new bungalows on their
tracts.
The company Is now erecting several
new homes on the lake shore and o
the acre tracts above. Electric light
wires are now being strung from Os
wego into Lake View Villas and will
soon be ready for use.
Lake Grove Park, the picnic grounds.
has been imoroved this season and is
attracting hundreds to Its cool shade
every week. New boats have been add
ed and the launch Lotus is now run
ning on regular schedule.
The Atchison-Allen Company reports
the following recent sales:
At Oswego Lake Half acre to Marina
Imboden for $300; 1 acre to .1. E. Bauer
for $1075: 1 acre to T. S. Harris for
$650;. 2 acres to H. P. Reese for $130;
1 acre to R. B. Stoetzel for $600; 1 acre
to J..V. Norman for $550; 1 acre to Q.
E. Thaver for $625; 1 acre to Anton
Foehle for $625; 1 acre to Lloyd Blan-
chard, of Newberg. for $500: 1 acre to
R. A. Delk, of Newberg, lor auu; l acre
to Joseph Delk, of Newberg. for $560;
1 'acre to John Gardiner ior nvv; i
acr to G. D.Bert for $500: 1 acre to
Alex Perley for $550; I acre to Wini
fred V. Burg for $600; 1 acre to Blanch
Sherwood for $600; 1 acre to Mrs. M.
Card for $650. and I lake lot to W alter
Applegate for $560.
At Tlgard Two acres to Frank
Moore for $625; 3 acres to Mary Schnell
for $750. and 3 acres to M. L. Kandall
for $1050.
At Bonlta Station inree acres to o.
H: Forshaw, of Pendleton, for 1100; i
acre to James Marshall for $400. Mr.
Marshall is building a home on the acre.
RKPAIK PERMITS AUTHORIZED
ICemodelinz and Const ruction ol
Small Buildings Begun.
Building and repair ' authorizations
amounting to at least $1000 and not
more than $2000 were Issued from the
office of the Inspector of Buildings last
week as follows:
L. T..Sebolt Erect one-story frame
dwelling, East Seventy-eighth, between
Burnslde and Ankeny; builder, F. JS.
Hallock; $1800.
L. T. Sebolt Erect one-story frame
dwelling, East Seventy-eighth, between
Burnslde and Ankeny; builder, F. S.
Hallock:- $1800.
M. C. Healey-Move two-story frame
dwelling Hall, between Broadway and
Sixth; mover, S. King; $1000.
O. F . Ford Company Repair two-
story frame dwelling, Lombard, be
tween Portsmouth and Gloucester;
builder. F. S. Hallock: $1000.
W. E. Lewis Repair two-story
brick ordinary building, northweot
corner Stark and Seventy-eighth
streets: builder. F. S. Hallock: $1000.
Herman Carlson Erect one-story
frame dwelling. East Twenty-eighth,
between Alberta and Wygant; builder,
same; $1800.
A. W. Phllpolt Erect one-story
frame dwelling. Mixture, between Thirty-ninth
and Fortieth streets; builder,
C. A. Stever: $1500.
Lizzie McKern Repair one-story
frame dwelling, East Eighty-second,
between Tillamook and Thompson
streets; builder, same; $1000.
R. H. Isell Erect one-and-a-half-story
frame dwelling. Sixty-first ave
nue, between Seventy-first snd Seventy-second
streets: builder, same; $1400.
M. C. Healey Move two-story frame
dwelling, Broadway, between Hall and
College: mover, H. King: $1000.
Southern Pacific Company Erect
one-story frame storage shed. Holgat,
between Eighteenth and Twentieth;
builder, same; $1100.
E. T. Faltlng Erect one-and-a-half-story
frame dwelling. East Thirty
sixth, between Emerson and Killings
worth; builder,-same: $1800.
Irving Dock Company Repair one-
story dock. River and Goldsmith street;
builder, same; $1000.
C. B. Ostenson Erect one-etory I
frame dwelling. Klfly.elxth avenue, be.
tween Hevent y-eeventh and Meventy
eighth streete; builder, George I Mile) ,
$1200.
Albert Rodlun Erect one-snd-a-lialf-
tory frame dwelling. Klfih avenue, be
tween Foster rond and Itailroad ave
nue; builder, same: $1500.
G. E. GllloBPle Erect one-and-a-half,
ftory frame dwelling. East Hlity-flfth,
between Alameda and htanton; builder.
Crosier A Ilauer; I M00,
Jennings A t'. Alter one-story
brick theater. Hroartwav. between
Washington and Alder streets; builder,
F. C. Strelgl; $1000.
4.-US A err Bring HMMW.
Gruaal Holds report these Impor
tant recent transactions:
For Dr. W. A. t'uslrk. of Fnlm. lo
Frank Decsrlle, of Gentile. 4J1 acres
of farm land located l mllea south
of aalem, consideration $25,000. Nearly
all of the land la under cultivation and
the place la Improved with four eta
of buildings.
For K. II. Jones and W. A. Iteli her.
exchanged 150 acres of land In Clarke
County, Wnahlngton. located near r-
rbarda, to E. 7.. Ferguson, of the Ala
meda tiud Companv. end J. A. I'twootl.
for 10. 000. 000 feet 'f timber In Clatsop
County. Karh of the rarcels to ht
trade was valued at $2t.oo.
The farm land la ell under cultiva
tion and the purchasers plan to engage
In sfoek and borralwlna-
M. L. KLINE
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