The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-01
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDIES.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF TEN
OF THE NATIONAL zssoCIA IRON.

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heId IN July' lN'@' IN saratoga, ana says mat
he considers IL one OF the most i'm portnnt ctln-
catIonal doeuments aver publi.bsd in tLis
a,iOua' u'su'"e"'' e'ei p"'"'n0u IN "'iS
country
The committee. after an extended prelimi-
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enees oI'eh members each'
auide for the discusaions N, tho co,farencos
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Whlch were helu on Zee 20 lSS'Z, each IN a
different city. Elaborate reports and recom-
mendations are made by each OF the ten con
ferences.
An important recon dalton 81 the Latin
conference is that the study of Latin DO intro.
duced int Arorioan sohoois o.atis. ,i,an :,
uuceu INTO american schoois catllor than 1t
now Is. and that translation at sight form
constant and Increasing mart OF the eyaninn.
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.,one ior On 70 co'lese anu OF 'ho WORK
in writing Latin sbouIJ moi Ia dissoci.tod
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rom prac,.co IN leao.ns ana ,ransiaun@' ou'.
on the contrary that TIL two should he carried
on with eoual atepa Tho conforanco dosiras
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authors for beginners, and they give good
reasons against the exclusive use Of Cmsar's
bhnlc war.
The conference on Greek agree with the
. .,".' ou L".,n IN RECOMMENDING 'uo eul-
'Nhuoh OIL feaulhR AT slght IN SCHOOLS, and IN
recommending that practice in translation
into the foreign language should he continued
throughout the school coarse. They urge that
three wears be the minimum time for the
study Of Greek in schools, provided that Latin
be studied four yenrs. they would not have a
pupil begin the study VI Greek without "A
knowledge Of the elements ct Latin. They
n1 thu NJ ~
Iellcnica FOR two looks Of the Anabnsis n tile
requirements for admission 10 College and the
in schouls. They urge that Homer should
continue 10 he studied in all schools which
years. aud they suggest that tho Odyssey is to
be preferred to the Had.
ion that English should DO ." pursned in p The
hiVh school durin. tho entire course Of four
the conference have il, mind both study Of III.
erature and training in the EXPRESSION OF
thought. TO the study Of rhetoric they as.
icsI and systematic .ranfSar thoy assign 81 one
hour week in the fourth year Of tho high
school course one OF tho IN st interesting opin.
ions px pressed by the conference is that tho
hest results in the teaching OF English in high
schools cannot DO SECURED without I'M. aid
given toy the study OF some other language,
AND that Latin and German. 10y reason of their
to this end" They say that the study " words
should he so pursued as to illustrate the rolit-
ment of the English race. and they urge that
the admis lion Of a student to colieg. should
write English, as shown in his eyaminntion
books on other subjects. 1t is a fundamental
idea in this report that the study OF every
other subject should contribute to the pupirs
training in English and that the pnpii's cana
city to write English should lie made available
and be developed in every other department.
The most novel and s'rikin. recommends.
tion made 10y the conference on modern Ian
guages Is that an elective course in German
or French DO provided in the era mar schools
the instruction to be open t" children at about
ten years OF age. The conference made this
recomm endation in tho Arm belief that the
educational effects OF modern language st udy
admit that the study Of Latin presents the
same advantages; but living languages
mar school work. They nlead flat "all
pupils OF the same intelligence and tho same
matter whether they are suDseIuently TO enter
a college or u scientific school or intend to
they deciar. thrt tho worst obstacle TO mod.
ern language study is the lack oil properly
eIuipred instructors and that il is the ,iuty
ofuniversities states and cities t. lroyiIs
opportunities Tor tho special rrepsrntion Of
modern language teachers'
mously oi the opinion that a radical change
in the teaching OF Arithmetic was necessary"
mrtic he at once abridged aud enriched;
abridged by emitting entirely those sunj.cts
afror,iing any really Valuable m entail dtscipIine
and enriched 10y a Greater numIer OF eNrr.
cises in simple talcuiutinn, and in the solution
OF concrete problems" They mar OUT n course
in arithmetic which in their Iudgme mt should
leg 10 about the az. of six Nonrs and no com.
pleted ut about the thirteenth ypnr Of axe.
Among several other re recommendations is one
that course OF instruction in concrete gconIa.
try with mum, rous exercises be intToduced
into the grammar schools, ani tina. this in-
struction should during the earlier year. be
given in connection with drawing They
recommend that the study of systrmatir aIce,
bra should be begun at tho age OF fourteen
The conIerencs on the subjects OF physics
chemistry, and astronomy were urgent that
the study Of simnle natural phenomrnn lie
introduced into elementary schools and AZ
least ono period a day from tiI, first year OF
tho primary school should be given to such
study. FROM tho beginning this study should
be pursued ny the pupil chiefly Though NOT
exclusively hy means Wi eyuSriments and by
practice In the use OF simple Instruments for
making physical measurements The renort
dwells repeatedly on the i'm portanre OF the
study OF things and phenomenal by direct con-
tact IL Emphasizes the necessity OF n large
proportion Of Ia laboratory work i'm the study 81
nhysics and chemistry and adyocntes tho
keeping OF laboratory notebooks by the pupils
and the use of such notebooks as mar OF tha
tect Tor nd misston IN coiIeOa "