St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-02
MISS TAYLOR FAILS
To Get Reinstated on the
Rolls Of the Public
Schools.
THE ANNUAL REPORT.
Superintendent Gilbert Makes
an Exhaustive Showing
of School Work.
TEACHERS GOOD WORK.
The Enrolment Was 81, 413,
An Increase of2,Ooo Over
Last Year.

of Miss Taylor, made before the COM
mittee last week, and on which the
committee on schools reported, and
finally disposed of the matter, which
has been receiving the consideration OF
the board for some time past. Accord
ing to the decision of the boald Miss
Taylor will not teach during the coming
year in the city schools. not having
been recommended for reappointment
by the principal of her school. The
committees report in full is as follows:
"Fhe committee has heard Miss lay
Tor at great length ana great detail. She
charges conspiracy OH the part or the
superintendent and the principal of the
Madison school to prevent her succeed
ing as teacher. Dut no evidence has
been presented 10 sustain this charge.
On the contrary, IL was shown by the
evidence of Gen. Smith, principal OF the
Madison school, that the superintendent
had especially asked him to befriend
Miss Taylor and do all he could to help
her 10 succeed. Your committee has
declined to 90 into some matters OF
complaint occurring over TWO years
ago under former board, and when
were duly Investigated ana determined
at the time by the then existing board.
the situation does not in the opinion OF
yuur committee call for any action on
the part of the board. and the con-
nittce, therefore, has 10 recommends
ton to make in the premises.
The report of the committee was
adopted unanimously by the board.
After this matter had been disposed
of Supt. Gilbert read his annual report,
which contains much that is interesting
to teachers, as we'll as to all who are
Interested i'll the welfare and advance
ment of the public schools. The table
prepared by the superintendent shows
that the total enrolment for the past
year in day and night schools was 2l.-
Alb; average. 14.9l9. as against 1876
enrolment and 1879 average in the
fiscal year 1S92-1S93.
The total number of teachers EN-
ployed during the past year was 49S :,
of which 81 were in the night schools,
In 1898 the number employed Was 4Sl.
The total enrolment in the night school
during the past year was 1,26l. Re-
garding the teaching. force, Mr.. Gilbert
said:
''ln several of the reports
have LAID emphasis upon the prime
Importance Of securing good teachers
for the schools, and have had occasion
10 congratulate the board OF school i'll
spectors upon the courage they have
shown in making their selections. What
l have said to your predecessors upon
this subject repeat to you, and, fur
Their, it Is my privilege to congratulate
ioN t0S 6tl6
your efforts in this direction, SO that this
year the number of teachers whom duty
compelled you to drop was very small.
| gladly take this occasion 10 express
my own appreciation of the generous
efforts of the teachers, because l doubt
if the public is aware Of what these
men and women have done and are
doing for it's children. The work OF
broadening and enriching the course oil
study which has gone Oh i'll our schools
for the past few years with such marked
results would have been impossible but
for this spirit of progress also in the
| teachers"
Regarding the matter of the super.
vision of the work of the teachers, in
which department there have been
SOME radical changes made, the super
inlendent expresses the following opin'
! ion, which in the main embodirs the
changes made in the manner of cob
| ductIng the work:
"First-"Fhat the tendency of the
| past i'll city school systems has beer
oversupervision.
''SecoEd-That this supervision ha;
been narrow and conducted too much by
specialists supervising one thing each
"Ihird-ThaI as remedy the amour
of supervision should be considerably
reduced.
"Fourth-That it should be in the
main general rather than technical il
character; that is, that it should be con
Quoted by trained and experienced
teachers of broad education. acqu ainteC
with the entire curriculum and able moi
only to supervise the work in its differ
eut branches, but also to unity and har-
monte those branches that each shall
receive due amount of attention from
the teachers, and that all effort shall be
concentrated upon single result, the
harmonious development of the child. .
With the work OF the teachers train
ing school the superintemde report
dealt at some length. He said:
The functions and value of this insti-
tuition are not fully appreciated by The
public, not always by the teaching
force, and even your honorable bod
have at times Indicated a lack Of full
appreciation of its work. During til
past year we have graduated thirty stu
dents, most Of whom have already sue
ceSSfully begun their work as teachers
TIE remainder are now awaiting ap
poiGtment. The cost of the school dur
ing the past year has been So. $50. l.
addition to its specific work, the schoo
has cared for seven rooms full or chill
dreE from the kindergarten through TIL
fifth grade. The cost of school of thi
size with a principal at the maximum
salary would be So, 75O, so that the actua
cost of the training school as such wa
$4,000, surely Small sum compare
with the results obtained"
Or the work in the high school TIL
report speaks of the Improvement II
the school during the year, especial
in the order ana spirit of the pupils
and in the zeal with which they hav
pursued their studies. The new cours
to be adopted for the manual trainln
school, tending TO make this ultimatel
school OF mechanical arts and open
: ing its privileges to large number G
: both sexes. is step III the right diret
ton.
In the report Mr.. Gilbert goes owe
the work which he outlined clearly las
year, and discusses at some length
new element. in the work Of the currit
ulum, namely. the effect upon tb
coming generation.
, This work is carried On not only /
our schools, but i'll other pIogressiv
. systems liz this country and in Ger
many. No one disputes the fact ths
the aim of the public schools. and i
fact their only excuse, Is the making O
citizens"
Tlie work of the primary department
always a most important one, is di:
cussed, and the teachers and supervise
in this branch or the work are CON
mended in a flattering way.
mo department of our schools is s
important as that which includes tn
younger children, and fortunately i
. none is the work better done. Amen
the teachers there is an enthusiasm an
disiutereStedness which is bea,
tif9l TO see. and most etfeetiye. n