Word: grammars
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This year courses in the evening school of which some sixty will be offered, open on October 7. They will as far as possible cover every grade of work--primary, intermediate, grammar, and in some cases, college--and are designed to meet the needs of all kinds of men. Especially will the newcomer to this country who wishes to learn English, the mechanic or clerk who wishes to improve his knowledge of his business, and the young man, who wishes to continue high school work, though he has no opportunity to attend high school will be provided...
Fully 10,000 people, mostly school children, attended the first annual field day of the Cambridge Public Schools in the Stadium yesterday afternoon. The program consisted of competitive mass events for grammar school grades and high school girls, a dual track meet between Cambridge High and Latin School and Rindge Manual Training School, and special events for boys who are members of the regular gymnasium classes of both high schools. There were also demonstrations of class room drills and folk dances by the grammar school grades and high school girls...
...folk dancing was especially well received by the spectators, especially that by the grammar grade students, who showed remarkable ability and grace. The gymnastic exhibition showed the results of careful preparation, the Thorndike School being especially proficient and uniform...
Medals were given to the winners of first and second places in the track events, while field day badges were presented to the grammar school pupils whose teams won their events. All the regular prizes were awarded by the Cambridge school department. The special medals were given by a number of Cambridge citizens in an endeavor to encourage gymnastics and athletics generally among the school children of Cambridge...
...grammar school boy lies the burden of proof to show why he should go on to high school, and on the high school boy lies much more heavily the burden of proof to show why he should go on to college. But 90 per cent of the private school boys go to college as a matter of course, whether they are intellectually negligible or not. All they need is an allowance and a passing mark in the entrance examinations. And so, serious and trivial, stupid and bright, they all herd in together. Of course they will not stand as high...