The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-13

physical exercise In the room and 10 recitation
and blackboard Instruction
| would like to know IRON "Citizen,'' who CON-
planned lately that his child OF five, was compelled
:stand hall nm hour with hands behind her aud eyes
So sxaoy No ne chS OF me svo eh %s
duration Of we'll. The child might
have been standing but live minutes and thought
II hall an hour. Teachers should not be blamed too
much We would not Keep such strict discipline n
the Board did not require IT. Al the superntendents
examination II the children turn their heads,
chid should commit the awful crime OF speaking 10
another. the teacher would be marked "iair'' or
most good in discipline Every Is ANXIOUS
TO obtain s.excelleni" in discipline and therefore
while teaching strictly keeps order "A Man Who Is
Dunned" writes that he Is not paid until the ID OF
tho 18th land often not until the 1slh) Of
the month following. For instance We get our salary
Tor March on the 10th OF April, but often not paid
IL until the 18th 10TH fhe OF this. they tell
us. thai who should sign audit tho pay
rolls out Of town, or sick, thus caus thousands
to wait almost three weeks for their money. Then,
again. II may not be known that all teachers, whether
Jewish or no not teaching two years are compelled
10 attend the Saturday Normal College every Satur
day. This law. IN ali probability was sscd TO keep
teachers there. The attendance al the umc
the law was passed did not admit oil the employ
men OF SO many instructors at the saturday sessions,
who were receiving very large salaries SO large
these salaries that when they were lately cut
down hy per cent not complaint against the IN
justice OF the reduction was made. There many
abuses under the present Board OF Education, the
greatest OF which is perhaps the ''Model schoo In
Connection with the Normal College. All praise 10
the Normal College md its President, Thomas Hunter.
II is doing nooe work; but the training school in
connection with it. That q training school Is neces-
sary cannot DO denied. But every teacher employed
IN this framing school should be experienced
and an excellent teacher. For these teachers
the whose duty II IS to instruct and criticse
the girls who practise teaching there The present
corps OF critcsIng teachers there consist chiefly of
young ladies' who, Immediately alter graduating from
the Normal College, are appointed 10 crci,e tho girls
but class behnu them. Can tho young ladies have
respect Tor hcse pseudo "critic teachers IN the train
ing schooly Girls Of nineteen or twenty, forsooth
crcisng the teaching OF their sisters and intimate
friends. Why Is this done? The answer Is 'Potical
corruption y the plea oi economy may be raised
But instead OF appointing hcen or twenty young
ladies who have never taught day In their lives
this 'smoael school, let thea uppoini fewer, ana
older and more experienced teachers at higher
salary; let thcm take fewer teachers, and let hem
experience OF ten or fifteen years, ana let hcn
not be appointed at $500 year. Let these expert
enccd teachers be appointed to be assistants In the
training school, and they will be ublo to give many
material hints 10 tho pupii teachers" as the young
ladies' OF the college are called Hoping yon VIII ca
my occupying much space and attribute It to
tho proper indignation oil teacher who is u Normal
College graduate and knows what she is speaking oil
remain, yours &c, A TEACHER