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curriculum. Vocational training. Curriculum of boys and girls. Practical 
instruction. The parents’ point of view. The influence of managers. 
4. Dr. C. 8. Grunpy.—The Education of Children in Music. 
The essential value of music in life. Its share in character building and 
culture. Its necessity in a general education. Advantages of early training. 
_ Developing the ordered mind. Methods of imparting music appreciation. 
- What Manchester and Liverpool are doing. The co-operation of educational 
authorities and private enterprise. Organising educational orchestral concerts 
for children. The peculiar function of the orchestra in this work. Sympathy 
of ideals between lecturer and conductor. Care in selecting programmes and 
_ preparing illustrations. Demonstration. Necessity for permanent organisa- 
tion. ‘The municipal orchestra as a continuation class. 
: Dr. Grundy was assisted by a full professional orchestra, kindly 
- arranged by Messrs. Rushworth & Dreaper, of Liverpool. 
Friday, September 14. 
5. Presidential Address by Principal T. P. Nunn on The Educa- 
tion of the People. (See p. 261.) 
6. Dr. Wiuiam Heron.—Literary Appreciation in Elementary 
Schools. 
. Introduction: Aims and Methods, past and present, in the Teaching of 
English. 
(1) Appreciation of Poetry—how far possible in the Elementary School— 
. ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ as a pedagogical principle. 
(2) The Elements of Appreciation—(1) Musical and Suggestive; (2) Imagina- 
tive and Symbolical—What they mean for us—How far training is essential. 
(3) Towards the Cultivation of these Elements—(1) Lessons IN PREPARA- 
TION : (a2) The Teacher’s Part—anticipatory interest—proper atmosphere— 
removal of distracting hindrances. (0) Preliminary Research by classes. 
(c) Poetry and Music: Appreciation of Rhythm—experiments and results. 
_ Appreciation of Melody in Verse—rhyme, tone and tone colour, alliteration, &c. 
Appreciation of Recurrence. (d) The Training of the Imagination—experi- 
ments wrought. (e) Mythology—Preparation for appreciation of references. 
(f) Appreciation of Figures of Speech and Epithets. (g) Verse-making— 
examples. (2) The Appreciation Lesson—first impressions. (3) Discussion. 
; (4) The Approach. to Hnglish Literature for children—Private study 
methods : Are they successful? Results of experiments. 
. Monday, September 17. 
7. Joint Meeting with Section J on The Delinquent Child. 
Dr. C. Burr.—An analysis has been made of 200 consecutive cases of 
juvenile delinquency, occurring in the County of London, and referred for 
psychological examination. 
A classification of the commonest delinquencies according to their psycho- 
logical nature—theft, truancy, running away, personal assault, damage and 
destruction, and various forms of sexual misbehaviour—at once suggests that 
criminal conduct is at bottom instinctive conduct. In almost every case, how- 
Pe..2 plurality of converging causes are found co-operating in the production 
of crime. 
: I. Hereditary factors.—Inheritance appears to operate, not directly through 
the 
_ innate dullness, general instability, and the excessive development of some 
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