New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-11
SCHOOL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
DISCUSSING EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.

| EDUCATION CLOSING SESSIONS or The MEETING
The Department of Supermtendence Ot the Ma
tional Educational Association held the concluding
sessions of annual meeting yesterday ut Association
| Hail. Among those in attendance not before men
toned were T.. V. DE Graf, Superintendent If Public
schools, Paterson, y. D.; b. Ii. snow, superintendent
| of CITY schools, Auburn. n. T.; William n. Barring
| ton City Superintendent of Public instruction, New
ark. ~ J Charles W. Cole, superintendent Of
Schools, Albany; 4. G. Foster, superintendent OF
schools, Ithaca ; L. 5. Packard, Superintendent OF
schools, Saratoga, n. Y; j. W. Patterson. Sare
Superintendent of Schools. New-Hampshire Israel
| W. Andrews president of Marietta College. Ohio
| and IT, c. Speer State Superintendent OF Public
| Instruction. Kansas.
A. L. Marble. th3 chairman, called the meeting to
| order at half past 10 O'clock and introduced Mrs.
Mary IL. Hunt, Of Brooklyn. member Of the WOnl-
| ans National Christian Temperance Union. who
| spoke of the introduction of scientific temperance
instruction in schools AMI colleges. She said that
reforms III society had to he male through the
| children. aud THAI much good could be done by
| Teaching them physiological facts IN connection
| the subject OF inemperance.
| paper on Museums Illustrative of Education"
was read by John Eaton United States Commits
| sioner OF Education The address IN part as
| follows:
The child - led oorta point By its parents at
hOme ana then The teacher Is bought lltO rqusltlOn
| child. Aside from himself aud his KNOW, dSe lie mas
| BOOKS which Themselves "a growth, rs found by 4
comparison OF those We ave now WIN hO-e OF twenty
nye ycas ago There are now better appliances ana
| Ieticr relation between teacher anu pupil Ana Jel
there Is much To DO desired Tic teacher should take
the child as c.i. Auch may be learned IRON those
childrcn, the deaf. the Diud the mbccr Bat our ciu-
c,onal systeu imperfect l., Is better an That OF
ANY other country al one OI thoSc WHO pee'c III NC
o j,ct-trachng has been offered rs a pauacea. but it
| In ~
That nll TIN faculties Oi the caid should De- developed
harmonlOu-y. There Il need OF the eacher having all
possible help, AMI the pupil shOIl he tlugh to ac-
qmrr knowledge for hmcf AT inst hand 10y REASONING
what read. lcHrns. experiences. The museum
must bring together ior tho pul what Is b'yOnd the
| range OF his observations ENp"St,nN ANA faHs d"
much cnL Tn napt i. OF Ia" greatest
| INN rance and education ana cuiturs ~ means
| II should be made SECOND nature
| Mrs. Waiworth IA School Commissioner Of Sara
toga y. Y, inquired whether something should not
| be done IN tho way of teaching iew Of the eemen-
tlry principles OF morality III the sch OILS. Tins
question gave rise to long discussion. Aaron Gore
| OF Colora,o sad that teachers IA; the West were
required 10 have high moral charac ers IN order To
gel certificates 10 teach and that he was not IN
favor OF teaching morals by formula A. r. DE Woit
thought that requiring pupils TO mennonite passages
tom the best authors most eiiiciont mcans Oi
Teaching morality. Al TINS point the harmony Ot
the nct ing cor tdc hrs, time disturb ~ j. IL
AuIphy ;wIo ~ 40. membrr al the bUdNl taking
the gtOuud that some teachers Wcr" not OF hlAn
moral CHARACTER am Obtained thrr places through
poulcal Iullururc. lie cIied the cast OI Il young
woman in Troy, VINO Obtain her place
~ TINS way, and WHO made prdc lee OF
srn.Iug hrr Dupi.s out hr jugs Oi beer.
