New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-15
THE EDUCATORS CONGRESS
NOTABLE MEETING IN BROOKLYN.
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TO BE DIscUssED-soME.
THING ABOUT coMENIUs


tendence Of the National Educationnl AssocianDh'
which IS to take place in Brooklyn, VIII attIsct the
attention Of educators In this neghborhooo ior uee
DAYS this week. The sessions VIII begih oo-horrow
forenoon In the rooms Of the Brooklyn ATT As'ocia-
tion at No ia Montague-st and Will commune curing
Tue sday Wednesday and Thursday. morning. afternoon
and evening sessions being held. Henry Saoin, Of
Des Moines, Iowa. the president OF the department,
Will ,>esde The vice-president is Ver5il IT, Curtis,
~ New Haven and the secretary is l.. W. Day, Of
Cleveland.
The exercises morning will be opened with
PRAYER by the Rev DR.. Richard ). storrs. Addresses
Of welcome will then be made BY Mayor Boody ana
Joseph c. Hendrix, president Of the Brooklyn Board
CT Educu!lon. All the meetings will be held In the Art
Association Building, except that On Wednesday even
Ing when the superintendents Will be the guests Of
the Pratt Institute and. after inspecting the various
departments Of that Institution, viii hold Their meet
ing in the assembly hall of the institute. The meet
ngs will be attended by State aud city superntendents
Of education from all parts Of the country.
After the addresses OF welcome tomorrow forenoon
and the transaction Of the preliminary business The
Rural School Problem" will be discussed by Henry
Raab the state superintendent Of Illinois On the
afternoon OF that day two important addresses VIII
be delivered. " Education at the Columbian Expoa-
tionn by sclm II. Peabody, Chief Of the Department
OF Liberal Arts in the W0ilds Fair, and The worlds
Educational Congress-" by William T. Harris the
United States Commissioner OI Euucduoh IhOh W
the papers on the programme it may be said Will b
followed by a discussion, and the principal speaker
will haye an opportunity to answer any questions or
criticisms. At y. on Tuesday, exercises In men,
ory OF John Hancock will lie held On Tuesday even
Ing j. II. Phillips the city superintendent Oh Birinihs-
ham Ala will speak " History ana Literature IN
the Grammar Grades" and President Enot OF haIvaId
University will treat OF the highly important question
y, &. shortening and Eprlching the Grammar school
~.
~ q, tbe Broeklyr Board Of EDUCATION viii give
rocu,,on 10 the members Of the Department OF super
ntandence This will take place In The assembly
,oom, OF the Academy OF Music Immediately adIon-
Ing the place where the meetings are held.
What /, the Duty Of the State toward children OF
Kindergarten Age' 10 the hrst subject !" NC eNen
nm ON Wednesday and the principal speaker VIII 10
Frank A. Fitzpatrick. the Nebraska superintendent OF
.cbools AT the afternoon session Charles W. Hi,
presdent of the Massachusetts scnoomasters 'iuo VI
Boston, will undertake to answer thc ques~"i' ""ae
Can be Done to Bring Children On furuer III iheir
studies before They Leave school " go 70 "oA
A. 4 u. III. the report Of the Committee on school
Statistics will be heard The evening meeting Oh uis
day as has been said, will b. held at The rIa'' III
utntc The two subjects to be considered are "Ihe
Influence OF Manual Training upon Habits OF lhoushI
and Is there a Place for Manual lriinhhg o7'"o,"
the Klndergarten AMI the High school ? Jon" 10
BRADLEY city superintendent at Minneapolis WIZ spaA
ON the first and w. Is. Powell, Guy suP0i'''"N"' ="
Washington. the second.
49, n,,o NJ the last day Thursday one Of
tho mot imporant subjects of the entire conference
,l +, taken ND by Dr. G. Stanley Hall, president Vi
Clark University at Worcester, Mass his 10 iio
Health OF school Children as Afected py echoon Du-1
lng-o At the afternoon session W. h. Bett, Doa.a'
Of the public library at Cleveland, Will speak Oh INC
Relations Of the Public Library TO the SCHOOLS anu
Worsau The closing session, on Thursday even
ing will be devoted to exercises in commemofauo oi
the 3Ooth anniversary Of the birth OF Johh "'no'
Comenius The programme Will embrace aoures'e' 40
follows: "The Personal CHARACTERISTICS ana r'i'a"
rife ~ Comefusn the Rev. DR.. J. Moruher N'c'i"s,
D,sbop OF the Moravan Church, betueiein rem.
