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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1926.
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VvllhN IN HARTFORD
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J'rescriufions t?
Less Loafing, Fewer Failures
Noted At Senior High School
i nncipai siaae uescnoes jPr eenl put ,n the f0,mh M(1 Us,
i Cnnce nt C,.ti TT.J i"lnment of th nut'T wfcn,
! SUCCESS Ol OJsiem LSea ,for purpow of promotion uni radu
lt . . . 'lon, completion of tli v erK niuit
i Here at Meeting of Ldu omwrut anticipate, work
CatOrS.
Principal Louis P. Slade, In u
i1dre on "Remedial Measures foi
Hiwh fchool KallurfS." at "School
man's ek" at the L'nlverelty of
Pennsylvania, lost night told hla
audience that since the New Britain
Laboratory plan as put into effect
tfcar. ha, been a great, decrease lr.,ronM,.n ,nd Interest of the atu-
the number of failures at the Senio, .4enf. Tex..beoki. reference books,
High school. 'eround to b covered tonlri for
Hi. speech, in part, foUow,: franM It v'LmZ 'ou Z
"This paper will deal with one ra- 'i,-. , ,, .,.i.-, m ....
tlent, the jatient about whom tin. ;
writer knows best. The failures eon- ;
ililered are those of this one patient, '
the report on the remedial measures ,
is listed upon the reults with him. (
"Imagine the patient before you: :
the composite of about ten hundred I
and fifty individuals In an orginlza- j
tion known as a senior high school !
,a a 'j -1) - a sysUm .Hevsnty. sever.
ivere graduated from the organiza- I
'ion in January. Thrc-e days later ;
about ISO new members came 111.
The case, Is In the hands of three ad-
minlstratlve specialists, five
! directors, and 52 full time teachers.
I "There are two sessions each day.
'from S:15 till ll:4o In the morning;
land from 1:0& till 4:15 dn the after-
noon. For regular class work, thera
are two periods in the morning and
... j- t- r
I J IU 111 SUIIIUVU, 11 Ol
seventv-flvo minutes 'to be de'ermined upon, a symbol !
I ,!rJ ." . l I ....,,, ... .h'th.t coM he nvernrrert with other I
unit, in which courses ranging from :
trade courses to college preparatory :unierstooi uy otner parallel ami
course are given; the mobility le- ' higher institutions, without tranala
tween curricula and courses is com- I"0" and elaborate explanation. '70'
paratively easy. was made this symbol. '70' means
"There us, at the present time, an 'hat the assignment has been corn
average failure of about 10.7 pr ' pitted. The demands of higher lns'i
r.nt. the nercentacea concerned in 'tutlons made necessary a further
tl.
average ranging from 2.5 p'.r 1
.cent in physics to 1S.S per cent in
LaHn: The average is slightly high
er than In the previous semester in
i he year 1024-15:5.
i "In the r.ptlng of It)"!, upon the
'recommendation of the senior high
school administration, the School
Committee enacted the following
rtgulo' ions:
j "?ection 1. A student who does
not attain passing grade In coirs, s
;of at least three units value, during
any semester of the Senior Hlgl;
s-Miool, tha 11 be placed ofi proba'ion
at the beginning of the following
semester, and notice shall be giver,
to the parent or guardian.
" 'Section 5. Failure to maintain
rassing grade In courses of at least
ti r't- units value, during the semeo-
of probation, shall result In the
-rniination of the student's mem-
1:
bershtp in the school. It shall be
: optional with tho principal whether'
i the membership shall terminate av
the time of the mid-semester report
i or at the close of the semester,
j " 'Section S. A student whose mem
bership Is forfeited by the provt.-.lons
of this regulation, shall not be re-
instated itil at lerrt a
semester 1
has elapsej r.ince the date of the
termination of the previous rutia-
bership.
"'Section 4. In cases of itinera or
;of part-time attendance, exceptions
ito this regulation may be made, up
Jon approval by the superintendent
of school and the, principal of the
; Senior High school.'
I "The group of probationers for tht
first semester of lt."2-1523 n'lnibered
".i. At the close of the sem'ster, 11
hod f-illed to meet, the minimum re
quirement and were onld th privi
leges of the school for a semester.
Netur.-'lly there were some very try
ing tntcnies. some threats of suit,
nr.d pome thvats of official deeardtn
I tjon. but the School Committee of
; t! ftood, to a man. b'hlnd the su
! perin'enden'. and the principal and
ti e decision was sustained. Since
ts.n the. plan has been carried out
with due regard to jus'ic. end with
' careful following up of delinquents.
