Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

An Interesting meetfng-Secretary
 Hine Gives an Account of the
 Work of the Normal schools-The
 Board Notified to Appear Before
 the Legislative Committee.
 Secretary Hine of the state board of
 education was present at last evenings
 meeting of the local board, by request of
 President Graves.
 The routine business of the board was
 first disposed of Sister Cathsrine Whelan
 was given leave of absence until the end
 of the term. Mrs. Breen, principal of the Cedar street training school, was allowed pay for day lost on account of illness. The purchase of transit instrument and 8 typewriter for the high school was or dered, as was also the purchase of fur pace for the Wooster school. Msssrs. Plunkett and Asher were ap- pointed on the joint town, city and school tax committee.
 State Secretary Hine was then requested to give his views on the question of train- ing teachers for public schools. MT. Hine then went into a detailed ex planation of the methods of the normal school at New Britain and of that at Wil1imantic and the method in vogue of training teachers there. He said that the training was the most severe and when teacher graduated she must be very capa- ble.
 He said that no matter what education person had she had to bs practically taught over again-that is, all her former educs, tion had to be systematized so that she {,.o,, vt hnr 1roN Io1rS f<, ha mind of pupil He said that high school graduatee, college graduates and common school graduates were alike compelled to ! stay two years, and sometimes longer. ae ! cording to the necessities of thecase. None l were given & diploma for less than two l years' training. On being asked whether or not the system ssof model schools, as they | are called, was detrimental to scholars, he | replied that in his judgment the scholars
 were as we'll educated as were the pupils of l other schools. He told the board that he could show them through the model school and would prove to them that the average ! education received under this system was | as good as the average under the general public school system. MT. Hine is very ! versatile, and proved this last evening by his ready answers to the many questions
 of the members of the board relating to the details of the normal school. President Graves asked Mr. Htne, if, taking into consideration the population of the lower counties of the state and the inn portance of the cities, there ought not to
 be normal school established in New Haven.
 The question put broad grin on all the | members and President Graves said: 'You
 needn't answer that question, MT. Hine,
 until we get you before the state board of ! education.
 MT. Graves then told the members to be
 ready to appear before the legislative com mittee as there was 8 bill introduced into he legislature for the establishment of 8 | normal school at New Haven. MT. Curtis stated that a meeting of the l principals of the schools wss held in the afternoon and a conference held with MT. Hine, wheTsin he asked their co operation
 in providing an exhibit for the worlds fair. The board agreed to cooperate with
 MT. Hine on any plan he might propose.