New Theory Aims to Reform Public School Teaching
The article argues current common schools overburden pupils with uniform curricula, stifle natural talents, and separate teachers from pupils. It highlights F. W. Parker's Illinois Cook County Normal approach, which bases education on science of mind, personalizes learning, and uses concrete, interest driven methods with small classes and an industrial component.
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F W. Parker
Cook County Normal School
Illinois
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Interesting Facts From a Curio Ledger of 19th Century Data
A compiled list notes vast barbed wire and timber acreage in Kansas, cattle values, and historical land prices. It cites Great Britain’s chemists, postal losses, air respiration, Connecticut bank depositors, Cincinnati land purchase, Newark factory counts, and ironclad totals on capital, production, and population. It also mentions sea urchins, property held by people of color, U S farming capital, Masvacinnette fisheries, U S livestock counts, and Minneapolis goats as land cleaners, with Siberian gold figures and expedition costs.
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United States
Masvacinnette
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Minneapolis Tribune
Second Annual Report on Amber Cane and Fodder Crops
Prof W A Monty reports to the governor on amber cane and fodder experiments. The study, based on two years of grower correspondence and farm trials, favors sandy soils for cane. Cane deep roots thrive in warm, well-drained soil, yielding the clearest juice and lightest syrup, with minimal humus. A third sentence follows.
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W. A. Monty
Point in favor of sandy land for cultivation
The discussion notes sandy soil supports cane more than corn, as tough corn stalks can push through and clog cultivation. A crust or blight can halt young cane growth, impacting its early development in this crucial period. Strong emphasis on soil texture and early growth impacts for crop choice.
Murderous cat hunts kittens from Central Avenue home
A Cincinnati Enquirer report describes a cat at 645 Central Avenue killing four or five newborn kittens by grabbing them by the neck and dropping them from a second story window, the survivor later being dropped twice more before death. The article notes the cat’s owner Koch and suggests a murder conviction.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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