PAGE EIGHT,
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.1966
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MONTESSORI METHOD MATURING:
Connecticut High School Forges Ahead in Education
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GREENWICH, Conn. (JP) - An
educational revolution is under
way at the Whitby School in this
Fairfield County community, yet
it is a revolution that so far in-
volves only nine pupils.
These nine high school students
are the first in their age group in
the United States to be taught
under the Montessori system.
Named after Maria Montessori,
the Italian educator who devised
the system, the method empha-
sizes free physical activity and in-
formal, individual instruction.
Whitby is a private, coeduca-
tional school administered by
Roman Catholic laymen. It has
used the Montessori method since
it started in 1958 with 18 pupils.
There are 200 pupils at the school
now, all but the nine high school
students enrolled in what is equi-
valent to the elementary level.
The curriculum at Whitby is
similar to those of other college
praparatory schools. What is new
is the subtle yet strong emphasis
upon the student's experience
level-and honest respect for each
pupil's natural pa'ce of working.
The attitude at Whitby is that
the focus of education must al-
ways be on the individual, must
shift from the teacher to the
learner, and from the teaching
process to the learning process.
The Montessori method leaves
pupils more or less on their own,
although under the guidance of
teachers who prepare the educa-
tional environment and function
as authority.
At Whitby, the high school
pupil works with a one-month
"contract" outlined by the teach-
er, telling what the pupil is ex-
pected to acomplish in a variety
of subjects.
It is up to the pupil to work
things out for himself. He can
neglect chemistry, for example,
for a few weeks to concentrate on
another subject. But he is expect-
ed to finish what has been out-
lined for him in chemistry by the
end of the month.
The study of literature has its
"required reading" list as in other
high schools, but the system is
flexible.
One of the high-schoolers at
Whitby, going through the library
shelves, picked out a novel by
Graham Greene, liked it and then
read everything he could find by
that author.
"He got on a Graham Greene
kick, and we let him do that," then get him going on another." pils will go basically to labora- for elements, for example."
says John P. Blessington, the Will this method work for the tories. There'll be some lectures, Last September, without fan-
school's headmaster. "We changed more complicated subjects-such of course, not classroom type but fare, Whitby pushed its program
his literature 'contract' according- as the sciences? in the laboratories themselves. to the high school freshman level
ly. We figured that we'd let him "We don't go for raw memory We'll get the pupils engaged so when the nine pupils crossed from
come to grips with one author and work," Blesington said. "The pu- they want to learn the symbols the lower grades.
PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY:
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WASHINGTON (P) - Almost plish this is a bit of a secret-
anywhere P r e s i d e n t Johnson neither agency will talk about the
travels these days, at least one subject.
critic of the Viet Nam war likely But some of the routine meas-
can make himself known. ures, often involving close liaison
When this happens, both the with local police, are known.
Secret Service .and the FBI are When either agency learns that
interested. someone has expressed hostility to
These agencies try to find out Johnson, that person's name and
in advance about any demonstra- particulars goes into a big file of
tions planned along Johnson's potential troublemakers.
travel routes - and try to make In advance of presidential
certain they do not get out of travels, names of people in this
hand. file who live in the area being
Just how the government's un- visited are reviewed. If someone is
dercover operatives try to accom- judged to pose a serious threat, he
may be placed under close sur-
veillance while the President is in
town.
Some other people get their
names into a federal file because
they are known demonstrators.
nicknamed "The Mole," sometimes
turns up with a small camera dur-
ing picketing sessions at the
White House.
Apparently as a gesture of de-
fiance, he aims his lens at every
When a presidential visit is im- uniformed policemen and plain-
pending, t h eirgactivities are clothesman in sight.
wated, althouhSo profligate is he in his shut-
Some of tlese people become ter-snapping that it is believed
Someof tesepeope beomehis camera carries no film.
known in security circles by join-_hs _____ar __n__m
ing protest marches outside the
White House or near the LBJ1
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Economic History Association Meeting
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Cinema Guild-Ichikawa's " Fires on
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it? The first thing you should do is stop down
to Follett's. Because of our national buying
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FOLLETT'S gets shipments daily during the
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