. The Kindergarten magazine. ilding we stopped at the landingand looked out on the little individual gardens, which forma circular bed known as the kindergarten gardens, where?much is planted besides the seeds visible to the naked noon hour was made memorable by hearing the student?body of six hundred, conducted by Mrs. Rice, in a greatchorus, and it was evident that the enjoyment was as genuineon the part of the singers as of the listeners. Mrs. Rice is tobe congratulated on the song quality given forth by her FOUR WEEKS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 647 chorus. Among other familiar faces at
. The Kindergarten magazine. ilding we stopped at the landingand looked out on the little individual gardens, which forma circular bed known as the kindergarten gardens, where?much is planted besides the seeds visible to the naked noon hour was made memorable by hearing the student?body of six hundred, conducted by Mrs. Rice, in a greatchorus, and it was evident that the enjoyment was as genuineon the part of the singers as of the listeners. Mrs. Rice is tobe congratulated on the song quality given forth by her FOUR WEEKS ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 647 chorus. Among other familiar faces at the normal schoolwe found Miss Ada Laughlin, formerly of St. Paul, in chargeof the art department, and Dr. C. C. Van Liew, now the headof the department of pedagogy. Dr. Van Liew shows hischaracteristic insight in aiming to extend the usefulness ofhis department by addressing mothers clubs and educa-tional gatherings throughout Southern California. A profit-able evening was spent as the guest of Miss Hasse in meeting .-J. Mission and Custom House at Monterey. the prominent educational men and women of Los Angeles,among others Superintendent Foshay, who is one of thosemild-mannered men who believe in all the radical, aggressivemovements of the day, such as manual training, public kin-dergartens, and compulsory education. Under his superin-tendence sloyd has been introduced into the sixth, seventh,eighth and ninth grades, some twenty-five hundred childrenhaving this training last year. During the year 96-97, theLos Angeles board of education have engaged twenty-onekindergartners. The children are admitted to the schools at 648 KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE. four and a half years, and none are ever refused, there beingan unusual enrollment, 18,771 to a population of 104,000inhabitants. The Los Angeles schools revel in all the fads,including music, drawing, calisthenics, manual training andkindergarten, having a special and well-paid supervisor overeach of these departments. Deputy Superin
Size: 1946px × 1284px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidk, booksubjectkindergarten
