. Review of reviews and world's work . and gardens as schoolequipment; we may welcome the democraticspirit in school management which subordi-nates regimentation to activity and learning todoing; but we must avoid such extension andcomplication of school work as will outrunprovision for watchful administrative con-trol ; we must avoid the wholesale abandon-ment of tested methods and programs fornovel and stimulating experiments under-taken without critical examination of results,without provision for records or account-ability, without the establishment of super-visory agencies. It is to the s
. Review of reviews and world's work . and gardens as schoolequipment; we may welcome the democraticspirit in school management which subordi-nates regimentation to activity and learning todoing; but we must avoid such extension andcomplication of school work as will outrunprovision for watchful administrative con-trol ; we must avoid the wholesale abandon-ment of tested methods and programs fornovel and stimulating experiments under-taken without critical examination of results,without provision for records or account-ability, without the establishment of super-visory agencies. It is to the substantial and lasting credit ofGary that it has had the courage, liberality, andimagination to try things. Nor have thingsbeen tried blindly and recklessly. The social sit-uation to be dealt with has been thoughtfullyanalyzed; the resources at our disposal have beenintelligently marshalled. Gary . . failed onlyin caution and criticism. Hence, while thingshave been tried, results have not been carefully THE GARY SYSTEM EXAMINED 613. checked. Disappointment wasinevitable, but it is a disap-pointment that does not implyfundamental error. . Thetheory of which Gary is anexemplification is derived fromthe facts and necessities ofmodern life. The defects ofGary cannot therefore simplythrow us back on the meagertype of education appropriateto other conditions. Garys ex-perience up to this time meansmerely that further efforts, atGary and elsewhere, moreclearly defined, more effectivelycontrolled, must be made inorder, if possible, to accom-plish Garys avowed object—the making of our schools ade-quate to the needs and condi-tions of current life. A CLASS IN DRAWING AND DESIGN (An elective system results commonly in boys taking mechanical drawingSo ends the reOOrt What ^ girls free-hand drawing. Pupils work in charcoal and crayon, as well asn 1 * r^ ^ pencil, and later on in water color. Designing takes the form of curtain IS It, SpeCincally, that dary and wall decorations, metal work
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