ers and mothers making a valiant effort to keep pace with their children who are attending day school; and college or high school graduates making up deficiencies in the common branches. In all we have "fifty-seven" varieties of occupations represented. To be with these people, to be looked upon as their friend and advisor, is in itself repayment for the time spent and the efforts put forth by the instructors. A day school teacher who may have lost interest or enthusiasm will find teaching in an evening school a sure tonic. Kindergartens Berkeley maintains eleven kindergartens with an enrollment of about 450 children. Eight of these schools were established in June and July, 1914, under the act of the Legislature of 1913. The curriculum has included the Froebelian Kindergarten work; lessons, stories, talks and excursions to the surrounding fields. In our school gardening has been a feature of the work, a small space being alloted to every two children. Flowers, radishes, carrots, lettuce, peas, beans and potatoes were grown successfully by these children. A co-operating activity is the mothers' club, before which speakers have discussed foods, physical care, gardening as a moral factor, children's diseases, etc. School Gardens School gardens have been maintained in Berkeley for several years. The extent to which the several schools have engaged in this work has depended upon the available land. In some instances the school premises furnish space, while at some schools adjacent vacant lots are utilized. The individual plot system has been the one most generally used. In some schools the beautification of the grounds has been undertaken with considerable success. Most of the instruction has been given by the regular teachers of the schools, Berkeley High School though valuable assistance has been furnished by students in the department of Agriculture of the University of California. Tools and equipment have been provided by the Board of Education and by Mothers' Clubs. The gardening has been made the basis for a large part of the nature study. It has served to teach children order, industry, respect for labor and thrift, besides a love and sympathy for the wonderful and beautiful. Physical Culture The course has not been in operation very long, but satisfactory progress has been made in the attempt to do something worth while in corrective and recreative work. A volunteer physical culture class for teachers has been of great service. The teachers profit physically and the pupils receive livelier and more intelligent daily instruction. Games, folk dances, and other interesting recreational activities are taught during the recesses. On the corrective side an effort is made to have the pupils strive for correct breathing and posture, sitting, standing and walking. Dental and School Inspection. This department is one of the most necessary in the school system. Possibly it is more important than any other department. At present there is but one operator in this work. Visits are made to the schools every forenoon, and office work is done in the afternoons. While more attention is given to dental work, the inspector examines and reports on miscellaneous troubles. When ever necessary a physical deficiency notice. is sent home, and as many house visits as possible are made by the inspector. During the past year over 1,200 children were examined in the schools. Out of a total of 562 bad cases there was a successful response from 370. There were about 2,000 dental operations. Almost all the patients were cases of advanced neglect. It is to be hoped that means may be found for extending this very necessary work. Printing Department. The course in printing is now well established in one of the large schools. During the current year about seventy boys have been following this course with success. The work is interesting and instructive, and develops habits of patience, accuracy, and industry. The boys learn more spelling, punctuation, and grammar than they ever learned before in their school course. The print shop is practically self-supporting and much useful work is done that would be impossible, if it had to be done outside. However, the real value of the movement lies in its worth to the boys, and in this respect its usefulness is very great. School Savings System. A savings system was installed in 1911, and has been operating successfully since that time. The Homestead Savings Bank has been the depositary, and has done much to make the undertaking profitable to the school children. The introduction of the school savings plan in the various schools was not made mandatory, but left to the discretion of the various principals. Ten schools adopted the plan under this voluntary system, and have been successful in their efforts to teach the children to be thrifty. At present the balance in bank in favor of these schools is over $6,000. Music, Manual Training, Special efforts have been made in these departments during the last few years, and the progress made is evident, Though the tendency in a college town is to follow the courses that lead to the literary or scientific departments of the University, there is a strong belief that young people should acquire a knowledge of some other things that may be put to daily use. A large number of pupils find it interesting and profitable to enroll in one or more of these courses, and public opinion has supported the schools in their efforts to make these courses among the best offered. Special effort has been made to provide proper