New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-10
IrTHODs OF EDUCATION.
.v.rsrrs OF VARIOUS NATIONS AT THE
PARIS EXPOSITION.
.,,rusEs OF THE FRENCH sYsTEM-sklhh oS
JAPANESE srUDENTs-rAULTs oS 'AAN
AMERICAN AND FRENCH DISPLAY.

,rs or TIVE FRENCH SYsTEM-shlLh oS
,.p.NrsE srupENTs-rAULTs OF THE
AMERICAN AND FRENCH DISPLAY
o,.,r,sn 1889. By at Ess0. York A'oe'a'a D.,
parfs. June e.-The educational eAhD' ~ - Wv ors ,s
rxs.,xttion demonstrates clearly thS' ~. ~ -,
srrnly established in the thought OF the WIZ h.
ing the means, methods and oolec.S u ,nortv IN
eyoluson IN education has been rom 'uV a. .ha
a.. h,,ns.t soo,sI plano toward the majority ~ 'ue
,...s.t socisl plsbe The total enscemeh' Va Wv ~
...,,,sd and exclusive privilege Of nlBhe' 80
.houn IN every portion Of the Exposiuoh
.....,., ,h.rs ts preserving the monumental "orAs
..ru. in literature but the new epoch, "he
cher,shing these works has nnofeh1 - W
comn,euenssry means Of developing 'n'oiNsoo'
is resolved that creation shall acconpS"'
II Is not merely hteraFy, it Is Hie :, -" 49,.
.o,.v tor n. resusment Of the minority II Is ior 'ho
mood of tho entire people. Inc pr'n' " ,n ~.
80 =. 49,, ,no.,rht shsll be turned into skill Tho
sf...snn 90 che time Is not how TO immortaze rare
,,., hnt hov to render life happier, more reneoHns
a. nov. v,r,uous for the great body OF people.
~ va.h saucsticnsI exhibit presents this reVo-
,,,.,on An EDUCATION with remarkable conprhnonsNo
- Tha arst county TO cast on usoiuonAA GA
os,.v. u,sr.-y training, Its prominence III nne In
aux,.,al are and its monopoly OF the mo't piou"1 '
toto which design enter are explained. In
s.,s.. = tstlon OF the entire school sys-
-. "a p.rs. segenty Of the eghty-soven departments
- ~. rs..bnc have respective places In the Educs-
.., s-.sins Tho exhibit is under manifold auspices
,e.xssnx the ceaseless activity OF the people Ahe
N,.onsl system finds augmentation through oene'o-
,.,t s,eetcs through municipal and communal organ
s,.ssou and through private enterprise out "nseVor
tAs rm Of administration the process ana principles
sze denssoa The training Of the mind' oeSinnns WIN
tbe prtmsry grades and passing up through hien
s-bools into colleges and universities is constantly
with the training OF the eye and the hano
throughout all the sciences and all tho arts Inc
.rhit raiaed through every division with inventive
decorative and constructive industry, is . school
vhoue all nations may study with advantage.
Belxium, combining In her economic character
the grestsst density Of population with 'ae iarsosA
diversity Of occupation and the most uniform ols-
trisution Of wealth with the minimum OF paapcrfsm,
ranks after France Qesoly following her are HOLLAND
ana sxttzeriand Ahreast Of them the French
oo,oni,< I'm Asia oceanica and Africa American visitors
shou,a seek these colonial sections. They are not
In the Exposition buildings proper, but IN structures
illustrating the aboriginal architecture OF o1entsi
pcoplas along the Esplanade des lnvahds' IN Ihe
oompossJon of their contents primitive antiquity Is
side By side with the most refined evidences OF modern
sabprty IN education.
TIE surprise IS, however, furnished By Japan
Notaing more gratifying in quaint variety can Dc
smsssned than the kindergarten work OF japanese
children Tho venerable Elizabeth Peabody, who In
sroduced Frosbeps system in the United States mas
not lived long CROUCH to see American
,hidrsn as happily occupied in proportion
10 their numbers as is the little world OF the pre-
,,nably benightsd East The accompanying statistics
how ths. there nearly 100000 children anu
70 600 teachers in the elementary schools OF Japan
rhe exhtbt presents view Of the entire system from
be ffndergarten up TO the university, and Is A'
.caentIfo and orderly as the system OF France PSr
.icularay important Is The work shown oy japanese
,chocls for the blind and for doafmuses. Tho skin
4 the deafmutes IN woodcarviug painting Eodeiing
a cisy ana an designing for ceramics. exetes snd
lxsn V almost phencmena.
Ths British snd American exhibits are dsappont-
,naDts THAR scantness and relative ipfenonty are
d. 10 the obvious fact that English speaking nations
have longest adhered 20 all but exclusive nersry IN.
struction Great Britain, which was the last OF al
en,ishtsned countries 20 establish nauoDal
,d,rssiona, system by taxation, reluctant ABOUT IT,
but she must 20 Germany or France fUr e science
n tesohing The practical instruction g'ven IN NET
primary schools Is meagrc, but It Is more genera
,,cn,,rt.ors.elv than in the United States which
.aupot plead the pretext Of late institution or
preiudice against foreign technical progress NOT
,sa Americans plead q want Of sympathy on INC p~i'
n The rsch nor q hack Of National resolutoDess u
,ehax Of education. More children 90 10 SCHOOL, III
! riven population, Of the United States hSh IN
ny other country Of the world out IN pr"po4N
q tho time spent and the money invested they
ssru less Of practical value, although profeSseoS
America Is the most practical Of nations.
Professor Parks, who is In charge OF the American
educational exhibit, has found it impossible to get
4 into shape completely, owing 70 tne
tardiDess OF the contractors The plan adopted
rnakss Bosoon's schools the representative OF
he entiro American public school system.
The exhibit Of ST. Paul stands for The primary schools
n islo for the grammar schools. Philadelphia ex
hinits the work Of q manual training school, ana
California the work of a normal school. Tho eAhoH
,f the Massachusetts, Institute Of Technology ADDS
to our credit. That We have high
rrade of decorative and industrial art IS shown In the
,pecimsns Of opAlescent glass exhibited by John Ia
Rasge,, Of New-York, and Healy Mlet, Of Chicago
Rand MeNally prove to be among the foremost OF
map makers Of tho United States The Governments
oxhibt Of native Is in the collection under charge
of George Kunz.
The American pubnsning trade has an imposing
exhibit In the educational section, and represents
productions Of d. Appleton Co., Barnes & Co,
Houghton. Minan Co., Jansen aeClurg, lyison
4 Brakeman, Uppinoott, Lothrop Prsng, Tho
CENTURY Company and Johns Hopkins University.
b Industrial and art publication Henry Carey
Bslrd stokes, Wiley and Williams lift the educa-
soual exhibit above the preponderstng commonplace
Of school catalogues. which are an that e1empify
nose tksn $50 American institutions
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