St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-01

in licensing high school teachers are go
as you please. A special expert was
needed to devote all his time to look
after the schools, in place of the present
system of halliday junketings here and
there by amateur high school inspect
OrS.
Principal Il. W. Vaughn, of the high
school at Red Wing, followed with a
paper on Estate Supervision of High
Schools" The following is an abstract
of the paper:
1. Looked at historically, the high schools
have made great progress during the last IF
teen years in broadening and fixing courses
OF study, improving teachers, securing appli-
ances building up THAR numbers and eleyat-
ing the standard of instruction.
2 The system of state supervision affects
the teachers favorably by correcting hobbies
and one-sided teaching 1t exposes superb
c1allty and measures results more truly.
!. Objections to features OF the system
(a) The course restricts the teachers Origi-
nality. CD No latitude is allowed proficient
pupils who are deficient in language. (e)
1t fosters examining and squirting (d)
Training for the university interferes with
training those who do not enter it. (e)
Poor supervision; high school board are busy
men engaged ut something else. o. CUES
tons too broad-too narrow; too technical
not technical enough; particular as to text
books-not particular enough; too much
repetition; sometimes foreign; order some
times wrong; incorrectly stated; papers grad
ed by inexperienced examiners; no relative
valuation OF facts
4. Answers to objections: (a) Course
broader than IL otherwise would be
(b) Examinations emphasize conclusions
as well as facts. (c) Weak judgments of
questions and of work are corrected ID
stuaents nave Their views broadened by
state examinations. (e) Large latitude is
allowed III courses of study. ~ High
school board unable to do any further super
vision. 90 Questions are the best possible
under the circumstances.
D. particular high school of the state
has allowed Irregularities, if not positive dis
honesty, Rules of board disregarded: aid
gwen by teacher; envelopes tempered with ;
papers corrected after writing.
d; Remedies for defects: (a) Expert SUI
perntendence (b) More thorough exam
ination of candidates for teachers position
(c) Vigilance in enforcing the rules of the
board (d) Review of questions by the in
spector or expert supervisor. (e) Some
means to insure the application of the s 100
state grant to improving the nigh schools.
A discussion of the two papers fol-
lowed, in which President Cyrus North
rOp, of the state university, favored the
appointment of special inspector for
til state high schools, and was of the
opinion that the governor will recon-
mend the appointment to the legislature
in his message. Supt. Kiehle also
favored the plan suggested in the
papers. After a number of gentlemen
had spoken, the following resolution
presented by A. w. Rankin, of Red
Wing, was adopted:
Resolved, That the high school coun-
Gil asks the legislature 10 take action
looking to the appointment of a high
school inspector, who shall give his en-
vision of the high school council.
The following committee was APP
pointed to draw up the resolution and
petition to the legislature: A. w.
Rankin, Red Wing; A. +. Bechdolt,
Mankato; +. T. Wilson, Saltwater.