accommodations for these subjects in the school houses now being erected. Social Center Activities. The Board of Education has endeavored to open the school houses for the use of the people in general whenever any desire has been shown by the community to profit by lectures or entertainments of an educational character. During the year about twenty lecturers addressed audiences in the different school houses, and many other meetings of a public nature- were held. It has been the policy to grant the use of the school houses for any meetings that could be considered educational. In addition to lectures on subjects ordinarily discussed in such places, political speakers have been permitted to explain their views to the neighborhood, and discussions have been held concerning proposed changes in the laws of the state. The plan has been to allow the buildings to be used whenever there could be no interference with the ordinary school work. In one section of the city a school building has been used every night and on Sunday as a social center. Among the many activities adopted to the needs and desires of people of different ages is a night school offering courses in beginning English, civics, mathematics and mechanical drawing. This school is conducted by volunteer teachers, most of them young men from the Y. M. C. A. of the University of California. There are also athletic clubs for older and younger boys, a club for girls, dancing classes, etc. On Sundays there are musical entertainments. High School. Although the majority of pupils in the Berkeley High Schoo! are preparing for college, it is possible to do more than merely to attempt to aid the pupils in their efforts to enter the University. The Advisory System aims to effect a closer connection between the teachers and pupils than would otherwise exist in a large school. The Advisor, besides knowing the requirements for entering the higher educational institutions, should know the various fields of work open to high school grad THE GOLDEN WEST T O EVERYONE, the words "The Golden West" is descriptive of a certain part of our country, but to those that are natives there, or live there, these words sink deep into their hearts. We want everyone to know that the Dixon Company of Jersey City, N. J., make a pencil that is rich in quality, and have given it this name. It comes both in round and hexagon shapes, and has a beautiful golden tip with a red rubber eraser. It is made in No. 2 and No. 3 grades, and sold at so low a price, that it is within the reach of all, and is most popular with School Boards, where this style of pencil is wanted, at a minimum cost. A card sent to our San Francisco branch, 155 Second Street, will bring a prompt response, with full particulars as to cost, method of purchase, etc. Joseph Dixon Crucible Company JERSEY CITY, N. J. Oakland Technical High School uates in his community. The advisory system may thus become a practical form of vocational guidance. Among the interesting courses conducted in this school may be mentioned the work in Public Speaking, Journalism, Dramatics and Music. In all these departments special effort is made to give the pupil an opportunity to acquire useful knowledge differing from that gained by studying the usual and indispensable subjects taught in every high school. The School Assembly, held on Tuesdays and Fridays, has proved a very effective way of unifying the school. Faculty and pupils, under the direction of the music teacher, join in singing familiar songs, or a brief program is presented by some department or organization of the school. These meetings give the pupil a chance to gain experience in appearing before larger assemblies. The school has grown beyond its former function, that of preparing the young people for college, and has come to be of wider importance to the community. * * * ANNUAL MEETING OF THE JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE COMPANY The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, was held at the Company's office in Jersey City, on Monday, April 19th, 1915. There were present a large attendance of stockholders who expressed their satisfaction with the present management and re-elected the former Board of Directors for the ensuing year. The vote recorded was the largest ever represented at an annual election,-19,519 shares out of a possible 20,000. The following named gentlemen are the Directors elected: George T. Smith, Robert E. Jennings, George E. Long. E. L. Young, William G. Bumsted, J. H. Schermerhorn and Harry Daily. are: The Officers elected by the Board of Directors President, George T. Smith; Vice-President, George E. Long; Treasurer, J. H. Schermerhorn; Secretary, Harry Daily; Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, Albert Norris. The Western Journal of Education HARR WAGNER, Managing Editor. EDWARD HYATT, Supt. of Public Instruction, Editor of Official Department. ALICE ROSE POWER, Associate Editor, Teacher Edison School, San Francisco. Founded in 1895, it commands the support of every teacher who is interested in the newest lines of educational thought, and of every trustee who desires to keep in touch with movements for the betterment of the schools. It is not run in the interest of any special organization, of any interest or type of educational doctrine. Its field includes an optimistic support of the best class of educational uplift, both of men and measures. of Manuscripts, Contributions of an educational character, including Methods, Devices, School News, Matters Special Interest to