Home Arts Magazine July 1936

I thought this was such a sweet illustration on the cover of the vintage Home Arts magazine from 1936. And I also wanted to get this posted before July is over!  Even 77 years ago kids and pets drew an audience, didn't they.

What a darling little hat!

And no flip flops?

Ten cents. Hmmmm.

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I hope to get to your blogs later today. Right now I have three young grandsons who'd like me to hook up my laptop to the TV so they can watch SpongeBob. Normally I would suggest playing outdoors, but we're having a great rain, even as I write...

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Normal Instructor in 1931

Actually, the secretary who 'coronatyped' all day in 1930 would have been exhausted too! She wouldn't believe how easy it is now to express our thoughts digitally. In fact, I sometimes think we can express our thoughts far too quickly. At least the old Coronatype machine gave one time to ponder and perhaps retract, as they reached in to untangle the clump of keys that were stuck together, tried to get erasures out of the machine, or tried to patch a hole in the paper made by the eraser.

 Teacher poised to begin toothbrush drill!

Floating around the internet last fall was an article from the Washington Post with a copy of an 8th grade exam from 1931. 

I've tested the link. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Here's the address if the above link doesn't work:   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/education/v/tests.pdf
 
With only 33% of Wisconsin's 8th grade students reading proficiently at grade level today, it is hard to imagine a time when schools successfully taught children reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, history and gum massage! :-)  on a much smaller budget, I might add.

I found these two photos in a 1930 issue of Normal Instructor and Primary Plans.

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