The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-01
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pEDAGOGTES IN COUNCIL.

corning 10 Ill6 plOS4dllAiiAl0, ~ 0ttH00ei"J
morning, July 18th. Hon. W. e. Chan
dler introduced Jas. McAlister, of Mil
waukee, President Of the Association
President McAl;ster presented some
brief considerations on the condition
and prospect Of Public Education in
the State. He dwelt particularly on
the necessity Of making our education
more practical. Did not believe that
education should be reduced to the
teaching Of the three RS. He insisted
that the schooling Of q child should be
speedily adapted to suit him for the
actual wants Of life.
This would require the descending
of some branches now considered es-
sential, and the introduction of others
not now found in the common schools
Under the first head would come Alge-
bra, and under the second Free-hand
Drawing and Music.
Prof. A. f. Worth read q paper, "The
Just Limitations and Conditions Of the
Control and Support Of Education by
the State" in which he pitched into
everything in general, and the State
University in particular.
A paper on spelling Reform" by
Prof. Carpenter was next read by Sup't
Shaw, Prof. G. being absent. This led
to. some discussion. Some advocated
the dropping Of silent letters; others
advocated new alphabet A memo
rial OF the Pathological Association to
Congress asking that q commission to
examine into the question and deter
mine what can be done to bring about
a Spelling Reform" AS Congress is
not now in session, the editor of this
column would modestly suggest that
it be sent to the "POtter Committee"
Clarks0n Potter Chairman, Washing
ton, d. c.. The afternoon was deyot-
cd to an excursion up the lake.
Thursday morning Miss D. A. Stew
art read q paper on Relations Of the
Kindergarten to the Public Schools
Prof. Kerr, paper on "Standards of
Admission to Colleges" This paper
will be published in the Journal of
Education.
Paper on the Metric System by Prof.
lockwood, and on the Signal Service
by Sergeant Rhodes, which last will be
published.
w. II. Chandler was elected Presl-
dent for the ensuing year Thursday
evening was spent at the Geneva
academy.
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL MUSEUM.
The National Bureau of Education
has changed the locality Of its Office III
Washington for the purpose of secur.
ing more ample Accommodations for it's
work and library. Five spacious apart
ments at the new headquarters are be-
ing prepared for the display Of the
large collection CT articles of an educa-
tiOnal kind which were presented tC
the United States at the close of the
Centennial Exposition by various for.
eign Governments. These articles fol
two years past have been piled up out
Of sight in an attic of one of the Gov.
eminent offices. When they ale az
ranged and exposed they will form
with the single exception of the SINH
lar exhibition in the South Kensingtor
Museum, London, the most complete
educational museum in the world. The
collection contains nearly 1000 distinct
classes of articles, representing the en-
tire educational apparatus and meth
DDS of nearly every European country
and of several of the South American
States. The library of the bureau
consisting exclusively of works relat
ing to education, has increased until i
is now nearly first in size among SINH
Lar libraries in the United States.
Professor John G. Fillmore, the plan
list, will spend the Summer at his ole
home in Ripon, and will begin work a
the Milwaukee College September II
In losing him GAINESVILLE loses much
and Milwaukee College is to be great
ly congratulated in securing all instruc
TOR who, in his department, has no su
perior in the State.
The Shah of Persia has established
q university since his return from his
Grst European tour, and it is said that