School Trustees, etc., desired. THE PALMER METHOD of Business Writing at the Panama-Pacific Exposition SUMMER SCHOOLS: Regular sessions during July, 6 to 31, 1915, for Penmanship and Commercial Teachers and Supervisors, to be held in New York City at 30 Irving Place; in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the Palmer Building; and at the Heald-Dixon Business College, corner 16th Street and San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, California. Full equipment and special facilities for a thorough study of the mechanics and pedagogy of Palmer Method Business Writing. At the PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION we have two attractive exhibits, both in the Educational Building: (1) a still exhibit consisting of thousands of pupils' handwriting specimens from schools throughout the United States; and (2) a live exhibit in which model classes in penmanship are held daily. This live exhibit was organized and is conducted under the direction of the National Committee of Business Education of the Panama-Pacific Exposition; it is a feature of the "Standard Commercial School." For particular information about the Palmer Method School of Penmanship. by Correspondence; the Normal Course-free to teachers in schools which have an adoption of the Palmer Method; and our list of thoroughly specialized textbooks and supplies, apply to our nearest office. THE A. N. PALMER COMPANY 30 Irving Place, New York, N. Y. 120 Boylston St., Boston, Mass. DOMESTIC SCIENCE A good text book for grammar schools and smaller high schools is the new SCHOOL KITCHEN TEXT BOOK by Mrs. LINCOLN, Published April 9. It has a complete modern course planned for one year with two lessons a week. There are 59 lessons on cooking and food groups, and 82 pages (20 chapters) on household science proper. (The appendix has also 32 lessons on Home-Sewing.) The book gives a plan for school credit for home work. It also provides for school work with no cost for equipment. It is as easy as a book can be. Mailing price, 60 cents. LITTLE, BROWN & COMPANY 34 Beacon Street, Boston 32 So. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill. CAT AND DOG HOSPITAL CREELY, EDWARD, J. D. V. S. 1818 MARKET ST. Nr. Octavia San Francisco ACCOMPLISH TWICE SHORTHAND High School, East Providence, R. I. The Arthur J. Barnes Pub. Co., Our class beginning stenography MRS. LOTTIE M. FOSS. Commercial Teacher. FREE-Paper-bound copy free (clothbound 50c) to superintendents or shorthand teachers. Specify Benn Pitman or Graham. The Arthur J. BARNES Pub. Co., St. Louis 511 HOWARD BUILDING Illinois Training School for Nurses FOUNDED IN 1880 Offers an up-to-date course in theoretical instruction and practical training to women who wish to enter the nursing profession. Favorable applicants must meet the requirements of good health, of age (19-35), of good moral character, having had one year of High School instruction or its educational equivalent. The instruction covers a period of three years, including a preliminary course. The School catalogue and blanks will be sent on application to the Supt. of Nurses, 509 Honora St., Chicago, Ill. GREGG SYSTEM ADOPTED Gregg Shorthand displaces the Ben Pitman system in the High Schools of Oakland by the unanimous adoption of Gregg for four years by the Board of Education, May 27. * * "When a Man Comes to Himself," by Woodrow Wilson, Ph. D., Litt. D., L.L.D., President of the United States; published by Harper and Brothers, New York. A short philosophical article on the changes that a man undergoes, until he arrives at the stage when he "comes to himself," and finds in that state his place in the world and proper position for usefulness toward mankind. The distinguished author shows that some men never arrive at that point, but shows clearly the good fortune of the man who finally does and the satisfaction the reward brings. TEACHERS' TRAINING COURSE GRECG SCHOOL This is to announce that the Summer Normal Session of Gregg School will open Monday, July 5, 1915, and continue six weeks, closing August 13. Primary and advanced instruction, by the faculty of Gregg School, will be given in the principles and pedagogy of the following subjects: GREGG SHORTHAND RATIONAL TYPEWRITING BUSINESS ENGLISH COMMERCIAL CORRESPONCE Gregg School has become famous for its practical methods of instruction, as is attested by the fact that each year since its opening the attendance at the Summer Normal has been greater than that of the previous year. The widespread adoption of progressive educational policies in the public and private commercial schools emphasizes the growing need for professional training in Shorthand, Typewriting, Office Training and allied subjects. Registrations are now being made. Arrange to spend the summer at Gregg School. Write for a copy of the thirty-two page announcement of the Normal Session. GREGG SCHOOL 6 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. PHOTOPLAY THEATRES TIVOLI OPERA HOUSE Turner & Dahnken Circuit SAN FRANCISCO MOTION PICTURE PALACE EDDY STREET NEAR POWELL San Francisco MAJESTIC THEATRE THE PICTURE PALACE OF THE MISSION MISSION STREET Between 20th and 21st THE IDLE HOUR MISSION STREET NEAR 22ND PRESENTS PERFECT PROGRAMS FEATURED FILMS GALLAGHER-MARSH BUSINESS COLLEGE 1256 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal. and teaches short hand as it is written by the experts in court. Send for literature, read the advice of the experts and then you will understand why you should attend GALLAGHER-MARSH BUSINESS COLLEGE. |