New-York tribune., 1875-03-04

seds-such treatment will incite him 70 perform the
greatest amount Of weldireced work 1t must Do con
fessed there are some-though very few-who VIII not
work from any motive whatever, and the problem pre-
sented 10 common ia how best TO manage so as 10
prevent these from being drawback to the rest OF 'e
school. Locking at the uses OF common sense III .no
scboolroom. Of which we have indicated only few Tor
these uses are legion We are ready 10 say
teachers what on old Scotch elder said concerning MN
sters 'There are three things mon needs 10 ni"A'
him successful minister, vz guide health, religion
and GUIDE sense II he hae but Of these let DC
guide sense for God go him health and Goa can ge
him grace, but naebody can gle him common sense
DR.. Rverson, Superintendent OF Pubic IN
structon in the Province Of Ontario says OF the Ae
can school system: "Taken as whole DO ho' 'nin'
from my best observation and inquiries tnat 'nero -
country in the world In whose cities anu 'o"n' N ~
Leipsic In saxony-the systems OF euu'"uo" W" =,
complete and efficient as in the nelghpornR o'a'es'
"Nothing but o personal visit and Inspection
can convey an adequate idea OF the comprehenVehess
completeness. and in some instances eranuou,
the establishments and systems OF education al 'no
cities and in not few towns OF our American h'is"
bors" 4. "But here, In most Oh 'no o'"', a
work has begun to halt, and the patriouc ooIee" " ~
the neutrality-suspicious. have Deeh uiS"Ppo Pp.,n
There is no adequate provision to secure ,he opo1"
Of school in a single neighborhood, much less 10 soo
shed Tho result is that when you leave the cies anu
large towns and 20 the rural part OF Inc STATE 'ne
MACMILLAN field of national school law and system, you
bere find that our American neghbors are not SO sue
cessful in their public school economy, and accomplish
resus far below and Of the State appropriations
they make. and the machinery they employ iof the
sound education of all the people"
Superintendent Kickoff of Cleveland reports
formally as follows "The study OF German was intro
duced into grammar and primary schools OF Ceve-
land in the Spring of $780, since which time the numDer
OF pupils pursuing the study has Increased from 6Oo 10
5Ooo The conclusion TO which come Is, that though
weighted with music, drawing German and with higher
readers the promotion advancement OF pupils mas
not retarded but accelerated rather IN those suo
ecs which justly regarded as the specially appro-
pirate studies Of the common schools the examinations
for promotions in reading. writing, arithmetic EnehSn
grammar land geography being stringent to-day q,
they were before the introduction OF the additoha
branches above named The question may be asked
whether II music draw German, object lessons etc
had not been introduced and the skill OF the teachers
had imnroved would not the pupils have advanced
more rapidly important branches, reading Writing
and arithmetic have, Of course, no statistics which
mieht make basis for reply, inasmuch as should be
compeed TO make comparison between cities IN which
other conditions might be widely different as they are
in the matter of music, drawing German etc. In re-
spect TO the percentage of pupils in the higher grades
our schools are on par with those OF other cities Win
Tie single exception Of Cincinnati, where, as showed
in nv annual report for the year ending June 1871 the
school attendance considerably regular than IL
is in St. LOUIS Chicago. Cleveland. In respect TO
standards Of promotion they are certainly as gn nero
as any where else"