The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-26

Needing OF the Tsaehers' Assossssion.
scAH or THE DEPICTS OF fuB PRESENT SCHOOL
sYsrEN BxronD- HssAY ny ONE OF THE PuBIIc
SCHOOL rHACHKRs ON QUIZ CIrY SCHOOL sY6r M
A II Ig AND As IT SHOULD BE.
meeting Of he Teachers Association tosk place on
Saturday evening" In The hall Of Mo Board Of Btuoasou-
the PvssiAsnt, VIM v. Smith, IN The chair motion sos
pending one Of the by laws, and providing hat tho Day o.
meeting should be changed frcm the st Saturday sc he
Ast Wednesday Of every month. ives adopted sOe other
unimportass business also transacted and he chair
then introduced henry Stewart the essayist OF
the evening.
Mr.. STEWART, who Is . teacher in ore Of the pubic
schooe and who has been in that capacity for number
Of years. rsns said that be had chosen for h subject
" Our City School By stem " and ~ 6a ,ut be.
He divided hk subject under two heads Under Tho rst he
dealt with the city scsosl system .s ills, Aad under The
coDd he considered 80 should bc He SAID tho school
system IN this city, a. & present exs has many DO oio
rsbe defects and contains within tho elements OF decay
and dsogan No syssem prevails in the order Of the
public schools. hstesd aSy regular order existing, S
nom me primary 70 see grammar departments one oe
plainly Indicate thss the present stem not adapted 90
The wants and requirements OF te present age 10 each
pnoc school every individual teacher rs independent ia
b,s OF hsr own department Hence there ID no scknOw
edged head and consequently regular school govern
mont exists any Of great and costly public schools
Now .. the present tne the school system costs the
people OF New York 81 900 annual!
H, and Is ke before hong, TO cost 81 500 ooo or even
Management bo free from many Of the defects which Al
press mt exist There NO order in the progress Of the
the teachers generally speaking, are principally engaged
in taking thinking Of their salaries those
power TO advance or increase them their dress,
ch.r Ike suofc instead Of exertns their thoJe aud
their ingenuity 10 he mental advance Mt and nselecu
al deveopement Of the tender children urdor their
Hesices this the teachers rot in too many stnoee
capable Of developing the Intellect OF tho pupils.
want OF proper knowledge OF skill 10 the Ms Of sescnins
themselves BeDg advanced from this department TO
egenlO \ wfevo
things very little better than hoy the tnsy
leave The ability, or the class IN whioh tho child shcod
be placed cannot be properly Known for considerable
time 20 is teacher and the s that nuch
Of the tine Of both pupil and teacher useessy spent
and the sshoar finally adv need 70 the grammar DO
partent, where from which the teach
er has no CONTROL the course OF struoon s npeded by
TOO many OF the similar those that
Mt in TIE other departments. Our present scbool yym
admirable IN the time started, hut IL now the
contrary II vas based on paper system Of edaato,
which ia net in any way sdsptcd to the preeent day
The course pretended 10 be tau,ht IN tho schools IA
not anytoipe Ike what IL should be. Very little prsc
tical knowledge is impaired whie the minds OF even
our female teachers made to 10 through ordeal
Of the most trying iisd in attempts 10 become acquainted
most cases hey wan. something pr ractcaI,
useful! language Ia what they most learn sddi-
tton 70 Their qualifications for business II mcst OF oar
men don't require scientific Of education, how
much less do our women want H. The study OF making
herself agreeable would b. Of Infinitely use 70 her
science for smile nom lady speaks more for her and
becomes her than ali she could either Of or
do with ma.hemasics UAughter.) Bot what does this
Of nstructop make OF gk7 Instead OF their
being able TO take charge Of their homes and make hcn
cheerful and comfortable, 10 readers them wholly
unfit TO do ANYTHING, % that instead Of beng
able 70 take care Of their families, 4, requ res
three or four Totally literate 70 take
of themselves. (Lout lsughtef) The present school
system provides proper health department and this Is
Of the which produce tho melancholy result
namely tina. il s only one Of our young in loo who
can be said 70 be healthy. In fact preseal school
system mhcraoy detrimental In its ene,ts upon tho
mental moral and physical qualifications Of the youth Of
city. Then school houses anything Ike
what they ought TO be- In many thoy
Portable. None OF them uniform In their architecture;
they equally wsely ioca.d throughout the city
Some wsntx . school In q certain ward and nd1ance
is made with the Commissioner from bis ward 10 argue The
the necessity of such thing tn the Board of Education.
The people who pay for tkeee schools not takor
into consideration at ALL but treated msny
be plucked whenever horc occasion 70 their
feathers School houses called for here and there
the whm OF no matter who, architects send In their plans
and proposals. and they fo 6uid.
ing OF the school commerced; and when II 70 1aishcd
nearly finished Ia discovered that should have been
This way thai way, instead Of the way n. This "a
another of the many defects Of present school system
Then The ventilation 10 not should BE- the ere
not properly rxed, something he matt0r but the
money expended the erk done according contract
and whoever may complain has remedy 70 expsci.
Having dealt win tho first head Of his eub1et speaker
proceeded 10 the second and advanced many plausible
theories 10 what city school system should be-
After which The association adjourned.