Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . malclasses, and through individual instruction given dnring office hours at the Boardrooms each afternoon in the week after school. The May Song Festivals, whichhave been given during the past few years, have come to be an institution recog-nized by the board of education. These song festivals are given in various centersthrough the city by the special teachers and are attended by teachers and have been the source of hearty enjoyment by the children and are consid-ered of great educational and sociological valu
Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . malclasses, and through individual instruction given dnring office hours at the Boardrooms each afternoon in the week after school. The May Song Festivals, whichhave been given during the past few years, have come to be an institution recog-nized by the board of education. These song festivals are given in various centersthrough the city by the special teachers and are attended by teachers and have been the source of hearty enjoyment by the children and are consid-ered of great educational and sociological value. An increasing interest on the partill the boys throughout the city has been of the pleasing aspects of the de-velopment of this department. DRAWING In late years a change has been made in the teaching of drawing from theearly method of having a special teacher, interested in her one line of work, whocame in to the school room on certain days to give instruction in drawing. Thereare still special teachers, hut their work is rather to direct the drawing instruction. CHICAGO: ITS HISTORY AND ITS BUILDERS J-C, of the regular grade teachers, who correlate their pupils drawing work with theirother studies as far as possible, tints making it a part, not an addendum, of theschool work. Tin special teachers inspect and criticize the work of the pupils,and meet the grade teachers in institute classes. They also consult frequentlyamong themselves for the purpose of keeping in touch with each other and with thebest im thuds of interpreting the study course and of relating the art work to thegeneral course of study, as well as to the development of the child as a whole. Theaim oi the department in teaching drawing as outlined by the special teachers in1910, is to agree on the fundamentals of subject matter, technique, presentation andcriticism in interpreting the study course in the schools, to uphold a reasonablestandard in each grade throughout the city, and to encourage adaptation to
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