The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-01-07


dent Of common schools has received reports In confor
children in the districts between tie ages Of 6vs and
years at $50 9l4 and the whole number of chill
ssas Thew sho% ahs Of mi,
children have been taught Juring the whole year 49,
go Tor ten months stsss for eight months ss sss fol
six months $4,000 for four months 534, 26l for two
months, and upwards and aol 7sa for less than two
Such OF the statistics laid before me by the
uperintsndent OF common schools touching this inter
esng subject The annual report of that officer will
soon be presented to the legislature and will
ne necessity OF my giving Of these facts or in
ouisng In comments on those presented and have,
upon former occasion, $50 fully expressed my views
upon the paramount importance of common school
system Its great objects and the results which the ad
mnistrators of ought to strive to accomplish, that
repetition OF those views is unnecessary.
by an act passed the 7th of May 1874. the Legsla
.nIe appropriated money for the establishment of a
N ormsl School, for the instruction and practice OF
teachers of schools in the Of education
aud IN the art of teaching" The law places the school
sch ools and the regents of the university who
point an executive committee Of Ave members, of whom
the superintendent shall be to take the immediate
charge, and superintend the management and govern
ment OF the school, under the regulations and report
annually to the superintendent and regents
OF suitable building free OF rent and the school
organised and commenced the business of instruction
the 18th of December 1874 Twenty nine pupils pre-
scented themselves on the ars day. and the number in
creased TO .nnetyeigh during term of twelve weeks
rups att nded from forty OF the counties OF the state
The second term commenced on the second Wednesday
IN April and continued twenty weeks, and on the first
day OF the term ITO pupils were present The whole
and every county in State except Putnam, sent
or more students About nine tenths OF the whole had
taught school, for longer shorter period. At the
close Of the second term the scholars received d.
pomas h9ng certificates their to teach
third Wednesday October last and is continue 81
weeks At the opening of the school, for this term 100
pupils were present, and the number has increased to
IVY. OF whom % are Males and l03 females OF this
number so have been teachers for aonger shorter
perioa some for several years Every county in the
except Seneca is represented in the school at the
present time
These results have been experienced during the first
year OF the existence of this institution and they have
than realized the most sangune expectations Of
the friends of the school This an experiment in
State but certainly connected with subect-the pro.
per education Of common school teschers- which
authorizes every reasonable effort giving promise Of
improvement, and even any experiment, which shall
hoid out that promise In this particular our common
school sy stem has proved to be the most deficient
every friend OF education has seen and felt The nst
luton oil pattern schools for the education OF teachers
not new The system has been operation in several
european countries for length Of time. and in the
wherever the experiment has been made, 1t has been
successful.
The executive committee Of this school entertain the
OPINION that no similar establishment elsewhere, has
started so vigorously made great advance in
single year and they believe, in addition to very
cessiu and fortunate selection of teachers the
are to be found in the liberal patronage of the State and
the peculiar Of the school The pupils from
the counties selected by the boards of supervisors
or IN case they not to in time supply
cy oy the county and town Of common
schools. The applications are numerous presenting
wide field selection and the consequence is that the
students appointed to great extent those to whom
the county suPerinte ndent would cheerfuly give
hcaes teachers before they receive the benefits of
this school, Hence talent and character secured to
build upon. and with capacity and faithiulness the
Of the scholars, success scarcely be doubtful.
No serious difficulties have been encountered in the
speak Of the conduct and bearing, and the untrng in
dustry and application Of both teachers and scholars in
The Act chapter sl of the Laws Of 1884, appropriated
to meet the expenses Of organizing and commenc
ing the school, Of which but So has yet been
drawn from the treasury This appropriation was made
from the revenues of the literature fund.- being the
amount formerly paid annually to certain selected
denies, for the education of common school teachers
The same law and the act chapter la2 of the laws Of
lsl5 secure annual appropriation Of $4,000 for the
to be paid from the revenues Of the literature fund.-
case those shall be sufficient and If not then
uss Ss 20 g.
The executive committee state that this appropriation
Is ample for the support Of the school upon the plan
adopted Indeed it intended that the fund should be
more than sufficient TO meet the charges Of the
school, and should offer something toward the expenses
Hitherto the regulation has been to select from each
county scholars equal in number to the members OF the
10 e Of as the
expenses Of the school should leave to be thus applied
The number Of these scholars a. a and 70
the two former terms, when the school was smaller
these payments larger per scholar There are "a
scholars volunteer pupils being those who
not selected from the counties in the manner pre-
scrbed but come in upon application and examination,
Of the class books free Of expense.
The committee have concluded that, by fitting up
additional room they accommodate 25s scholars
twice the number Of the members Of the assembly, and
that after the term all be State pupils
the nS eaSsy entitled to
tive share OF the public money and that to bring all to
the school upon terms of the nearest possible equality
thav7 hat he
table reference to the distance travelled and the
incurred by each pupil in reaching the school, The dis
actual travelling expenses so that this rule will tend
bring the school, in point Of expense equally to all
These regulations WILL think be great improvement
upon those now in force.
forbear going further into detail in reference this
institutions as the annual report OF the executive COM
mtee will soon be laid before you and will give these
End all other material facts connected with the school,
much more fully than they be presented in this COM
report will be accompanied by full statement Of the
of instruction in the school, exhibiting to the
object that of making competent aud useful teachers Of
common schools, and the mode adopted to accom-
plish IT,
The report of the committee will also exhibit the
ganizahon Of the experimental school connected with
the institution and the objects intended to be secured BY
III and also the great benefits anticipated from the abors
OF the graduates and pupils of the Norms school in the
teachers institutes, formed and now extensively form
ing in the several counties Of the State These portions
of the report will possess deep interest, and will
sent this school, and its anticipated benefits, in very
Striking points oil ngnt.
The Ave years, for which the laws have already pro-
vided will give to this interesting experiment fair
trial. and the intrinsic importance Of the subject and the
present promises of appear to to make the
dictate Of wisdom 10 permit the trial to be fully made
The capital of the literature fund is the at
the close Of the year 1884, and amounts to $26s o.
The payments into the treasury account of its
revenue during the last fiscal year, have
hnouIteu TO- PH,ooo 90
Add the appropriation from the U $. Opposite
fund'. .''.....'.'.. ....'.....'.' 10ooV w
And it will make the revenue, for the the
year ending soth Sept last .......... s55, $50 80
There was balance Of the revenue of this
fiscal year Is4a, Of. ................ 1854 IS
Making aggregate Of means for the year
IsAs; Of. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s75,all 20
The payments for account Of revenue for the
same year. .................. 1876 IS
Leaving balance Of revenue in the treasury,
Sonfa rnha of