New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-06
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

will hold its meeting this year at Watkins, beginning
July %, and concluding the following Thursday
Bates College has an endowment fund OF
s2O2 57s, and needs for building purposes SSooooo
There will be freshman class this year OF about Az
members.
The pensioning of teachers is not approved
by The National Teachers Monthly IL says Al GER
tain ace should quit the profession, ana true poc!
will dictate short rather than long term in school
During incumbeucy the wages should be such as 10
enable the teacher lay up and invest some money
The prospect of pension viii be check on enterprise
aud an excuse for beSgary pttances under the name OF
salary
The managers of the Chauncey Hall Schooi
of Boston announce the adoption Of plan Tor advanced
or postgraduate instruction, open to the graduates %
the school, or similar institutions, and to when ladies
and gentlemen irrespective OF or technich coiar
ship Will be welcome. Two courses Will be opeheu, one
literary and the other scientific The first term OF the
literary course will include the study OF the ives ana
portions of The works of ten leading English poets from
Chaucer to T,nuys and the subsequent terms VIII IN
elude English prose writer's the best TRANSACTIONS from
the ancient and modern writer's aud cour4e OF history
The recent report of the Connecticut Board
OF Education that there 1850 pubic schools IN
the State an increase Of eight during the year. Number
of children between and 16 years Of Januarv 1879
1896 increase during the year, LAS; n"lnoer OF
different scholars in public schools ll94S9; increase,
lgI number private schools, 9,llJ an increase Oh
723 There are 1870 between and l6 years OF age
who are in school, less number by 60 than that OF
the year before. The Winter attendance ls. as usual
much the largest OF teachers there are IN winter III
males and $40 females, and in Summer no fewer than
1924 the latter 212 OF the former There are 2o4
graded schools The dividend per child from the school
fund last wear was 81 TO- and nearly $4,000 was thus
rsed besides S2O2Il9 paid for schools FROM State tax
Town taxes raised S66S 167; district taxes, Sl63"5
Income of deposit fund $40 53i 97 OF local iundS
Sl56l4 70. Voluntary contributions fer public schools
sG,sS1 &c; from other sources over Stl3oo was re-
oeved and the total amount received from All sources
was Sl,592,S5S IL.
The San Francisco Board of Education has
reduced the salaries Of teachers about per cent They
will hereafter be as follows: Principal Boys High
School $500; Principal Girls 5000 special teachers
Latin and Greek, s .75; special teachers French aud
German $50; natural sciences, Sl75J assistants IN
senior classes $50; assistants in middle classes $40
assistants Junior classes S1o0 principals Of primary
schools having ten classes more $3.50 per month;
principals having FIVE and less than ten, who teach
c, sses, 1925 principals having four classes or less
800; assistant teachers with thirdgrade certificates
without experience, receive during the first year
$50 per month; second and first grade teachers 50 ad
vance op this rate respectively; increase OF 50 is AZ
lowed on second and third years. teachers who have
taught two years in any public school IN the Unite"
States will be credited with that experience on entering
this Department: assistants both in primary and gram
salaries over and above the preceding schedule OF sai
res Increase al the eud Of four s. per month;
increase end OF years 81 80; increase al the
end Of ten years SO.
The Kansas State Teachers Association has
Endorsed proposition for the establishment OF four
normal schools in that State. committee Of the ASo
citation have agreed upon the following items as rtqu
ing legi,tion The term the Office Of County sdpei
lntendcnt ought to be increased 10 four years Inc
County Superintendent should not be allowed to quaty
unless he possesses diploma or certificate froa the
State Board Education this qualification not to he re
CURED previous year 1875 Where the population
is under 900, the school districts fewer than Ioty
adjacent counties should he urcd to unite for the par
pose of school superintendent provided the JOINT lopu
ation does exceed 10000, o. tie number OF schools
100 The visitation and actual examination OF SCHOOLS
should be the primary duty Of Superintendent, who
ought to devote their whole time 10 the work The dis
trc school boards should the superintendent The
State Board should issue uniform set Of questions ard
tie County superintendent should examine the teachers
uuon them at such tines and according to rules pre-
scqbed by the state Board The recommendation ci the
applicant by the County superintendent should DC neees
sary for the issue Of a certificate.
The Nec- England Journal Of Education notes
tbo following conclusions Of a teacher 81 have found
il 20 be universal fact without exception that those
scholars Of both sexes and OF all ages VINO nave access
70 newspapers at home, when compared with those WHO
have not are Better readers, excellent in ronuncia-
They are better spoilers and define words with ease ana
accuracy g. They obtain practical knowledge OF
eeo-rauhy IL almost half the requires of others,
as the newspapers have made them acquainted with TIE
location OF the important places Of nations their gov
srwnent and Goinss on tine globe A. TIC! are pct'ef
grafamaran for, having become so familiar with every
variety Of style in the newspapers from the common
place advertisement to the finished and classical Grafton
Of the statesman, they more readily comprehend the
meaning OF the text and constantly snalyze its CON
srction with accuracy. s. They write better conpo-
sons using better language containing more thoughts,
more clearly and correctly expressed q. those
youug men who have for years been readers OF news
papers are always taking the lead in debating societies,
exhibiting more extensive knowledge upon greater
variety Of subjects and expressing their views with
greater nueucy, cleamoss, and correctness"
A writer in Tie Western suggests the follow
I'M method OF teaching reading in the graded schools:
First at the eneement OF the recitation let the
teacher ask few, but dgescd salient, ana pertinent
oucstons as of the piece 10 be read thus
divuiu the scholars insight this, before suggested.
Is always an essential preliminary Second, should fol-
low short exercise articulation, which VIII render the
vocal orgs flexible ami thus prepare the class for the
work AT hand Third, books should be opened Tor the
6rst time and individual reading should begin. the scLol-
,rs or teachers correcting noticeable errors as soon as
committed: experience has SHOWN that however much
This timely interruption Of the reader may impede tx
prerFiou this objection is Cuibaianced by the thorough
mess Of criticism IL admits Of while rc-TeadnS may
,nrr,y all defects az to expression. Scholars can
be safely trusted 10 notice not more than mis-
takes in accent or in the utterance Of the entire
word: tic teacher should attend to errors in enuLcja
lion Tie constantly expecting to be called 20 correct
errcrs tends to enlist the att nton OF the class more
fully 20 the lesson this interest i increased II th"V
know taat even occasionally, through the lesson, they