Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1901 — That New Educational System. [ARTICLE]

That New Educational System.

The Speers system of imparting useful knowledge to the young, as exemplified in Chicago, is not a novel one. With modifications, It is the same system used in training performing monkeys and dogs. The learned pig gets his education by the Speers method, and so the system may justly claim to he well grounded. In the Speers system as prepared for the little bipeds of Chicago, the teacher points out on the Speers chart the word “hop.” Then the teacher hops and the children hop. The next word is “skip,” and the teacher skips and the children skip. If the next word is “grin,” they all grin. If it is “wink” they all wink. It is fun as .well as profit, you see—especially for the teacher. When it reaches “flip-flap” and “summersault” It becomes more so. “What is that word, George?” says the fond Chicago father to his bright offspring. “Pronounce it for me, daddy,” says the bright offspring. “ ‘Reverse,’ ” replies daddy. “Ah, I know,” cries Master George, and at once stands on his head. It certainly is a nice system.