. The Kindergarten magazine. ey are the ideas of the New said, We are one body and members in particular, and Froebelteaches the same thing when he gives us the little play of the wholefamily in these little fingers. Again referring to the public schoolsshe said: For this education which should reach all people we mustmust use a common social center, and the public school is that moredefinitely than any other institution. She then gave an interesting de-scription of the public playground recently opened in Chicago. Theentire program was most cordially received by the audience pr


. The Kindergarten magazine. ey are the ideas of the New said, We are one body and members in particular, and Froebelteaches the same thing when he gives us the little play of the wholefamily in these little fingers. Again referring to the public schoolsshe said: For this education which should reach all people we mustmust use a common social center, and the public school is that moredefinitely than any other institution. She then gave an interesting de-scription of the public playground recently opened in Chicago. Theentire program was most cordially received by the audience present,which numbered nearly two hundred people, and the speakers receivedthe closest attention throughout, much interest being manifested. Atthe close of the program a short business meeting was held, at whichthe following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Miss ClaraMingins, of the Detroit Normal school, president; Miss Hester P. Stowe,-of the State Normal school, at Ypsilanti, secretary. 420 KINDERGARTEN Mary h. McDowell. The New York State Federation ot Womens clubs listened to an im-portant report submitted by its Educational Committee at the Novembermeeting. What a current of school reforms might be set in motion if allclubs should concentrate for one year on this important point. The edu-cational departments of womens clubs are alleged to be the most alivecenters of work and usefulness in the majority of clubs. Dr. Amelia , as chairman bf the educational committee for the New Yorkfederation, presented the following important report: The committeeadvises that a committee of eleven, ten of whom shall correspond withone-tenth of the federated clubs, through education secretaries, be ap-pointed. The work offered is of three general kinds. First—The ap-pointment of tactful women as school visitors to report in detail externalconditions and whatever concerns the physical well-being of the —Work adapted to those clubs of women who have


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