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The two latest issues of THE RECORD deal with BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS VOL. XXIII-FEBRUARY, 1910-NO. 6 IMPORTANT NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that we have requested that all subscriptions and advertising communications be sent to the business office at Manistee, Mich., we are frequently delayed by the sending of business details to the editorial office. Please send all editorial matter, except late news items, to the New York office, and all business letters to the Manistee office. KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE CO. The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine many gatherings of many kinds. Her latch Devoted to the Child and to the Unity of Educational Editorial Rooms, 59 West 96th Street, New York, N. Y. J. H. SHULTS, Business Manager. All communications pertaining to subscriptions and advertising or other business relating to the Magazine should be addressed to the Michigan office, J. H. Shults, Business Manager, Manistee, Michigan. All other communications to E. 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If a local check is sent, it must include 100 exchange. string is always on the outside and it will give her a peculiar pleasure to have it "pulled" by that body of people of whom it may be said "A little child (is leading) Miss Blow and Dr. William T. Harris, for eleven years superintendent of schools, first met to consider the feasibility of the establishment of the kindergarten as a part of the public school system-she with her splendid enthusiasm, intelligent earnestness and practical good sense, fresh from the study of the workings of the kindergarten in its purest form; he recognizing in this institution the most perfect realization and embodiment of his most advanced pedagogical theories." August 26, 1873, the board of president and directors of the St. Louis public schools, upon the recommendation of Superintendent Harris, accepted the offer of Miss Blow Blow to gratuitously conduct a kindergarten and instruct one paid assistant. An industrial district was chosen for this beginning. A room in the Des Peres school was appropriately furnished and Miss Mary A. Timberlake, an experienced primary teacher, appointed by the board as paid assistant. Though from the first the experiment was eminently successful, it is probable that the clearest and most far reaching vision failed to catch even a glimpse of the full meaning of its success. Even we, who stand "upon the shoulders of the past" reviewing the history of its triumphs, can not measure its value-the countless lives it has touched and regenerated, the leavening influence of these lives in the world. More children came than could be cared for and many young women of culture voluntarily gave assistance. In 1874 two more kindergartens were opened in the Everett and Divoll schools. In 1875, afternoon sessions were opened, accommodating two separate sets of children in the same room. That year the number of kindergartens was increased to twelve and in 1876-7, eighteen more were added. In this year the United States Centennial Commission (Philadelphia), in recognition of the merit of the exhibit prepared by Miss Blow, made an award to St. Louis for "excellence of work and for the establishment of the kindergarten as a part of the public school system." And so the stream ever widened until today St. Louis has 140 kindergartens located in 91 schools. In 49 schools there. are two sessions attended by separate groups of children. In 1908-09 there were enrolled 11,000 children and 255 paid teachers cared for them. For the most part the kindergartens have beautiful homes with all modern furnishings and equipment, and for this are largely indebted to the Commissioner of School Buildings, Mr. William B. Ittner, who considers the needs of the little child, as well as of those of larger growth, in making his plans. Atter the kindergarten had been well established in the schools for white children, a demand for the same advantages for colored children resulted in the opening of the first kindergarten for colored children in 1882. There are now kindergartens in eight of the schools for colored children. These are conducted by colored women and one of their number, Mrs. Haydee Campbell, has charge of the training class for colored students. The training of the one assistant in the first kindergarten by Miss Blow was the beginning of a public kindergarten training school which expanded with the demand for trained workers. "Women came from all parts of the United States and Canada to study with Miss Blow, and many superintendents of schools came to observe the kindergartens of St. Louis and to get teachers from there to introduct the system in other cities." Miss Blow withdrew from active work in St. Louis in 1884. She had laid a firm foundation and the work was committed to the hands of those disciples who, under her training, had caught the inspiration and the insight to carry it forward in a way worthy of its founder. Miss Cynthia P. Dozier, Mrs. Ella Hildreth, Miss Laura Fisher and Miss Mary C. McCulloch were these disciples. For twenty-five years Miss McCulloch has shepherded this flock. Natural endowment and special equipment with an unswerving fidelity to the principles of him, who pointed the way to nurture the little child according to the natural laws of growth, have combined to make her a leader true to the interests of the child and a safe guide and helper to the hundreds of young women who have gone out to minister to childhood. |