. The Forum . usting them forcibly forward when she uttered theUJ. I do have so much trouble in getting these children to recitetogether, the teacher afterward said to me. If such teaching represents education upon psychological principles, itis not at all surprising that so many persons should be opposed to modernmethods. In one of the other classes that I visited in this school, some ofthe children were reading, while others were writing. After hearingsome of them read, the teacher said to me: 1 Now I will let one of those engaged in writing read for you. Ialways like to see whether they can
. The Forum . usting them forcibly forward when she uttered theUJ. I do have so much trouble in getting these children to recitetogether, the teacher afterward said to me. If such teaching represents education upon psychological principles, itis not at all surprising that so many persons should be opposed to modernmethods. In one of the other classes that I visited in this school, some ofthe children were reading, while others were writing. After hearingsome of them read, the teacher said to me: 1 Now I will let one of those engaged in writing read for you. Ialways like to see whether they can read what they write. They copy 308 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF BUFFALO AND CINCINNATI. the words from the board, you know, and so I am not always sure thatthey can read what they write. She then said to one of the children:Lucy, read whats on your slate for that there then came forward courageously and read this thrilling tale: The cows feed on the grass. At night they come to the barn. Allegro. 3 3. etc, etc. —v v -j W—E—£—v—^—v ?—H f - doub-le - e - d feed, i - doub-le - e - d feed. It must not be supposed that the above-described method of teach-ing spelling is confined to this one school. Indeed, my observationsled me to believe that this method is commonly used in the schoolsof Cincinnati. A reading-lesson that I attended in the third-year class of anotherschool presented some special features, though the method in itselfwas typical. The lesson was announced soon after I entered the room. Whenthe children had all placed their books upon the desks, the teacher said: Position! Books in your left hands; right hands behind yourbacks! The lesson was conducted as follows: One child was called uponto read a paragraph, then another pupil was told to read the sameparagraph over again, and lastly, this paragraph was read by the classin concert. The same course was pursued in all the paragraphs all in all, this reading sounded like a piece of musi
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