| Show MORE concerning THE NEW COURSE TO BE GIVEN AT ACADEMY in last weeks appeared an article outlining in general the pro posed scheme of conducting the uli tali Aci deni tor for the coming season the plan proposed is to conduct the school lot loi 27 weeks instead of 36 as iu in the past and then permitting the students to enroll in home supervised courses for which credit would be granted the student would of co cour urse fae be per permitted mittet to take lake only three fourths of the usual amount of work ork during tho the winter term tile the balance to be taken in the practical courses during the summer term there are numerous masons al 11 MI 3 tills this plan will be an advantage at tl this 1 is particular time and in this district first the change la is demanded by war conditions we must produce and to produce the help of the boys and d many of the girls is needed in 1 this hour of labor shortage if I 1 the school is conducted 36 weeks as in the past most of the boys and many of the girls cannot enter school until thi bluee ee or tour four weeks late and hence they are behind in ili their studies and often become discouraged and again in spring ni ie ge ce mauds mands of spring planting many stu dents find it impossible to rei remain until the close of school these stu atu dents can receive no credit under tile the present system as credit cannot be given for an unfinished course the school authorities cannot cons clen ciell piously insist on the student rema remain ill ing in school because to do so would be to lessen the acreage planted antl and tile the amount harvested these students and their number will A ill increase as tho the shortage of men becomes more previous cannot continue their educational cat ional work vork the are unable to enter new courses a second year be cause tae did not complete their I 1 courses the previous season hence all they can do after a ear or two is to discontinue entirely their e edu d it rational cat lonal ional advancement but by the proposed scheme of a shortened ear the fall harvest will be practically call over before the winter term opens and the school will mill be out in the spring sufficiently early to permit the boys and girls to assist with tho the I 1 spring planting the alie student can and must enter when villen school opens about the first of october and remain until the close about the ath or esth of april in district the great per ier ert of the people live on farms ind and where all the young people are profitably engaged during the summer months each student can easily sign up for one or more projects during the summer these projects will be under the personal supe as Is ion of a teacher this teacher will visit the home give whatever suggestions gest ions may be need needed d direct the student in the reading of table I 1 literature along tre tie line of project education cation consists in preparing une una to meet successfully tho the lenis of life and surely it if has haa been able to do that by taking the boy out of his natural environment viron ment and putting him in tile the class room to study books more can be accomplished by meeting the stu etu dent face to face with the problems of life and giving suggestions and help there an ail example will better illustrate the working of the scheme I 1 the school has been giving a course in horticulture or the science of fruit growing browing tor which one unit credit has been granted within the class room the students with the assis j educe of the teacher have been studying the principles ot of fruit growing if the same teacher could during the summer months meet the bos in ili the orchard how much more effective the course I 1 could be made the boy would be required to read books and bulletins on how to care for an orchard and at the same time put into practice the principles learned the teacher when he made his visits would be able to see just how the boi was applying the like information gained and a word of encourage ment would make of 01 him a more efficient producer the same principle will apply to the study of poultry hogs dairying grain crops or root crops the girl could take lahe dressmaking I 1 and do the actual cawing tor for the members of the family and why not give credit if the theory course is worth credit why by not give credit for the practical working out of that theory in a later issue of the express w will appear a definitely worked out broj pro pet showing just what ahat would be expected of the student during the summer and how the course would tend to develop the students inter interest in tile the practical problems of life and bow the scheme will operate to mate make our education function more in the life of the individual |