THE Books Of Comenns' illustrated by s'e'op
,,oon vewsl william H. Maxwell. superintendent OF
.rh,x,s I'm prooalyn and 1.-THE Place Of Comenins IN
IN. History OF Education" Professor Nicholas Murray
Butler, Of Columbia College.
Who rs Tor was) COmenius is question toa' SONS
ueopDe axe asking. In Brooklyn and elsewhere. some
account OF his life and work WILL therefore, be Interest
| Ing Just at this time
Iobn Amos Comenius was the Of q miller who
belonged 70 the Moravian Brethren and was born In
the Mor.ivan village Of Comma in 1899 lie 1851 O''
If his parents when u child. II was not unui ne Was
fifteen or sixteen odd that he got taste VI La
and began to study in good earnest lie pursued h'S
studio. at several German towns especially AT ero'rh
| in Nas,an lis first book. "GrSmmatieae Fac'iioas
rraecenta- WIS published in 1919 Prague. lie re-
,rrrod IN Norava and became a teacher IN the be'n'
rn,s school al pTerau but shortly after, al the age oi
twenty four fet himself called 10 the service oi 'ne
| Church and took u pastoral charge AL tulhecA' Ia
| 1921 bhe town taken and plnndered by tue spa"
oris and Comenius lost almost everything that nc pos
| I'D The next yoar his wife died. and then his only
ud In 1924 all Protestant ministers were bansheo'
| snd IN 1907 Proestants Of every kind. For ui'e
| Cs,menus found "A hding-pace al ooupha III TIC Do
nemisn Mountains and his attention was agar" 'uu'I
town ri teaching He also undertook to make ilc'r'a
translation Of the Psalms. In l"Z' he. Win Mo'' Va
| the Brohnn had 10 leave their COUNTY, never " ~
turn He settled at the Polish town OF Leezho anu
engaged IN teaching, soon earnestly se'uhs "0ou' 81"
| provng the traditional methods.
| In 1871 Comenius published his Janua tlnsusruh
| Reseratan or Gate OF Tongues Unlocked "oiA
which gave him a wide reputation Letters Vi oo''
I r-,,tulaton poured in upon him. and TIE OooE was
translated into Greek BoheHs..a. Polish swedish BEL
| dun English. French Spanish. Italian. liuneaHah
| Turkish, Arabic. Persian and even MonSiolc. 40
u,hor nroceeled TO plan scheme Of universal No"i'
! edge hoping 10 secure IA patron 10 supply none! y"
carving II out. After declining call 10 improve 'e
schools OF sweden, he made visit 70 England In lo4i'
hut the large educational plans which he bad III we"
were not carried out a rich Dutch merchant. Lewis
dc (Iecr, now offered him means for executing nl'
plans De Geer was then living at Nordcopng S"eceii,
whore Comenius Joined him. In sweden the coeora'eo
oxenstiern invited him to stockholm apd urged nm 10
conine himself TO less ambitious task than ne uad ia
| mind De 0eer took the same view. Comenius thefe
fore settled In Esurg Prussia, and agreed to wn'e
work on teaching the principles Of his Diaseaca
| Magma which he had prepared some years before
| Meanwhile he had married second time HIS rem
| lions with his new patron we're not altogether as'ee
able for Comenius active In religious work ana as0
took pupils while De Geer thought be should devote
| himself wholly to writing. - -, ,,,.
| IN l647 ComeniuS published book. On the causes
! of inc Thirty Years War In which he attacked the
Roman Catholics with much bitterness. htue l aSr
he was chosen chief bishop Of the Monvlah b,esu
Methods, Lnguarum Novisslina.' From looo
1854 he conducted model school at Saros thtah aha
during this time his celebrated book to
Orbis PictuS." This published IN loo. ~ - -
ranllN An ablilgment VI the "Janua Fuitcr tiOuoco