Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-02
HOARD OF KpuoArrsN.
Visits TO Manual Training Schools
Principal Thomas Report-UrGes
the Building OF n New High school
Structure-Sex Currieula.

Visits TO Manual Training Schools
Principal Thomas Report-Urges
the Building Of n New High school
Structure-New Curricula.
The board of education met in their
rooms last night. All the members were
present except Messrs. Avis and Holcomb.
Mr.. Graves made partial report for the
committee which had been empowered at
the last meeting of the board to visit
manual training schools with a view to
learning the advisability of introducing
manual training in the schools here.
Mr.. Avis WAS unable to go and Mr..
Holcomb went in his place. They visited
schools in Brookline and in Cambridge.
In Cambridge there is an optional course
in the high school in manual training
which is chosen by one-half Of the boys
attending the school. In Brookline
manual training is introduced when the
child is about ten years old. Governor
Russell, who is chirmsn of the manual
training school in Cambridge, was seen by
the committee and strongly recommended
that manual training be supported by pub
lie taxation.
Principal Thomas of the high school
read a very interesting report in which he
strenuously advocated the building of q
new and larger high school The present
building, aside from many Inconvenience
of arrangement, is lacking in library, q
reading room, a laboratory and a hall for
school purposes. He offered the sugges-
ton that the present building be used for
central grammar school He furth er
recommended that admission to the high
sch ha m Hat of
pals of the grammar schools, SO that the re-
sponsibility of poor work might be fixed
on the teacher and not on the system of
examinations. He suggested, too, that the
school year be closed in June and not in
April as is now the custom.
Revised courses of study were sub
mitted for approval. The scientific course
has been heightened to four years and
French and German and physics added to
the course. These are soon to be made
requirements for entrance at the Sheffield
scientific school. The purpose in making
out the curriculam has been to make them
fuller and richer, having in mind the fact
that two-thirds of the graduates do not
enter college. English has been put in both
the classical and scientific courses. The
scientific course, Mr.. Thomas proposed,
should be open for both sexes. Two COM
mercisl courses are submitted, but the
longer is preferred.
The proposed new curricula ia as fol-
lows:
CLASSICAL COURSE.
First year-Algebra, Latin, q rec), English.
Second yearLLatin, English, algebra and
geometry, Greek.
Third year-Latin, physics, German or French,
Greek
Fourth year-Latin. German or French, Greek,
geometry, English.
SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
First year-Algeora, Latin G. rec }, English.
Second year-Lstin, English, algebra and geoul-
etry English and United States history.
Thir.t year-LaIfn, physics, German or French.
English.
Fourth year-Latin, English, German or
French geometry, trigonometry.
ENGLISH COURSE.
First year-Algebra, Latin q rec-), English.
drawing q rec.).
Second year-Latin, English. algebra and &C.
ometry, general history, drawing C reed.
Third year-Latin, modern history, United
States history and civil government, German or
French, physics, drawing
Fourth year-Engiish literature, German or
French astronomy, physical geography. geol-
ogy.
THREE YEARS COMMERCIAL COURSE,
First year-Algebra, English, German, arith-
metic, office work, penmanship.
Second yesr-Engiish, German, geometry,
bookkeeping, actual business. peumAnship.
Third year-English, German, physics, type
writing, stenography.
TWO YEARS COMMERCIAL COURSE
First year-Algebra, English, German, arith-
metic, ONCE work, peumanshfp-
Second year-Engiish, German. physics book
keeping, actual business, penmanship.