# DAY AT THE MERRILL-PALMER SCHOOL,A

DAY AT THE MERRILL-PALMER SCHOOL,A 1928 Description The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: A Day at the Merrill-Palmer School, Part One. “The Nursery School.” Building, automobile traffic. “The Merrill-Palmer School of Detroit was established in 1920 in accordance with the will of Lizzie Merrill Palmer. In her will she says -- ‘I hold profoundly the conviction that the welfare of any community is divinely, and hence inseparably, dependent upon the quality of its motherhood, and the spirit and character of its homes.’” Plaque, ‘Lizzie Merrill Palmer, 1837-1919’ - the above caption quoted. “Such training cannot be given from textbooks alone, actual experience in life situations is necessary. The nursery school is part of the program for providing such experience for its students.” Children and teachers around tables. “Before school opens and twice a year during their stay in school, children are given thorough physical and mental examinations. A physical examination in which the child has real interest.” Little girl with doctor. “No fear of the doctor here.” “Nutrition good, and how about her posture?” Child walking, standing, climbing up on examining table - doctor measuring head and chest. “Then comes ears and teeth.” “How about her heart and lungs?” “Mental examination.” “Come on little stick.” Reeling in stick on end of string. “Just two years old.” Fitting pegs into board. “Eager to do it all himself can’t wait for…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1928
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/fc-fc-903)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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