. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . ren from the factories and other estab-lishments of the state, where they were formerly employed, and ofkeeping them in school. Our Patrons Day this year was attended with more than the usualinterest. More than two thousand visits of parents and friendswere recorded (m this day in the various schools. In several instancesschools were dismissed at an early hour, and the last afternoon periodwas given over to a general meeting of visitors and teachers, to theirmutual profit
. Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Year Ending July 3, 1911 . ren from the factories and other estab-lishments of the state, where they were formerly employed, and ofkeeping them in school. Our Patrons Day this year was attended with more than the usualinterest. More than two thousand visits of parents and friendswere recorded (m this day in the various schools. In several instancesschools were dismissed at an early hour, and the last afternoon periodwas given over to a general meeting of visitors and teachers, to theirmutual profit and pleasure. The inauguration of Patrons Day hasmeant much to our schools. Each year has indicated an increasinginterest of parents in the movement. There need be no apprehensionas to the outcome of our efforts, so long as the home and the schoollabor together in sympathy with a view to accomplishing the ends tobe desired. During the year a new special school for defectives was openedand two new schools for the exceptionally gifted. All of these schoolsliave been successful beyond our expectations. We shall continue. Technical High School, Harrisburg. Mo. 5. HAZLETON. - 195 tliiMii iicxi vcai- iind aild lo tlieir inmil»(r. NO plan of scliool grading,gi()U])ing, etc., iiuhMs llio needs ol acMial condilions so fully as thespecial solutol idea. Sixty of our pui>ils dui-ing the year completedIhe work of the last two elementary grades and will enter the HighSchool in the fall. The saving of a year to them will mean more thancan he estimated in dollars and cents. There is no plausible reasonwhy these exceptional pupils should not be given a chance to ad-vance as their abilities warrant, due regard being i)aid to their health,and there is ever}- reason why they should be so advanced. The opening of our Technical High School in Septeml)er next willusher in a new era for this rapidly growing institution. During the])eriod of its ertM?tion, which has covered about a year and a half
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