New-York tribune., 1894-01-01
!SCHOOL STUDIES.
FEATURES az THE Ri;P 1T OF TIE COM
MlTTEE Gr TEN

or Study FAEilTR SrU.Y or LATIN
U.GtD-l RADICAL cH,Nir ~
rnu TTAcIiNG o. ArIru.
METIc XrcEssAgY,
WASHINGTON. Dec 3l-W r Harris. the United
states commissioner of Education to-day made
puhV. the report of tn COmm,tte" of Ten or Sec
onlary school Studies appointed the meeting
az the National Educational Association. he'd In
ii, i>G2 AZ SARATOGA. y This committee OF
ten consisted OF ,he following weil-known edu-
Gators. charles " Eliot. president of Harvard
University. chairman: William r. Harris United
States commissioner ~ EIucaton; James B. An
scN president of the Univerrty ~ Michigan. John
Tot'ow. head master OK the Girls High School and
the Girls Latin school boston. James VI. Taylor
o.. Lent of Vassar college Oscar Il. Robinson,
pr!r, ir,ai Of the HIGH School. Albany: James H.
Bake president Of the University Of Colorado;
r. hard H. Jesse. president of the University OF
Missouri. James G. iackenz.e head master Of the
I.awrenccville School. i1wrenccvllle. y. j., ana
Uenrv g King. professor in Oberlin College
The committee after an extended preliminary
diseise,or decided % organize conferences On the
following subjects. - Latin. (2) Creek CD English,
op other modern languages. Is, mathematics. 80
physics astronomy and chemistry "a natural MS
tory ,nlology including botany. zooosy and rhysi-
oio-yD. e. history. civil government and political
ecoaomy - geography physical geography. seol-
o.v ami meiooroogy). They also decided that "ach
.. inference should consist Of ten members. \ list
of eleven questions was adopted ne Sniae ior
the lis. Ions At - conferences when We heI
Oh Dec, rhcr 9S isH. each IN different city
Elaborate reports and recommendations are made
bv each ~ The ten conferences few of the more
in,p,r,rnt features OF which are given as follows:
An important recomIns ndotion 81 me i.ava j D0n,
renee H. that the study OF Latin p" ntrodESSa St
l,.tD American schools earlir than / now -. me
Conference desire the schools to adopl El'itrl
variety Of f.a;in authors for beginners. ani they
tlN GOOD
oacsar's Gnrir War.
The rorfrrnace on Greek ac"ec win tho Con
ference on Latin in recommending the cultivation
~ reading sight n schools. and ursr t''t tnF e
veara be- tive minimum time 80" the study oi fr'cN
in schools. provided that Latin be studl''i M
Thc Conference on English are Of the opinion that
In slish should be- pursued in th hien 'clool curing
the entire course OF four years olc ~ me ilost
Is that the beat rc-ults in the tcachnS - EAEl~h IN
nigh schools canno; b. s'rir"i wittoHl tnr a@
given by the stuly of some other llneu0ge, ana
irat Latin end Ge.Wan by reason OF the'r fuller
I IGctiiannl system. are especially sniiei To this
end"
The most novel md striking recommendation
made by III" Conference On Modera Languages II
nr,,d~ in ~" grarlnlnr r-sch ros. the instruction
10 be- open 10 children at about t'n years OF age
The Conference on Mathematics were unanimously
OF the opinion that radical change n the teach.
Ing of ARITHMETIC was necessary Tney mnpprN
ont a course ia arithmetic which, IN thrT judgment,
should begin about the age OF six years. and re
Coni7 atel At about the thirteenth year OF age,
Among several other recommendations IS one thnt
OF instruction In concrete Ge) )HletrN. "ih
numerous exercises. he introduced into the llam-
marschools and that this instruction should. during
the earlier years. be given in connection with
drawing
The Conference on the subject OF physics. chomis-
tn acd astronomy were urgent That the study or
simple natural phenomena he introduced into v'c-
inen'nry schools. Apparently the conference en-
tertnIprd the opinion that the present teachers IN
elementary schools III prepared - teach chill
dren how To observe such phenomena.
IN" coHfHrence on Natural History unanimously
10 be introduced into the primary schools az the
very beginning OF the school course. and be pur-
Tird steadlly throughout the whole course below
the high school. In the next place. they agreed
that In these cary lessons In natural science no
textbook should hc used
The Conference History. Clgil Government. etc.
believed that the time devoted In schools TO history
and the allied subjects should be materially In
crelsel They declared that the teaching OF history
should be intimately connected with the teaching
Of Ehgllah, that pupils should be encouraged 10