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There's no duty-for-a-famous- old battleship nowadays, alas! (anag).

You have to cut the carpet to make it fit this.

Is put in a special kind of poem as incident.

11 Excuse for bencons.

12 Heraldic fur.

18 A poet whom one could imagine

as a writer of hot numbers. 14 Principal.

17 I freak, makes ♫ doughty opponent for the American gun-

man.

19 How the shape of old Hebrew

measures became altered.

26 All the women think it simply

sweet.

21 Yes, marm. ite put about the

way the baby cries.

23. Master of girl or dame.

24 A team apart.

20 The vagrant's heart is In India.

29 Why protection from the sun?

as, 'Arry might nɛk. Well, I'm Bleepy,

30 A language of Palestine.

31 This is free in Bridlington.

32 Mine tastes a little different in”,

French pubs.

Down

a' If I can't leave this hole, how can

I go to a better one?

8 A short sentence.

4 in the Channel-due to the

guns, maybe.

5 We may lako it, this is ximoat a

tramp.

0 Oriental vents that are to be acen

at the stern in certain vesacla

7 A military survey by which they

express gratitude

дегодя the

Channel.

8 The bulky bookmaker, apparent- ly, sunda the waves back easily (two words).

10 A supplier of voninon in Selkirk.

16 Being mixed up in a spree.

16 Such a chop is eating, and only

an idiet would be off it.

18 Prudence at the end of a barrel.

20 vulgarly intoxicated.)

22 What a "Ing! Rent" must be

pald (anag.).

26 The Latin goddess who was al

most balaved,

27 The grip of evil.

28 A farm building, bar one letter.

Yesterday's Solution.

A TUNEJ

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Educational CHECK, JUMPER Experiment

FITTING SCHOOLS TO CHILDREN

NATURAL ACTIVITIES.

Dr. Thomas Wright, Hosdranster

of Coatbridge Secondary School, Lanarkshire, addressed a meeting

of the Dalton Association, in con- nexion with the Conference of Educational, Asenciations, recently, Taking as his subject "Fitting the Stato School to the Child,” -Dr. Wright described in detail an educational experiment which was carried out in the primary depart ment of West Costs Higher, Grade School, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire,

of which school he was until recent- ly headmaster. The experiment may be described as an example of tho Dalton plan plus, the project method. It was tried among children between the ages of aoven "plus" and 11 "plus."

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WARDER ATTACKED

CHRISTMAS DAY DISTURBANCE

Glasgow, Doc.. 25.

A group of prisoners in Barlinnie

Prison, who, It is alleged, were the ring-leaders, of the disturbances in

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and were subsequently Isolated, were involved in - a fight on Christmas Day.

The men were exercising and became discontented when they discovered that the usual period had been curtalled. On the veranda leading to the cells two prisoners suddenly attacked a warder. Othor warders went to their colleague's assistance, and at once several other prisoners joined in the fight. The disturbance was quickly quelled, bot one of the prisoners is reported to have had an arm broken and· a warder had his head injured.

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This morning a prisoner was taken from his cell to the prison hospital sufforing from a wound in the throat. The prison authorities have not made an official statement (on the disturbances, which are to be

investigated at an inquiry.

Dr. P. B. Ballard, chairman of the Child Study Society and former- by

the divisional inspector to Education Department of the Lon- don County Council, presided. He said that the keynote at the Con- ference of Educational Associations this year was Individuality. The principle of individuality meant self-reliance, Initiative, resource, independence of thought and judg ment, making the beat of one's life and abilities. Once they ac- cepted that principle it meant giving individual work to the WOOLLEN rugs can easily be some of whom have been on duty

other

scholar and it led on to many things.

