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Show I SOCIAL STUDY NEW MOVEMENT I IS OUTLINED Government Expert Tells of Modern Trend in History His-tory and Civics. WOULD CHANGE METHOD OF CLASSROOM WORK Pupils Should Centralize on Living Subjects; Department Depart-ment Divisions Meet The abandonment of the old study of civics aad leas centralisation upon the history of snclent people and their dead customs and languages was advocated la a stirring address by Thomaa J. Jonee. a epectenrt In the bureau of education. Waahlngton, before the aocisl science , eUslssoo of the department of se.-ondsry education at the bishops bulldln this morning. The session wss conducted by H. L. Smith, superintendent of schools of Bloomlngton. Ind., and Mr. Jones came to this dlr for the specific purpose of de-u de-u i hl. .mmm whloh In nart. was as follows: "It Is probahl, that the nigh school teachers of social science and history have the beet opportunity ever offered to any social group to Improve the cltisen-shlp cltisen-shlp of the land." Mr. Jonee said. "This sweeplnc claim la baaed upon the fact that the million and a quarter high school pupils Is probably the tersest group of persons In the world who can be directed to a serious snd systematic effort both through study and practice to acquire the social point of view. "It Is acknowledged that social science and history have a peculiarly direct responsibility re-sponsibility In this respect. Oood cltlsen-ahlp cltlsen-ahlp is the direct aim of the high school courses In social science dnd history Good cltlsenshlp Is the test whloh the committee would apply to every element of these courses. "Under this test the old dries, almost exrfueively a study of government machinery, ma-chinery, must give way to the new civics, a study of all manner of aoclal efforts lo Improve mankind. The time formerly spent In the effort to understand the protest pro-test of passing a law over the president s eto Is now to be more profitably used In the observation of the vocational resources re-sources of tbe community. Not one person per-son In a million has any need of knowledge knowl-edge concerning rules of congressional procedure, whereas every living person should knew what are the chances of employment for the average man. In line with this emphasis the committee recommends recom-mends that soctsl science in the high school shall Include ths observation and study of such topics sa community health, boustna snd homes, pure food, public recreation, good roads, parcels post and postal savings, community education, educa-tion, poverty and the care of the poor, , rime end reform family Income, savings bank and Ufa Insurance, human and material ma-terial resources of the community, human hu-man rights versus property lights, lin-pulalve lin-pulalve action of mobs and the selfish conservation of tradition, public utilities like etreet car lines and telephones and light aad watsr plants. Mast Learn Environment. "it Is. therefore. Important to say that It la aot the purpose to give the pupil aa exhaustive knowledgs of any oae of these subjects, but rather to give him s clue to the significance of these matters to him, sad to bis community, and to arouse In him s desire to know more about bla environment. It la to help him to think 'clvtcallr' and. If possible, to liv, clvlceily.' Teacher aad pupil must realise that they are studying twin things. "Reoent history Is mors Important than that of ancient timet: the htatory of our own country than that of foreign lands; the record of our own Institutions and activities than that of strangers, the labors la-bors aad plans of the multitudes than the pleasures and dreams of the few. gtx Division Meetings 81 1 divisions of the department of secondary sec-ondary education held round table conferences con-ferences In as many meeting places this morning, discussing the vital features of their respective fields At each of these meetings ths conferences confer-ences were of en Informal order, and in each new elemental features of education educa-tion and methods were presented for consideration con-sideration Tbe English breach held Its seeslon at assembly hall, K. O. Holland, superintendent superinten-dent of schools at Louisville. Ky.. presiding, pre-siding, while Jamea P. Hosle. head of the Knguea department, Chicago teachers' cctTece. led the discussion. The branch of ancient languages met In the Brigham Young memorial build -lam and Franklin O. Smith of thlt city presided The discussion wss led by Walter Wal-ter B. Poster of Btuyvteant high school. New Terk J. A. Randall of the deportment of phy. ales, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. N. T . presided pre-sided over the session of the natural science sci-ence branch, which met In the fourteenth ward chapel. William Orr deputy commissioner com-missioner of education, led the discussion The division of buslneee education met at the Elks' club, Orson Ryan, superintendent superin-tendent of Jordan schools. Mldvale. Utah presiding, with A I.. Push of the high school of commerce. New Tor City, lead- Alba Bales presented en Interesting Interest-ing paper at the department of household economics, which met at the Lion house Mrs. Henrietta Calvin presided at the eee- ton. and Amy I Daniels of the University Univer-sity of Missouri Isd the discussion. In her paper, "ideals In the Teaching of Home Economics." Mlaa Bales said that the Influences In the history of the raree which have been predominant In the development de-velopment of woman and the home are of vital Interest to the home eoonom let Whst share primitive woman had in originating origi-nating culture and defining a code of morals, and what share women of today have In the stupendous educational social so-cial and economic experiment of universal univer-sal education are questions which concern the whole raoa |