Daily globe., 1881-02-06
THE TEACHERS.
The Regular Monthly Meeting and the
Proceedings Thereat.


The Regular Monthly Meeting and the
Proceedings Thereat.
The teachers meeting at the high school
yesterday morning was attended by a ma
jority of the teachers, and the exercises
were exceedingly interesting.
The meeting opened with extracts from
an article in the N0rttaoester7s Reuieso on
the subject of cart Education" Extracts
were read from the article by Prof Bond,
who confined himself to that portion of
the review having reference to the art of
drawing. The writer reviewed the vari-
Gus branches of art and alluded to the art
schools of Great Britain, of which there
are 147,. with an attendance of 29,0 600.
The work accomplished by the art
schools of London and other European
cities was alluded to. Among the achieve
ments of the art schools was cited their
influence In educating the higher facul-
ties, the establishment of correct stand
ard of taste, the approach to a higher and
truer sense of the beautiful, and more
correct habits of thought, developing
ideas of the concrete and practical in
place of theory. The paper was very in
teresting, and demonstrated beyond
doubt that as civilization advances the
art school will become settled institu-
ton and component part of society.
Superintendent Wright spoke of in
dustrial education, and of the
importance of drawing in the pub
lie schools. In this connection reference
was made to the art of drawing as taught
by Prof. Bond in the schools of St. Paul.
In referring to the advanced progress in
drawing made by some of the pupils,
Prof. Wright thought it would be neces-
sary to introduce a series of text books.
In reply to query, Prof. Bond thought
it advisable to have text books introduced
from the Third to the Sixth grades. Be
low the Third grade the black board IL
lustrations answered all purposes.
Prof Taylor spoke CT the earnestness
manifested by pupils in the art of draw
ing, even in the lower grades. He
thought a system should be established
whereby knowledge of drawing and 9TH
er branches of industrial education could
be more fully inculcated
superintendent Wright was of the
opinion that industrial education could
not be successfully taught without cor.
rect knowledge of the art of drawing
Prof. Bond further elaborated his idea
Of industrial education as relating to
the art of drawing. Prof Campbell
alluded to the relation between
drawing and industrial education;
the time had come when the schools
would have to pay more attention to the
primary principles of art. The training
of the head and eye to the uses of art
was alluded to as Of great Importance.
Prof. Priem followed with an interest
ing and instructive essay on the art OF
vocal music. The speaker traced the
development of music from the ancients
to the present Reference was made to
the vibrations of sound and to the funda-
mental notes of the scale. In the year
100 instruments were tuned to vibra-
ton of 404 to the second, in 1858 the vi
bration had risen to 44S and 451b, and
the standard vibration at present was
4371s. A minute and learned analysis Of
music as the "handmaid of civilization"
from its primeval stages to the present ad
yanced stage was given; a very pleasing
picture was given of the condition of
music in the Netherlands in the four
teenth and fifteenth centuries, from
whence the passion for the art spread to
Spain and afterwards found it's most favor
ed home in Italy.
The speaker closed by paying neat
tribute to the memory of the great COM
posers and evangels Of songs whose lives
were passed in perfecting the art of
music. The subject was reviewed from
the origin of the simple ballad to the per-
fection of music, the oratorio and opera.
Supt Wright alluded to the results of
the recent examination, saying that he
was decidedly in favor of semi annual
promotions. The advantages of the latter
were explained and an extract On the SUBJ
jeot was read from the report of the super
intendent of schools at Albany, New
York. He closed by calling the attention
of the teachers to certain desirable
changes in the corriculum of the schools.
APPOINTMENTS.
Meeting of teachers of first grade, Friday,
February II.
Meeting of teachers of sixth, seventh and
eighth grades, Friday, February %.
Meeting of teachers of fourth and fifth
grades, Friday, March 4.
Meeting of teachers of German, Tuesday,
February 8, at high school.
General meeting Saturday, March S, 10
a. NJ.
Teachers will be paid at the general meet
ing Saturday, March 5.