It Is a great pleasure to report that,
. st the close of th" first p"ne!,ter of
'he current err e,-ery prol-e'iontr
In a lurt or r8 had been saved 'o
the school. The wdde variety of cur
ricula, end courses m a composite
srtoltt. must b admitted ma';e
pnisi'nle trarsferft from etirr,ftti in
-'.ii-h he rnsy achifve success pro
vided al.'-ats that the s"jd".v. and
his noren's roopra'.
;?roni remedial rceos'ifc
t;, ,- h bf-en used in New Britain
Is a s- t em of Ir.dividuallitd ins'.r'i''
t.erj in ":e .-c,"' fer 'h1' second -e-,r.
r.-jtir inno . atlona cjiatac'erize the
"m a fi' -'ee'K assignr.tcr in-
ea'l ef a dailv assignment: a P''v
markinsr ss'm.
as all Important
h r mhasir.es ,
cor.p'etion of
the 'ask an indl-.idual graph esrd ! "S'i"h are 'he more impor'ar.t
" h.ch enables all Ir'ereste !. Bt'iden'. . remedial mens'ireF whl"h the er-p1r-.n.
teachrs, and admlnlr-tTitor. prtene of New Bri'aln ugget.
'o - a'ch th progre-s toward ! "That -he rcnsiir have been
ach'e-uncnt, and a turning vr o mor or less sncesftjl is Indicated
,s iwrt-, r of t.e n'ire scheduled bv a beer srirlt of work than the
prlod C seven'; .'b.-e ir.in'jtej
er ler as may sfem best for ,v.e fle,
c-ui'.i llthpte-,. cf the indi"!du.'il
t'.i'b n' s task
'ln,maVipg n aslt-rter'. the
eonfnt "f a yar's cnurs Is d'r--.iined
Tf "r.e -oi.nt "s not fixed, by
a rrefecs:eni orpeni'-iMon n the
clt. e- Errunce r.ximlna'lon
P.aard. I' is arranged to rlilre
-jt'.n-j. one q-j.irter of tl.e fcct-eol time
o! 'he fj.je n. The conten' Is 'hen
divided In '"O part 'o matte the
s'nt-tr course. Of 'he allot ivPt to
'a-h 'ri:fir al.eu' M per cn Is
ejsllr d! Id'd an. or? each of the
There's Real Medicine Now
for Stubborn, Hang-on Coughs
'Alien nothii-S e- mi to do that what lt dos quickly and tl.u: i;gh-
I'rr'tii, bothersome cough ny '-v
, . . . -i a . r.u There Is no dope In Ttronehulln.
-irii -ir- vr t r, Axelrod s Pr.armacv
K ' nor chloroform, nor (-ugir such
-.' ret .1 lo't of Hronchu'lne 'thingj are omy tnakeshlits nnd
Tjktt it .is dii' ct.'d .an ' n"tlce ' should be taken with the greateM
asi'v I- o-ercomis t hit persist. :'. , caution.
-:ch that has rauf'-d you many For Ordinary simple riugha two
: ''s.j rights. or three doses of rtropeholine Is tit,-
-
'
s a m iicine compound' d for
I,uipo?e of i r pun.-rlng touch.'
"g-tm c .iL-'ie at',- 'bot's x; ct'y
;m taen aanlgnment Is dtvMd at
nearly as rouble n JO parti. Aftr
iarout vor? four twnM!na, aupple
imentarv work and t.st. are provided
for those ,-ho work more ranldlv '
and for those who are candidates for
college certification or 'honor?. '
m " " .J! Vty' by C' T- l'ri"- n4.rherlff ofmade to adequately cover the
multlgrap.-.ed. taeli student of the .Oklahoma. City for 520,000 as the i nation
course Is given a copy. In the lu.gronth of a .crmon by Uv. I.in-
""l,r"' 131 ,;" -"i.-"m-n'.
following topic, may be used: Intro-
rlnctnri rft err rn tn nrnnc tnn
parts), eupplemen-nry work.
"The new mariettas- tivstem 1n.
'roduced partly to meet the needs of
he new man .inirri. nH '
partly to introduce other changes j
lontr desired
"For some time the school sd
mlnist.raflon had been dissatisfied
wi'h the system of marking. A per
centage sjstem which combined, in
the usual way, fiction and chance
and th very definite registration of
ivery indefinite judgments, had long
j " . "J0"";
lv , opportunity for a new
metho'1 of kefPln th T'
t "Th percentage system for all
; f'nal records was done away with,
(The chief question in determining a
.a'udenfa credit was to be; Has he
completed his task? A svmbol had
- ---- -
symbols, and that would be readily
clasifieatlon and distinction. Work
ani tests supplementary to me mini-
mum essentials of the assignments i
were arranged and another symbol
iwas needed. '80' was selected to
mean that the supplementary re
quirement for guaranty and certifi
cation had been met. Tho awarding
;of 'honors' It had seemed best to re
taln, and so further eupplem"ntary
1 "'ork and tests were provided. 'SS'.
