New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-07

nuhlican prospects In Brooklyn are reNhal hdoi!
bright.
In the good old days when there were no
,rtcrobes Il would not have been thought pos
sib,e that school could be kept at all without
states and slate-penciis. The slate, 1t Is not
TOO much to say. has been the cornerstone OF
the common school system OF America ana
bos stood at the foundation of what that edu-
cation has accomplished. Now IT seems tha'
microbes are going TO drive the slate out OF
o,,r educa tional system together with the slate
,orcu and the sponge. The Board Of Health
hoo diracted that the use of all three shall be
discontinued. as a means of preventing the
enread OF contagious diseases and that paper
and lead-pencils shall take their place. We
trust that the Board has considered we'll this
nrorosad abolishmen: Of one OF the most
ohsrished Of American institutions, and has
toLen into account Its effect on the develop
mont of the American schoolboy's character
and intellect. We are unable to say precisely
what part the slate and slate pencil Uhe sponge
NAV be LEFT out of the question. its functions
having usually been performed by other methods
and agencies that will readily occur to those
bred TO the use Of the slate in infancy nave
played I'm the formation of character put we
fear that the sudden removal or an element
that has been so important and so prominent
In rho educational activities OF a nation CANNOT
no effected without a loss Of some kind we
can only hope that the Boards expectations
viii no justified and that n stand can be made
oga,ns, the microbes that will justify the loss
of the slate and slate-pencil.
Judge Gaynor is to all appearances, stil IN
the hands Of Providence" and we suspect that he
IS lkely to remain there.
That the wheelmen will not abandon their
favorito sport until winter compeis them 10 Is
indicated by the large number OF CLUB runs
,o,,.r yesterday The academies are filling up
with now riders. and the indoor season promises
to rival that Of year ago. The coming cycle
Show at the Madison Square Garden VIII I'M
doubtedly eclipse all Its predecessors in point or
general Interest. The new SO wheel Is model
of grace and beauty, but whether 1t VIII prove
more generally acceptable than the 80 wheel
remains to be seen.
II Is worth noting and bearing In mind that all
the trouble about securing honest and competent
election officers in this city would be obviated II
We had the voting machines In use here. They
are absolutely honest well as rapid and eco
nomical.
The Saturday classes OF the Teachers College
have been a valuable part of It's work outside Its
REGULAR curriculum for the last seven years. They
have afforded opportunities for special training
10 teachers and others who would otherwise have
had no opportunities to avail themselves OF the
facilities Of this admirable institution. The an
nouncement OF these courses for the school year
inst opening shows that the Teachers College IL
fully alive to the responsibilities which its in
creased and improved equipment puts upon IT in
the way OF offering more and better Instruction
each year 1t does most valuable work in a
field that it has made peculiarly Its own.
The jealousy felt by Germany OF England's
MANS IN the Orient is beginning to find loud ex-
presslon In the Fatherand. German editors and
politicians are complaining bitterly that Ger
many. (which acted the part Of the honest
brol<er In the present Asiatic troubles" lis com
ing out at the small end OF the horn. usual "
and Is TO have no advantage from the conflict be-
tween China and Japan According to statistical
reports the volume Of trade between Germany