Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-02


 Average age of pupils 10 yrs. mo-
 Decrease ....................... 2months
 It may be seen from the above statement that the population of the New Haven city school district is very nearly 7OOOO; the number of children of school age enumerated in January, 1882, was 5,374; the average number belonging to the several schools of the district was 9,332, being increase over last year of 513 the number in actual daily attendance was S,913, gain of 557; and the rate per cent. of attendance in all day schools was 949, or .OO7 better than the preceding year.
 The resignation and retirement of Super intehdent Parish is appropriately noticed and tribute paid to the work accomplished by 1 this predecessor during his 16 years service. 1 In that period the number of pupils in the schools more than doubled, and the ratio of the number in actual attendance to the num- 1 Der enumerated increased about 30 per cent. ! At the beginning of Mir. Parshs administra ton here the so-caled graded system was in it's infancy. The report adds: ''The e1- tended experience, ripe judgment and gen. erous disposition of MT. Parish have all been potent factors in bringing the public schools | of New Haven to their present prosperous I and satisfactory condition" The expressions ! of sorrow by the Board of Education at part ing with this officer are recorded in the re- ! port, and MT. Parish's letter of resignation ! together with mention of tho parting compl- l mentary reception held at the Church of the Redeemer, where Mir. Parish was presented with fine gold watch and chain, tho gift of the whole body of teachers in the schools.
 The report records the accession of MT. ment to accept 8 professorship in Il inois College, of which college he is graduate, he also having taken post graduate course at Yale; and mentions the appointment and ac- ceptance of Mir. Fifield to Eaton, of whom the report says He comes to his new field of labor highly recommended both for his scholarship and executive ability"
 Regrets are expressed at the withdrawal from service of Mrs. M. w. Mason, of 12 Webster, and Miss E. c. Brownell of 12 Dwight; at the resignation of s. M Agnes Welch, for several years the respected prin- cipal of the Hamilton school, whose place will doubtless be filled by s. M Celestlne Wall, who has taught successfully hitherto in Mo- also regrets the loss of Miss Jennie Eli Id, of Woolsey, and Miss Flora Fisher from Eaton, both superior teachers.
 'tThe vacancy in the Skinner school caused by the death of Miss Ella Mcguire, was filled
 by the transfer of Miss Sheridan from the
 Edwards street school, whose position in turn was filled by promotion
 A vacancy in No. 10 Skinner was
 filled in January by the appointment
 of Miss E. P. Barrett, graduate of the Bridgewater Normal school with severa years successful experience. Later in the
 same term another vacancy in No. Grant street school was given to Miss Helen J. Bar rett graduate of the Salem Normal school
 Both of these teachers have given evidenc, ; of possessing superior power, and it is to b. regretted that the former has felt compelled to tender her resignation just at the close O 7 vacation account of i'll health The plac thus vacant has been filled by promotion.
 Good health, proper zeal among the in , structors and attempts (which have been phe nomenally successfully at what are known a 5 the new methods in primary teaching hav' been some of the characteristics of the year. "Commendation, as far the health of tn little folks is concerned, is expressed regard l ing the practice of holding half day session. l in No. 1 rooms where the accommodation . dictate it, which has been the case in Dwight ) Dixwel, Division street, Woolsey an d Lloy l street schools, but doubt is expressed as t the physical ability of teachers to thus sue
 cessfully teach two sets of fifty pupils each
 Therefore in rooms where the half tim
 method is employed it is recommended tha l the teacher be furnished with an aasiat a n
 from the training school, which is a goo I idea. In Dwight district, however where new primary school will be added soon, hall
 time sessions will not be necessary.
 n PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND THE 'NEw METHODS. o The report on the above topic states ''] @ is proper to include under this head a
 classes engaged in the work of the first thre
 years grades. During this period no te,
 book in arithmetic or geography is put in tn
 hands of pupils, and the oral method c
 teaching is pursued to 8 large extent Dul
 ing the few months since I undertook tn
 work of supervision I have given particula , attention to this branch of the service tryin 'f to ascertain it's wants, and seeking as far 8 L. possible to meet them. While I have foun e wide differences in the adaptation of teache, d to the work of quickening the interest an
 directing the energies of little children, an
 still wider differences in the methods en
 ployed to accomplish this end yet I hay
 been gratitied to find nearly all ready to r.
 ceive suggestions and test new methods 'n "Ihs so called new education finds i a0 best expression in primary methods, and if found that quite number of the teachers e. this department had made creditable pro ts ress in the study and application of the pri
 ciples which are being recognized as fund a7 mental to the art of teaching. It was eas at to discern those who had begun this gos