New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-07

Of 'syn cor SBDg bDs hsstJed Children hstvs0
tie ases Of ave syd ~ ssE tss hsst tsss Ass Ass
yet been rsas Of ibe pJas.iessi,y Of ssng pAcssis
| pint .. "a ss,sSvuiop 10 coamca p iss and W.
thous ut ehi be ssIta vsLs 70 give the readers o.
TEX TRRpRx far r. slsrelt OF The results OF thai
eIpenneNt.
il bm proved beth failure and spccese. Many
parents have opposed it bitterly and many tea,her'
have used il Efficiently Scns Of the Catholics have
dss eulced u o. . piece Of Protestant Jesutsm 70
.pvgge beIesy INTO Their ehiDdrsns nirds vailed BY
tbess unknown letters. Sore Of he Conservative
P,otestalts have deroulc.d ID Is . rsdieA measure
IN cling Of uliasm. Uiisr sach circumstances, and
especially in The lsck of teacsers ~ho seized and sp
psees,ed the peculiar spirit Of Ae method the phono
type has certainly f.isd in Wsham 10 teach children
in 20 brief time ~ it's friends hoped 70 read comuor
pnpt ell. A tesehsr in love With tae scheme cM
undoubtedly perform wonders with il; but the ord
rsry teachers employed il the public scAools viii not
do 90 mach Nevertheless, there is . marked saving
Of time from u.ipg pboboypy, even ss tsngat BY or
binary tescsere The Scholarship Of the children IN
Wslthsm has greatly improved, while the hours OF
K sch,0g have been diminished. The use Of phono-
typy has not ssved two years time q wH expected,
but il has saved siI months year In ssch ohilds
lie.
In other respects it las proved complete succsss II
improves tie spelling of the pupils We are not jck
irg. We do rot mean that teaches the child 10
Wi r,gkt rite but by csirg his attention fc-ci-
bly, TO the Oddness Of called ohog Apply, hxes
tae range combn atoms of letters in his memory. It
improves the reading Of the pupls Resdiog is earlier
pleasure, and therefore likely to b natural. It
particularly improves the pronunciation, taking The
brcRue out Of the Irish boy azd the tvang cut OF the
Yankee. Go into the Waltham schools, aud hssn 70
csss of readers and You st once tell by the pro-
nuncia,on of moinpg or nasni,g how or hsoo, hrst
OF fust which children have been long in Watham
schools ar which entered ct IN advanced age from
other towns The phoreuo driD also develops the
srrgth Of vo'ce and of lungs N q valuable manner,
as quires strong Vrt TO utter the whispered con
.onsnts forcbly. Other advantages are perceived,
following the pupil through all mis- There is
tendency in this analysis Of de- to Iced 20 habits OF
accuracy ard of attention 10 detail hsSts which are
usually sadly wanting in our country.
On the whole, therefore, the Wakham people are
deteru med 10 continue this experiment Of phonetic
teaching still further They felt pAticu ayy srcour-
aged 70 to Go when, few months ago, the Hoo. p
Banks, at the public examination of the Grammar
School said be had never anywhere, or ct any
lime Q school in 90 good condition. and especially
school N which taere Wa 20 full, clear, manly and
| correct an epuncistion.
In the Grammar and High Schools the children are
also instructed in phonetic shorthand, often called
photography. This has been done for about three
| years, AID some Of tue pupils are already earning
| wages o. Photographic amanuenses.
To those who are not acquainted with phonetic type
il may be iAtsrest TO know something Of the mode
of instruction Primers go used containing new al
| pbabst. Twenty three Of our common letters sre
used and twenty Few ones added to take the pa,e Of
H. ch eh tie 10 a tte The child Ia not taught AT
first to call airy letter By name, but only to recognise
it's round and to utter ss sound. Thus on the teacher
pointing to B. the child bisses the teacher pointing
TO No. the child huns with his lips closed; on pointing
TO (, the child max ss whispered explosion With the
srd of his tongue on the inside Of his upper front teeth
BY this means the child caa actually spell out for IT.
self without difficulty asy word printed in phonotypy
and econ learns TO read his primer He Is then put
into reader printed in phonotype, and when he can
read it fuenty is put into reading book u common
| type A few houts' reading teaches him the new
dress Of familiar words and he s then taught 10 SPELL
He thus learns both phonotype and common type in
less time than he could learn common type alone. o.
though not 10 20 much lees limo - was at frst hoped
He Taught 10 spsn but long as he is in schso no
is also taught TO aAAlyze the words For instance,
eass stands up 10 SPELL and the teacher gives out the
gsid though" All the class simultaneously make,
Gra, singing no'e with the tip Of the tongue between
the teeth; secondly, say oh; thirdly, say though.
Then, The fret scholar rays "tss, sitoS owe, you,
gee, aitoh though That is the class together an
aJze the word into the two simple sounds OF which
IL eomposed and one scholar sen names the Elk letters
| by which NE srar gsy represent those sounds The
teacher gives out the word three" The class sinai
tsneously blow with the tongue between the teeth,
sing over the suredup tip Of shs tongue, ssy and
then say "thrse" Then the second scholar says
"tes, ii ch, are, double 9, three" This enough to
show vi Of is meant by analysing and spelling Ere
quently also in Ill grsdes Of the schools, the scholars
are drilled by calling o. them 10 pronounce al the
fosty.thrce letters sueossivsly, from large chart
which il hung 10 every school room.
This mode Of instruction seems 10 b moro ID favef
at the West than at tho East and company has just
got fairly into eperaon ct Cincinnati, which proposes
70 pubhsh plete isrss Of school books, al pnnt
ed in phonetic type But We believe that In no os''
has the experiment Of tuition been tried for 30 long
time q at Wa,ham, and the results there show tina.
the experiment Is worthy Of very careful sad long
continued trial everywhere We wish abundant sue
eess to our friends in syracuse, in our State Of New
York, vhs have Just supplied the public Schools OF
| tina, city with the requhite charts and books
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| RroursrrIos FROM NEw.YoRK FOR KIpEAPrfns