Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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The Packer Collegiate Institute QI Deumausbip. I Class-room drill in penmanship is given by a special teacher inthe Preparatory and Academic departments. it The teaching is personal and critical. a Mlbpztral Ghaiuiug. Physical training, under the direction of an experienced instructor, is given to every class. Special attention is paid to the health and the development of the student. The gymnasium is spacious, Well venti- lated and properly equipped. Daily, syste- imatic, and intelligently directed exercise is required of each student. rfhe children have games and simple Work suited to their physical needs, While the Work given to the more advanced classes is corrective, and does much to overcome the sedentary conditions of school life.

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Q0 The Packer Cofiegmfe Imfifule Benning ann Qiluintiun. i As ability to readivvith intelligent atten- tion helps the student in all her Work, much care is taken at the outset that the reading-book selected be adapted to the child's intelligence, and that the first efforts in reading be marked by clear thinking and by natural expression. Thereby much is done to insurecontinuous progress in the higher classes, for the power of expression keeps pace with thought and promotes its development. iAs the students advance and are fitted to proht by the instruction, they are trained in elocution. i i Constant eH?ort is made throughout the school to secure correct pronunciation. Leading dictionaries are accessible to every student. Singing. A carefully trained chorus sings at the daily morning service in the chapel. Visit- ors are Welcome. Instrumental music is not taught at the Institutefif f See paragraph entitled The Theory of Music, page 66. 1 . , -Q V ' -- . ,. ,, .J-.14 --M. . .i ,K ,- , A .----nf.,-..... ..,-... . . . ..... . ....-....L-v..g-7

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Q2 c The Packer Collegiate Institute General Itiequirements. Glbe Hhmisziuu uf Stuhents. A student may be admitted to the Institute at any time when there is a vacant desk in the room to which she should be assigned. The afternoons of the Week ending June 7, 19o7, and the mornings of the first three days of the fall term, September 18, 19, and ao, Will be given to the classihcation of new students. A student's grade is decided by ra private examination, necessarily briei but extended sufficiently to assure the examiner of the student's place in the school. 1 Hhmissiun frum tba Dublin Scbuulz. A student who has passed graduating ex- aminations from the grammar schools of Brooklyn in arithmetic, grammar, and geog- raphy, can gain admission to the Third Academic grade of the Institute. The cer- tificate of her standing at the public school Will be accepted in lieu of examination. Q, f......1-' A--i . '.i V