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Show 472 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OP INDIAN BOHOOLB. "Uare should be taken by the teacher to suggest and build up on the idea taken in its drawing. Every crude drawing lo- something to the child. Illustrate days, seasons, ete., drawing of flowers, plowm , sowing seeds. "Is there an value in copying pictures 7 $es, when the copying is for some par-tieularpoint. Gork from pictures when ob'ects can not be presented. Copy for artistic arrangement. BY 'n by copying good things, then make something similar. A problem in arithmetic as but one correct answer; spontaneous drawing as many expressions of ideas as there are pupils in the class. "There is no limit to the subject of drawing. It touches every subject we teach: geography, science, physiology, number work, etc. Eve new way of ex ressing thought strengthens mental power. The charm of the?ndian work is A t it is unique. 'That beauty of originality we want to keep. The Japanese are introducing e r i c a n idea into their work and thus robbing it of its beauty and originality. In technical perspection a cylindrical form is wry simple to work with. Look at the end, a circle. In dmwin a circle begin at the bottomand o to the left. All workabould be light and7argeand free. Use charcoalat first. &gives a free, easy sweep. Use blackboard freely. In drawing from pictures chlldren put in m:Fe than they see. Theirs is &led knowledge drawing. Education should not rest upon the tripod of tbe three R's; the fourth leg upon which it stands is dmwing." Miss Ransom ave practical demoustmtions of what she said by frequent use of the 'brush md coLrs.. VERTICAL WRITING. This de &ent was in chaw of Miss Georgia McManis, supervisor of writing, Colorado gprings, Colo. She said: "Business men all over the land cry out against our young men and women who a ply for positions the one who em write with a degree of legibility and speed being t%e exception. 12 is believed thst the new atem of writing w~l lh aaten the day when all who can write at all will write well. %owever, the most imporbat advan-s touch the physical welfare of the pupil. *It has taken us quite 200 years to learn that the fruits of slanting writing are curvature of the spine, imperfect vision, illegibility. slowness of execution, and manv other evils. In vertical writing the health of -the pupil is not impaired, whiie le4jbility rapidity, and compactness are a few of the many advau es All drimarv work for the first four and a half. months should3e bu the hlack-board, tiius u s h the large muscles of tbe armand shoulder. Theseare the muscles 6m derelopd, and the >iopilg mlnull paerts tu the we of ,he s~nslleUr ~ U J C ~au~dS the writing of d l e r b l t e ~ .T he ehiTdren of our ~clruolw* rite tuu rnucll. Writing aht~ultl never bc e~~lnlovnasl a means oi keening childwn auicr. It in better to shorten the time and squire quality ratber thin Guantitv. $he teacher's writine ~lruu~arrl all timee bu unilonn nent,lnd oi exrell&t [om;. Cl,ildren are iruiwtur-l and they arc quite iu a y I,, iditart. the euvJ ai t l ~hta d." \fi,s Uc3lanis recumurcu,led drill ur figuwa, rvund and plnizr. |
