New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-09
Rw.yORK. WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY Q, ts4s
Public schools Of Bosfon-Facfs Worth
Knowing.


We are indebted 10 friend for public docu-
ment OF great value-,he Reports Of the Annual
Visiting Committees Of the Public Schools Of the
City Of Boston, for ls47. They form an octave Of
more than two hundred pages, and contain the
opinions Of the Committees, with reference to the
schools generally, and the condition, character. and
management Of all the schools in the city. Every
school is visited periodically, and separate report
in detail, drawn up respecting it. tabular state
ments OF its progress are annexed.
The School Reports for last year, form Guy
Document, No. 40, and are printed and circulated
at the expense Of the public Authoritarian ex
cellent regulation. which New-York might very
sdvsnts geousyoadopt Where can the inquirer
look for similar results Of periodical searching in
quries, made By individuals Of high character and
great educational experience erery school Of this
city
effects upon the inteligsuc Of citizens TIE Ark
Of Safety Institutions Let this feeling Be ever
meat and Free Schools boand together In
bond Of union snd that It 10 duty 70 preserve and
strengthen, every link Ia tie chsn which binds them 10
the hearts Of the people"
Having in charge that highest and dearest inter.
est-the education Of the children of their fellow
ctizens-the Committee on schools consider them
selves bound to survey and consider the whole
field and to make a true and faithful report
Mr. George B. Emerson, thus marks the pro
gress Of education
ITO person visiting all the schools after an interval Of
twenty-five years, the senior member Of your Commit
does the appearance Of improvement very king
vast prosrsss he. evidently been made The houses are
lsrger, beautiful. commodious and better fur
pished. The masters sre more aetge aud intelligent
better and higher Of children al the seats and the
ara in a
fulIv aeconpsbed All these things indicate advance
meIt They are the evidence and the reward Of faithful
the part Of predecessors 81 this Board They
stimusns 10 energetic perseverance In ourselves
The nature of the reports may be inferred from
the following enumerations Of some Of the ques.
tons which their feow-citizens will ask"
care the teacher. persons Of thorough education. Of
good snd spotess characters firm, gentle, faith
tu, sssiduous Do they exert thsir best endeavofs 70
impress the minds Of children and youth committed 20
their care and instruction the prime pies OF pety nsce
and sacred regard 20 truth love 20 their country human
iy and universal sobriety industry AMI fr1
gsty chastity moderation ana Temperance and those
other virtues which the ornament Of human society
and the basis upon which republican Constitution 10
founded and do they as required by statute ende'vor
to lead their pupils their ages and capacities viii admit
into clear understanding Of the tendency Of the shove
mentioned virtues to preserve and perfect IepuDncan
Constitution, and secGre the blessings OF liberty AZ well
prom their future happiness and also 10 point out
to them the evil tendency OF me Opposite wees a. Is re-
CURED by the Constitution ana avs OF ne STATE rs INC
instruction suited 10 all classes Of the children Are all
the children within the tot which pubic INSTRUCTION
should be providef, brought mo the sehoos Are me
things ght which ought 10 BE- taught and s al taught
which ought to be taught Are he methods o Instruction
what they should be instruction give IN earneT
the necessary qualifications for the business the priy
eges and the duties Of life Does the instruction IN Read
ing tend form habits Of e.sy, fluent and Int isent
res6ng Does IL create love for the best kind o. read
ing Does the instruction in Geography furnish ne learner
with a knowledge o. the things most important 70 be
known 10 regard the various parts Of the earth Does
the instruction in Hisory present the mos, important
events Does the instruction 10 Grammar teach the pu-
p. 10 and speak the language correctly and with
readiness D0ss the ds pue Of the schools lend 10 form
hsbs elfc0nol Of kindness genteness and gsneros
ity Of diligence. activity snd perseverance, ss proper
stncon made between what u necessary Tor the edu-
caion Of gr. and what for hoy. the boys formed
be good and capable citizens and the girls pre-
pared for the duties and requirements Of who
10 he the teachers Of the coming generation.
is the OF the various grades Of schools what
II should be Tor the thorough and economical instruction
Of al the children Of al classes N the CITY are Inc
school houses all that could Pc obtained for the money
spent 10 their contraction and are they tern'hed with
suitable apparatus and books io me sa Of me teachers
the houses properly warmed ventilated managed and kept
in reosir ate the school books what they should be- and
poor. in the most economical manner
Moral Instruction is not duly attended to. The
Committee know not single school that comes up
TO the requirements Of the statute. Trey define
the great difference between a school and prison
to be. that one is intended to prevent what the
other aims to punish and they state what they
want done and tell when and how TO do it,
The infinite value Of love OF truth OF justice, Of in
tesrity Of fdety contracts Of industry Of personal
purity OF chsrtsbeness in judgment-shoud be pointed
out and earnestly ineueaed Inc rrelProca tsIsuon'
poyed. Of masters and servants OF buyers and sellers,
b,yld he exnIsned and enforced The duty Of sefcon-
troll OF seducaton Of improving all ones faculties Of
economy in the-use OF time the beauty OF generosity OF
kindness ard courtesy saa o. an 5 Ia ~
excesncs Of good habits spd the danger Of bad ones the
shsmeuness Of foul indecent and profane language the
q .nar fHa
upon the weak and the smpeall these things should be
taught 10 every good school
The best time for moral instruction is the still
hour Of the early morning"
"The Lesson needs be a long It must not be
tedious one The example OF sood men OF aneedoe. o.
for truth his fsultless prncusiy-Marshas stopping IN
the street in collecting the scattered chickens Of
The poor Fenelons bringing back the COW
10 the y-snd similar facts mght often be
employed 70 interest the learner and thus be made the
vshics OF i'm pressive moral And II instrue
,ou Of this kind always faithfully given In eonnee-
ton with Intellectual discipline. the question whether
sdgs.,ion has OF has not tendency 10 diminish vice and
crime. would probably never ssain arise
The Committee adopted the plan pursued last
Dec. in the Twelfth Ward school here, for testing
the fitness Of teachers In our Grammar Schools
they say, Boys should be educated only by Men
1.-THE LANGUAGE the manner and the spirit Of the teacher
the vvscity and thoroughuess Of his teach
ina and the mental habits formed in the Learner BY the
teacher conduct the examination Of his classes unin-
teuupted and uninhueneed BY the Coramittee
"One il surprised too Whist extensive knowledge
Of language has been acquired BY the pupils IN the Bow
doin the Bnmmer the Wells the Lyman, and some other
schools. This 10 not a mere knowledge OF words; Il 10
kuowedze of the things facts ideas and thoughts ex-
pressed by words and when communicated, shows more
clearly anything else the sith1lne and ability
Of the teacher.
1t is recommended that the study Of Physiology
be Immediately introduced especially into the girls
schools
The inmates Of the girls schools destined 70 have
charge Of the nurture rearing 81 the coming gsnes
ton To theu1 will be committed the Of the bodies,
the minds aud the character a. the most mPre.tbe pen
ID Of life when the body forced % vEos ard heah ne
mind 70 seton and the character 20 energy and virtue or
70 eaeminacy snd They destined 10 Be, 70 tue
race guardians IN health and IN sickness In the
schools therefore something should Be done 70 qualify
them oces Their. laws q the strueuTe o.
heir own bodies which the Maker Of those bodies has
abshed law. Of nsfure-lsws Of hfe ard health, which
the Author nature hss made These laws not nun
erous ncr df cult be understood. They have that sd
mirAble simplicity which marks heir authorship bus
thew are unspeakshy important These laws children,
especially girls shoGd learn They should learn the prop