The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-07-15

There has Just come to hand copy of the
New England Journal Of Education OF July
10. 1t is called a centennial number, is dou-
bile the ordinary size, and contains what has
been said in public way mp to this time on
the subject of education at the exposition OF
1876. A paper from the Hon. John Eaton,
commissioner of education at Washington,
presents a partial answer to the two great
questions which, he states, have come in
from all sides to his department. These
two foundation questions ere: What
10 do? How to do It? They
are the very same questions which
Superintendent Smart answered in part
for this state in his report puolisned yester-
day. Mr.. Eaton does not seem to have
progressed as far towards definite and prac-
tical plans as Mr.. Smart has done, but he
appears to be quite in earnest to engage
the educational element of the country in
the purpose to make a good showing or the
school and college systems of America at
the centennial. He states that the centen-
NAL commission have now issued their re-
vised classification, and have thus drawn
the outlines of the field which shall be
devoted to education. This field is compre-
hended in classes Sol to 800, inclusive. Glass
300 will consist of elementary instruction,
including5the kindergarten system, which
will be carried on in full blast throughout
the exposition. This class also compre-
bends public and graded schools, with all
the appliances used in their conduct. Glass
3Ol consists of higher education. taking in
high schools and colleges, and ell that re-
lates to their work and history. Class SUI
lis devoted to professional schools of every
description. Glass 303 is composed of the
representations of institutions for the blind,
the deaf and dumb, and for teeble-minded
persons, class 304 consists of reports and
statistics in which the national bureau OF
education Will present its work. Class 3e5
contains the show of libraries, histories,
catalogues, etc., and class 800 takes in school
and text books, including all the auxiliary
books of the school system, together with
newspapers and all periodical and miseella-
neous literature. Closely allied to these in
classes 80, 311, 312 and 3l3 will appear the
institutions, organizations and associations
of learning, museums, art galleries, music
and the drama. Here then is the outline
within which this branch of the OK
position is to be carried on. In this
Journal then follows a paper by the Hon.
John d. Pbilbrick, late superintendent of
the Boston schools, on the "Public Schools
at the Exposition" in which he tells what
may be done by teachers and school officers
to secure proper representation of the pub
lie schools. The suggestions will be found
useful to all who have this matter in hand,
although thereis nothing strikiDgly origi-
nal in Mr.. Philbrick's remarks. OF course,
Mr.. Walter Smith has paper on represent
ing art education, as introduced by him into
tbecourse of public school instruction. This
department will necessarily be the
most captivating of any, although it is here
that Mr.. Smith presupposes that the new
world will get whipped by the old countries
of Europe. Yet he-urges not to surrender
in advance, but to do the best we can. IL
will not be impossible that in this study,
young as it lis here, Indiana may slightly as
toaish the older neighbors. Dr. J. M. Greg
ny. of itheI ninois Industrial Univ ersity
,ntributes a good paper on colleges at the
}; position. All these published ideas,
in elllated thus early indicate that
he educators have got at their
go, X in season, and that this department
# q e nations progress will be worked up
10 so rsetbing more than mere responsibility.
India na will not be behind, and it is heppy
augur y that she has begun her movement
before tbs suggestion came from other Gar-
ters. an q has progressed hopefully towards a
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