Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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38 ITM Packer Coflegiazfe fmfifufe Special Qlmantages. Attention is called to the following advan- tages offered to students atthis school: I Its location is accessible to students from all quarters of the city. a p 2 Its buildings are spacious, and are fur- nished With regard for the health of its stu- dents. , I 3 Its sanitary appointmentsare as com- lete and erfect as skillful architects can P lc h p ma e t em. . 4 Its students have the use of an elevator. 5 Its students are trained in light gym- nastics. i 6 Its students can secure Warm and Whole- some luncheon at cost. 7 It keeps Within narrow limits the num- ber of studies which a pupil may pursue at one time. ' 8' It employs only such teachers as have had experience and success, and secures those of high rank. ' 9 Every pupil is under the direct social influence of the teacher Who has charge of her gradeg in all of her studies she has in- struction from specialists. I0 Classes are subdivided so that the aver- age number of students under the teacher's instruction in recitations is fourteen.

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The Packer Collegiate Institute 37 venience of teachers and students, and lab- oratories have carefully planned modern im- provements. The furniture of study-rooms and recita- tion-rooms is arranged with regard for the health and comfort of the school. Each student has elbow-room. Her studying is done at a desk in the room of the grade to which she belongs, and when summoned to recitation she is relieved from Weariness by changing her seat. Not a chair in any room is fastened to the floor. lt is therefore possi- ble to vary the arrangement of the furniture from time to time, and to give a class the re- lief that comes from a new order of things. Apparatus for heating by indirect radia- tion and for ventilation is used in every room. With the mercury out of doors stand- ing at IOO Fahrenheit, the building is heated at 680 above zero, While the pressure on the boilers does not exceed six pounds to the square inch. The boilers are in vaults out- side the walls of the building. Half a million cubic feet of fresh air are forced through the building every hour.

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The Petefeeri Collegiate Institute 39 II The Institute is generously equipped With apparatus in the several departments of science. I2 It has a library for reference number- ing over eight thousand volumes. I3 When a student is to be prepared for college, herpreparatory course is so arranged as to relieve her from Work not required for entrance at the college of her choice. I4 The regular charges pay for instruction in Greek, Latin, German, French, drawing, elocution, and calisthenics, and include fees for material used in laboratories. I 5 There are no extm charges. g General jfiietbulis uf Eiustructiun. The method of instruction in the Primary classes is intended to train the perceptive faculty to quick and accurate observation, as the student becomes able to pursue a pro- cess of reasoning, her powers of reHection are educated in the advancing grades of the school. T As the success of all higher study depends largely upon the character of elementary in- struction, care is taken, not only in the selection of teachers for the younger classes, but also in giving Well-ordered variety of