Il. e.. Northrop spi@ng To- his feet aud sald that the
,l,r referred TO- Il tr WIS AN ,xcrptloutl one; ne
mad met many teachers from all paris OF tho cOuu-
tTi ana udu IOuni thea, almost without exception,
Christian men aud women. Mr.. SANFORD sand that
hr CONSIDERED What had been Insnuatrd By tho
speaker base SANDER, dud Slulir moments were
expressed hy Ar. BdfrlnRr., Who s1ld that n WAS
native OI Troy. aui anew mat tlc good people th;ro
would not tolerate anything Ui HE kInd. Krma' Ks
also made 10y j. ". Patterson aud james III.
Smart. Mrs. Wa'worth concluded the discussion
on tls tOplc b, tx planning thai she dld not BRING
any charges Against the teachers. rs they were
usually Iutcii4rnt ana ol good intentions, bnt
many teachers II the northern paris ot the Stale
had nttlc knowledge ma NIGH, receive instruction
on thr point Ia question wth plolt.
there II larger ATTENDANCE at the afternoon
srs,lOn there b lnls about 300 resent, "i whom
urar,y hall were ladies. II had been announced that
Gcurriu Grant would De present. bui ne was pre-
vented from attending ny an engagement from
winch hc Thought tie mad been released. ho first
rXrtclse was "a paper by j. ". Patterson, Stale Su-
prrintCudrnt Ol schools oil Now Hampshire, on
" National AID to Educatlon' his was to br de-
lNrrcd AT CUOprr Union IN thc evening hut Ia the
absence OF Elisha Harris, OF Albany, who WIS 10
make an address on " Education ANA HEALTH" and
of Andrew j. blckUi, U Cleveland, who was 10 read
u paper Ca he Economies of school Admm,s-
trLtIYn" change IN the programme was made.
Ine speaker referred to the dangers that might arise
the future from lllltrrlcy. Ihero WAS AN urgent
demand hc said for Tree primary instruction III some
pats OF the country, but the question was how
the Government should fnrnlSh Inc ana lie sIg-
lcstrd that plans might b" devised by an int lgent
COMMISSION representing HI parts oil the United
States. Agents might be appointed who should act
IN harmony with local educational ms buttons but
who should moi Do under Tie control of the states.
Ii any state should refuse 10 suOmt 10 thls lnSpec-
tIOu, II would Afford the central Government an
opportunity to Assert its power. in conclusion, he
SAID that there great need ri looking after the
children oil foreigners vino zero coming INTO tho
country IN such large numbers. Past experience had
led to the be lei that the states would not ulll uO
tins.
Nh. Phlbrirk remarked that the question Of Ma
tlOnHl AID had assumed IA now phase. Ii hIst met
with little encUuTa cement but WINS now coming
INTO great favor. lie had letter IN his pocket from
General Garfield. III winch the President eject cX-
pressed ms readiness to give All possible support 10
the educational inter- sts 81 t.lo couhtIy. VI. \.
Newell oil Mary land expressed himself IN favor 0i
Na,loual aId hut without National control. lie
believed in local cIgovernment; Ia an overohadO"-
ing central government, too bu removed aS lar aS
possible The southern pcopl were anxious 10 get
greater cducatl Onai advantages IOr Ine DiIchS uS
President Andrews of Marietta College, Ohio, was
also IN favor OF furnishing Government ad wEhout
followed by Mr Nothrop. Mr. DoughrrIy, OF Illinois,
aud w. \. Mowry, OF Prevalence H. l.
When the IcpJ, ~ Ol cOiniit taos were called FOR
jams II. Smart, chairman Ol the commit tee al,-
poIuiei TO p.cpare memorial u Oe presented To
Congress WIN reference 10 tao matter Oi
statistics. sad thnt the committee was
was continued vii power TO ac.. Ina committee,
Oi winch MT. PmiDGlck WAS chairman, appointed To
devise system OF uniform statistics, made an IN
complete report ana was continued. GA lnVltdilOl,
Frederick ~ IaicOtt aud ,X-GONefnOr Crawford. III
Tue Worlds Ear COnnIt,rr. presented the cIanus Oi
,Io ar, aud "a. Aeu TIE coop 1dlOn 81 the tedcHCS
In All pari7 OF ,nc counely, especially IN tho ouuca-
tIOnal display.
Alter tic usual yoteo of thanks The meeting nd.
lOdrneu.
STELNLR REPORTED WREChAD.
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