Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24
PREPARING FOR SCHOOL.
TEACHERS TO BRIGHTEN UP At THE
HIGH SCHOOL.

Superintendent Hamilton Well Pleased
With the Prospects 10 His Jurisdiction
The Assistant Superintendent Bill
Gossip About the City Instructors and
Their Vacations.
The great educational armament Of Pitts
burg. Allegheny and Allegheny county is just
arousing from its annual period Of inactivity.
The first event to set il rolling will be the ALLIE
gheny County Teachers Institute, which opens
tomorrow at 9:30A. M, at the Pittsburg High
School and continues all week. The Allegheny
County Institute has the reputation of having
better professional work done during its ses-
sion than any other in the State. and Superin-
tendent Hamilton, of the county schools, as
serted yesterday that the coming institute will
outrival all previous ones.
DIR. Winshop, editor of the New England
Journal Of Education, and ex-Superintendent
Caughlin, of Luzerne county, will lecture dur
ing the entire week. The former will speak en-
tirely on subjects in psychology and the latter
on pedagogics. On Tuesday DR.. Moss. of Cali
fornla, Pa, will deliver talk on the German
schools. This gentleman, while in Europe.
paid particular attention to the school system
in Germany. On Wednesday DR.. Snyder, of
the Indiana State Normal, will be present. The
directors session on Thurdsay afternoon will
D. j. Waller. Prof Weeden, of Allegheny, has
charge of the music.
PAID FOB ATTENDING.
Superintendent Hamilton expects nearly 700
teachers to attend, for which, since 1855, they
are paid.
During the session of the county institute
there are never any evening entertainments
provided, which are such popular feature at
many other county institutes. Superintendent
Hamilton when asked the reason for this, re-
piled: I'VE confine ourselves strictly to pro-
fessional work for the good of the schools and
teachers. Whereas If the professional work Is
mixed with entertainment little good is done,
for the minds Of the teachers are too much
taken up with the enjoyable night programmes
to the neglect Of the day ones. Besides, we
would have to depend on the city people for an
audience, for our teachers go to their homes in
the country at night Then Pittsburgers have
so many attractions tina: a course of popular
lectures would be no new feature to them as 1t
is in other country towns. There is complaint
all through the State that the work of the in
stitute is not entirely professional in char
acter."
COUNTY SCHOOL PROSPECTS.
Mr.. Hamilton is well pleased with the school
prospects. New buildings are in course of
erection in Williamsburg. Homestead, Brad
dock, Edgewood and WilmerdIng. This year
Brushton, Edgewood, and Wilmerding have
become boroughs. thereby increasing the num-
ber of school districts from 79 to 81
The committee of county principals appoint
ed some time ago TO prepare Dill IOr Lno next
Legislature providing for Q number of assistant
school superintendents for this county will not
report during the session of institute but Super
intendent Hamilton will call a meeting Of
directors in September for this purpose.
Since MIR. Hamlltons return from his vaca-
ton spent at Eastern seaside resorts Ee has
been busily engaged on an official report of the
Allegheny county schools which is to be issued
this year, treating not alone of statistics but
pointing out to directors the wants in present
school work and the ways and means of secur-
.s,,I-o
of chasm between county school directors
and Superintendent. and hopes by this report
to bring matters to better understanding.
WANDERERS RETURNING.
Miss Jennie Simpson, the newly elected prin-
cipal of the Forbes school. returned on Friday
from Oceanic, N. j., where she had spent
month. Prof Sam Andrews returned on
Wednesday with the ruddy. healthy look that
Atlantic City gives to its patrons. Miss Hare.
principal of the Birmingham. spent several
weeks at Cresson, but being Democrat, did
not wait to see President Harrison. Miss Liz
ze Edwards and Sadie McCutcheon, of the
PEBBLE schools are now at Chautauqua.
Superintendent Luckey had great many
callers yesterday. The remainder of the
European party are expected to arrive in New
York to-day and will likely be in Pittsburg
tomorrow.
Mrs. Reislar, wife of Secretary Reisfar of
the Central Board of Education, is visiting
Miss Ballou in Boston. They will both arrive
in Pittsburg toward the close OF the week,
taking in the sights of New York and Phila-
delphia on their way back.
An institute for the Pittsburg teachers will
be held during the month of September.