New-York tribune., 1870-08-18

trey without normal instruction Two questions pre-
sent themselves for consideration. Srst, can the
Isneo teachers for common schoosf If 30 per cent
oi teachers annually change their employment Illinois
would be from ,i5oco to saoo Therefore Illinois would
PcnnsylvanIa soocoO and 50 on other states
car r White concludes It to be impossible at present to
account Of the great expense Second is desirable
1ns !, Schools as at present organized shall be T
the pupils on complete the normal course In Illinois
in Sndaa. Sss the course TSssO
Of Normal Schools n1Se the expansion Of the country
shall reach the primary system He advocated that
appEOpriated should not be expended in lare
ern educator conveyed orcible truth the other dAy
few at the Sae @
70 70 be incurred as Is generally the case 1t were better
ted IN hsaG tSS we're Ser to expnd # IN
side In Libraries, means OF illustration and teaching
Schools will succeed in reaching all the teachers in the
country. Teaching must be made permanent pro-
Normal schools viii teach than three the
average and not leave the profession at the end OF tna
material at hand should be utilized The Teachers
Institutes, which are powerful means for impartng
a." and ,s school management should be e1tende,d
bo nGPen tne number Of institutes %9olc oIa
or more corps of instructors, whose whole time should
be given to holding institute meetings. which teachers
shold be compelled to attend without losing time IN the
schools lie quotes Dr. Ryerson Superintendent OF Pub
can sehool system who said, IN substance, that while
taken as whole the school systems OF Newiork, Con-
nectcu @c are the most complete In the world except
those OF Leipsc and saxony yet the systems falling
behind the age for want of properly qualified teachers
The discussion OF the uornng respecting the course TO
be studied In normal sehoos the report OF Mr. Phelps,
was then resumed and participated In by superntend
Edine T. Howard teacher in the Eighth Ward NewYork;
$ @. Williams Of Cleveland, q Richards of Washington,
I1a1ap of fha GoI-a in
John Eaton, ir the National Commsionerof Education.
Most Of these persons expressed different opinions to
the extent Of the and length OF ter and the capa
The snbiect was recommtted TO special committee
consisting Of person from each State represented in
The address OF the evening was by the Hon ]. L.
Pckard superintendent OF the Chicago Qllinois) Public
eachef He felt safe in saving that not ive of
the teachers of the United states has imperfect
knowledge Of the physical structure OF his pupils anG OF
the laws that govern its healthy action. far less num-
Der had ever made the chld's mental and moral nature
study. Body mind, and soul arc delicate Organlalohs
best Capabilities easily destroyed are too often placed
in ignorant and inexperienced hands. In school Mr
Pckard said that children often cramped into un-
comfortable seats allowed 10 assume unhealthy pos
tures They are crowded into small and poorly yonti,
lated rooms, or confined too long, and arc injured
school authorities OF the health of teachers, he said,
health is the mother of petnanee that bane OF many
schooroomsa teachers nerves are often his most n-
ruly pupils Late hours improper food ana lazy habits
while a hoe used early in the morning by one whose
hours of sleep began at the proper time, ana whose
dreams undisturDed by lldgestDe loOu ndS oltcn
saved the OF the birch in school hours.
Having examined the catalogues OF several OF the most
prominent Normal Schools in the United States, he had
observed that many find place In their course OF
studies for physiology In some about eight per cent OF
the pupils study physiology while OF the 4sl weeks OF the
course allotted to this important study one makes
" sound bodily health condition OF admission while
others pay respect 10 this subject We are all enam
ored Of the name success shall we with enieebied
bodies reac h that desired gOali .
The first day has passed of to the entire satisfaction OF
the great number of educators present Every tram
brings additional nsallments of members and the pros
poets fair for the largest meeting the Association has
ever had.