. The library, the school and the child . ent finds fault with the teacher forthe slow progress of the child or the harsh [.unishmentdealt out to it. without once entering the school-room tobecome acciuainted with the teacher or the conditionsunder which she works. For a solution of this difficulty /J THK SCHOOL, AND CHILD we come once more to the project of making each schoolbuilding a social centre where teachers, parents, andlibrarians may meet on common ground, learn to appre-ciate one anothers view-point, and arrange plans where-by all may co-operate in the great work of buildin
. The library, the school and the child . ent finds fault with the teacher forthe slow progress of the child or the harsh [.unishmentdealt out to it. without once entering the school-room tobecome acciuainted with the teacher or the conditionsunder which she works. For a solution of this difficulty /J THK SCHOOL, AND CHILD we come once more to the project of making each schoolbuilding a social centre where teachers, parents, andlibrarians may meet on common ground, learn to appre-ciate one anothers view-point, and arrange plans where-by all may co-operate in the great work of buildingstrong characters in the future men and women. Play Cikgunds It is characteristic of our modern educational systemthat the child has become the central factor. In thepast we have emphasized in turn the teacher, the method,and tlic course of study; now, all these are consideredas means to a greater end—the welfare of the child. Oneof the latest institutions to express this tendency is thesupervised ])layground. We had long taken it for. IS. ^) TOK V-Ih:l N(. IN A SiMMKU I I A \ (iKl) I N I) IN SllAIlli: granted that schools should close for two months in thesummer to give the children tifrie for outdoor has only recently occurred to us that the throwing ofthousands of voung ]ieo])le out of employment during THE CHILD AXl) TUV. LIIiRARV ?3 July and August is, especially in congested urban dis-tricts, a menace to the child and more of a misfortunethan a benefit. In 1900 the school boards began to copewith the situation by opening the play grounds duringthe vacation months, eciuii)ping them with api)aratus forthe entertainment of the children, and appointing asupervisor to direct them in their games.
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