Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-14
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. The Eighth Annual Convention of
 the New England Association of
 Schools and Colleges Being Held HI
 Dwight Hall-The Afternoon Dls-
 cusston Concerning s'Prep' Latin
 President Eliot of Harvard Un1-
 versity Addresses a Large MeeiinS
 in the Evening on Educational ToP-
 fcs-The Program for To-Day.
 The eighth annual meeting of the New England Association of Colleges and Prep aratory Schools was held yesterday in Dwight hall and will be continued to- day. The committee on arrangements is com posed of Professor T. D. Seymour, Profes- sor A. W. Phillips and Rsctor George L. Fox of the Hopkins grammar school. President John B. Tetlow, who will be chairman of all the meetings, called the meeting to order and delivered the address of welcome.
 W. 0. Collar was the frst speaker intro duced and he spoke upon the subject "What Shall We Teach in Latin in Prep aratory Schools. and Howg' He discussed at great length the poor methods now in use and urged that many of the present text books be discarded and new and bet ter ones substituted.
 The discussion was opened by Professor Tracy Peck, and he did not agree with MT. Collar in his views about the Latin schol- arship in the United States. The follow ing men took part in the discussion: Dr. Gallagher of Williston, Professor Comstoek of Lakeville and President Seelye of Smith. 4 1 ala oS& &lo eli l ing nominating committee was appointed: President Dwight of Yale, Professor l Frances Ellen Lord of Wellesley, J. A. Tufts ot Exeter, President Warren of the Boston university, Dr. Charles B. Golf. At o'clock an informal banquet was held | in Alumni hall, President Dsight presid- l ing. THE EVENING SESSION.
 The evening session convened at 7:30 o'clock. Long before that time every seat in Dwight hall was occupied. MT. John Tetlow, president of the association, pre- | sented President Charles W. Eliot of Har- yard university at little before o'clock. He was welcomed with $ hearty ovation. His subject was Secondary School Pro- grams and the Conference of December, 1892" He raid in part: "There is no | 1.lItformity of treatment which enters into | the secondary school programs to-day. There Is a wide diversity in the teaching of Latin, mathematics, etc. The process of education is more likely to be furthered by s GO operative action like this of the schools ! and colleges than in any other manner. At the national conference which was held l last December four conferences reported concerning the languages that Q student | be able to write the language as we'll as to | translate it. A clear idiomatic translation | is of course required.
 It was recommended at this conference l that there bs no distinction in the teach ! ing of 8 scholsrd in the ss oondary school on ! account of his destination, whether he is | going to college or to the scientific scheol. There should be no difference in the way such study, say, as algebra Is taught. | The principle on which all the conferences agreed is not consistent with the method of giving different instructions to pupils destined for different schools. For in stance, in Latin; every student in the first year should take Latin four times per week, and so the second year. have not
 time to dwell upon this. But it would
 work almost 8 revolution in the secondary
 schools in this country. There was anoth.
 CT point in which the conferences agreed.
 They all seem to want "their" subj scte | 6dFll6I. l u0 0lo6k COul6G0uCS WAS
 the only exception. They seemed to think
 it would be impossible to get that language
 studied earlier than it is at present.
 The new subjects, such as modern Ian
 gusges, natural history and physics, shall
 get on footing of equality with the old.
 If WAS asked which the most revolution-
 ary report was I should snswer the report
 on geography. History also comes in for
 it's share of reform. The study of history
 is at present rather superficial. This con.
 ference, however, wished to make 1t more
 serious, harder, longer and more dignifed
 must not think of time allotment in the
 secondary schools as important. The truly
 economical method in school or college Is
 to teach any subject in the one, best man
 ner. There has been great desire on the ! part of secondary school men and of col
 lege men for uniformity in school pro.
 grams. One universal program would
 hardly be possible, and perhaps not desir
 able. But we might have uniformity oi
 teaching by subject.
 ! Many Of our higher institutions hay,
 several gates of admission and the gatel
 have gradually diminishing heights. Ovel
 the highest gate the man who jumps may
 be a candidate for A. B.; over the mex
 perhaps B. s.; and now the lowest is gen ] erally bachelor of agricultural science Uaughter.) One can come right in off tn
 street into any of our professional school
 without any question or inquiry into hi fitness. In some professional schools thor . is low standard of admission upheld Take for instance, Harvard university The examinations for admission to tn law and medical school do not for 2 mo
 ment compare in seriousness, length c l l time for preparation, and difficulty, wit | kl,oo ,,oSv, fN all V1y1 oil ~ l you familiar with the substitute for tn old classic course which is offered to th
 boy in the high school at the present day r It includes zoology, geology, botany, Ii A tie history perhaps-a large number ( , scraps of subjects, instead of limite Il pumber of substantial subjects. Tn
 courses offeredare certainly inferior to tt l. old fashioned, substantial study of tt f classics. Sorapy information class.
 should be abolished from our preparator schools.
 After President Eliot had finished speal 8 ing MT. Samuel Thurber, master in th
 Girls High school, Boston, asked if tt , ! president had meant to make any distin' tion in sex in the remarks he made concer1
 ing methods of teaching. President Elit I replied that although he had not meant | make any special distinction still thel might be 8 distinction in the time require for the same amount of work.
 The meeting then ao ojourned to the recel | tion room, where refreshments were serve | to the members of the association and thei
 guests by Caterer Kenerson of the Val university dining hall The nominatin 8 committee held meeting and will repo1
 this morning.
 Ths following business will be transac ed this morning: 9 o'clock-business mee ing, report of the executive committee an 6 election of new members, report of tn s secretary and treasurer, report of the non
 mating committee and election of officers
 report of committee to confer with th :. commission of colleges in New England o f admission examination, and appointmer l of one member of this committee; 1O:3O-
 English Work in the Secondary Schools, by Assistsnt Professor Barrett Wendell (
 Hsrvard; discussion opened by Samu, 8 Thurber, master in the girls high schoo , The following are the officers for 1S9; :. 1893: .
 . President-John Tetlow.
 Bancroft.
 Secretary and treasurer-Ray Greene Bun Il Executive committee (with the preceding) ! Helen A. Shafer, Horace M. Willard, Charles VI 2 Eliot, Elmer H Capen, Francis A. Victorious, |, Committees-COmmitt to confer with tf commission of colleges in New England on a. l tion)-Wam F. Bradbury, term expires 1S9 : William c. Collar term expires 1894; William | Peck, term expires 1895.
 Committee of arrangements for the sooi a | meeting (appointed by the executive committe,
 ..Thomas D. Seymour, Andrew W. Phillip
 George L. Fox.
 ANOTHER TRACK WANTED. Hearing on the Petition of the Tai