New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-28
THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS.
AND THE ELEVATION OF THEIR WORK TO rTs
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AND TIE ELEVATION OT ThAAn WYNN ~ &AS
PROPER PLACE
TO the EditoP Of The Trfbun&
Sir: You deserve the thanks Of al teeehess fcr sne
EDITORIAL In your last Sundays issue on Isneoen'
Wise and Otherwisc.' Its tone ana dlction sse sa'
mirable yet II lacks . distinct staaemens OF 'ne
causes that have brought into our scnooiroo"s y"
many Incompetent intellectual guides' Tno iesson
for this state OF Affairs Is by no means occult D'
patent No f,ct IA batter known than that tesoners
arc very frequently dismissed Or appointed tof NO
hetter reaAon than the possession Of pohacA pun
II Is . fAct wen known that msn nave oeen e~o.S"
to direct large bodies Of teachers ana adminiss@ S
portant educational affairs who have ma NO on
in schoolroom work. You lay too much Of tne oIame
for this condition of things upon teachers ana some
Of them well deserve to be punished with ~hip Vi
cords for their willingness to submit to such DonoSse.
But with how many whips Of scorpions should snose
politicians 10 pursued who have inaugursted anu
now perpetuate this outrageous slavery. Inous~naS
Of competent teachers feel keenly their disgrace
being obliged TO admit into their Fellowship those ~ho
have had no training for their work.
The public ought to know that the teachers o. New
York and vicinity are organized for tho purpose OF
making teaching the most honorable Of all the pro
LESSONS. For three years past large number OK
them, including many principals and superintendents,
have been meeting each week by invitation OF tho
Unive rsty Of the City Of Newfofk, for the purpose
OF professional improvement No4t SSsuuoS you wiz
dnd more than two hundred Of them hard ~
work, receiving instruction, and giving evidence OF
earnest and thorough work. This new "school' mas
grown so important in the opinion OF the Council Oh
this university that they have made IL distinct
department Of study with courses Of work. diplomas,
degrees, and the beginning Of an endowment There
Is no better way of creating distinct profession OF
ddsctcs that will be held in the same respect by the
public as law, medicine and theology now are than by
the support Of such enterprises as these Let The
Tribune encourage the firm establishment Of this school,
and Others like It, and the time will not be far OF
when "twg bending" will not be humble vocation In
the estimation Of the people, undertaken BY those
who are willing to be footballs for ward politicians who
don't know enough to write their own names, but an
estate OF lofty dignity, Of the first order in i'm
portance. -
Two weeks ago asked one OF the editors Of q
leading New York daily to notice the annual opening
of this school, and he at once began to plead want
OF space and matters Of greater mpo tance.' In
the next mornings Issue, pedagogy was given four
nonpereI lines, while In the same paper The Races
received q full column. and the details Of petty
criminals offences two more. Why : The people de-
handed it, Now the people must be educated In matters
Scholastic and better work be marked out Tor
such pa ers as The Tribune than the giving them
the means Of getting such an education:
School Of Pedagogy, University Of the City OF New
York, october %, 1880.