October 5, .'.1 .

JOURNAL OF' EDUCATION

LOOKING ABOUT.
[SerIes of 1911-1912.1
In ,.\, E· WI:\SHll', EDlTOR,

IN DENVER. the fleur .de lis, the tulip, and the lilr with tl~C:isit
During the past season I made two series of <un lending a halo to all the features. 1 his w S
visits to the Denver schools. Of the first I have cnt irelv the work of the pupils, To get the va '-
already written at considerable length. On the ,.'us sh~de,. hues. and other ,'ff{'cts they me a dil-
second visit much t ime was given to a study of the iercnt number of thicknesses of paper, turn back
teaching of drawing as it is carried on under thc the edges, leave different distances between the
skilful supervision and artistic inspiration of pieces' of paper, and in other ways show- their
Charles M. Carter, who, 'by the way, is as complete
a master of this art as anyone now in public school taste and' ingenuity.
work. In the Boulevard ,school Mrs. Ida F. Helmick
One feature of the art work in Denver excels has inspired some window effects that are won-

~IAKIXG PRELIMINARY CARTOONS ~'OR PAPER WINDOWS,

auythiugI have seen elsewhere; that ,is, the illumi- derful. The sixth grade room is a "pansy room,"
nated windows. In the Columbia school, of which in which the eighteen panels of the windows were
Anna L. Force is principal, there are art effects all done by the pupils in a competition. Their
by the use of colored tissue paper which deceive charm is indescribable. Half way up the stairs on
even those who would be supposed !<1 know a the landing- there is a window converted into a
stained glass window when they saw it. Work mission window. It is so artistic that many men
along this line is being done in other cities now. , of hig-h artistic taste have declared that the effect
but the idea doubtless originated with Mr. Carter. could never have been obtained with stained grass.
Each child, or group of children, gets a design and I t was done by 120 boys and girls selected by the
works np the sample; and after all the samples are children themselves from t he sixth, seventh, and
jn the cIass as a whole selects that which they eighth grades.
would like to have as a cIass window. ' f Effects A surprisingly good result of this art work is its'
are often gotten this way that would be impossible character influence, Ten times a year each child
in stained glass. is told to ,10 anything he pleases in the art line,
The large window in the hall facing the ,loor of
and the best of his ten attempts is sent to Super-
the Columbia s0l1.)01 is one of the most striking
vi-or Carter, who selects Irom these those that are
results they have obtained. There were a great best and shows them at an exhibition. It is a
manv local'conditions to be met in placing this de-
;.:Iory" to the city, hut more important is its intlu-
,ign'if an artistic effect was to be gained. All ,I{'-
once on the pupils.
manrl ... wer« nu-t, and the work j..; IHJthing ... hor I fir
Ill;" \'(-1"11-, Another highly a rt ist ic "~,ign w;;-' ~IA~WAL THAIXIXfi.
tlI;tl 'JIl <t willdo\\ typifyillt; 'prillg, It Icaturcd Fc\\ ,ilic, have graPl,kd with the manual train-
 348 JOURNAL OF EDUCATION October 5••'11
ing work in all of its phases as completely, cour- fashion magazines, hut rather that they have up-
ageously, and skilfully as has Denver under Super- to-date leaders in their work The head of the
intendent Chadsey. dressmaking department and the head of the mil-
In previous reports of visits to Denver in the linery department go to New York, 1,500 miles
last few months I have spok~n at length of the use
made of the manual arts in the grades. and espe-
cially in dealing with boys and g-irls who are out-
of-step. On the last .trip I visited the remarkable
Manual Training school, and the day is not distant

PAPER WINDOW. PAPER WINDOW.

\\ hen they will have a vocational school in good away, each year to see styles and designs for
funning order. themselves and for their work in the Denver do-
I n the present large industrial school all girls 'mestic science work.
take domestic science for two years and wood The department of printing is developed in
work for two years, They have two hours a day, great shape. All printing for the educational de-
therefore, for four years in either domestic science partment of Denver is done by the priming plant
or wood work. of this school, and Denver has a reputation for ex-
Domestic science covers a wide range of tra good printing in its educational department.
women's' work through cooking. needlework, In the tool shop, also, they make all the tools used
dressmaking, and millinery. If any other city is in the machine shop, and they must use the tools
more artistic, skilful, or modernized than Denver made for them. They can have no others. What
I am unaware of it. The work is not merely type- test could 'be more severe?
form, bill it is latest in style and design. By this The same principle 'Of projected efficiency runs

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I do not mean, merely, that they, read and study all through the work of this school,

POISON IVY IN THE LAUREL WREATH.·

:\oh0dy eva pleased evcrvbody. The more force you pos~ess, the more rivals you
:\0 one policy can satisfy all the world. dispossess,
Someone, somewhere. is certain to censure you The more you are talked about, the more you
will be lied about.
f\lr every decision.
Whenever you come out best, somebody else
You can't earn universal applause.
must come out worse, and one more hammer is
The hig-her you climb, the more enemies you added to the anvil-chorus.
leave behind, Wheuever your success mean, another man's
The 1l1PfC yon win. the more competition you failure, you surely can't hope to have him hurrah
inspire. and strew violets in your path.
r\~ influence. shows, envy grow:--. If you aren't more sensible than you are sensi-
There j:-; no way to escape criticism except tive, you can't win,
throug-h obscurity. If vour vanitv has sharper ears than your am-
hitiOl;. don't aspire.
So long as 111en hold Individual opinion-, prorni-
\\ ithout courage you may as well be without
nence will be assailed a, well as acclaimed. convictions,
\\'e all have our idea' and our ideals. If you can't hold your temper-if threats <lis-
Y ou're hound tft nu-et with rna lice. Fvcrv man turb your poise-if your own feelings outweigh
hound Ior the t(>1' mu-t , vour cause-i-ii hostility can thwart yon-you're
You're certain to cr eate rrouble-c-difference ,)( ;1Ot built for important undertaking-
opinion always does, .......opyrtgbt. 1911. by Herbert KJwtwau.