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Title: What one school did and how it did it
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Wyman, Grace
Subjects: Public schools
Publisher: Madison, The College of agriculture
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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lasses, etc., isnecessary. This must be taken care of by the teacher and, ifsuccessful, must be done systematically. Several of the boys had suggested that they would like to at-tempt running a typewriter. How I had longed to be ableto give over some of this clerical work to some one, but had nomeans of doing so! Upon consulting the students I found sev-eral others wishing a try, and in several weeks time a type-writer was being used not only ))y the children but by myself,saving many minutes which I could put to better use. As with the sewing and manual training, the typewritiiig pe-riod for each pupil is scheduled; if the pupil has not preparedhis work so he can take his turn, he forfeits it and the machinestands idle. The schedule for all the work is followed carefullyand each pupil knows his privilege and takes it. The expense for each pupil is seven cents a month, and someof the children are becoming quite proficient. Now, many of my 20 • BULLETIN OP THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
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FIGURE 7. WHY BOYS AND GIRLS ARE GLAD TO GO TO SCHOOL The boys learn to use their hands. The little tots get kindergarten methods. Sewingand typewriting and school do not conflict and the girls enjoy both. WHAT ONE SCHOOL DID AND HOW IT DID IT 21 letters, bills, notices, etc., are run off by my pupils while I do themore impor.ant work of the sehool. Pupils Take Turns at Work In addition to the liclp al)ove mentioned, I utilize every pcs-sible opportunity of getting the children to do voluntary tasks.Each week I assign to first one and then another the responsi-bility of keeping fresh water in the fountain; the cleaning of thewash bowl; cleaning the black-boards and erasers, sweeping thecement steps and vestibule. Having completed the text in agriculture, practical tests arenow being made of seed corn, the boys making the boxes in thecarpenter shop, and making their own apparatus. In like man-ner will the milk from each farm be tested, and a special studyof soil from each farm will be

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