Identifier: ArenaMagazine-Volume35 (find matches)
Title: Arena magazine - Volume 35
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: B.O. Flower (ed.)
Subjects: progressivism -- United States liberalism reformism social reform Christian Socialism Gay 90s political commentary Benjamin Orange Flower Progressive Era social gospel
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a chapter ofthe Patriotic League, was transferredfrom a down-town school to improve theconditions in this one. At the end of afortnight he was in despair and describedthe situation to Mr. Gill, who suggestedthat the pupils be organized into a self-governing body with a legislative, execu-tive and judge of their own election.This was done, the boys and girls weredelighted with the responsibility, andunder guidance of the new teacher quicklyestablished excellent order. Encouraged by this success, Mr. Gillgave up his business engagements anddevoted his entire time to perfecting theSchool-City idea, with a consecrationand devotion similar to that which hadbeen exhibited by Pestalozzi and Frobel.With the aid of several leading educators,municipal chiefs and others interested inreal progress, a simple yet comprehensiveschool-charter was perfected embracingthe principles of the initiative and refer-endum, with proportional representationoptional with each school. So armed Digitized by Google
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Courtesy of The Press Bureau, New York. WILSON L. GILL 181 Digitized by Google 182 Wilson R. Gill: The Apostle of Democracy in Education. with this School-City charter, which rep-resented the ripest thought of leadingmen in civic and educational life, theyoung apostle of democratic educationlaid his plan before the PhiladelphiaBoard of Education, and later before theFranklin Institute of the State of Penn-sylvania. Both these bodies receivedthe theory favorably, and some of thepublic-school principals entered so heart-ily into the plan that Mr. Gill was en-abled to organize over thirty of theseSchool Cities in Philadelphia. TheFranklin Institute awarded to Mr. Gillits highest distinction, the Elliot Crossongold medal and diploma. President Roosevelt observed the emi-nent degree of success that marked theinitial experiment in New York city, andwho had later followed with interest thesuccess of Mr. Gill, who at the request ofMilitary-Governor Wood had introducedhis plan into the newly-o

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