Excerpt from The Francis W. Parker School Year Book, Vol. 2 There has been a morning exercise every day during the twelve years of the existence of the Francis W. Parker School, and although stenographic notes have been made of many of these exercises, it has proved difficult to select from this mass of material the best examples for publication. We have confined the choice to those which have seemed typical in subject-matter and plan of presentation and have included only those in which the idea expressed has seemed adaptable for use in any school trying such an experiment. A large portion of the book consists of verbatim reports of exercises, with only explana tory notes by the teachers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Francis W. Parker School Year Book, Vol. 1: June, 1912 The origins of the educational trend of which the Francis W. Parker School is a part are so various that one cannot appropriate from among them those that belong to this School. The quality that, perhaps more than any other, determines the kinship of the Parker School is its holding its educational principles as the basis of its existence. That quality is a privilege of educational in heritance. Every one who has ever brought forth a thought how to better the education of the race is really one of our forbears, for that thought is our life blood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Francis W. Parker School Year Book, Vol. 290: The Course in Science; July, 1918 There has been a break of two years in the publication of the francis W. Parker school year books. This was due to the fact that the faculty deemed a new and radically improved course of study necessary, and voted, in the fall of 1915. To devote the faculty study and meeting time as far as possible to the preparation of a representa tive school curriculum, with a view to publishing it as the fifth year book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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