New-York tribune. [volume], September 19, 1920, Page 14, Image 62

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THE purpose of the Clark School
for Young Children is to give
youngsters aged from two to ten
an ideal environment during the whole
year. Though this branch of the Clark
School was established but a year ago, it
has had a phenomenal growth, both
parents and children being most enthu?
siastic about it.
During the winter the school occupies
one of the handsome Clark buildings on
West End Avenue at 72d Street. This has
many attractive features, such as large,
airy bedrooms, indoor and outdoor play?
grounds, bright, cheerful dining-rooms,
fresh farm food, pleasing recitation halls,
children-loving teachers and careful,
watchful house-mothers.
On June first the children are taken to
Camp Winstonah, the summer camp of
the Clark School at Preston Park, Penn?
sylvania, where they remain until Sep?
tember fifteenth.
At camp they have 300 acres of the
great outdoors, at an elevation of 2,000
feet, as a playground. Under competent
instructors, they are kept out in the open
for three and a half months, and as a re?
sult they come back to the city strong,
healthy and vigorous.
Story-Telling Hour
In the kindergarten one hour a day is
devoted to stories. With the conclusion
of each tale the children bombard the
teacher with such questions as the fol
following:
Three-year-old Betty: What kind of
a cow gives condensed milk?
Four-year-old Harold
make coal so black?
Why did God
Scenes at the Summer Camp
Five-year-old Stanley, who does not
like his stepfather: // / have one new
father when I am five years old, how
many new fathers will I have when I
am ten?
Three-year-old Clara: Why does the
Clark School work on Lincoln's Birth?
day?
Four-year-old Henry: If ships can't
swim, why don't they drown?
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The School at 267 West End Avenue is note open. Telephone Columbus 1535.
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For
CONCENTRATION is Power. Concentration is the
ability to control the mind?to focus it upon any task,
any time. Such power means the key to success.
Minds That Fail
Failures in school can almost always be traced to one of the follow?
ing types of minds:
1. The Grasshopper mind?the mind that nibbles at everything and
masters nothing.
2. The Colorless mind?the mind that is unable to picture or use words.
It is the most pathetic of all types, because it is almost wordless.
3. The I-Don't-Care mind?the mind that has become hardened by dis?
couragement.
4. The Timid mind?the mind that lacks self-assertion.
5. The Ha/.y mind?the mind that is never certain of anything.
6. The Preoccupied mind?the mind that is never at home.
7. The Frivolous mind?the mind that regards all work as useless.
If a boy comes under the first of these heads he mirrors a teacher
who works without methods, without purpose, without plan.
If a pupil fits in the second division he reflects a teacher who is
always annexed to a book?a teacher who is lost unless he can read a
text. Such a teacher hasn't any business in a schoolroom.
If a student can be placed under the third variety he reflects a type
of teacher who drives more boys from school than any other?a teacher
who is forever dashing cold water on budding hopes and desires. Such
a teacher is as out of place in a schoolroom as an iceberg is in a flower
garden.
If the learner passes under number four he reflects the misfit teacher
?a teacher who has chosen the wrong profession.
If a lad belongs in the fifth class he reflects a teacher with a misty
mind?a teacher who acts as if he had a blister on his brain.
If the candidate for college falls into sixth division he reflects a
teacher who always arrives at a railway station after his train has de?
parted. Such a teacher is never able to cover a course in school.
If the boy feels at home in the seventh class he reflects a teacher
who hates work, who lacks the power of application, and who is generally
a slave to pleasure. Such a teacher is a nuisance in a schoolroom.
At the CLARK SCHOOL FOR CONCENTRATION the foregoing
types of mind have been carefully studied, and as a consequence very
gratifying results have been obtained. THE STUDENTS OF THE
CLARK SCHOOL REFLECT THEIR TEACHERS THROUGH THE
RECORDS THEY MAKE.
The Grammar School
The Clark Grammar School is one of the best Preliminary Schools
in the State. The head of this department has a reputation for banish?
ing all the terrors from Geography, History, Grammar and Arithmetic.
These subjects are made clear by the forceful personality of virile
teachers?teachers who inspire hope, confidence and success. For this
reason there are no failures in this Department and it is one of the most
successful in the school.
Buildings in Unexcelled Locations
The Clark School for Concentration occupies the four buildings
on the Northwest Corner of 72d Street and West End Avenue, in which
the Girls School is housed, and the Boys School building on the
Southeast Corner.
Parents can be certain that all appointments and furnishings are as
near perfection as possible. No thought or expense has been spared
to insure comfort, health and homelike surroundings.
Enrollments can be made note. The Principal will be at the Main Office (Girls*
School) from 12 A. M. to 2 P. M. and from 4 P. M. to 6 P. M. daily and will be glad
to interview parents. Write for illustrated book containing information.
MAIN OFFICE AND GIRLS SCHOOL
301 W. 72nd St., Cor. West End Ave., NEW YORK.
New York Gty School Buildings
BOYS SCHOOL,
Southeast Cor.
West End Ave.
and 72d Street
Telephone Columbus 744
BOYS SCHOOL, 270 West 72nd St.,
Cor. West End Ave., NEW YORK.
The GIRLS' SCHOOL and the SCHOOL FOR YOLMG
CHILDREN occupy these four buildings on the North?
west Corner West End Avenue antl 7 2d Street.
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THE SCHOOLWHERE
RECORDS ARE MADE
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