Dr. Wright said that in the typical school to-day the time was so Alled up with the learning of traditional knowledges and skills

WOOLLEN RUCS

To-day the prisoners were work- ing in the fields as usual, and a number of, warders from other

prisons have arrived at Barlinníe to relieve members of the normal staff,

cleaned at home if a fine day is almost continuously for four daye. chosen for the process. To prevent

It has been stated that the cause shrinkage tack the rug down to a plece of board the same size or to prisoners on remand being per-

[of the unrest in the prison is due! ittle larger. Then prepare a bath mitted to smoke while the ordinary of warm soap-suds with shredded prisoners are denied this privilege. that little time was left for any soap or sonpflakes, and add a tea and to stricter regulations having thing else. There was great con- spoonful of salt and a dessert-spoon-stopped the smuggling of cigarettes fusion as to whether the aim of R school was to teach chlidren or to ful of borax, Rub the soap into the and tobacco into the prison. teach subjects. According to the rug with your hands, thoroughly, schools he had seen, it had been | sonking it first. Continue soaking | == decided that the main object was and rubbing alternately until the to teach subjects, not children.

Then use.

The divorce of the school from the rug is quite clean all over.

It was far more important everyday activities of life appeared wash it over several times with that people should be able to pursue to be responsible for some of the clean lukewarm water.

knowledge intelligently.'‚ In ' the main evils of the whole system.

children a fow

Most adults regarded the school na Still keeping it on the board, but experiment undertaken they man- a completely artificial thing, and it in the sun to dry. Every now aged to give the children did exactly the same. and again brush it with and against selected facts for them to use in They found that it had no bearing the pila with a stiff brush. When the Independent pursuit of know- on their ordinary everyday acti- vities. They regarded it as some-

It is almost, but not quite dry, re-ledge in any direction they chose. thing that must be discarded at the move it from the board and shake One of the principles of the new earliest possible moment.

it vigorously. Finish drying it by paychology was that learning was hanging it over a clothes line. nover single, that facts and subjects

were related,

A WASTE PERIOD

things that were given out to be learned in doser.

The divorce of the school from

There were certain things in the the ordinary activities of life had

school curriculum, certain skills, in led to children being deprived of

which a great deal of repetition and the development that came from

The main conception of the ex- drill was necessary. Those were participation in those activities.

periment at Cambuslang was that, That was not ao-serious in the the schoot should be a place where provided for in another way, but earlier days of schools, but the the children actually lived. Sub- even there they decided that the coming of industrialiam made

ject-matter was not abandoned: it orthodox way was not the best. change in the state of things and was a question of emphasia. The The traditional school had crushed

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the schools never made up for it aim was not to make subject-matter variation, which was a good enough Don't Neglect Sore Throat! It was from participation in acti- the main job of the day and to give vitica

outside the school that it out in doses. Their method was reason for the condemnation of the children still got the main part to get the children to engage in all whole thing in itself. At the their development. Beneath the kinds of natural activities and to school in question they quite de current system of schooling there give them subject-matter for learn finitely made an attempt to deviso lay the notion that childhood in ing as the need arose. That was

Itself, and apart from adult activi- actually the way learning proceed a new technique for the cultivation tles, was a kind of wante perled, ed before a child want to school at of that variability in children. and that the best thing that could nil. Such a view of education, They gave them every opportunity. be done was to fill it up with pre- mennt a complete revolution in of creative work, of self-expression. paration for adults live school procedure. The curriculu

was full of evils. The system was regarded as a series of experi

Dr. Ballard said that when ho

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aromatic lozenges release highly antiseptic Booth- ing, curative vapours

which pass into tho nasol pasanges and lungs, quickly dis- of giving out certain subject-ences. The teacher seized on a was an inspector he did everything-|

pelling the germs. whilst the saliva, TECTONIC matter to be learned in donca tend- situation in which the children were in his power to encourage teachers NLGI VRL school to things which could be and made use of it. This did not been described. He believed that ed to restrict the activities of actually and genuinely interested to do the kind of work such as had

Impregnated with curative elements, TIFO SEQUENCE done in that way. Schools had mean that the school was turned

gently flows down the throat, sooth- FUGE TO CUR FFN always dealt with the samo kind of over to the children, for the activity the inspectors of the Board of

ing and healing QUABI ANTARCTIC things, but there were some sub- engaged in was usually one chosen Education would encourage teachers

the affected parta. jects that could not be dealt with for its educational possibilities, URBO SVI TEIn the form of doses to be learned.

if they wished to take it up. It

For specily relief for affections of E BOUT QUEENE: Under the traditional system in

VARIATION CRUSHED

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