New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1923, Page 18

18 ANGELO PATRI ON CHILD DEVELOPMENT Famous New York Teacher De- livers Interesting Lecture Here i How a “book school” i n Ita distriet in New York city changed into a “doing how the children, who had in past taken no interest in school work came back and learned t “hands and backbones™ we out interestingly by Angelo principal of one of the New public schools, in his lectur Right Attitude,” at the Camp auditorium last evenin de auspices of the Busine fessional Women's club of There are two groups of 7 #aid the speaker, who can not on the bringing up of childre of these groups is stronsly in of rules, law and disciplir while t other belleves in giving the Lit of freedom, in let in letting him work 1t i ow problems by himself and in encour- g him to stick to his work unti he is through, even th he makes mistakes in so doing “The wheels of progress « sround until t agree,” Patri. It is d t to agree children, People religion or polit sgree about ct a don't the children bei TR #s a part of wisdom, aces ng to tt epeaker, for those who know the @nd know what should be do mselves to see the ind 1he this favor 1gh in nof stated thont tbout should facts oppo vint of view and then gradu- ' ge it iri told of pis experience Wt confirme wnd bes sides, they didn't way. However, | Tar and a White The first day he w Lie wore a white 1i year had not begun consisted mainly « children, He said t! \ three or four hours befor got around that | yal. When he left a group of children was waiting for him However, they finally let him go When he came back he went The school w he explained. and there was t outside the v were 1 truants took t sition nen Sait, L to the ol 48 not quite fir umero d a teleg 4 how tt kets wit} rously tarring t nd the story Patri stated simply was 00d.” his set him children had ne The matter of the was not a personal one It have been their uttitud school and teachers. It sort of prison, he thoug) place for them. The ¢} truly badly behaved Then came the second count the children know anything his friends had was found out after mini v pi They measured mueh below grade, FOR SALE Three Family House on East St. Near East Main St. Corner lot Pric 500 COX & DUNN 272 MAIN ST. im before pebh throw DON'T DEPRIVE YOURSELF Provide your folks g With plenty of rich, pure milk. It is an ‘ort-nnm;cal food no waste or bother either Seibert's milk is high- Iy regarded, sir. MAKE SURE ITS SEIBERTS gPARK ST. PHONME 17208 NEW BRITAIN . CONN out the rocords When it came to testing third point, he secured the nd found that some of the had been out 10, 20 or it children NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1923. grew and how he, Mr. tdken a decp personal interest in him, felling that in that boy might be an- other Michael Angelo. How the boy | to go to work, the results of his sent Mr. for information re ding the making of pottery and his subse- quent confinement to a tuberculosis how he wan < . didn't | sanitarium, was told by the speaker they wa Carry stigations the g on his im sent questionna to The result was t per cent of the parents were bor: 1 hred in the country ad cither no school eir only Woexpert varnii Teaching by Experience Mr. Patri clusion th nally came to on must lear the con 1 thin, does things is told'to ¢ He then told of his s ew tea ause he methods, \ instead of out of hooks. He I several short stories that written by been ehildren in childr iis school, all certain ¢ hey had been in spired by His xperience, experie story of Carmén, and how Carmen prove parents. he found out that They had | Wl or so in a t ¥ N experience. atd that a child had his following a one of ‘the | stead of 1 himself to he a most brilliant scholar in a way which showed his deep ga for the boy and which showec I that he had a'firm belief that the boy | would have become famous, had he lived. He stated that if the school had remained the book, the teacher and the word these children could not have accomplished what they did. He told the storics of several children and how they learned through ex and mnot through books, _how to do things with their hands and found out for themselves the nestic science class won . prize of $20 in a competition of schools and how later the boys in the woodworking department turned 1o a huge linen chest worth nore, by putting the money in- chi How much to materials, showed what the ren had learned. The gained knowledge throug is and backbone,” stated aker In the growth, their the school, instead of a selfish as there is in schools wWhere word knowledge is dealt out, there is an appreciation of work and work manship, of the other fellow's dignity, of the other fellow’s contribution. In the “teacher’s pet” who fis | the bright boy in many classes where book learning is given out exclusive- T Patri, had | Patel from | | they were licensed. children Objection to His Methods. " There was a criticism of Mr. Patri’s| way of running things, he said. His| ideas did not megt with approbation | when they reached some of the peo-| ple. They thought it foolish to em- | ploy dn excursion teacher who took the children on instructive trips about the city; they thought it foolish to have a dramatic teacher; they thought it foolish to have a program teach- r, and made the principal restore » teachers to the positions for which He said that he made no objection. He decided to bide his time. One can gain something by clinging to one's point of view, one ean gain something by undertaking the other person's pont of vi The others are just as sincere in r desire to help the chiid. The Great Teacher interested Himself in people’s troubles. 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