St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-19
ON The RIGHT TRACK.
The st. Paul Academy Of
Science Inaugurates the
Fall Season.
a Programme Mapped Out
Which Appeals to All
Classes.
School Inspectors Ignore the
Plea of a Janitor for More
Salary.
Teachers Resigned and the
Latest Transfers and APP
pointments.

The st. Paul Academy of Science is
beginning the fall and winter season
of popular education with renewed
Vigor. Last nights meeting was i'm
portdnt in that report of progress was
made. and active preparations were
authorized for prosecuting the work of
university extension and that of
the night schools. President G.
B. Gilbert presided at the meet
ing. The committee on university
extension, consisting of Prof. q. n.
Carman, Rev. S. q. Smith and Rev. f..
c. Mitchell, made an interesting report.
The rep ort reviewed the work of uni
verSity extern ion and of the night high
schools of last year, and spoke of the
need of carrying thee work on in st.
Paul. Special mention was made of the
desirability of giving persons just out
of the high school an opportunity to
avail themselves of the benefits of
higher education at such hours as will
not Interfere with business occupations.
and also OF giving students in the high
school an opportunity to prosecute adj
ditional branches outside of the curricu-
lum. 1t was promised that the twentieth
century will SurpaSS the nineteenth
century in the line of research and edu-
cation, and, therefore, greater oppor-
tunitieS should be given for acquiring q
liberal education to those who may not
attend the higher institutions of
learning.
The committee reported that the
evening sessions of the high school will
begin next week with corps of twelve
or fifteen available high school teachers,
who are willing to impart instruction i'll
branches outside the curriculum for
such compensation as is derived from
the fees of students. A general
meeting will be held on Thurs
day evening for organization and
the arrangement of classes will fell
low. The committee recommends the
policy of last year in reference to uni
versity extension; that being course
of lectures on the Self-Supporting plan.
The course to be such as may be de-
handed, provided they can be secured.
Negotiations are under way for
course of lectures Oil pedagogy by
Prof. JudSon. of the state university.
and course on literature by Leon II.
Vincent. of Philadelphia. Both of
these will be given before Christmas;
After the holidays Prof. Judson will
give course of lectures on United
States history.
the report of the committee was APP
proved, and it was authorized to carry
out the recommendations. The com
mittee was also authorized to make an
effort to secure course of lectures by
DR.. FiSke.
Prof. William f. Phelps read the re-
port of the committee on museum. This
report made several recommendations,
among them being one to the effect that
printed directions outlining field work
be prepared prior to organization. The
members of the Academy of Science
were asked to participate in the field
work and TO associate students of
the high school and of the university
extension classes with them in thei
Investigations. The committee had
visited Taylor's Falls and. through the
kindness of George w. Seymour and
Hon. w. Ii. c. Folsom, had collected
valuable specimens. 1t also received
specimens of rocks from M. Nj. Will
Jams, of Little Falls. and expected spec
linens of granite from st. Cloud and
along the line of the Chicago & North
western railroad known in New
York as the Trenton limestone,
in which fossils are abundant.
The committee also received ar
from the Indian mounds at Pokegama
lake. They recommended exchanges
with other scientific bodies. The COM
mittee also stated that j. ID. Ludden
had presented the academy with speci-
men case and had had the walls and
floor of the room painted at his own
cost.
The academy rendered a vote of
thanks to the gentlemen who had con-
tributed exhibits and to the st. Paul u
Duluth railroad for free transportation.
George w. Seymour and w. II. c. Fol-
som, of Taylor's Falls, and NJ. NJ. Will
Jams, OF Little Falls, were elected hon
Orary members of the academy.
Prof. Phelps presented theAcademy of
Science with fac smile copy Of the
first long-distance telegram sent by
means Of writing. The message and
reply were sent June q, 1891, between
Chicago and New York, and were sent
in dense fog. when the Morse system
would not work. Mr.. Phelps stated that
the members of the academy had been
invited to inspect the operation of this
late appliance in biography by means
of instruments located in the Pioneer
Press building.
The officers of the academy were au-
tho riZed TO print such papers read be-
fore the association, either in full or
abStr acts, as they deemed advisable.