New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-23
NOTES ON EDUCATION.

philadelphia is at last to have SUPERINTENDENT
..c.hoo,s The first steps In the matter have been
{sken and the proper person Will soon no seieo'oo
=. hill instituting tho town system OF schools
<hrorohout the State will probably be maze q law
nv the Vermont Legislature. Those towns Id 'ne
state which have tried the system consider the eA-
beriuent successful
rbere are now no colored teachers in the schools
NJ Baltimore Although several have passed. tno
examinations and received their Certificates tno
white teachers in these schools create no Vacaho0'
either by death or resignation
The ST. Louis Teachers Mutual Aid Association'
organized for the assistance of the sick ana VI
who have grown old and helpless in teach'hs' nv"
has about ninety members. The useluinos' - ~.
society has already been proven to an extern ss-
sSs;n, the creation of similar organizations eiso-
where. -,
Professor Hinsdale complains with SONIC Ju'.'o
that Young people are now more oent on $50.
employments than they were twehty-hNooi -"
wears AGO. aud that they are mucn ioS' -
With the hard practical things of LIE: re .n.nAo
that the canse does not lie in our educatioha 49,
tl'' . ~. aartain nomcntous changes that nave
taken place and taking place IN AuneAi0"N
society"
Herr xon Gossler. Prussian Minister OF Ednca
tiou has issued circular ordering that all the OoyS
in the higher schools of the country shal DO maui
To plav games. For some time puOhc op'h'o" "
Germany mas been much exercised about the phS Oh
cal condition of the boys they we're good scuo''','
INIT us+lsss inactive uuentcrprisng. often aPpdlt
Snglv short.sphted remedy is to be sOugiIV no.
onfT in gymnastics but IN cricket and ioOinan "h1
other outdoor games requiring sklH anu "s''''''
Is Il wise ruling
The JHrary Journal describes the good work
which one clergyman has been oohs ou'
church About a wear ago. after examining c"ie
To- l,o Gnn n vs.
his church. and after taking out such volumes as
ne considered particularly objectionable ana '""u
;,g otbers which he knew TO be GOOD SET himself
.h t.l of talking with the children OF his schooi
about their reading The school has II supcrhIeh.
dent Int me- as minister. also taxes an me-
In it and hiss spent the time ne mas s Nou " time
GENTLY in talking with the children one AZ a 3
abou hooks finding out from theH tIlelI tdstG -; ~
what they had been reading ana ncS
them wholesome books TO reau anu lH'ei0S'--e ~
OF investigation to pursue.
In the sixth grade of the Maiden Mass" pu'nc
scb,ols the pupils begin the study of geography IN
n very iudicious way. The child first makes map
Of the school-roor upon the slate, with ali 'he
bonudres and location of articles IN 1t IN reiaVon
to other articles. Then the school buhdlhg y
drawn and its boundaries defined then the scnooi
district the city, the neghborhood about IT, ana SO
ON tbrouCb the several rooms, until maps ana
boundaries of countries and nations are Drawn
with tho same ease as those OF luo eihaAi i"oii'
Monldinr boards are used In the upper grades ana
teacher and scholar together mould the shapes OF
States or countries, the water-courseS Vheil mum
fatns and their valleys. This branch Is tauent III
snch n manner that the various tOwns' ciIIes,
lakes rivers mountains etc, which serve only W
cumber the memory, are omitted, as also are INC
many uniu poTtant facts which Nil SO many PdhoS
of The geography. Whatever is important III inc
poston of CITY, State country as 10 lto geOSiaPn
cal uostion its climate, soil and productions, Is
lie chief REQUISITE insisted upon and IN connection
with these statements tho political social anu
business history of the peoples OF theSo ImloA'"n'
places Is carried on ut the same ZINE.
These scattered sentences from recent address
bv Colonel Parker are foil of suggestion for
teachers We must bring teaching back to lis true
simplieity. We must make the school room the
home of the child. Use idioms Knit wn 10 TIC CHI
dren Divide the pupils into groups Of ten or a
dozen; this allows you to classify. In this way you
can get a. the individuality of the child Learning
TO read is learning the vocabulary OF written ana
prlnted words Reading is getting Thought by
means of written words We often begin at the
wrong end We get tine thought through the form
md not through the word. Children must copy the
word written ON the blackboard on their states, OF
can like the Germans make the motlons III 'ile an.
1hr child should be put to work from the star
have low black boards for the small pupils anu IeU
fnrn draw ANYTHING and everything Trey chooSe.
Learn to teach and love to teach. fronouhclhR
words not learning theI; w maj - HT 1o ~ roa
cbil,i's mind cannot be told by the clnd. 10 not
ASK n child TO express himself tefoIc ne mas
thought. Reading Is getting IhohSI oy HlQans u
words or the teachers voice. inc purpose ol Iedu-
ing is to ill the mind OF the puP1 WIN
A vocabulary can be taught on the blackboard
Learn 10 SIX rtch on the Blackboard IL Is lnOst
pc wertul assistant in all school WORK.