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ER : WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1919 Winnetka School Problems ! The following questions received during this last week are answered by Superintendent C. W. Washburne: Q~--Why was the Horace Mann school closed last Monday? A.--The grate bars in the boiler gave way. We knew that they were weak, and new ones had been order- ed since early in October. The series of strikes, followed by the coal short- age, prevented filling our order un- til just too late to prevent a one-day shut-down. The new grates were in- stalled Monday afternoon. Q.--What is the meaning of indi- vidual instruction? A--As we use the term here we mean a system by which each pupil will do each grade's work at his own natural rate of progress, unhurried by those who are quicker than him- self and unhampered by those who are slower. It will probably take, about three years to install this sys- tem in its entirety. At present pupilsi are working under the individual plan in spelling, science and reading. Before the end of this school year we hope to have manual training, domes] tic science and some of the geography | and history work on an individual] Q.--What are the advantages of an individual system? A--In the first place it will ab-| solutely eliminate repeating a grade. If a pupil is slow in arithmetic, he, will take longer than a year to finish his arithmetic course, but he will not have to take the course twice,' and may not have to take as much time for his reading and history. In the second place an individual system will prevent the rapid child from forming the habit of working below his ability, and from getting into the mischief which always comes with idleness; it will prevent the slow pupil from being bored by repetition and from doing slipshod work in an effort to go faster than his natural rate. In the third place it will re- lieve crowding in class rooms; the fact that under the usual class lock- step slow pupils have to repeat grades while rapid pupils have to take a year to do work which they might finish in a half year, results in congestion and large classes. An- other advantage of the individual system is that it makes it possible to adapt the course of study to in- | novels in form, but touch upon some dividual needs and interests. There! are many other advantages, some of which I have pointed out in a pamph- | let "Breaking the Lockstep in our Schools", which may be had free of] charge in my office. Q.--What are some good books for: parents to read who wish to keep! abreast of present educational move- | ments? ! A.--There are not many first class| books on education written for par-| ents. The following books, however, are well worth reading and may be] borrowed from the teachers' library | in my office by any parent: "The Curriculum by Bobbitt. This book is very recent, well written and | well thought. It discusses in an in-| teresting way several of the most imporant problems of present day | education. | Democracy and Education by John | Dewey. This book is difficult but in| many ways the best book on educa- | tion that has ever been written. It] requires careful study, rather than| cursory reading. It is worth owning, | and may be bought at the school dis- count through my office or direct from Macmillan & Company or A. C. McClurg & Company. It may also be borrowed from the teachers' lib- rary. The Intelligence of School Children and The Measurement of Intelligence, both by Lewis M. Terman. These books take up the question of in- telligence tests and the results of! testing the intelligence of a large number of children. They are not especially difficult to read. | Joan and Peter and The Undyir | Fire by H. G. Wells. These are both of the big educational problems of the day. They are decidedly interesting | in themselves and from an equcant tional viewpoint. Education by Dynamism by Fred- | erick Burk, a pamphlet easily read) and well worth while, may be ob- | tained from the teachers' library or | by writing to the San Francisco | State Normal School, San Francisco, | California. There are many other books which are of interest to parents who wish to read upon some special phase of education. The above are recom- mended from the standpoint of gen-| eral reading. | OIL-BURNING ENGINE MAY REVOLUTIONIZE { RAILWAY TRANSPORT | A revolution in railway transport is expected to be effected by the in- vention and practical demonstration of an internal combustion oil-burning engine. Sir Vincent I.. Raven, chief mechanical engineer of the North-| eastern railway, has designed, had] built initial test such an engine. 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The engine has a 20-inch cvl-1 searching for the secret of the inder, a 26-inch stroke and 1,000} philosopher's stone of the transport horsepower." world for many years. Albert lLidgett, editor of the Pe- "More than 16,000,000 tons of coal troleum Times, says: i were consumed by British railways "Such an engine can be operated | 1ast year. If the oil-burning engine at half the cost of coal burners. The | has come to stay. as appears certain, "With a heavy freight I made thirty | application of the motor engine prin- | this will be saved for general uses." miles an hour, hut the engine can do! ciple to the railways is a triumph for SS LTTE sixty miles per hour with a passenger | British engineering. We have heen | they can be operated at half the cost i locomotives the Northeastern has ordered fifty such engines as a starter. : "The engine, built at Elswick, is an 0.8 super-heated type intended for heavy freight," said Sir Vincent. 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