The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-01-10
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
An Interesting Session Last Night.
and n New Measure spoken Of for
puhlIc Examinations.

and n New Measure spoken Of for
Public Examinations.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board
EducaI ION was held last evening in the Aead-
envy Of Science rooms. In the absence of the
President, o. Il Taylor, Maj. ID. NJ. Swan was
called on TO preside, and took the chair. The
roll was called by Mr.. u. ID. FAIR, clerk, and
M-ssrs. " IIsun, GRANGER, Few, Akin, FIesher,
Green, W,yer and Callahan being present,
IIs business OF the meeting was proceedvd
with:
After the reading OF the minutes and some
F, other uuinpOrtanJ business Prof. Jno.
WLerrell submitted the following, which was
adopted:
PUBIIC EXAMINATIONS.
| .FFICE OF -UP'T PUBLIC Schools,
| Le,yen worth, Nan, Jan. atii, leo
| To the Hon. Board Of Education, Le.renworfh,
hdasos:
Allow me to call your attention to the SUBJ
ject o! Pupiic Examinations
| /, has Den Gu, ,QIs,a!y To hold public exam
II..I4onS II zach sriGe al Tie Close oI eN cry
ieiin sine they we're met adopted Tney
haN' had 4 good iuIli.- nee III -tIinuiatiLs an
Interest srnOng t.,e poop. al.d have proNsd
a powerful si-enL IN pOpGiIrIzing tine public
/ sc.op.s. Mhiie ain Tree la ichnuwi,d se ali
ne good inherent III, AID resu. Ing from pub
| lie rXaHIiuati rs / am not bind Ia the greait
evils attend. ny them the most pfuluine Ut oil
.IIcaI arr a. follows:
Isl rn. y io-ier a system of '.crsimming."
2nd They CTu-H TN individuality OF both
tt-sscr aud pupils anu make oi the schoois
a machine.
b. NE. develupe a vicious system of edu-
C stion which results IN thr ira ming of child
r-I To aruIir, Isc.s insteld OF Ideas.
lrlI. The, VII the r al obj CT OF an eN.
anal Atom b c Use tie examination II made
q SIT a ,4i->s latf abe or SOW To- IN pui-
pose II vXu biting oHiy tnr good points-the
Z a.
Ide,.In il uun -,..s.ry 10 make any EXTEND
t-i comm Hts ON the f,reGo.ns evils.
would say, however that scho'I teachers
-tr. human, that they cons Ger teaching
"A b,I- iI.e-S and that they viii Always IA kr
an -aTHest eiio Ia supply the demand made
upnn tn-In. IL the Boari Of Eiucaliun ue-
itIa II OF them To make a NOW oi TIA ir grade
the en If eve y I-rIn, t,,.y VIII do ineir
utaIo Z, W Iatvyer be tn uCtIlmenI 10 The
c dreu tu SUPP v the denIand-thes viii
cram-Ihey are bound to cram tn. children
for tine occasion. IIc SuIy-rint nent has II
la bis power Ia maxi n success Of every pub
IIc tx an n.Tiun-In fact he l. compelled AZ
have success, a, his repuaI As well as
those OF the teachers, iep-nd up IN "A showing
of he wonderful requirements oil the chill
dF'sn before the pu die. the real object OF an
examination should be to sea en- Tor vices as
well as virtues. Nothing human is perfect.
No school system or Set OF schools ever exist
-; that did not possess weak points AS well as
strong ones
prey.nting the children from forming bad
habits, and the real work Of "A Superinten
dent consists not in successful exhibit Of his
hobbies but in "A continual exercise OF his
Judgment, skill and en.rgiss in devIsiDg the
best plans Of remedying the defects OF the
schools under his charge. In short the super
intendenI is the phy sician of the school sys-
TEN. His duties are to treat the defects or
diseases of the system, and keep the whole
in as healthy stale as possible III cannot
be expected that the superintendent is
going to show any faults at public
examination. The dear people must
be entertained, they must be pleased, they
attend the examination TO see excellencies,
they must b. satisfied, hence the superintend-
emf l. compelled 10 have success, success at
ALI hazards whether il be real or apparent.
natural or forced. l would most earnestly
i. commend that instead of public examina-
ton that every grade pass a thorough oral
examination in each study, that the examin-
alton commence as SION as possible and that
more time be devoted TO il, the aim and
object of each examination tn be, 10 test the
work of the teacher and to discover the weak
points in each and every grade. would also
suggest that "A committee on examination be
appointed TO make arrangements for the
same. Very respectfully.
JOHN WHERRELL, Sup't.
The following committee was appointed to
suggest means by which present defects can
be remedied: Hon. Levi Wilson, ii. c. Akin
and Il. Flesher.
Prof WherreIl then submitted the follow