; 'fn, ".' and '100' became the sym
bols for grades in the attainment of
honors. '
! "Under the old plan, It had been
the practice of the school, every five
' weeks, to send out for those who
, were, logging behind a so-called ;
deficiency report.' This was discon
tinued and for every student, pro
i fieient and laggard, there was pro
vided an individual graph card. T! is
card contains an enumeration of all
Mhe s'udent s cpurses in process, wl'n
a scsle divided in twentieths upon
which may be Indicated the ad
v.anee toward accomplishment, Thv
instructor's autographed initials 1"
I'dleate his agreement, with the
s'tident'? judgment. A parnL' 1
column for recording .bsences off!
ffa
an opportunity for one explanation
of lark of accomplishment. Thf
student Is expected to show his in
dividual graph csrd fhenever asked
to do so by teachers, administrat
ive officer, or parent.
"When the plan was Introduced,
no chant'e was made In the sys'em
of promotions: the regular quar'er
ly repor's t parents have been con-t'-iuei.
A definite daily programme
is laid out for eaeh e'udnt; . 1 1
" hen oer-aslon reo,ulres. and through
ti. pass sy'ern, n r.t'ident may ta'
time, from a cours in nhich he ha:-m'-
the requirement'!, and put pddl
tional time upon a course In hlch
he Is falling behind.
"The fourth of our innovations Is
the no- ordering of the scheduled
period. The Ne Britain plan tnaks
necessary a. very close relation be
tween teacher and student. In some
rases i Is r'oh ed almost, to prtv.v'
tutoring. To red'ice the numhtr ot
suh c,';ses to a minimum and to
("oiamiil.t. the tire and energv of
the teacher, a strong attempt is
made, to keep the large majority of
the group together. T'lrertlons and
o,ui7es that mey .lust as well be
given to twenty-four at once as to
eaeh of the 24 as many different
times rf so giver. There is mthlug
In the plan to preclude actlvi'i'-s
by the efi'lre group together when
ever all are ready oi whenever no
nsr'c'ilar preparations need be as
sumed Usually there are a. few
in every group wbo must work by
hf.rnf.ve .W.-n such crises henme
hoptlrsf; in h regular frroup. 'bey
are tran'e'-red o a ro-e.-nieri "un
graded group" In "V.teh. 1 eeane of
smn Iter enrellme:-iti ibe Instructc-r
tan riff mere time to the individual.
prrsent administration lies evr seep
hi the school and that nraps a
p'rlod of almost 53 years and by
l?s loafing and by fewer failures."
Ficin i inn iv boat
K'-v W est, j. M,-rch 23
After a Ifft-mile battle v.i'h a Hz-.
which overpowered six firemen and
necessitated pouring more than two
million e-lton of wnvr into I'n
hold, fire aboard the fr'lchter FI
Occident w-as brought under control
here early today.
RF.Af HI RAI.n t I..SSIHF.n AUS
tially pnough.
Axejrod's I harma-y and dealers
' t"" ' lv-r cn r jjiply yrm. i
RADIO STATION
WINS LAWSUIT
tftr all slander la a matter between
KFJF Gels Verdict in First
whether It takes place over the tele
, ! phone, a broadcasting station, or
Aerial Slander Action ; irrrx".!, fo;
such an ouonse should not be lodged
I In a federal court statute.
Washington, March 2S ifv-What
in stftnrallv cnnnrtft4 in h Vi
'I .,: i""' " ."Z " ".
,.' l"', "rT" " 8 ,ror
I. . ,.:;.Tw .
not
was ajiej
lOfrilnst station
KFJF at Oklahoma
iColn McConnell, partor of the rirst
;B ,t chureh( ,n nhlch ref(.r,M
i .........
0.... 0
c0 " " r,' ' !9S di.mu.ed M . ,
T" c 88 dlsmlMtl1 en ir-'
Z f iJTt T,
l3T. the position he maintained
r"lns ,M m? tf'eP"one
-"Vr ""'- luini.n.. ui n
lover which the program was trans-
mltted from the remote control to
Nation KFJF. It waMr. Shaw's sr-
sument that Inasmuch as a. tele
phone company could not be held
liable for a slanderous conversation
passing over Its wires between two
individuals, neither could a. broad
casting station be held,
Oddly enough, this Oklahoma case
came within a few days after just:
such a thing had been predicted by
Representative Elanton, of Texa.
who advocated In the House of Hep.
reaentatives, an amendment subse
quently defeated, making slander
over the air a erlmlnaj offense.
