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THE OKEGOtf DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING. DECEMBER . 27, 1913. PORTLAND'S SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR MOST APPROVED ' TYPE 1st l r " rrv? ' .'''ir sqb: 1S hi, 3T , i "ri: I J . - II if J "Hjl ty!!iJLxy- 1 I - " ' 7 . S 1 yj I m ..ii 1 Htm r Tf--.-- 1 1 1 1 ' wm "! S I . ,fr:;::.;.WOu"v't II n ' PORTLAND i ELIMINATES MACHIN EM ETHODS DUCATING CHILDREN Old Way of Treating Young People Alike Forsaken; Each Child's Needs Studied, ; By V. U rHAf we are trying to do In the Portland schools," ald Buper ? lntendent L. R. Alderman, "le ta develop -the beat there U In every ' CbiloV by treating him ae an Individual. not as a machine.- In the paet it ha been the boast of some school that all ' of their atudenU are treated alike. A a master of fact no two children ehould be treated alike. "What we are trying to get away from la uniformity. Every child has different needs and requires Individual study and Individual treat ment "The aim of the school Is to do for all the children of all the people what , the best parent would do for his own fchlld if he could. "Speaking as the city superintendent of Portland's schools I want to have . the students, the parents, the citizens and the -teachers proud of our scnoois. If I can do that, the problem of secur ing good results will be solved. "I want each principal to ' feel ' that he Is responsible for his sohool and that there Is a field for all the ability he has In his school. His success Will de pend not so much on what he does as upon what he can Inspire his teachers and students to do. The day has gone by when the teacher who can keep the best discipline is accounted the best teacher; the day of the repression of the child Is past. The best teacher is the one In whose room there Is an air of good will, good cheeiv of sympathy and 'helpfulness. Must BeUeve In Child. "Many teachers are apt to Judge a pupil by what he. has, not by what he does. What we are striving for Is to have every teacher look at the pupil in the light of what he may be, in other words the teacher must have faith In the child. Sbe must put things in a positive way, not a negative way. Bhe tnust help the chlld have faith in him self. "What we are most anxious for Is the cooperation of the parents. We want something they can't pay when they pay their takes and that la their best thought, their Interest, their co operation and their time. It more fathers and mothers would visit the schools it wftuld be better for the choolg, better for their children and better for the teachers. Education More Practical. "We are trying to make the child's education a more practical thing. We are lessening the amount of arithme tic in the lower grades. We are leaving out technical grammar and putting in , constructive English. We are having -the ohHdren write letter and only the nest ones are sent. An essay goes Into the waste basket and gives Very llttlo Incentive to the child to do his best work, while a letter that Is mailed Is read and valued. Incidentally we are doing effective work for Portland's up- . building as we are having the children ' write to their relatives in the east as to Portland's opportunities and re source. ', "We are having 'the language sense developed early in the children by hav ing German taught In the sixth grade. Borne wit study German, some Spanish and some French. 7 "We are having" the -formal studies in some of the schools taught only In ' the forenoon and their application given In the afternoon, by having the teacher take her pupils to visit some Industry, j ucn as a dairy, a sawmill, a macnine shop or a newspaper office. Give Touch of Reality. "Sometimes 'the children are taken flown to the docks to- see foreign ships being unloaded. ' Geography : becomes a fascinating study when the children see a ship from Ci :ll unloading coffee or Borne other shly unloading Indigo, ptces, pineapples and bananas. . Brazil , Ceases to b a blue space on the map after they have looked down the hold of a ship that has just come from Bra all and sniffed the strange and aromatic Odors of Its cargo. We are trying to hare them coordinate their studies. A Tislt to the grocery store Is a study In geography, history and language when they learn that the grocer has products from all over the world. Even arith- . metio ceases to be dull and tins pupils mere adding machines when they have Visited a sawmill and applied their arithmetic to live problems. Here for example are the problems given to the Children after visiting the Peninsula Lumber MU1: "The belt In' the engine room Is 60 feet' long and 85 inches wide. How ' many square Inches In ltT If it took 860 cattle to furnish the hides for this belt "how many would It take to make belt 40 feet long and 63 Inches wide? Th ,head flier gets $17 a day but of Which he pays two helpers, one $3.50 ana (She other $3 a day. How much does IW head filer get per hour for a410 -hour, day? The saw runs at the rate of .' tout Per second. How many miles Wll; It-run in a working day of eight hurs? , The band saw runs over two B fipt- wheels and is 60 feet lqng. How i 'inircli. of' its Jength is not resting on t the. wiieela at one time?4; These and a ' jMrtire W 'similar fluestions based on their rlslt tp the mill were the problems gfven ' to -thVlnth grade pupils at.