St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-30

| .. tOoin pug i'oVV J,,(0O 1,4DO /. 400 1.5OO
If-room IL bIdg. 1,420 LOO 1850 1,6OO 1850
| l6-room bldg. 1850 1000 1850 100 1850
E-room bldg. 1850 1850 1900 1850 1900
Provided, That principals promoted
| 10 building paying higher salary be
| advanced to the position in the Shedule
| Whlch pays $50 per year more than the
position from which he is promoted.
mat all teachers now in the employ
of the Board remain upon the present
| schedule, except as specified.
Ihat there be employed but one Su-
| pervlsor of Penmanship
| That the salary of the Supervisor of
Doinestlc Economy be $1,000 per year.
Ihat the salary of the Supervisor of
Primary Work be, for the coming school
| year, Sl.350, and the maximum salary
| for this position be 81 800.
| :, mat the salary of the Supervisor of
Music be 81, 500 per year.
| 1nat the puplIS OF the Sherman school
| De transferred to the Harrison and
| Grant schools, and that the Sherman
| school be closed.
That the Teachers Training school
be removed from the Washington TO the
| Maxfield building.
That leave of absence for the remain
der OF the current school year be grant
| ed to Miss Nj. l.. Byrnes, of the Hum
-,
out pay.
That leave of absence until Jan. a..
| 1892, be granted to Mrs. Ii. Z. Boutwell,,
| of the Ramsey school, to date from the
opening OF the next school year, without
| pay.
Respectfully submitted.
G. II. BRlDGMAN,
Chairman.
Adopted and confirmed by
Yeas-lnspectorS Auerbach, Bridg-
man. Keane, Scheffer, Stamm and Mr..
| PreSident-6.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Inspector Auerbach-
Resolved by the Board of School In
| spectors of the City of st. Paul, That
from and after May 1, 1891, the salary
of the Secretary of said Board be one
one hundred and fifty dollars (Sl50) per
month.
Approved and confirmed by
1eas-lnSpectors Auerbach, Bridg-
man, Keane, Scheffer, Stamm and Mr.
President-6.
On motion of Inspector Bridgman the
office of Seeretary'S Clerk was declared
abolished and the present incumbent
ordered discharged. to date May 81.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
The resolution of Inspector Amer
of May %. and providing that the teach
ing of German i'll the public schools be
confined to the Grammar grades and
High school, having been taken up, In
spector Keane moved to amend same SO
as to confine the teaching of said lam
guage to the High school only.
Inspector Stamm protested against
the elimination of German instruction
from the lower grades.
Inspector Bridgman here arose and
presented the following paper:
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May %, 1891.
Mr.. PRESIDENT do not believe sta
tistics warrant the statement made by
the mover of this resolution that Young
children cannot successfully study two
languages at the same time. Supt.
Peaslee. of Cincinnati, says: "a child
can study two languages at the same time
and do as well in each as he would if
all his time were devoted to one lam
guage alone," and | think this ex-
presses only a part Of the truth. He can
do better in each, since by constantly
translating from one language into the
other he more rapidly acquires a knowI-
edge of words and facility in their use.
For the best interests of the child,
then, if he simply desires to learn Eng
lish, would recommend that he should
man or Latin. As to the claim that
German is luxury and. therefore should
not be provided at public expense, |
have simply to say that it is as much a
luxury in the higher grades as in the
lower; that all higher education is
luxury, and If it is proper to tax the
people that this may be furnished to
few through high schools and unfyer-
sites, certainly there can be no valid
objection to our giving taste of the ad-
vantages of liberal education to the
great mass of pupils who may never
hope to enter these higher institutions
of learning.
But the study of German is not merely
luxury. As preparation for the ac-
tive duties of life and for the subsequent
study of literature. it certainly has
great practical value. There is danger.
however, in these days. that we over
estimate the practical and commercial
value of education. We need to empha-
size the fact that the object of
education is not the acquisition
of knowledge. but rather the ac-
QUESTION of PowER-power to think,
power to bring the mind to bear upon
given subject; and hold that this re-
suit is as well accomplished through the
study of German as through the study
of any other subject taught in our
schools.
The claim made by some that there
are as good reasons for teaching other
foreign languages as there are for teach
ing German scarcely seems in these days
to deserve serious attention anywhere
and certainly not in this city.
1t is further urged that the teaching
of German, especially in the lower
grades, implies the neglect of the study
of the ordinary branches of an English
education, but do not believe this State
ment to be correct. During the past
few weeks [ have visited a number of
our city schools and am glad to be able
to say that am greatly pleased with
the excellent work that is there being
done. ST Paul has good reason to be
proud of her schools, and it is greatly to
her credit and greatly 10 her advanfapa