Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 93, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1928 — Page 22

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DRASTIC CHANGE IN STUDY WILL SPUROTENTS Pupils to Do Own Thinking Instead of Being Guided by Questions. BY RALPH L. SANDERS United Frees Staff Correspondent ST. LOUIS. Sept. 7.—Pupils will do more than 80 per cent of the talking in the St. Louis public schools, under anew plan of instruction inaugurated this year. | Teachers, with their allotmen of but 2 Oper cent, will use their time in stimulating the minds of the students to induce self-activity in “thinking and problem solving.” Conscientious teachers have had this method of instruction in mind for some time, thinking the pupils should be guided particularly in emotional development, character and appreciation for music, literature and fine arts. F. M. Underwood, district superintendent for schools in the southern half of the city, directly responsible for the origin of the plan here, explained the method worked out by himself with the aid of principals of schools in his district.

Curiosity Challenged The outline includes problems in history, geography, literature, and other subjects selected to challenge the curiosity and capacities of pupils and thus give them knowledge through direct thought rather than the former method of memorization, imitation and the mere following of instructions. This year, ufcder the new plan, pupils will learn the essential facts about the first presidential campaign in which William Jennings Bryan was a candidate by imagining themselves voters of the period expetced to judge for themselves jhe party deserving support and their stands on free silver and other questions. Debates and discussions growing out of the differences between pupils are expected to give them permanent knowledge of the party differences and national conditions during that period. New Study of Geography In like manner, they will study geography from the general standpoint of social and economic factors, finding out, by deduction, the rea- 1 sons for the locations of large cities, ! industrial centers, agricultural districts and other general information. Memorizing will be ordered only when the need for it is clearly apparent. It would be necessary in forming habits of correct pronunciation, physical posture, writing forms and like problems, but mastery of history dates, and other statistics will be reduced to a minimum, Underwood said. He believes that character building which will result from correct emotional development is the most important need of school children tcday, and that properly directed, emotional reactions in children during their school years will do more than any other one factor in decreasing the number of criminals, morons, delinquents and other unsocial members of society. According to the district superintendent, the field of emotional education has been but lightly touched by even the most modern of handbooks of education, and for that reason efforts in that direction will be somewhat slow and clumsy at first.

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Missouri Doctor Numbers 6,744 Babies in ‘Family’

BUNKER, Mo., Sept. 7.—;Some ||l , 3ay you may be walking down the .... J> fPjP||| street in Helsingfors or Tokio cr js* JwHji •ome place and might meet some- fiHiißPaaftk Sj oody who hails from Bunker. Mo. tgfg If you do, the chances are 100 to WmWf'+d l|Pl§llk.' 1 that he knows Doc (Dr. J. B. j BS ‘ wHB 3ordon, and the chances are 10 to HE l that Doc Gordon brought t-luti HHk For Doc Gordon, 77-year-old iHr family doctor of this towfi. has of- i f -a delated at the birth of 6,744 babies luring his fifty-six years of prac.l rp hprp 1 - " ■

By SEA Service BUNKER, Mo., Sept. 7.—Some day you may be walking down the street in Helsingfors or Tokio or soifie place and might meet somebody who hails from Bunker, Mo. If you do, the chances are 100 to 1 that he knows Doc (Dr. J. B.) Gordon, and the chances are 10 to 1 that Doc Gordon brought that person into the world. For Doc Gordon, 77-year-old family doctor of this tow4i, has officiated at the birth of 6,744 babies during his fifty-six years of practice here. Many of Doc Gordon’s babies are grandparents now. Hundreds are parents and the others range in age from a few days to 21 years. Just the day before the celebration Doc Gordon droye several miles into the country/to bring anew citizen into the world. In 1871, Doc Gordon will tell you, he helped the stork at $5 per help; now he gets $25. For twenty-six years he rode horseback through woods that boasted no better highways than paths. Then he bought a horse and buggy. Now he spins over the roads in a “little car.” Doctor Gordon thinks that bringing a baby into the world is one of a doctor’s biggest responsibilities.

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Dr. J. B. Gordon and a few of his 6,744 “babies” are shown as they assembled recently at his home in Bunker, Mo. The doctor is in the center of the group and in the inset below. He beams when he handles the tiny, squirming .figures. He takes his work as a sacred duty. “All these little fellows have a chance to be President some day, you know,” says this kindly old physician, who has spent his years ministering to the needs and brightening the days of his neighbors in this little comer of the world.

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