New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-13

THE STANDARD.
s,,ce the examinations for entrance to the Nor
= college were held about two weeks ago. there
n"s been much hard feeling on the part OF ooth
wills and teachers. They say that the eXamina-
,rs were not only harder than those given TO the
IS for entrance 20 the New-Nork city College
~ aro taken equally as far in the public school.
w.. hat they we're harder than any given In pre-
80 years for entrance to Normal College. To-
49,. the princpals in a BODY are to request super
,,ordent Jasper 70 give them hearing. They say
,hot they were unprepared for these diihcu'
.~ao,nations as were their pupils. and that some
- the questions required deal of thought De-
- thay themselves could answer Them ana that
- are not surprised that their pupils failed ut
iv on three of their examination papers. Inc
800 trouble seems to have been with the Engllsh
n,oar arithmetic and English. Some OF the
Lr,s who went in for the examination saw al once
~, their papers were far beyond them that
,h.v tore them up in front of the professors
reporter called number of the pubic school
~ o,nsls Yesterday and all said that they did
care 10 talk as it would look like an Individual
Vck mon President Hunter. and they wished
!, - he understood that there was no such 1eeilhs
INV we're perfectly willing to admit that they had
t,dod together for the purpose of trying 10 right
49, natter and aid their pupils. Several said they
.4,,,,.od that President Hunter not TO blame
-, tho, no had only made the examinations more
80 This vear owing TO the lack of room IN
Nornal College. and that by getting a very hish
,,ondari in the examinations IL was sure 10 De
,,,ival of the nttest. They were anxious not 10
,ogonize him as they knew that nothing could
80 done except through cool explanation OF the
osss and appeal to him to listen to IT,
p.asi3ent Hunter sees the thing in an entirely
,care,, light He admits that the examinations
era harder this year than ever before, ana says
Datu is because he has dropped out the study oil
geometry and that he is aiming for high Standard
"a must have it, He declares that the eNamiha-
a., naners we're not hard for any girl VINO mas
rosss5 through the eight grades of the puDhc gram
80 school and that such girls as coulq ho' pass
tSis wears papers were not mt to enter the SolSsS
r;SShfysjXth-St who is the first graduate of Nor
ma oo said Yesterday: What propose TO do
g. a NEE: calmly and discuss the subject with all
S,oness; lay it before President Hunter as we see
T. T. and II he can, ask him to remedy IT, .-,
'"Another public school principal, who requested
ina, b e English paper was cruelty hard this year
nnaa mart Tor the pupils of the schools north Of
q ner cent Of those children are not English
Ing, and the English papers held questions which III
would be diflcult for well-educated men ana women
to answer One question which occurs 10 me now,
and which th Shsh uR pn but ddn.s it is
different matter entirely and to a girl OF IoHi teen
have mentioned. it is anything but an easy ques-
'I President Hunter was asked If the examination
papers had purposely been made more difficult TINS
year atn them so: but II the girls have been unable
10 pass them it is the fault of themselves or their
teachers and l do not want 10 have any girls In
The college who are unable to pass those papers
In order to obtain the best material from the pup
lie schools the questions have been constructed as
they were.
Superintendent Jasper said he could give no posi-
tive information as to the character OF the cues
tons because he had not seen them. Indirectly he
had heard that there some objection to them
on the part Of teachers. but ne supposed the ohjec
ton came from such principals whose scholars had
made the worst showing Said Mr.. Jasper Teach
es labor under the impression that the rejection OF
their pupils reflects them, while really the con-
ttions are often such that the teacher Is not all
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