New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-21

well appointed the other schools, and the course
Of study was the same IN both superintendent Lc"l'
"The school is not the only educational INSTITUTION
The negro needs the training coming iro4 tchor s
should permanently live n and be identlfed With the
in which they tac RT reSed
sQualor and dleless and quoted historic examples sS
something on the subject She had lately spent two
years in North and south Carolina, and had visited
s e Ta nns % nd % @
men oahng about tie hotel at which she ne sraye S
ySnHs @au ' She Attributed this deess Tie
told by the parents 9 %s snd hPdoco % OF F
owners sons superintendent Greenwood, of Kansas
CITY defended the negro in an eloquent speech ana
dephia with the problem II had been found necessary
there TO provide separate schools Tor coioreu chei
Al the evening session the chairman introduced
President Eliot OF Harvard College, who read paper
on "The Relation OF the Colleges and secondary
Schools How Can Ii Be Strenghenedl' lie said
In part:
Ny subject being large and my time short. am glad
to have a professional audience who can supply me'!a
bic deficiencies. Between the secondary schools anu inc
colleges there vast gap imperfeety hned Dy Ic"
academies OF high grade the high schools ana inc pg
paratory departments OF colleges Massachusetts
only whore there Is mandatory lessla'oh ." ~
subject Of high schools and yet in that state only o
Of these schools regularly send students 10 Harvard WI
lege Harvard feels special interest in secondary
schools because committed to the elective system VI
the choice Of studies, system the success Vi "''
largely rests in proper preparation in the schools.
10 bring colleges and schools nearer 10 ea'h o'4
suggest two parallel courses OF study in college Leading 10
the degrees Of d. A. and Il. S. respectively 80 'a' S'
dents who cannot take classical course may oc P
rared I'm high school for the In which Greek ana
Latin required, while classical students sh nav
provisions made for them also In the hiRh scNooS'
Students who take the classical course Hg' oc
induced 20 into the literary course but II they were nov
pared for that they could take the scientific course OF a.
least the agricultural.
Two remedies suggested. one was hioTo
schools. other higher standards IN the schools
Sup Superintendent y. G. Dougherty. Of Peoria
H.. said that no term had been achod 20
Ssug these schools differed so widely in organization
and efficiency II the graduates q mgm se od w 10
prepared for college many more OF Cnei too and
college. and better differentiation Oh SInoo' nr r
college functions would follow supcriihtcntcr, ind
,ocgcs would be compelled TO drop the classics from
he admission requirements. Mr. Dewey, OF the Htato
Board Of Regents said that one 5000 WORK tS t6 The
we're doing the regulation OF admission ~ riao
earned professions. keeping out quacts ana cha IRA
ans who had less than a common school educauoh'
Tho following resolutions were adopted;
Resolved That the United States Bureau OF Education
e respectfully requested to communicate with state SchoO'
authorities u each state and cndeaNor 70 brmg aDou' al
Understanding between Satcs as possible WHEREOF
achcr.' certificates OF high grade including Normal hoo
dplonas granted 10 become valid IN o'her
states, and said Bureau be- requested to advise state
sIperntcndcn,s will enter into such plan ana
what basis certificates and norma o'hoVl up'o"'
az issuod In such States.
Resolved That cordially approve the plans OF the
United States for the education OF all indian
uudrcn a. outlined by the Commissioner Of Indian AHa7
nd We respectfully urge Congress to make the needu ap
| IroIra.ious.
ise.olycd, That heartily commend recent e"oit''
made I'm many sections Of the country 70 place over every
,,hool.house tho American flag; and also commend inc
tudy OF tho Declaration Of Independence and oil other
great historical documents OF American civil liberty Ia the
hubble schools as q OF stimulating true PATRIOTISM
and Of promoting enlightened citizenship.
Ecsolycd That but meet the hostile criticisms
orlv made against public schools OF the country by
making c.e schools Of the most wholesome moral
influence yhou, at all interfering with religious denomina
tlonal differences.
Resolved In view q the continued iiteracy Of large
numbers u American citizens and the inadequacy OF Local
means and instrmontatcs educate tho youth for The
re.ponsi bos before h,m that renew and emphasize
our rea Congress Tor the speedy passage o some ny
and .qlato measure q national aid 20 common schools
Resolution. Of thanks were also passed To state
-Inerl. tcndrnt Draper IN" press. Nicholas Murray
Irlcr ar3 tho trustees Of the College for the IrinS
Of Teachers for what they had done for the confer
cncc and t. members. 80
Tho rcport 81 tho nominating commltte" recon
ncnGlug Tho r. election Of the present board ot ON
ee-- was adopted, despite vigorous protest from
President Draper. ph'l'fcphia was selected a. the
place ~ mcctn- year hence. AT IL O'Clock The CON
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