New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-13

the Programmes OF the Elementary and Secondary
Schools to Meet the Suggestions In the Report py
Dr. James C. Mckenzie Lawrenceyille y. j.
The. discussion OF the paper brought out j. +.
Ruchauan princpal OF High Schools In Kansas
city. Mo. who touched upon the Latin ana Gf'"N
features Of Dr. McKenze's paper and said IN part
I should not attempt to modify the e,-5 pro.
OK introducing the study Of Latin. ] should recon,
me nd everywhere In secondary schools a four years
thu uuantiiy ~ work found In our best hSh
schools 20 remain the same, the quality To be I'M
proved not by adding time. and herewith watering
the material. but by improving methods. teachers
AMI textbooks. by leaving OUT things immaierll.
N cu.ivaiing fais ana satisfying vanity - thor-
ough. honest. practIch WORK.
Mr. buchanan was followed by DR.. \ f. Nightn-
gale. Superintendent Of Chicago High Schools. VINO
argued that language should be the basic study IN
al. schools ana iha; The English language.
At The dcpartm NJ meetings In the art rnoon all
the sessions were Interesting AMI Instructive that
OF secondary education e.!citIng many bright pa
pcrs among them being that ~ J. Remsen Bishop
Of Hughes High Schoo.. Cincinnati, Ohi', on The
Future u the American High Scaoo" ana 10" the
High Schoo. Nay Aiyance Patriotism"
In the Department Of Higher rducltion a paper on
faculty and alumni control Of college athletics was
read by George Wharton Pepper. professor % law
in the University of Pennsylvania lie sail In part
The absorbing interest In college athletics which
mau!frstS ifetf every hhuu VII. Comi"l ne gov
crning bodies ~ al american coi'eE.S anu UNI.
stiles - take official c1gnizance of this important
department. ~ activity in On" academic world
In spite n my low" Tor coieEr a'h'S''Ts anu ny
firm belief u It's possibilities for good, am COM
en " rh l. mauifesfe hv The Introduction u
the methods OF practice! politics INTO ather h'So-
,atons. hy sharp tricks on the field AMI by toe
unwelcome presence Of protcssi'nalism among our
athletes
WIN by educators. The evils are not inherent IN
athletics uor ar they Due = any HrErnrraSSy
unconscious Influence eSertel upon thr public ana
%. students 10y tn constant presenc" ~ an organ
baseball ncii anil elsewhere what - rceied Is an
| cmphaslzng q Tho line 81 drmarchilon hri"c'n
college -por, aud sport under al other conditions
This emphatic declaration should take the form of
positive Legislation cmnnaiing from ne coil'Se or
p1raiions Each Of thesc Classes has interests a;
s,sk. the protection 81 which cannot safely be dele
r,icd To- ri,hrr or both ot the others. The cor.
poratlon should De- represented on joint bphrl OF
control hy chosen alumni elected by the students
from A l.rce number OF nominees Endorsed by the
corporation.
Other papers vote read IN 20, Department o'
| business EIIcliion by Principal J. NJ Mehan. ~
pe- Mo.nes Iowa. On "Tho Influence u Business
Trimming. Good and Bad" AMI by Principal W. G
lstcu q Tore liaute. ini, on THE Learning q
a Thing Through the D3.rg - r."
The address ~ william G,org, Bruce, of ME"an-
kee Wls was one = III. chief features - the day
II. spoke Oh school B1nfis anl superintendent
a part as f)l)~s.
The school Board. II representative of com,
munlty should and must have certain powers
which touch upon the professional portion OF
school Hoard represents the business ana ne SUPER
lntcnlcnt thc professional portion ~ a sch"ol ~
bile when ~ IS remembered thdt Inc community NJ
a voice In the professional part: inns voice An
only speak through the Board OF Education. The
eradication Of the strictly representative c"nIA',"'
| Of a Board 81 Education. giving thereby IN" 7u-
perintendcnt more independently and arbitrary pow
ere would ID" un"lse ana Step to""tn "a -, a.,
ism The average American ciiren wants 10 y"
ami he therefore nhhors all the tendency toward
paicruallsm and Capitalization OF power ana au-
a. have come into vogue within recent years, or
select and s,clu I've uppcr-t"n school boards cannot
H.. considered rcpresrntntiv" ut th"r respective
~ ~ LtiI.s" and professional the prac-
tr,l ana theoretical portions OF school system.
