New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-05
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY JANUARY s.

expense there only appears thesum Of $50 that has
any relation to penmaiishlp and that I'm the normal
school. Nor IS there any provision for tea hing book
keeping even In the lower and most simple orms and
the same may be said Of other cities In Massacht setts
Now, know ii 10 be true, fact that IN almost all
the cities and many OF the large towns of the Common
wealth. there are private schools teach bookkeeping
and the manner OF transactng commercial business
called commercial colleges and whose adyer
sty for their existence Is that such branches not
aud Psychology And the pupils in those schools afe
usually graduates from high schools. where these
these are not subjects be taught in a
educatn certainly not untll the high percentage OF
and upward who read OF 53 per cent is brought
down to the grade OF far Western new State, hardly
yet wholly reclaimed from the wilderness, Iowa, which
has but 2. per cent of illteracy.
Notwithstanding all boasts OF what we had been led
to believe righu OF school system and schools;
in spite of the learning and culture OF Massachsetts OF
our enormous outlay-more in proportion than
na, ia ilterate than are in percentage,-Mas-
,achusets has greater percentage Of her citizens ..
cannot read than tho S1es OF Colorado Connt cticut
Illinois Indiana, iowa Kansas, Maine Mehgan Mime
Ohio Oregon, Pennsylvania Vermont and Wisconsin:
20 that she 10 the nineteenth state IN the erncy VI
her population of the thirtyeight. Tie deductions
which make from these facts are: First, rhtt we
& s %ch should De r the OF
ny far too much. Second, That tine salaries OF the prin
visors are very much more than they ought be. o.
TO use olher words to express my meaning higher than
other like business pays and higher than the for
which equally good services could be- and are, obtaed
As rule salaries do RISE but rarely never ower anc
he larger the salaries surely rule works
this not of the teachers 10 the lower grades
OF whom more than 81 per cent are women,
whose salaries, in comparison, are by far TOO
cent the salaries OF men, believe that the hest teach
wanted for the lower grade schools. and that
teach successfully such schools does th'
most service to the state and ought to be correspond
in2ly paid therefor
10 state my Views IN another phrase As prevention
81 paupersm and crime, to dc our people for suffrage
ise all the educational of the STATE. educate
up to n certain Necessary point. The classes
tbove will and ought to educate themselves up TO SUI
higher point. DO not take the common fund aud give
the few or have 10 expended In manner that all
cannot equally enjoy ITS advantages; and, above all,
that expenditure an economical one ana not pay
salaries the teachers or the many and hgh salaries
the teachers OF the few.
The State hos i've normal schools, which II carries on
rom the Common-SchOel Fund In 1881 these schools
sad 1876 scholars, a0Out wOthlrds OF whom were young
gomen, OF which total number l54 were grauuate 4.
The expense per average scholar 10 the State was
s73 s5 which SOL 90 for salaries of teachers,
Tue total expense beng &6l1OO ~ Assuming tnat
corresponding number will be graduated every year
cost the state OF each graduate VIII be
1888 plus; to tns 80 not add te eost OF the IAN an
tne very large establishments Dlht Dy tue state Or
hese schools, because avn Informed by tne AUDITOR
epors that the value of tive normal scho0l estaD
ishme1ts has not been ascertained" what right had
aeso Isl young men and women 70 30 e1pehaiSe an
Iuca ION out OF the Common SCHOOL tuhd ~ the hdhu
th, statcl
HongG5ie Senator's gid gentlemen Of he aG1se
solution Of the educational questionl Take the
natter Into hands You arc pfactl
.ll men You know what kind Of an educato
lue people need and ought to have. Restrict the
1rancnes taught In primary schools by law specinc-
lily 10 epcliins reading Nitng, sf,LShat; dil'ilec;
Geography, hist0ry-prr!erGby or the Ontso
3taes-ad require that those shall no taught upon the
,alue system, To the glade OF scholars, IN every
common school In the Commonwealth When the
scholar can show by an examination that he IS well
grounded IN elementary English branches then let
he admitted TO school OF higher grade, wnere nle-
rawing industrial purposes shall be taq ut, book
Neepine algebra geometry, the rudnents OF the Lat
French languages, chemistry, Ihyscs, Win hatdlai
philosophy In "a rudmental degree; and there common
,chOO education should stop. When by TINS system
NJ schools ave brought Massachusetts, from her
present position be the first State III the Union In the
reading aud writing OF her citizens there will be some
body here, Doubtless more competent 70 advise what
Is best 10 be done
ONE TERM ENOUGH FOR GOYERNOR BUTLER
Legislators: | have presented the result of my best
thought upon the topics occurring to of interest to
you and the discussion OF which would benefit the State
Time has possible to me to give to them the
needed care classification and condensation. 1t has
been my endeavor exclude therefon every partisan
consideration. have every inducement and no temp
alton 10 do otherwise for much desire that my sug
.pstions shall have weight with all Of you From my
recommendation personal advantage can come, for
now and here declare that | have neither wish nor
intention again TO ask the srages oil the people OF the
commonwealth for the positi0n1 h0di for which high
nonOr am filled with the most profound sensblllty IL
both my pleasure and duty TO give one year or the best
energies my life to the service OF theConnonweath
thereby to pay the earnest penny OF my gratitude