- Irvington. It, mak is their arithmetic' a real and ' yitai-tllng instead of njental drill. ' v , lectures for Parents. jr"Mr6 "4nt the school houses to be of f grrfuter .use so tha the taxpayer will y lote for his . money which is In- v Ji 'in ttyemi 'so were opening them i lip in tite' evening for" the benefit of the 'taxpayers who foot the bills.,. We, are Shaving, experts' from the, Oregon. Agrl ; Cultural , College, the sta.te university; Jd colleger anirlsewh ere -give free leoturesL;tV are going t gjve a course . jif JcMuVs for; the mothers, 6n food val- itert.y WeV.aro goinjf' W revive the olu ' tlrfiflf debuting,' society,; so - that : the ..fattier , and niotfterV and , children can tntM tnpetherV The -problem of the child -Is ,iu Hi home. 1 The school can help, but after all the formative Influence of t homo training la the thing that really Influence the child's whole life;' hence if we cun bring the children and the pa , rents .Into , close .intellectual touch wo .'wilt be doing serves to both. We want ?tht father f De a ohum of his boys , ami the'mowuit of her girl. ' The only waf to have the proper appreciation' of , jtliB child )s to get , his, point of view.' Training a child to be effective must be a workt of lova, not a labor. To the . . i . -. . . ( '., . - .. ",-.. - , , . v , 4 ' nif , . '-' .v , li - v ,i ; t , .', ',.'. . . -' 1 ' ','" ccKE-5rroKE school Exatnples Of recent school building construction. one who goes at It In that spirit It will prove a Veritable fountain of youth. "Here are a few facts that speak for themselves. Portland has less illiter acy than any large city with one ex ception in the United States. Over 33,000 School Children. "There was a total enrollment of pupils in the day schools at the close of the term In June, 1918, of 81.468. October 16, 1913, showed an Increase of 1223 over the same period for the previous year. "We have 60 (school buildings, of which 11 are of the new fire proof type. In addition to the 60 school houses we have 8 portable buildings to accommo date the overflow who are unable to be cared for in the regular building. "The Trade school at the corner of Tenth and Couch 1 overcrowded so we have moved the domestic science de partment to the Lownsdale school, There are 47 Instructors and 436 pupils at the Trade school. We need a new Trade school. "We have over 2500 studying In our night schools. Whenever 16 people want to study something we see that a teacher Is provided for them. 'In our manual training we teach more than 20 occupations Including such things as bookbinding, work In metals and leather. Jewelry and many other useful trades. In the domestic science course we teach dressmaking, millinery, cooking and homem&klng. In our two homemaking schools every kind of work done In the home Is taught. "We are conducting classes in the Frazler Home, the Boys' and Girls' Aid society and the .Florence Crittenton Home. ' Bay Snrsery Established, "tn connection with the Albina Home stead school we have established a day nursery for children less than 4 years old for the benefit of working mothers. "We have established hot lunch kitchens In the Arleta and Llewellyn Schools where children are served a hot lunch for 6 cents. We are going to es tablish a similar one in the school at Montavllla. "Fifty-one Parent-Teacher organiza tions cooperate with the schools. We have Installed an open air room at Ir vington with 27 children In attendance. "Last year over 8000 school children had gardens. The Woodlawn School took the first prize In garden work, be ing adjudged the best In the United States. "We want Portland to be the most beautiful, the most healthful and the most advanced city in the United States and we want her schools to b best, the most useful and the most hu mane in the United States. We want them -to train our future citizens so that Portland will stand In the forefront of progress." MAN CONVENTIONS Douglas County Light and Water Comp Electric light ftrtd power for Roseburg, Sutherlin, ;s Oakland and any other customer in that Ideality; We have for sale now 10Q0 H. P. of .surplus power and solicit factor ies, mills and large power consumers as we are . out -after new business.-Apply at the company's office Roseburg or 1302 Yeon Building; Portland,: Or.'-; Douglas County Light and Water. Company.. y HELD DURING YEAR Portland Maintains Popularity as Meeting Place for Many Organizations. Because of it accessibility from n transportation standpoint and because of the many points of Interest It holds for out of town visitors, Portland is a popular convention city. Meetings of state, northwest and national signifi cance are frequently held here, especial ly In the summer months, when the floral wealth is on display. Among the conventions of tha present year which brought hundreds of visitors were the following: Second annual Irrigation congress, January 9-10-11. Shingle Weavers' convention January 16-14. Presbyterian board of homo and for eign missions, April 23-26. Faciflo Coast Epworth League con ference. May tt-26. State Threshermen's convention, June 6-6. Oregon Federation of American 'Mo torcyclists, June 9-10. Architectural League of the Pacific Coast, June 9-14. Oregon Masonic grand lodges, Jane 10. American and Pacific Nurserymen's eonvention, June 16-17. Pentecostal Church of the Nararene. June 17-22. Oregon Ploheers' association, June 19. Western Oregon Seventh Day AJ ventists, June 19-29. Second World's Christian Citizenship Conference, June 29-Juiy 0. I Women of Woodcraft, July 81-August 10. Grand lodge. Knights of Pythias, Oc tober 13-14. Oregon Congress of Mothers, October 12-28. Oregon Bar association, November lf-20. Oregon