"The night before election In any
district in the United States serious
A . , . , . j , . M4n
LUU'y " '""
didate, for congress," Representative.
l,'an,j'n.
argued. "That alone
should appeal to members of con
gress. Damage may be done to any
rltuen. Serious damage could bo
dene to a.ny candidate for president
of the L'nited States or to the gover
nor of any state just before election.
From the national capital I hear
cr.ee in a while a program from
Dallas, Tex., In my home state,
I,car'y 2.000 mile away.
Someone in St. Lo"jis or Kansas
City might absolutely cover my stab:
with a radio message that could
damage seriously Individuals or can
didates for office or business enter
prises. How are the people of
New Jersey going to hold refiponsibl"
the people of New York, who may
damage 'hem In their personal
.standing and character and in their
business in the transmission of radio
messages, unless you have some kind
of a controlling statute on this
matter?" I
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Although there atfma to be con-
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! officio appeared to bellsve, and ap
parently this is borne out by the ac
tion in the Oklahoma case, that
It appears to be their opinion
j that this could be adequately taUn
i i. .
care ox oy an amendment to tna
.' such as apply to libelous
(matter in newspapers. in other
, vnrit
rither than national laws could be
sit-
COLCHESTER MAN MEETS
DEATH IN AUTO CRASH
F.llas Gloublnger, Cattlo ftr-alcr Is
Victim Of Stranfc
Acxdflent
Colchester, March 15 (1 Ellas
Gloubinger, 4. a cattle dealer and
btiteher of Colchester, was killed
yesterday when this automobile ho 1
wae driving over the Post bridge In j
Hozrahvllle on the main highway be- 1
"I SUFFERED WITH ALL
THE ACHES AND PAINS
KNOWN AND UNKNOWN"
Mr. R. Jt. I.ighton, of 37 Valley Street, Bristol, Conn., Tells Public How
ERBJIS Restored Her Health And Run Up-tin Constitution.
In conversation with the TCRB-, trouble started right after my
JUS Representative, he said: "LTiB- j child was born. I never got strong
JUS is a natural tonic and blood . and my back and legs ached me
purifier as it comes from herbs and j all the time.
most people today realize the ef- "I was weak and run . down and
fects of good, honest, herbal ton- ! lied to force inysujf to' eat- My
ics. EKBJU8 is different from many : friends and neighbors told me
herbal tonics because the fourteen 1 about ERBJUS and a. lady friend
herbs that ERBJUS contains are of mine had received such wonder
not boiled, but. the juices are i ful results that I decided to try it.
squeezed from them and combined I have taken three' bottlei and I
with glcerine. A few doses of this j am more than satisfied. I feel great
medicine will show one very riuck-
ly that it goss right to the spot."
Read Mrs. I-eighton's statement:
'Tor three miserable years I suf
fered with all the aches and pains
that one could have and I do not
think that any huniltn being could
live aid suffer more than I did. My
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tweon Norwich and Colchester waa
thrown Into the water by th col
lapse of the railing. Mr. Gloublnger
received a fractured skull and was
drowned In three feet of water be
fore he could be removed from the
wreckage,
"His companion. Patrick Kinney,
who wa also thrown Into the water,
was unconscious when pulled from
the wrecked car. It was flrjt re
ported that he had been rescued by
Jerome J. Sullivan, of Coleheter,
driver of a. Connecticut Transporta
tion company bus but Ernest Gad
bois, foreman of a "highway gang
which was at work 800 feet from
the sceen of the accident, saJd to-
; night he was the nrst to reaen tne
i by si men of his gang. Kinney waa
taken to the William
W. Backus
hospital In Norwich.'
Amazing Discovery
Redutes Blood
Pressure
A?r ten ynri prtvt uit an amatln
prescription of a (amouB tpeclallat can
v.cv b had tha. re1ucc-a lliffh Blaod
Prestura almof. at onca Enrta ciizzlness,
dr-presslon and dargpr of apoplexy. Tenso,
as thlt iirfcrtption la railed, often redut-ea
prfcure 40 la a few treatmanta. Re-aiorr-g
alsatlclty to arteries. Brlnga ba k
youfh and vigur. AkcMutaly uo lidrmfyJ
dniyt. Mnay baffc If It rtt not give
i.-itlf iarMry rfaulta (et Tet:o today at
ths9 ffood druggim John J. McBrlarty,
MilllnowtiUl &. O'Brlon, Mfllur-Hanaon
Drug Co., and South Fnd Drug Co.
i and eat hearty and thank good
ness I do not have that awful leg
ache and backache. I certainly In
dorse ERBJUS."
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