Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-14

o1HER fUsrvSN- rusr M comMExn. rrautS
-orieKER rHcsoTioS HrcosnrSnGp-sHs
rEAcHrRs AND FEIScIr.Ls
The commissioner % education today cub
United 20 the Hon-, . report upaa IN. puhl,e
schools Of the District e Columbia. reonirrf
hF the District appropriation bal 81 lat 49,
Sion The repor, az. sholt thirty t,t,swris,..
pages and deals ~ith The school question An the
minltest dctals /.
he report saw tina; In the division Zoe -hi,s
sch'7i- thrr" we're enrolled at v..H a lss
~. oelored SCHOOL,. las.o pupils, total q
49, winch J. fair record - sf,endsncs
con, aired with other cifies q the country
Toe cusi u in.ffurtiot ~. sal - for .~~A
rnPn Tor ~ dsys - nstruction. h.-.i
o. We average euru.lmcut % els "a
Ter pnpA Tor 40 dave" attendance.
ba~ei on 'he total rurolim~ni In. "a
rer pu' q beius tAlon At ga ~. Somus-s.. -,,s
other citics. ~ failo~s RAltimare. eg2 IN md
sd"lplis sA u Nsn Aork sgs n. Rro.aixu
s25fe Boston. SSg a.
lhere seetn- 90 be. she cornfnissioner -.sa a
regular progrc.sior m The salaries - tcaol~r.
according 70 thu grad. "a di-ttnetisn ~htch n.
thtnks. s. un~arrart.d aud ,tc,.u. An ,,r,rttc.
~, ieHcher holding sitth grade po.i,ioa
"on41 naturally guard hrr rootn leal-
"u-S against The admission - any
puia's ifgm sd" tfh grade Justly
~ AfA AAAt" 70 NNH AKIN EfaIe smlnFy
"oald be endangered Ihi- cause. the grade.
o' pupils IN The schools 80 the nis,ris, 20 he
SHARPLY marked tot much rs ,iesrr. ~ "a
ranoemeni IN studio. -. b, IA. room IN ~llch
the puIIis attend school
rHE rI,N nv rRTrfns
IL ~onid be FAR better b. thinks. 90 cla.sis,
the salaries ~ toAcher- ~ sptnr other t-tn,ipl.
having first. second and third assistant. ans
Alowins buiiaing Of eight room. a certain
quota " assistants - each . thu d cher grads-
sAA one each - The fret aud second al. re-
msinder 20 De filed D. assistants Of the is.e-t
RANK
iair would be step toHard ecouomv snd
hke~ise asier t"Narl raging better sal4rle. foe
exceptionally dI'hcul' Positions Win salaries
az Vi" same rsi" teacher Nil generally trcier
10 teach the higher graiss
The dI-cip Inc ~ The schools has l.,rr found
10 he worth' u hugh cnmui-ndailou. No oa..s
OF CORPORAL punishment w.r. Observed Ii
wa found I'm most case. hos.ver. that
both fis'l7in e and instruction suf-rei
IN The room. - the principal- aud that he
mhusg 'Taent - "a" school outside g the rooms
nj recess sometimes showed neglect said
tary arrangements ~ school building. are q
rue good. with fcW VERY lad
exceptions. The only exception mentioned by
name J. she Weigh imam building In. a.. ~
ba-' inent play rooms IL condemned Schaol
yAFIS should b. paved over the .utir. surface
THE QUESTION oF EXAMINATIONS
Tho nl-trict schools since ID. abolition ~
al! written organizations for promotion. do not
hold back he duh Ones - a class by sifune out
the incompetent so 50 gf,,a, nm e1,eni q. for
msrly
The slow GUY MORE forward on ,he regular
current and enter the Hlgh S-hool ir large
numbers Next e. nothing - den. g. srnAnri-
PATE tho talented YaYl~ from the ,ake ~hich
forces them do~n L. the pace sog By their doe
companion.
The report recommends the sy-,sm q pro-
noting TALENTED pupil- ever ten w.cks =. IN
some other citie-. thus avoiding k...Iaug them
In "A class too l1a for them Tor a year
AT time. financial advantage
would accrue with surh -v-iem
in the greater eA-e & filing az IA, room. q
the grammar grade, 10 their fun s.at-
ing cap ici''. k~"i ifg va, cla--s- "a the upper
grade full all the wear and thereby
saving in ID, co-t "f tuition. As u
D. moss. he i"s here php receive the highest
salaries AMI los..s- most -.il have the fewe-t
Purils dung TN better half of the wear
The so-c-.ici tul"Iyl-iug Triuciual- IN the
District - Columbia a-e "a r,-aliir superIn-
tendents. and not principals at al The sup.r-
Nl-ilg f.Tri~ai slaslf ,i-it every room nn,issr
has charge a. lcnst twice dav.
METHODS 90 INSTRUCTION
The meth 1d- 81 Instruction IN vogue here a-s
as good - b"i''r thaa In other citie-. while Tho
tisr lire II quite crior. I; g. dsJ bored thar m
some - the sch"ol- there l. a uerlor, ~ literary
pieces for those ~ scientific character.
Peuraan-hip l. taught with cufumeudahle
I care. Arithmetic J. hI,.n double time. ~hiie
Ole lesson "a dgy should be enough.
In the s,Gdy 81 grugraphN the political aud
socia! feature D. saerIfi.l to th. structure aud
formation ~ continents. which 10 "a mistaken
course.
The commercial geography of FnglAna,
france ard III" Init ! states = OF more inn