Omaha daily bee., 1882-12-30
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The Georgia assembly !, inouiring Int
the feasibility Of establishing q ~technoloe.
ical school in that stste.
splendid chemical laboratory and o drill
hall and gymnasium. A fine library is also
soon to be constructed.
Pupils OF the public schools in Newark,
N. j, were requested to bring one potato
each for the home of the friendless, the
plan resulting In the contribution ola small
wsgon.load.
There are LOCO, 900 grown people in
this country who can heither read or write,
but when II comes to talking about the
nonsense Of our public school system thew
can make themselve, heard half o mile
away.
Prof. Bloss, superintendent Of public iu-
structionIof Indiana, will ask the legislature
to make 1t a criminal offense to steal, sell
or otherwi,e dispose Of examination cues.
lions. He will also suggest some changes
in the manner and time OF making trustees
reports, and will advocate the granting Of
teachers license for six, twelve, twenty
Tour, and thirty.six months; and q six.
teen-year license to the recipient Of two
successive two.yesr licenses.
The Vermont legislature has enacted n
law providing that instruction shall be
impaired In the public schools In ele.
T,entary physiology and hygiene, which
shall give special prominence to the effect
oil stimulants and narcotics upon the hu.
man system. This law was secured
through the efforts Of the Women's Chris.
tian Temperance union of the state, and
is designed to open the eyes OF the stu.
dents in the public schools to the evil ef-
feet OF the use Of alcoholic drinks, tobacco
and opium.
The Rochester school board has ordered
that during the next term In the public
schools the morning and afternoon recess
be abolished, and that the principals be in |
structed to carry out the following pro. |
gramme Of school hours: The morning |
and afternoon sessions will begin respec.
lively at 8 o'clock q. m. and 1870 D.. M,
and will close ct 11:30 q. m. and $3.50 p. |
M. The seventh, eighth and ninth grades
O'Clock. 1t Is also ordered that at 1915 |
In the morning and 2:30 In the afternoon
five minutes shall be devoted to calisthenic |
and marching in every school
room. while the windows are to be thrown
open sufficiently to change the air of the |
room. 1t is understood that this pro.
vision Is to be most rigidly adhered to In
all cases.
The education of deaf mutes has made
progress during the last de-
cade, and it seems highly probable that the
old system Of talking by signs Is about to
undergo . revolution or to be entirely dis.
with. A few years ago an attempt
made in the Clark institution for
deaf mutes, at Northampton, Massachu.
setts, to teach the inmates an articulate
and from the recently issued re-
port now before us seems that the effort has
passed the stage of experiment and has
been crowned with the most gratif, ing
The report contains numerous
letters from former pupils who were uu.
to express any thought by articulate
sounds when they entered the institution,
but they are now able to make themselves
understood. One writes from New York
hat every girl in the packing room, where
he works, understands all abe says, and
he can understand them by the sy stem of
ip reading. Another, adressmaker, writes:
x work from 8 in the morning to 8 at
light. so you see that there is little time
eft for my recreation. / do not know
I have gained in lip reading and
peech, but l think 1 have gained more in
Up reading than speech. My mother.
listers, and brothers say that my speech is
'ery good, and they can understand every
vord 1 say. My employers can understand
III l say, and I can road their lips WE'LL"