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Before leaving the island, the teachers will divide themselves into groups as much as possible, each group being made up of friends and headed by an encargada or chaperon. This system is expected to add greatly to the health and comfort of the teachers and will simplify the arrangements for caring for them. During the summer the same salaries will be paid to the teachers as if they had remained in Cuba; and at the same time it is probable that the individual expenses will be very small. An emergency fund will be formed by contribution of each member...
...Perry, Ph.D., who has been appointed "Austin Teaching Fellow," will give Philosophy 8 2 in place of Professor Palmer. Dr. Bierwirth, instructor in German, has been made a member of the Department of Education and will conduct a new course, Education 10B, on the methods and equipment of a teacher of German in the secondary schools. Among the subjects to be treated in the lectures and discussions are the following: the choice of text-books; the annotation of texts; the teachers' sources of information; and the disciplinary and practical value of the study of German and its relation...
Little thought is needed to see that the logical basis from which an intelligent interest in work may be obtained is the establishment of community life among the children of each school. This may be done by a teacher with only slight effort, because the teacher is the natural creator of public opinion, which is an acknowledged power among children as well as others...
...These qualities distinguished Professor Dunbar's work as teacher and writer. Drawing his instruction from first-hand sources of knowledge, he set for his students an inspiring example of thoroughness. His remarkable talent for the clear exposition of difficult subjects was rendered more effective by the methodical planning and careful preparation of his lectures. In them he incorporated the best results of recent inquiry and he spared no labor to keep them fresh in thought and in language. His opinions on controverted questions, firmly held though they were, he never imposed upon others; but he gave his pupils abundant material...
...ninth annual meeting of the Harvard Teacher's Association was held Saturday morning in Sanders Theatre. At the business meeting, which preceded the addresses, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mr. H. P. Amen, principal of Phillips Exeter Academy; vice-president, Mr. F. A. Tupper, of Boston; secretary, Assistant Professor P. H. Hanus, of Cambridge; treasurer, Mr. O. B. Oakman, of South Braintree. Mr. C. H. Morss, of Medford, was re-appointed councillor for a term of five years...