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Excerpt from The Roycrofters
A special school building was built at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. This was both a day and a night school at It also took children of one year old and over, in order to relieve mothers who worked in the mills. The little mothers, often only four or five years old, took care of babies a year old and younger all day. Owen instructed his teachers never to scold or punish by in?icting physical pain. His was the first school in Christendom to abolish the rod. His plan anticipated the Kindergarten and the Creche. He called mothers'' meetings and tried to show the uselessness of scolding and beating, because to do these things was really to teach the children to do them. He abolished the sale of strong drink in New Lanark. Model houses were erected, gardens planted and prizes given for the raising of ?owers.
In order not to pauperize his people, Owen had them pay a slight tuition for the care of the children and there was also a small tax levied to buy ?ower seeds.
In the school building was a dance hall and an auditorium. (j At one time the supply of raw cotton was cut off for four months. During this time Owen paid his people full wages, insisted that they should all, old and young, go to school for two hours a day and work also two hours a day at tree planting, grading and gardening. During this period of idleness he paid out seven thousand pounds in wages. This was done to keep the workmen from wandering away.
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A special school building was built at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. This was both a day and a night school at It also took children of one year old and over, in order to relieve mothers who worked in the mills. The little mothers, often only four or five years old, took care of babies a year old and younger all day. Owen instructed his teachers never to scold or punish by in?icting physical pain. His was the first school in Christendom to abolish the rod. His plan anticipated the Kindergarten and the Creche. He called mothers'' meetings and tried to show the uselessness of scolding and beating, because to do these things was really to teach the children to do them. He abolished the sale of strong drink in New Lanark. Model houses were erected, gardens planted and prizes given for the raising of ?owers.
In order not to pauperize his people, Owen had them pay a slight tuition for the care of the children and there was also a small tax levied to buy ?ower seeds.
In the school building was a dance hall and an auditorium. (j At one time the supply of raw cotton was cut off for four months. During this time Owen paid his people full wages, insisted that they should all, old and young, go to school for two hours a day and work also two hours a day at tree planting, grading and gardening. During this period of idleness he paid out seven thousand pounds in wages. This was done to keep the workmen from wandering away.
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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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Elbert Hubbard
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780666413796
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
Page Count - 590
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Author
Elbert Hubbard
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330277119
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
Page Count - 592
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