New York’s Ferrer School Lets Children Learn Freely
A voluntary, radic ally teaching experiment at 104 East Twelfth Street in New York runs without fixed hours or exams. Children arrive when they like and pursue topics they choose under teachers Mr. and Mrs. Coryell and director Bayard Boyesen. The method follows Spencer and Froebel, emphasizes self directed discovery, and aims to reduce crime by genuine learning.
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New York
New York City
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Francesco Ferrer Association
John R.coryell
Bayard Boyesen
Columbia University
New York World School
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Mr. Coryell
Little Inquirer
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Russia
Italy
America
Herbert Spencer
Froebel
Saleeby
England
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Harvard
Ferrer School
Buenos Aires Hippodrome Bets Reach Massive Sums
Travel Magazine notes the Hippodrome owned by the Buenos Aires Jockey Club drives huge revenues from horse racing. It cites $25,800,000 in American gold wagered last year, averaging 50 dollars per resident, with the jockey club taking 10 percent plus fees.
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Hippodrome
Buenos Aires
Jockey Club
Travel Magazine
Plight of a Bibliophile and a Grand Morning Dash
A Paris bookshop tale from Curiosites Litteraires recounts a Bordeaux friend chasing a sought book after a 360 mile dash from his dressing gown. He hurries to catch the morning express to Paris, only to learn the shopman misreads his location as a street address.
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Charles Monselet
Curiosites Litteraires
Bordeaux
Paris
Miantonomoh the Narragansett Leader and the Puritan Betrayal
The 17th century sachem Miantonomoh allied with the English against Uncas and the Mohegans while seeking peace. After a betrayal by colonial authorities who sought his alliance, he was captured near Norwich and executed by tomahawk in Boston, despite prior aid and support.
Logan the Friend of the White Man to Fierce Warrior
Tah gah jute known as Logan born about 1725 near the Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania rose from Cayuga chief to frontier legend. After 1774 violence erupted, his cabin was destroyed and his family slain, driving him to war where he killed many and vowed vengeance on Capt Cresap. He died in 1780 in a Detroit encounter, shot by Tod hadhos, his nephew, ending the life of a once trusted ally of whites.
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Massachusetts
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Logan
Northumberland County
Pennsylvania
John Logan
William Penn
Virginia
New York
Michael Cresap
Cresap
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Lord Dunmore
John Gibson
Detroit
Todhadhos
Managing Willie
A neighbor recounts a mothering approach that stresses gentle guidance over fear. She praises Willie's curiosity and problem solving while detailing daily mishaps with a cuckoo clock and piano, highlighting a child focused on cause and effect and a mother proudly shaping his development.
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Uneas
Sequasson
Hartford
Larmies
Norwich
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Mrs. Jones
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Dearest
Wille
Darling
Switzerland
Wil
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