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24 "May Day At Thomas Garrett Settlement" -n.d. Unidentified newspaper article. Files of John Maurice Thomas. 25 Munro, 193. The system of teaching young children devised in 1907 by Maria Montessori, "emphasized training of the senses, and aims at self-education through guiding rather than controlling the child's activity." This system slowly replaced the kindergarten system originated by Friedrich Froelbel, a German education reformer. Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, College Edition (New York: The World Publishing Company, 1962) 954, 582. 26 Walter Dyson, Howard University, The Capstone of Negro Education, A History: 1867-1940 (Washington, D.C.: The Graduate School, 1941) 44. 27 Ibid., 47. 28 Ibid., 70. 29 Interview with John Maurice Thomas, 1530 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.: 3 June 1997 30 Dyson, 141. 31 Ibid 32 During the 3 June interview with John Maurice Thomas, she indicated that a set of costume designs executed in 1922 and illustrated in Merry A. Forresta, A Life in Art: Alma Thomas 1891-1978 (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, 1981) 16, were the drawings that influenced Herring to invite Thomas to enroll in the new Department of Art. 33 Alma W. Thomas, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1959-1966, (April 24-May 17,1966) Gallery of Art, COllege of Fine Arts, Howard University, Washington, D.C. , catalogue, n.p. 34 Dyson, 141-142. 35 The Murmur, July 12, 1924, n.p. 31