New-York tribune., 1882-03-02
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

r.. ,u,lic school teacher in ontario has IN
.,arce the outrageous number of scventy-t"o
pupils ,..;
The Elmira School Board is considering the poSS'-
,,,. % s,betitntinc for CORPORAL punishment IN the
schools some moro reasonable method oi coh'Io'''s
pupilS ,,o
The Iowa Legislature has shown rohia'H"o.o i'
wisdom in passing bill providing 'ha' 'nv 0'''o
Board of Examiners shall hereafter "'"'S' "'''
lady member vi,
,r,, s,ar5ard Of the Louisville Female llgh
cohoo, has lately been raised. and the result has
hson that 10 of the young women failed to pass
tho examinations set last week, and twelNe ialieu
OF graduation.
Newnham. the womans college at Cambridge
England. has now eighty students IN lesu'hVo
and many Others who live outside the college MINUS
Of these students thirty-two are working 1or 'ho
tripos examinations.
An American school for tue study OF Ereek Hler'
.uro archaeology and art will be established AT
Athens next November. The necessary luhus nav nav
beeu secured. and Dr. Goodwin, OF lalN"u' WIN
take charge of the school
Dean Bradley. as head-master of MaIlboroush
schocl had extraordinary success, the keynote 10
(which Is probaby found in phrase he uSeu "
no fond of repeating Whenever real oooR
trv TO see how il can be taught to Others
dartmouth is mentioned by The Boston Transcript
os being in "a critical condition Its Ia 'u''y ',o
divided its finances are embarrassed and It's lresh
man class is unusually small Ihe IrGns7m & ,llfo aS
that the remedy foe these eNllS - Iu0 HMM
resignation OF President Baruet'
The crowding of classes is a great fanIt OF our
,rhl;c schools So many pupils are gwen IN many
cases 10 the teacher that She is unable 10 pay 10 any
of them the individual attention when J"u'o'ou'
system of instruction demands. NO man or WON
an saws The Ddmiagon Nera " can attChu u Wv
mental wants of sixty growing persons c"I'nB
ont all mention of the thousand ana ono N',''
attentions which teacher ought TO give ;is 10 nv
conduct manners and dispositions Oh inc nuPtl,..
II would be a safe rule 70 conNtruct our
school houses so as TO admit nut thlTtN PP'.h .i
each room In no circumstances shou'u I,lUl' j.; ~
80 cLiIdren be imposed on one teacher III the
lower grades. The present condltoh oi I'M Io
nm outrage on the teachers ana cF'il' 'h'''' VIZ
children"
The Boston School Committee has done vel! III
rfusin, to hastily decide the question OF returning
70 the old awkward and stupid method OF super
vi,inc the primary schools SPECIAL con'ihl''co
has been appointed who will thoroughly examine
the matter and will report a forth9ht henC''
Superintendent Seaver says III regard TO the Iesus
of the new method A few years ago sucn 'i'"s
os written composition was unheard OF III our pa
mary schools 1t may have been pract'seu mere anu
+here by an cnterprisng teacher but, II So IL was
otisn5 without attracting attention Ihen wiz
}ng was merely mechanical copying OF SCI lXlar'
which 10 the child at least Itl no I' s of con
writing is used by the children as li' lS oi Vc =
,"arinT their thoughts to others. and IN uSlnF ~
+hSv evhibit all the peasurahle eXcltemeu. w. ~
The consciousness of new power IS dPt 70 p""I;,c
Oral and written expression o. l4oUSn' from
aud writing-now 90 hand IN hand 'ose'Hc' HUN
the very start
Tho denominations of tie old-fashiOned method OF
instruction that now rules IN the mMoi'y VI CN'
American public schools are defined ny f"e i""a''-
q,hi1 Leager in discussing the schools OF tAat ciy'
"The reason" It says, that so little real Je''HI-
IS done in our schools is the persistence OF t"o oi
ideas: that memOrizing Is education ana "I"' Wv
lnack Of calculating figures is test OF the schoIr
ptogrcss If SO many sums can be Done i r"i,7'
dates. capitals colors, shapes, rules again can oo
,rpartv rectcd in chorus or sngly, then the point
aimed at Is reached If the averages are al righl
jfa division sits in military silence ana Ilse5 f or
marches with militia precision, dsGlPine lS leaT
lie perfect and promotion deserved ~ Is P PoSS,oo
at the end of one of our school terms 70 ut utastio
child for promotion by the average total
nj ali these memorZed rules. by the falr NIi'Ile a."
bInnderng reading that Is done; II IS nor ppsS."o
at the end OF given period under tne lttt H9t.u,n
to say how much more than tMc SnIvG is -. are nil
Ouincv scholar knows because hle lacutIeS Or a.. a.
vide awake for seeing and acquiring, ana ne h4s a
learned TO express his questions ana answers Ai''
observations in clear ana ready speech
Colonel Francis w. Parker. of Boston has been
describing to the Philadelphia teachers the system
Of instruction which he put into operation aV
soid that children between six and eight years |
,honId spepd only three hours day In studyi that
The pupil should never take books home Tor STUDY
until he enters the high school; and that no prl-
mary school pupil should be kept at task longer
,hor ten ninutes at a TINS In regard TO teaching
urinary lessons IN concert with regular up ana |
down cadence. Colonel Parker said: It's very |
bad practice. not TO be allowed on any account |
This multiplication table singing Is AWFUL teiI4Dlo'
A child taught in that way cannot say lesson III |
ony other way; it must first fall INTO Tue cadeCq'
AIT numbers all arithmetic, must be learned pr |
,norily from numbers of things, such as two slchs
three apples five horses. etc. The nuhbeis must |
he learned as a whole first. and all the 1actS II
De sboplJ he discovered by the child, and
these facts fixed in the mind by rePettG49' dTTo
tiinos alone can be done with number; IL can ne
senaTated into other numbers and can te combined
with others The child must discover the tact OF |
senaration and combination by means OF snort pegs
beans etc The great mistake IN teaching arllh- |
Inetic is the teaching of figures. instead ol HuuDeS
that is, the teaching OF words "ltnouO '"'u's Viz
things they recall
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