Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1925, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, "WASHINGTON, D. e T —————————— Headquarters for IVES and LIONEL Electric Trains Xmas Tree Outfits With Gen- uine Mazda Lamps Catalogues in Colors Free Washington Theatre | Supply Co. | 719 Ninth St. N.W. Phone Main 8647 JUNIORHIGH PLAN AIDS CITY SCHOOLS System Improves Teachers and Wins Pupils’ Interest, Haycock Report Says. Facility Increases Efficiency The plan and equipment of the New Vermont Building Vt. and L Streets are the re- sult of a careful study into what contributes to office comfort and _convenience—and here you'll find the maximum of both. Achievements in the development of | the junior high schools in the District |are ‘outlined by Robert L. Haycock, sistant superintendent of schools, in report to Supt. Frank W. Mr. Haycock's report was blic today as another install- | ment of Dr. Ballou's annual resume of public educational conditions in Wash- ington. Seven beneficial achievements were noted by Mr. Haycock as a result of {the development “of the junior high new point of view, a_higher , a definite aspiration, d curriculum, an enthusiastic body, a reduction of conges- and a pleased community. rified aims, its vitalized courses of nd its socializing activities, 1 k, has enlivened our ers to a new point suit—trom 2-room d to the pre-adolescent re floor. C ( 2 an G _ . Kental Agents 1415 K St. Main 4752 | school environment most conducive room teaching not igh schoo'- “ut in every grammer grade in our system Sutdy Child's Needs. immediate effect upon our in the up- . has been a ion and the de- and more n. More of before are ional improvement in hools of education of the uni- whe e pursuing eful and help- Break a Cold Right Up with “Pape’s Cold Compound” id, to know how to meet those needs. teachers in the gh schools. Most of »moted from the ele- grades after months of and preparation for their new “In a ration that ha the teacher has the sat | moving up into the juntor with the s e it was an aspi- nd often tion of h school second and third doses completely up the cold. t and safe to - \ take. Contains na O\&, ) quinine or ~opiates. {\ \/ Millions use ““Pape’s i fiCold Compound t S Price thirty-five Druggists ntee it Buy With Confidence—Buy a Dunigan All-Brick Home i Come Out Thanksgiving ? And See These Beautiful Dunigan Homes in e BN N T tworth the Most Beautiful Section of Washington Sample Houses Open and Lighted Until 9P.M. Grant Circle AT New Hampshire Ave. and Webster St. N.W. (16th Street Double-Decker Busses to these Homes) P AND K2 3 < Sherman Circle 4824 to 4842 Kansas Ave. N.W. (Between Delafield and Emerson Sts. N.W.) Convenient to Cars and Busses These Big Six-Room Homes t ideas for home comfort; many features mot to ling at hundreds of dollars more—see them, and see wwh v and up-to-date in home construction. Every Effort Is Made to Meet the Financial Requirements of All Desirable Purchasers No Homes Can Approach Them In Value 'D. J. Dunigan, Inc. 1319 N. Y. Ave. Phone Main 1267 he Junior High School with its | scl ional needs and the | to| J ral f peals to its pup proportion of them in school even | | ght in the | ores of | view and the clarifying of the aims of | withdrawn from those buildings. A [schools and the establishment of the c'TIZENs GOMPLAIN there while at work in the buslnesul the junior high schols have revealed the need of revising our course of study in the elementary schools. There has arisen a real desire among teach- icers to make the courses ful, and to relate them the pupll's intere e in the commun “Committees of representative t - have been at work ¥ of the clementary courses with those of the ju schools. tow: o similar senior high schools. ral of these committees have brought in their reports, thus making it possible to use the new courses next year. Pupils’ Interest Won. “The more modern equipment of the junior high school, the homogeneity of its student group, and the exploratory opportuni orded by a variety of courses have given the pupils a new zest in their school work and a greater enjoyment of the student activities. “A study of the number of puy withdrawing from school at the clo of the eighth year of the elementary schools as compared with the number from school at the close of the junior high s that the junior high nding on into the sopho more f the senior his larger percentage of the sen see it. doubtedly t has .mu after they are a year older. Relieved Crowding. More than 1,200 pupils of the > been withhel crowded senior hi by the opening of the junior se k more than (TR v h'zh | that | side the re from striking result is the noticeable re duction of part-time classes in the elementary schools that are associated with the several funior high schools. The withdrawal of seventh and elghth o cl from these buildings ble to place many s on_ fulltime instruc- s as shown in the following table. Thus over 50 classes and more than pupils_have been given the ad- ucation to provide junior eir respective com- 5 i d offi- sponse lish- ment of the new junior high schools. Expressed disappointment came from a number of parents who lived out- ions of the new schools, too far away to have their childr admitted. Citizens_in the northeast, | getown, in Brightwood and in Reno and BErookland sections are tions for new junior | munities. cer has m from school s Mr. Haycock pointed out that the promotion of Kramer | the - princ of ! stant superintendent | FURNITURE RENTING C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1995. position of business manager has brought about a division of duties in the office of the assistant superintend- ent “that makes possible a more satis- factory administration of the ele- mentary and secondary schools.” Capt. Keely in Excepted List. Capt. Henry E. Keely, Medical Corps, recently stationed on the Panama Canal Zone, has been except- ed by the President from the opera- tion of the provisions of the national defense act requiring duty with com- batant troops. ot e OF UNFAIR PARKNG Home Owners Tell Director Eld- ridge Machines Crowd Them From Their Own Doors. Residents of several streets on the edge of the congested zone again are complaining to Traffic Director Eld- ridge that they are unable to park at their own doors because of the all- day parkers, who leave machines The heating plant of the new Capi- tal Theater in London is on the roof. Build With Buena Granite Build your home and terrace wall of granite. You can have a home constructed of stone, a home of beauty and dignity second to none, a building with a longer life than any other kind of structure. Granite for walls and structures of any kind. 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