The Gary schools; a general account . four smallschools have neither auditorium nor regular auditoriumexercises. The Emerson auditorium seats 764; the Froe-bel, 833; the Jefferson, 234. The acoustics of the Froebeland Jefferson are good, of the Emerson, unsatisfactory,although said to have been recently improved. The problems connected with the management of theauditorium reduce to three: (i) proper grouping ofpupils, so that the group in attendance is fairly homo-geneous; (2) management; (3) content of programs. Weshall discuss these problems in order. An auditorium group to which a film, a l
The Gary schools; a general account . four smallschools have neither auditorium nor regular auditoriumexercises. The Emerson auditorium seats 764; the Froe-bel, 833; the Jefferson, 234. The acoustics of the Froebeland Jefferson are good, of the Emerson, unsatisfactory,although said to have been recently improved. The problems connected with the management of theauditorium reduce to three: (i) proper grouping ofpupils, so that the group in attendance is fairly homo-geneous; (2) management; (3) content of programs. Weshall discuss these problems in order. An auditorium group to which a film, a lecture, a con-cert, or an organized performance of some sort is pre-sented need not, obviously, be as homogeneous as aclass formed to receive specific instruction. On theother hand, it is not practicable to ofifer intellectualentertainment to a wholly miscellaneous , the Gary auditorium brings together atany one period groups made up of classes not too widelydisparate. The kindergarten and beginning classes do. AUDITORIUM AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION 165 not usually participate at all. The remaining classes aredivided into four groups, grades i to 3 forming one group,grades 4 to 6, a second, grades 7 to 9, a third, and grades10 to 12, a fourth. This alignment is, however, frequently disturbed, asthe auditorium programs of Emerson and Froebel show.^For example, at Emerson, for the 3:15 period, the groupincludes classes from the fourth to the eighth , at Froebel, the 9:15 group comprises classesfrom the first to the fourth grade, and the 3:15 period,from the third to the sixth grade. However, in the largerschools when lower grade children are listed for audito-rium with upper classes—for example, a fourth gradewith an eighth grade—the smaller children do not go tothe main auditorium, but report to the expression teacherfor half of the period and to the music teacher for theother half. Even with this precaution, the grouping isnot always for
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