~, cnnntrV AS to The relation Of Superintendent
t,g n shool Hoard IN witch the former is
considered a mere cmpoyc ana tho latter the ON
ploycr Tho one scheme ana deviHes. an the
been the cause fJr iuauSuratlng me otlrr
viii be- frank at this TIM In admitting that the
school boards themselves have been guilty 81 gross
abuses which have Incurred tnr llspir'SGIi' o'
way Of reform. clothed the superintendent with ar
bitrary powers. ,, ,
In the adoption OF textbooks The questions lnN'r-
ably arise from the recommendations ana ndop,
lions. Should the superintendent recommcnd ana
the board adopt? II 80. does ne superintendent
recommendation mean an adoption anu II II 90, n9'.S
mean an adoption why should the Board OF Eau,
cation have any further authoil,y III IN. "i.,vt a.
II. however the Board OF Eluchtion has the power
tD
superintcndents attitude be SIMPLY an anEim"H
one? Here the question OF Judgment ns between
into play The responsibility Of the one is TO the
school system the other to the public The one rem
whole question aided with NAT opinion. tosStnsst
with the financial problem which ~ nyoiErd nts IL,
| or school Board must and should nave the lh.i
| voice in determining the adoption Of any book;
| a professional opinion OF the superintendent and
| teachers any book should De received win que
consideration. yet the discretionary powers or
| tee board
in then does 4 radical separation or the business
nracticai or wise? on the subject OF the appoint
ncnt OF teachers II seerls to me That the atutul,
| OF the superintendent toward tho school botrd
| must De the He can nominate ana the
The question Of new departures leaves wide room
| for differences between the superintendent ana
cnt expects all new Departure To orishate VIZ" t
the board. and merely TO be submitted To him Tor
school Board as a legislative body which confers
| upon him veto power. When School Board;
OF its schools for the purpose OF m9 5Ii1 inc
educational portion OF rs system u follows also
slvc champion in the superintendent; that all new
departures must originate with the supcrntendent
| subject 10 the confirmation OF the board II fol-
| lows then that the school Board Is not merely the
financial end OF school system; that It's PROVING
the payment OF salaries; that the SUPPLEMENTARY
implies more than a mere management of teach
nra and m. direction OF the strictly educational
work: that the business ana professional parts are
closely interwoven: that "A due appreciation OF
the prerogatives and duties Of the one toward the
other. together with common ethics must estno,
ish the true relations between school boards and
superintendent. .,,-, N,
| The association today elected the following OIL
GERS for the ensuing year: President, pr. Nicholas
! Murray Butler. Of New-Jersey, nrst vce-pIfSIsnt
| ps Of Pennsylvania: ;. j.. Wolfe OF Missouri
| u II bartholomew. OF Kentucky: W +; Slat9n' OF
| Georgia: ID H. Johnson, Of South Carolina; HI. a.
WISE Of Maryland; W sheldon s Of Massaehu
~ Ttah: ID. T. Klehe OF Minnesota: L: A. Fitz
| patrick OF Nebraska: secretary. irwin shepard OF
! Minnesota; treasurer. J. W. GREENWOOD Oh M's-
souri, 1919. ,..-. o,tt,,ca
us,ened 20 an address on Moral Training through
instruction in the common Branchss;" by ~, 6r
Charles De Garmo. presdesn,t O. SWart M o.
Hall re;Sspt Of CLARK nnve y; na Dscu s
III - AIsiaIne Il. wyckon OF BROOKLYN