. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. t its young people dance in theright place. The gymnasiums of public schoolbuildings are a safe place. Study rooms have been established inconnection with most of the attendance has been large, so large,in fact, that in some quarters we werehardly able to take care of all who ap-plied. The children who have no properplaces in which to study at home flockto the well-lighted study room, wherecomfortable seats and desks, and theguidance of an experienced teache
. New Boston; a chronicle of progress in developing a greater and finer city--under the auspices of the Boston-1915 movement. t its young people dance in theright place. The gymnasiums of public schoolbuildings are a safe place. Study rooms have been established inconnection with most of the attendance has been large, so large,in fact, that in some quarters we werehardly able to take care of all who ap-plied. The children who have no properplaces in which to study at home flockto the well-lighted study room, wherecomfortable seats and desks, and theguidance of an experienced teacherserve to help them prepare their lessonsunder proper surroundings. The results derived from these roomsare potent factors in reducing retarda-tion; for most of the pupils who use thestudy rooms succeed in being one school, out of the two hundredwho attended the study rooms, all butone were promoted at the end of the some of the schools we have twoteachers, thus enabling the principalsto make a better grading of the pupils,the older ones being placed in one room NEW YORKS EVENINC; HE( REAIIOX (KNTKKS. GIRLS GYMNASTIC EXERCISES and the younger ones in another. Themore advanced pupils have been of greatassistanqe in giving aid to the pupils ofthe lower grades, and also have been ableto improve their own standing throughthe review work. These rooms are not simply intendedto furnish places where children canprepare their written lessons. An efforthas been to make the name study roomof real significance. Insistence has there-fore been laid ujjon a quiet discipline,and no more inspiring sight can be wit-nessed than to see forty or fifty pupilsstudying their history, geography, orgrammar, or preparing other lessonsassigned. Reference books are con-sulted, an occasional ciuestion is askedof the teacher, pen or paper borrowed,and all amid an atmosphere which makesfor mental growth and, what is moreimportant, develops the study habit. In conclusion, may I say that the
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