New-York tribune., 1875-02-06

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR or HE INIRODuCilVN %
THE STUDY IN PUBLIC sCHooIS-AssEkIHp SO
CESS OF THE EXPERIMENT IN BOSTON AND
BROOKLYN.
TO the Editor OF fhe frtoHHe'
SIR: The writer OF the editorial article n
TIE TRIBUNE OF Jan. 23, on "DrawinE IN the Common
Schools" is certainly wise In suggesting tha Tie ln -
ductlon OF any new study already Oyererow
curriculum OF the public schools should be most so
fully considered by the School Boards before IT. AA
adoption Unless 1t Is clear that proposed ne" r'A''
can be Introduced without interfering wi!h tie l'Sd-
mate work Of the schools. and that ts y'ne 10 the NJ
orlty OF the scholars promises TO be commensurate VITA
the time TO be giyerit Is evident that It should roi
be adopted There ia hardly room for dispute Ia -spe'
to 30 plain o proposition
tbs submitted, however that IN the article IN qH'~
ton the methods by which an adverse decision oi tAe
question, Will Il to make drawing parton I' p1c
lie school coursef" suggested to the
By the writer, are slightly disingenuon4 Cri'ir.'ni
upor the training in common English studies now given
in our public and normal schools may be very JUST htt
are hardly pertinent t. the subject under cons d'r''n'
and tho conclusion derived that unt we have metholi
so arranged and teachers skilled. t1at TIE Ei-'h
studies can be thoroughly tlu-ht, might be ls Me 10
keep drawing out Of the schools seems Wholly I1'
elusive. II il is true that neither IN our public schools
nor In normal schools is there any satisfactory t01
IN the elementary English studies, tha reason certainly
is not that time attention Is a6sIactei from less
studies and given TO drawing. Tao charge asIl'. us
present system De yalibut certainly has relation
to the question as whether It 1, dcsraJ to Ire dF1S-
ing taught II these schools l OF their pIrp b'e. ne
cause Of failure should be s0lSht aud rcmt'd |Itloui
reference to drawing or any new study. Oao Of tAs
strong arguments lei upon By the advocates 0f ths
Introduction OF preliminary tTnlng IN drawing mo ~
tho public schools, IS that the present system oi P'S
school education docs no. II; the cId FOR remun'Eb
tive labor As lead the pIrcuts Of poor children keep
them in school sufficiently long 10 acquire even the rhf
meuts OF any eIucaion II Is bccy d that II all "a
rents saw that thcir ohlircD helped 20 become
fefsupportns earlier, by htinG kept lu sel.9 t"1 >.
three years longer. t.~ dIIl,uty-9nt OF me mJst
serious drt"ha.k' o. t-r ps, SOM syS'e"o''' 9''" "
IN great measure removed.
Secondly IL i urgei tAat tIaIDys IN drawing world
III eve!y chi!d 10 - h-',cr WORKMAN IN any mccuAl
studies Row given Lccd 10 te iuie.frrcl WITH II -
f1und-so the teachers and advocates Of drawing sJ-
that by diyld"S the ume now gwen TO W,illg Dct"oi
drawing and wI NJ, 10, only Nl the chld Get u -o'l
start dr4WinC but ai''s tic same uumO'r or ie,'o1s
viii be much NOR, prrhaut IN writing than II AL tAs
mad been given 10 Whiting and ho dIa"Ink t"IE:
tbcro is no time for this study Those or your
city readers VINO are Suf'cuty ln,ere.led ~ @ -
snnl 1T 10 visit the BROOKLYN schools can retlty
see what proi.encS J. attained by tho pups I'D tae
plbnc schools OF ht. CIV Wh.te t'4Cur, %, uIiSi iSi
they cannot fail 10 be pleased nnd surpii'el Inc AT
rumcuts urged that ony two out OF 50 "o1;d us'
M some trade WuUld certainty Apl!y eqlt!f 10 du
the stuti,, taught Ia n"riy al! The pnohc GruiiA.
aud High schools; for Of ne who' nunO,r oi Pupi'I
-the must costly VI Tie schools.
or course II a knowledge OF drawing becomes gen
era technical aud spec-! schools VII! lie souSht W
MANY more tnau nov, VINO Will wish 10 pursue tleI
artistic studies beyond the public school course l.
NOT sought afford any substitute for these, or 70 uo
their work. II Is only sought t0 give TO an pa35.St
school children available kBOwedee or tue alPIsy't
of art, lust Nc give them kuO"tedSs OL tSo
auha6ot literature. IL IS found also, wherever tue
eXpaliment hrs been tried that the artistc taste
faf more general than had DeeA imagined nc" "VIu
of delight opens out 10 the child; ana the tle Ohts "9
trained not oby to be readers about but e'e@'oFS0 0'
beauty .. O., Tn, Tprn-
TIE subject Is winch seems gerTssne ~ l'h lhlp
rNE founded" as was by the uan VINO TOOK 80 uScg
an Interest IN the prOgrcs, American indust{ 40 ae
n near at heart the welfare or the laOorer ana Nho
heved 10 earnestly In the education ana elevation O 's
workinemau Nothing that concerned these IntoicSss
seemed To HIN unworthy tue Interest or lhE IhIbISs
n tn rlns made by the advocates OF drawing arc -
Lilo its immediate PRODUCTION into tue puDlo rcuOVs
H. OF he greatest importance aud interest NOT V .
ana women, but to every citizen. WI NJ
Tnp TRIBUsr investigate for itself tue results hIesV
reached m Massachusetts. aud particularly IN bOston
and give its readers statement OF the lact as u'oop
ed Ether the educators and legislators oI na
sctts arc sdly mistaken, or II Is time otner eltles SUI
states were securing similar advantages ioE their 'o
Washington. D. C., jap. 81, 1875