Poultry and Pef Stock asso ciation, December 1-6. Oregon State Hotel association, Dec-ember 6-6. Portland annual Stock Show, Decem ber 8-13. Oregon State Horticultural associa tion, December 10-12. Mark Twain's Sens of Taste. Mark Twain was playing golf on a well known English course. In try ing to make a very long brassle shot Twain tore up considerable turf an-1 4 chunk of dirt hit him squarely In the face. The Englishman he was playing with, seeking to relieve the embarrassment of his guest, remarked: "By the way. Mr. Twain, how do you like our course?" "Fine," said Twain. "I think It Is the best I have ever tasted. ' The Bank of Personal Service Th6 Reason ft Out Steady Growth Our-. directors are men Vprominent in the business, professional ahd public lifef Portland. Our officers have had long financial and banking experience. Our clerks are competent and courteous. This explains the perfect banking service we ren der our depositors. We are fully equipped ttt handle all branches of Commercial business. Our savings department pays 4 interest. We invite your patronage. MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK Under Government Supervision. Pounded 1888. Washington and Fourth Streets. SPECIALIZATION IS AIM OF OREGON'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS Present Educational Trend Is to Develop the Child Accord ing to His Ability Statistics on School Attend- ance and Teaching Force. Os July 1, 111, J. A. Churchill be came superintendent of public in struction. Mr. Churchill was born In Lima, Ohio, on October 14. 1862. Ht came to Oregon in 1891. He Went to Baker, Or., where for 22 years he was superintendent of the - Baker City schools. "Every man has his own Ideas and hie own ideals," said Mr. Churchill. My ideal Is to see that every child In Oregon gets an education that will pre pare him for some particular thing. In other words, I want to develop the indi viduality of the child. I want to have him shooting to hit, not shooting at the whole circumambient atmosphere. If he is forced towards some particular goal and not drifting aimlessly, throum school, he is much more apt to make a suocess of Ufa, What I want the teach er to do is to find the child's aptttu.U and capability and shape the child's course accordingly'. "A teacher can In no way 'better prove her merit -than I In studying tile Individual child and not teaching them in th mass. If a boy Is not going into the hlrh school, he should Hot be given technical grammar. In other words, what- a teacher must remember, all of 'the time. Is that the child should be learning for life, not for school.- .'. : "... r-i .v "I am preparing In my office a -survey of thq vocations, giving ' a list of a hundred vocations for boys and a hun dred for girls. With this list, if tha teacher is a real teacher, and interest ed in her work, she can be studying the aptitude 'of the Child so that she can give htm literature that pertains to the vocation thU he is planning for. . v "It is dangerous to use national sta tistics ana use them lot-ally. :Tou can prove almost anything from such statistics.- For example, if yoir take the foreign population of our big cities the negro population of the south and nee these figures as Btattstfcs for pre gon, you will miss the mark very far. Here 'In Oregon, I 'believe that fully 2i per cent of the -graduates: of our high schools go to col'ege, I believe from 40 to 50 per cent of the graduates of the grammar schools enter high school. Short-sighted economy. v. , "During the pant year 1 have traveled all over the state studying conditions and familiarizing myself with the edu cational needs of the state.' One thin t but, the county that economises onl the salaries of their teachers is prae ficing poor economy, for the teacher is going to go where he or she can 1o best. - ." ... "In 1911 we had '4969 teachers, in 1912 we had 5189 teachers. In 1912 we have nearly 6600 teachers. Our normal school turns out about 25 graduates a year to fill over five thousand positions is not ' making a very satisfactory showing. As yoa know, a teacher cannot teach m the Oregon high eehoois without .beina a university graduate, and after 191b no teacher can teaci without profession al training, and by that I mean train ing in methods, teaching practice, psy-. eology and history of education. "Oregon has failed to give its insti tutions of higher learning the support they deserve. However, since the defeat of the referendum measure On the uni versity appropriations, the ontlook is more hopeful. Every dollar spent n our universities mfeans a benefit to Our schools. You will see from the small numoer ef graduates of our universities and normal school that We must diN . pend on outside teachers, and, yet there is vn6 reason why we should hot hav our own home-trained teachers, trained In Oregon Institutions. They are In sympathy with Oregon methods - and are familiar with Oregon -conditions and their work should be better- than that of one who is strange t6 eur.sta't and methods. , r , Teach the Child, Jfdt the Bvhject "The day of repression is gone. The day of the development of the individ uality of the child Is here. If e. child Is Interested in his work, he will not need rules and repression. The only rule any teacher should have for the ealld is to do right The teacher 13 school to help form character ' and to make good cltisens." THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO, CANADA Established 1867 1 " A. 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