Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-28
SCHOOL sUPRRINTENDENrs,

The Ffftieth Semf-Annual Meeting O
 the New England Association Re gun at Hoston-Mr. Cortis of New yI Haven One of the SPeakers-Im
 Portant Business Transacted.
 BOSTON, May 27.-The fiftieth semi-an
 nual meeting of the New England Associa
 tion of School Superintendents was com
 menced this morning in the chapel of thu
 Boston university building. Presiden
 Alvin F. Pease of Northampton, Mass,
 presided. The first topic for discussion
 was the subject of the "Elementary
 Course of Study; Shall it be Eight or Min. Yearsf"
 1 Mir. Curtis of New Haven told of the ad.
 vance in the school curriculms during the
 last twenty-five years. MT. Curtis
 thought he could gain one year in three by
 an improvement in the methods of teach ing. In conclusion, he said that eight years was a sufficient length, in his opin- ion, for the elemetary school training If the courses and methods were properly looked after. An open discussion follow ed.
 A committee was appointed to procure statistics relative to the age of pupils in the grammar schools.
 Chairman E. P. Sever of the committee of the exhibit at the worlds Columbian exposition put in plea for full co-opera- tion of all the supsrintendents in the mat ter.
 The subject of "What Should be Done for Ungraded Schools" was then taken up.
 Mir. A. P. Marble of Worcester spoke of those in cities, w. L. Eaton of Concord, Mass., of those in towns having central villages and MT. G. L. Fletcher of North ampton sent paper on those in rural towns.
 The following resolutions were reported from committee on resolutions as giving the sentiment of the assembly: The gram mar school course shall be nine years, with ample provisions for the completion in less than nine years by those capable of doing 80, and to this end the superintendents shall pay close attention to their promo tions.
 The plan of having central schools for rural districts of ungraded schools was also approved by a resolution.
 The nominating committee reported the following list of officers for the ensuing year: President, c. E. Melendy. Somer- vile; secretary and treasurer, N L. Bishop, Norwich, Conn.,; executive committee, J. G. Eagerly of Fitchburg. O. A Stuart of Lewiston, B. B. Russell of Brockton. w. H. vANDERBrLT,s FUNERAL. Few Members Of the Family in Att
 tendance Yale and Harvard
 Students Act ns PalIbearers.
 NEW YORK, May 27.-The funeral of the late William H. Vanderbilt, eldest son of Cornelius Vanderbilt, was held at St. Bartholomew's church, Madison avenue and Forty-fourth street, at quarter be- fore eleven this morning. The services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Greer, rec tor of the church. The church was crowd | ed. The panbearers were: Moses Taylor, Yale, '93; R. B. Wade, Yale, '93; l. B. Yale, '9S; J. Roby, Yale, '93; A. | s. Chisholm, Yale, '93; A. L. Greer, Yale, '93; G. L. Rathbone, Yale, '93; A. Potter, Yale, '94; H. P. Whitney, '94; G. F. Fear ing, jr, Harvard, '93; c. c. Baldwin, '93, and J. A. Burden, jr., Har- | yard, '93.
 Few members of the Vanderbilt family | were present. They included MT. and | Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Cornelius Van | derbilt, jr., and Gertrude, Reginald and | Gladys Vanderbilt, Mrs.W. Fl. vanderbilt. | slrs IT, IT. outpalu, MT. ana srs- w. n II Mckay Twombley and Dr. and Mrs. Seward | Webb.
 After the services at the church the body was taken to the foot of West Forty-sec- ,nd street and thence by boat to New Oorp, S. l., where it was buried in the amily msusoleum in the Moravian ceme- cry.
 Among those in the church was a dele ,ation of 100 students from Yale college n charge of President Dwight and Profes 'ors H. B. Wright, Marsh and Dana.