New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-08
PRESIDENT Low To TIE TEACHERS.
URGING THE NECESSITY OF SECURING UNI
FoRMLY GOOD RESULTS ~ THE FDUCA-
TIONAL WORK oF TIE STATE.

saratoga y Y. July : lspccian.-The New York
state Teachers Association began ~ forty mn annual
meeting n the spacious broadway rc-bytcran Church
! this evening the president. Professor Walter t..
I Gunni,0n - BROOKLYN in the Chair. The Attendance
vas large The address Of welcome 70 the association
was made by Charles &. Lester. 81 Saratoga springs.
and The response by President Gunni,on The annual
educational address was made by President seth Low.
II Columbia College. who took for his subject The
Relation 81 the state and Locality 10 Public Education
he said that the ideal Of nation made wise. patriotic
tolerant self respectful by the general education Of
It's children IL ideal worth striving for. an ideal
which becet- high cndeavor while 10 demands H.
After referring the objects Of the two educational
bodies IN session in saratoga he said that the right
x public education Is Of those nights for the en-
loymeut % which the American looks 10 his state
The education Of the humblcst child j. the peoples
care The locality, IA lts relation 10 public ednca
ton is tho agent Of tho state II D, not u be for
gotten that in this country the people are learning the
art Of self government by experiment Tae advantas',
II tho process he believed far exceeded tho neon
vencnces. hut one Of the difficulties is precisely the
lack of q proper standard IN many directions on the
part Of the people IN a matter Ike education. which
/, at once sn art and science by Itself. such a'h
Is likely show Itself more foriby in the locality
than in the state This gathering /, Itself a witnos'
that cvely locality can contribute something 10 the
general wisdom President Low pleaded for an active
oversight 90 least the part Of the Regent, Of the
urpc un Of school IN tho public school system
# the state order that the result, obtained III all
u,.e- should rise 10 the IDEAL. well the results
I'M other states, II 4, not a dream, THIS ideal That
there should be practical uniformity OF results IN al
The school, Of the state of similar grade. The state
defines the training and equipment which the teacher
must havo before he eligible 10 enter any one q" The
puohc schools let the locality select its own teach
crs but compel II 10 select teachers Of adequate
preparation lie added
In the state OF Ncw-York. we are angnlarly
fortunate, as / conceive. IN having at hand III the
Regents Of tho University, thanks 10 Alexander
Hamilton ana his colleague. body competent u
secure for the schools Of the state a. large the M
vantage, Of this general oversight and control Mr.
lanes Bryce I'm his book the American Common
wealth quotes Talleyrand. having said Of Hamilton
Thai He lad OWNED Europe without having seen
it, Certainly In this case, there seems to be good
reason for believing That the University Of the state
Of NcwNork served largely the model ior The
University Of France. But the difference has h""
uLs. The oenlralnlng tendency Of the Govern
mont In France under All regimes, has enabled inc
university there. a. IN" disposition cAl-lH 10
make telf fell power aud an Inspiration tAf,Isn
All the school. Her" IN Nov YORK., On tIe "iH-I
great value the University OF the stale may hr ~ dl
our schools, II will only lct II be- picIu' ihel'
moi only for progressive and eutrrprsnR lp'"Ill"'
lt for live University Of the state Of New "rk'
satisfies and the official granite OF ,dl'"i"hb
,h.r,ers but "A university that -hd he the hsPlrt
ION Of the educational systcn 81 IN" state, I'M
veIsiy which VII furnish ~ once ""fliN ''iu'Iu
lorallty tire splendid vigor aud the hl'h hspra'loh'
of tho people Of the Empire state.