The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29
TIE TEACHERS COLLEGE.
A PROFESSIONAL IR.iINING SCHOOL
Nv UNIVERSITY Place

w leheuInE-bN~ ssENsN h - Nto
Way Of instruction and Example
Anew years ago n company Of ruhlir spirited
men and women interested in oducatiomai
questions determined to establish in this city
n general headquarters Of edr' atioNni imior-
nation, an exchange where new nl"Nem"nts
might be discussed. new schemes advocated.
experiments tostel. aud opinion Interchange
as a means Of improving the methods en-.
ployed In the public schools. The necessity
for u school OF observation and rrhcti'c -. whSi'
practical experiments anon. children mf-hs
be made and which might lccnmo I, tho
teacher what the hospital liz to the medical
student. was promptly recognized md imme-
diately satisfied. And from this obscure he
ginning there has nrison and is now in SUI
cessful operation nm institution Of loarn ng
whose phenomenal growth has exceeded The
most sancuine exr ectations OF its founders.
Incorporated now under tho name Tsarh-
ers' College and occupying the old Theolo. :ical
School buildings Mt . University Place, this
professional training school for teachers oc-
cupies q unique place among educational in-
stitutions and Is q powerful. factor in the eiu-
cational progress OF the time.
Its students come from more than twenty
States. from Canada and South America. and
include college graduates and experienced in
s%tructors The average age OF these students is
twenty.sevcn years. which indicates tho nature
VI XIV ihot CIV klNCnI, "hlCh ~ plolcbSIOllul
and not elementary.
Differing from tho normal school in that tho
elements OF secondary education ARE not
given. but rather required of candidates for
admission. the Teachers College supplements
tho work OF colleges and unive! s'ties hy Civ
ing practical instruction in teaching only.
The Horace Mann School Of Manual Train
ing is related to the college ms its school Of oi.-
servation and practice. and is complete in
avnrv iannrtinnn, frnr fha EinInrnn,fan
through the high school.
Moro than twenty States. too. owe to the
Teachers College beneficial changes in meth
DDS of instruction introduced by it's gradu-
ates. Most OF the important reforms in tha
New York school system may lie traced to the
investigations and OK apartments Of the srecial-
lists in the college. Tho cooking classes in the
public schools have Kitchens copied from the
college model and instructors trained in tho
college class rooms. The public kindcrgarten
teachers also are graduates or students from
the college classes. The elective system has
been successfully introduced in the college rs
a means OF encouraging specialization and en-
rlching tho general course. auI more than
forty courses In purely professional work are
offered In the nine d"pa rtments of instruction..
In comparison with this. Harvard offers but
sixteen courses in pedagogy. Columbia ten
courses. and Princeton but one. The degree
10 ~ tho
conclusion OF tho two years course.
In addition 10 the regular instruction given
In the college. which Is presented both by lee
ture and BY practice in the schools. aud incor-
porates research IN the wel!-eIuipped lihrur..
extensive classes are formed for the instruc-
ton OF those Touching in the city. in tho vicin-
ity. aud in adjacent cities. A force OF sprclal-
lists in manual training is maintained to bs
sent out by the day to schools in New York AM
elsewhere within II radius of Nfty nilas - Aid
N introducing special mammal SUBJECTS. In
fhe early days tho chief function Of tho COL
lege was to arouse public interest an r,Iu-
cate public sentiment in the subject OF manual
training. Now that this training has Income
me ornament possession OF the schools tho
need Tor agitation has been sucrerl It 10y Il
tenant Tor ways and mems by the work Of
these with other subjects Of the curriculum.
Mhu training specialiNts, TO under'akr ihe
an adequate idea OF tho scope OF this work i.
scarcely within the rrox,nc" Of an, nr' irir noe
such II comprrhensiy. work us this which tho
college has undertaken; A Representative Of
gate ways and means throughout Tho country
hrcGaratory 70 introdIcin 'iIe i.st rvstcn,. into
was so Impressed will the practical utility OF
the, college syst"m that mo!els OF apparatus
even 10 cultured boston for the toneiit 81 tie
School board. ChicnG", St. Louis. piiiadrI-
the hlgh educational ideals recommendui ~
TIE college. The Bureau Of Iiu"ntion in
lIt lbUHilln. u MS
COLLEGE as an "p"rl, in III" history of ed ca
tiGn. one Of the mos, imnortagt tt4istakrn IN
matters. It is the beginning Of a new "eswy".rr,ar era, ~, n
era When the profession. at teaching Is I" lake
The present purpose. Of the college Is tie
erection OF suitable buildings for So large an
ste npon Which the Hh"," new "w' C %Si"21'i La " t!ilr rs,
TTu iInIddinrEE ar" to b" erected Mr: George s..
ste i3rih buildings. nm Endowment fnnn Of
Siio9;om has been paid in. ana, pledges Of
erection Of tho main building Tor III. c"iirgs.
t ornto srsso and ID the n]sn slts Gu fhG mi l!t io, i.s an" %., ," =.
msnt Of msshamic arts. viii appropr,a H"' mn-
sTi"ms' a sHs'G Tniid Hns t tIh..f iusS i. F incd Tine ,, ne
generous men and, wonen, u the city :" pro-
vide the mean. iTr The establishment, Of thisthe
cational LASTS in tho city. not. only accommo-
S Sas,,os stnaon 'l.iin ms f 70 tl. S,tsrI inien cSs%I.le ss
lie in behalf % the MorS throughout lis .yrer.
year. y f"" ss' d If s3o. 1t IT'S %nii g shs . al tic.
increased In greater. ratio, and the need Of
sarpIsmeating earnings BY donations has
tinent when it is remember.d that there is not
a normal schoo! ahlo to maintain a practice
i fsas2l Ike s1S%s sils wi,G 't %Sitsh a + also an4 w fh%5 e e an.
m existed twenty years with tho ud-
nsnssFs ., sch ma fh=l"iD and t H pnTrs rHa aIlhiss:
department. before il was shlo to completea
year without u deficit Of ST.. 600.
1t is desired that Tbs college shall belong to
no religious sect; though religious in princi-
troll. aud that 1t shall not he suhlectfo tho d.
r~ecticn OF any one individual For this reason
raised among the people New York. securing
to tho institution general interest. but layin,:
no restrictions in the freedom Of its liberal
and progressive ideas.
The details Of an alliance Of the Teachers
College with Columbia University arc under
consideration. aud when COMPLETED q most
unusual opportunity will be afforded to col
lego graduates OF hecomlng candidates for the
masters and the doctors degree while pursu-
ing their pedagogical studies, The adyan-
tages Of such an alliance to the Teachers Col
lege are obvious: while 10 Columbia will be
the distinction o, ineorporatinE The fret great
subscriptions toward this fund can he sent
70 the treasurer OF the college, NJ. Miibert u.
ofthe building Committee !ir. Spencer ir.st.