The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-22


diana association of city and town su-
/ perintendents began at the Denison
house Thursday The meeting was well
attended. among those present being:
/ J. b. Starkey of Martinsville, r. a
! Ogg of Greencastle. J. c. Gregg of Bra
/ I'll, w. p. Hart Of Clinton, W. H. Hirsh-
man of Attica. w. d. Weaver Of Marion,
/ James f. Scull of Rochester, A II.
! Sherer of Carthage, J. \. Carmagey of
/ Columbus. George S. Wilson of Green
! field, p. 2. Stultz of Jefrersonville, W. :.
! Belman of Hammond, w. S Sims of
| Goshen, William II. Wiley of Terre
! Haute, c. +. Morris of Salem, r. /.
/ Hamilton, 4. II. Douglass of Logans-
! port, J. ]. Allison of Crown Point, II.
/ p. Leavenworth of Mt. Vernon. +. +.
! Fitzgibbon of Elwood Il. B. Leonard of
! Bloomington, y. J. Griffith Of LebanOn,A.
/ Z. Malsbarg of ThOrntown, D. r. Ella
/ barger of KnightstOwn, b. f. Moore of
! Frankfort. Z. D. Allen of Pendleton. d.
| w. Thomas Of Elkhart, J. W. Carr of
! Anderson. J. w. Short of Liberty, ". }.
! Stratford Of Peru, J. y. Study of Rich
mond, T. J. Charlton of Plainfield, John
! Finn Of Milton. r. w. Wood of Aurora
and w. S. Almond of Delphi
The last two named are respectively
/ president and secretary Of the associa-
/ ton. The meeting was called to order
promptly at ? o'clock and the first sub
! ject on the program, namely: Upon
/ What Shall the Promotion Of a Child
| Depend?" was taken up. The question
! was whether promotion should depend
upon the per cent. made by the pupil
! eva mat ion
made during the term and the general
ability of the pupil estimated by the
teacher. The discussion on the side of
! the per cent system was led by J. W.
! Carr of Anderson and the other side by
| w. J. Stratford Of Peru and L. II. Jones
! of this city
a vote by the association decided that
! it was the sense of the meeting the as
ISOLATION favor the per cent. method.
After a lengthy discussion of the sec
ond subject on the program a vote was
! taken and it was agreed that the best
| promotion of high school pupils was
! by studies rather than by grades.
/ Upon motion of Mr. Study Of Rich
! mond the eighth topic" Educational Ex-
! hibits at the Worlds Fair and Lessons
to Be Learned from Them"-was opened
! for discussion.
| DR.. W. y. Hailmann, in speaking of
! the educational exhibits at the worlds
/ fair, said in substance: 4 have not
! fully mastered all the results and bene-
! fits to be derived from the worlds fair.
| L was unfortunately too busy to go into
| some of its deeper meanings The first
| lesson 1 drew of this exhibit was a
| dangerous piece Of business; as it may
cause us to look too much on the sur
! face and not deep enough into the char
| acter of the work. l instituted a COM
| parison between the older civilizations
and our own and found a greater per-
lection in the nceties, greater skill in
! the ornamental part, penmanship,
| drawing, perfect grammar, and eXter-
] nails Of expression in these exhibits than
| in our own. In drawing a neatness of
| stroke was noticeable, which was alb
sent IN ours In our drawings penman-
! ship. etc. we receive the idea as TO
| what the pupil wants 10 say rather
! than as to how he says il. This differ
| euce is due TO THE fact that the foreign
| teachers must give mass instruction, as
| each teacher averages, especially in the
| German schools, from seventy 10 eighty
pupils, and having SO many to teach It
| is impossible 10 give individual instruc-
ton; so great care is given to method
and details, consequently the work be
| comes mechanical i'm it's nature. In some
of the European schools they have intro
duced machines to aid in teaching arith-
metic and reading, and 10 teach these
subjects all the teacher has TO do is 10
touch the button and the work pro-
Ceeds. In the American schools great
Individuality both on the part of the
pupils and the teachers, is manifested
In fact this seems To be the leading
idea.
Art is crude as compared with the
older civilizations. but promises to be
superior, if we can keep away from the
superficial or non-eSSential side. In other
words, steer clear of the mechanical and
encourage the development of the indi-
Niduality of the pupil
II noticed that the spirit 10 do the best
possible under all circumstances was
very evident in all the American ex-
| hibits. In the comparison of the states
| l found that those Of the East more
nearly resembled the older civilizations
than did the states Of the West.
THE Indiana exhibit received careful
attention from members of the profess
sion from all parts Of the world. In
fact, foreign educators took a deeper
interest i'm the Indiana school exhibit
than some of our own teachers. one
significant fact. and one that was COM
mented upon by foreigners and teachers
from other states, was the apparent
honesty of the work. No effort to shine
was made; the main idea being to show
the actual work i'm school rooms through
out the state, and i'm order to do this
il was impossible TO so arrange the
work so as to present a beautiful pic
ture 10 the eye which would attract
momentary attention from the casual
passer-by. L am wholly i'm the dark as
20 the plan or basis upon which the
awards have been granted. / tried many
times to learn the method Of pioce-
dure, but failed each time and finally
gave up i'm disgust Ii seems as If the
cisions given by one person, a lady
from Wyoming. This lady was, / be-
lieve. at one time a teacher, but 1 think
she is not in the profession now She
spent much time In examining our eN-
hibit. in fact she passed upon nearly
all of it, l might say. There were other
judges appointed 20 assist in this work.
but they did very little Of it. Mr..
was assigned the task of examining and
passing upon the educational work.
called at our exhibit three or four times
time. / offered to explain the exhibit To
him, but he seemed to know all about
Il and did not wish explanation Prof
the exhibit Now, as to whether these
judges passed upon the work collectively
or individually, L am unable to say
II made inquiries as TO the plan which
they would follow i'm making their
did not seem To have any. Mr. Finn