DRAWING AND APPLIED ART
The elementary schools are giving the usual proportion of time to drawing and
applied art. The time is distributed, however, in a somewhat unusual, but
probably justifiable, manner. Whereas the subject usually receives more time in
the primary grades than in the grammar grades, in Cleveland, in quite the reverse
way, the subject receives its greatest emphasis in the higher grades.
TABLE 10.—TIME GIVEN TO DRAWING
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| Hours per year | Per cent of grade time|
Grade |———————————————————————-
| Cleveland | 50 cities| Cleveland | 50 cities |
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1 | 47 | 98 | 6.5 | 11.3 |
2 | 47 | 54 | 5.3 | 6.0 |
3 | 47 | 56 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
4 | 47 | 53 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
5 | 57 | 50 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
6 | 57 | 50 | 6.4 | 5.1 |
7 | 57 | 50 | 6.4 | 5.0 |
8 | 57 | 49 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
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Total | 416 | 460 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
—————————————————————————————-Drawing has been taught in Cleveland as a regular portion of the curriculum
since 1849. It has therefore had time for substantial growth; and it appears to
have been successful. Recent developments in the main have been wholesome
and in line with best modern progress. The course throughout attempts to