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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1937
Page
23
A reporter visits Johnson Harrison and McKinley schools to observe a shift from rote recitation to project driven studies. Pupils build boats and trains, study farms, learn carpentry and chemistry, and engage in home mechanics while teachers emphasize integrated and directed learning.
In a McKinley junior high scene, H H White demonstrates home mechanics to two students installing bell systems in a skeleton house. Harrison school pupils craft a pioneer fireplace while Ted Williams welds arc gear. Kindergarten project studies feature a boat, lighthouse, and canvas backdrop as Miss Kniss guides the crew. Primary pupils assemble a streamline train from boxes and drums with Billy Roller and Norvine Fenner nearby.
Polk County Coroner A Z Shaw announced there will be no inquest into the death of 72 year old Des Moines widow Emma Waisner who died in a hospital after an ambulance transfer from the University of Iowa hospital. He said natural causes were the likely reason and a head injury did not hasten her death.
A nature tour of Palisades Kepler State Park organized by the local committee and state boards will begin at 2 p.m. from the main lodge. Scientists from Corneil College and Iowa State College will discuss Indian lore geology plant life and bird life along a mile and a half trail with six one and a half hour tours through the afternoon.
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