New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-10
OHIO.
Educational Frogress-State Teachers Asse-
citation.

COLUMBUS, Wednesday, Dec. 81, 1881.
Yesterday a Phonetic Convention was
held in the Senate Chamber, and State Pho
netic Society was organized, Mr.. f. Longley,
of Cincinnati, President The Convention was
respectably attended, and much good 10 the
cause will result.
The following are among the resolutions
adopted:
Reso,ed That the Association adopt the following as 1t
platform of principles and III ode OF action:
The enlargement OF tho present alphabet 50 as to have
leter every elementary sound III the lang esse by
which means the pronunciation OF every WORD VIII oe IN
falbby indicated by spelling, and the spelling 81 every
word clearly suggested by It's pronunciation a,,.
2. The introduction Of script alphabet OF such snpc
characters that the winter may readily Keep pace Win 'he
While we shall contend for tue ultimate substitution
Of Phonetic Alphabet, and the or biography resutn;
from ITS employment Tor se ones nov IN ne we m Ia
nyed from then adoption simply as an auxay IN PRIMARY
teaching namely that chdrea may be 70 Tsad
be taught IN two years and that IN SIX months more
they the transition to Ron anic or the common
reading and we'll those ~ho have studied read
ing on the old plan for twice the length OF ufde.
Asrnth little service un ess reduced to practice,
the members Of this Association will Oh all OCCASIONS
where III d, all practicable employ the phonetic method
Of whiting.
The Convention was closed by lecture from l.
A. Hine and addresses from Mr. !Hoyce and Mr.
Parsons.
Ids morning the totfkH stesluu ol tue Ollo ciaSc
Teachers Association was commenced, and viii ad
iouIn tomorrow night. Over two hundred Teachers
are IN attendance, and the intelligence manifest Ia
the Convention afsorcs the highest encouragement
ict the Educational progress OF our Sta:e
The FIST business after the organization was ihe
reading OF the report OF the Executive COMMITTEE,
by Mr. Lolin Andrews, who has been employed
during the past year IN advancing the objects OF tae
Association. The report begins oy saying that the
COMMITTEE commenced ITS iabors wltn three OBJECTS
ma cfY sallh
which will be satisfied with nothing less than an
educational s. stem which Wiz afford 10 every child
II this State proper physical, intellectual, ana
moral development Second, to.TecommeLd u The
toSns and cues OF the State the adoption OF the
Union School system and ThRd, 10 Improve
Teachers and elevate the Profession OF Teaching"
In prosecuting these objects, The Committee has
secured the delivery OF more thsntwo hundred prac.
tcal, educational addresses 10 large assemblies OF
citizens IN various parts Of the State. The minds
and hearts OF not less than sixty thousand citizens
Of OHIO have been appealed TO and influenced by
then Efforts. in addition 10 Ssls, over 5000 teachers
have been assembled In thirty seven Institutes where
they have received the advantages OF instruction IN
the best meiho6S Of teachlGg the various branches.
These Institutes have been held one week Ill their
respective counties and were respectively attended
BY Iom25 TO 10 teachers.
About seventy of the towns and cities OF the State
have established free, graded schools ali OF these
more than fsy have been organized within the past
three years. Notwithstanding this great success OF
the Union schools more than one huLdSed and ATTY
Towns NSl remain whose pest ClICfliOL&l interests
imperaLlvely demand the immediate organization OF
free syaced schools. During the past year thirty
towns have been visited by the chairman ofthe COM
uittee, and addressed Ii behalf Of Union Schools,
some Of which have adopted them.
Some valuable statistics were reported showing
the superior economy of the free eraced system over
the unclasshed and private schools Of those towns
thai have o, adopted the Union system. Tea towns
were selected fer illustration, FIVE OF which have
Union Schools and the population as the other
fye toWns which had not adopted the system. To-
leco. Portsmouth. Santusky SI:y. Canton and Mas
Sili0n have free Union Schools and a population OF
E0,OtO. The expense o. their education during the
year Was $40 252. Springfield, Mount Vernon,
ned Distinct and Private Schools aai the same
population, and their educational expense vas SS5,-
l.O nearly 5000 OF so per cent III favor OF the tree
gfActd sysicnl-a ) stem that provides e1ueation
good crouch FOX lie n hest AMI cheap eaough Tor
me poorest" There are 10 private schools IN The
towns having mon Schools, ard tae distinction OF
'"sie founded on wealth and arStOcrStc feeling IS
"'aho"h among the people 10 reScee; o etlcatlon.
10 elevate TIE profession OF tea hing. The Com
i-Hltt hes mslnls relied upon Teachers Institutes,
III "hlch individuals are cRcip.ined IN The oes,
"VHiV~eo' IT PAIRING Instruction Taess Institutes,
a. 1~i as tatH Sc, ale hAe ihe Nom Al hSois Of
NeN lOiA u 'heiT am To estaol.sh .. . of these
Institutes ~ each county hold o c or ses
SCi YER f"f srch a number OF DAYS or weeAs Is
!uhy ue coENeuleul DuIlng The year application
made ~ :ciis four ms '5r good iustsI
tor ard ciuI,ss aLS the eenciency OF ,ho N Is
ksesissi sli.,G.st ia.S a. eAovussoisL.