The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-14
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The kindergarten system has become
50 popular in st. Louis that the colored
citizens have petitioned the school
board to establish 1t in their schools.
The authorities are considering how to
comply with this request.
The Boston school committee Is
about To consider the appointment Of q
special instructor in hygiene, whose
work shall lie TO teach in the normal
and high schools and to perform what
other duties may lie assigned to him by
the board.
Professor Frieze, who now becomes
acting President Of Michigan University
In Mr.. Angels absense. has been since
1854 professor Of the Latin languages
and literature In that Institution. The
university is about TO buy an equatorial,
a transit instrument and a chronome-
ter, the ones which have hitherto been
used There having been loaned by the
government to Professor Watson, and
withdrawn when he left Ann Arbor.
Wisconsin during the past year has
expended : 2,5lS, 30l. SO upon her public
schools, which have been largely in
creased, both In number and efficiency.
The state has 5,5G8 school districts,
not including the independent cities,
which number twenty-seven. The
school population Is AS, Ass. Adding to
this the number OF children attending
other schools, the total number receiv-
ing instruction proves TO be 1924, $50.
There are 6.s44 teachers employed, the
male teachers receiving in the country
districts s37.75 per month, and the
female teachers S25.72. The average
salary paid to male teachers in the in
dependent cities was sS3s,51 per an
num- and to the female teachers s341.
80. The highest yearly salaries paid to
male teachers are: In Racine, 9 1900;
in Mineral point and Oshkosh, s1.750;
in Madison, s2,O0U. and In Milwaukee,
$4,000. Female teachers receive in
nine cities $500 and upwards; in Ra-
cine, $500, and in Milwaukee, 81, 200.
Superintendent Whitford mentions the
need OF better qualified and more per-
manent teachers, the grading Of the
country schools and the general insti-
tuition of the township system in place
Of the district system.
Acting under its ''new-departurer
InuIfaN flao YlCutnn rl. -~-.k--
has provided four special volumes Of
supplementary reading for the lower
grades Of tile Tublic schools. These
consist OF Two series, Of six Looks each,
81 popular fairy tales, selected and cd
lied 10y Mr.. Henry Cabot Lodge, Of the
International Roie,r; six stories from
the Arabian Nights; and a volume Of
Poetry for ChildIen"- the two last
edited by Superintendent Eliot. So far
AS appearance goes, as well as in the
nature Of their contents, these little
volumes mark Il new school era. They
have clear type, fine and heavy paper,
and many excellent engravings, which
enhance the charm Of the books for the
children, and make the elders grieve
that they cannot live over their school
days again. All who are familiar with
schools have remarked the readiness
with which the childish memory appro-
PIRATES words and phrases which tickle
the fancy, without the slightest regard
to, or knowledge Of, their meaning. It
is this habit which SO often leads TO a
~listless and fruitless use Of the regular
series Of school readers. 1t Is by no
means uncommon TO detect a youthful
pupil reading parrot-like, with his book
held upside down. Although these SUP
Elementary volumes are simpleied and
adapted rs far as feasible 10 the appre-
l~iension of the children, there will yet
lie need Of care OH the part Of the teach
ers to avoid this same habit, and to see
that the gorgeous suggestions Of the
fairy tales do not divert susceptible
minds from The simple meaning Of the
language. The volume of poetry Is de-
serving OF especial praise m that while
many Of its selections are of the highest
literary merit, they are all interesting
which was IN important point aimed
at in the series. The success Of this
new system has excited attention
among teachers all over The country,
and, to meet inquiries and possible
wants, the Boston school committee
has authorized its supply agent, Mr.,
George A. Smith, to furnish these books
to teachers and school officers Of other
communities. Hence it may be ex'
pectcd that the ''Quincy plan," as de
veloped in Boston, will be widely ex'
tended.