The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-01

increase the efficiency Of sthas seheei
wnfk
In the department of pcnlna nship Afr.
Bond has inade rapid progress iii The
| Introduction 6f The vertical system.
me Improvement lii tie writing Of She
eiiit9reh is aeeoanted a great ts;lbate
70 faeif ssss.al and the simplicity o. the
doubts The klsssna Of tryins itI "a teaah
+ In the fret ssaae. Fllsie writing for
little children may be objected To- on
genealogical !, grounds with Feasens and
ne believes That better results wilt 4lti-
mately be obtained by the postpone
ment of that study. Fer that reason,
ni s..s. yEitlng with the full arm
to the exclusion as far as possible OF
the use Of the pen. Z, ana
In drawing the Improvement on the
future will be eempleaer development
Of mechanical drawing In CONNECTION
with manual training. FT tSsA
The manual training work has gone
ON slI1eethly and satisfactorily, but for
Gun justice 1t should have twice the
teaching force and twice the time that
1t new has. Next Year 1t is hoped to
be able to extend the work into the
flfst three years 20 that there shall
be no break from the kindergarten to
the high school.
The main Improvement In music has
been In the line Of .definiteness Of sys-
tenn. This department. has been emily
-enedc during the recent months by the
special singing In preparation for the
G. A. r. effcampment, which has con-
vineed all hearers of the value of music
to the schools as well as the efficiency
Of the instruction.
Mr.. G. j. Herrmann's work in ply
steal culture Is pronounced full of viger
and inspiration, and the schools are
congratulated upon his rententicn.
supt. Gilbert says that while the value
of supervisors to the schools has been
questioned, he believes that no single
expenditure of money has resulted In
greater gain than that made in support
of the two supervisors, Miss Brooks and
Mrs. Place. Principals are busy people
with many duties and 1t ts impossible
for them all to be educational experts.
In addition to their work, the system
needs the eNtire and close attention Of
those whose duty it, Is to continually
study school philosophy and search for
the best things. @
Asoto the, high schools, the superin-
tendent chronicles the growth of the
mechanic arts high school and the COM
pletion of the junior year in the Cleve-
land and Humboldt schools. 1t is the
intention to maintain there the same
degree of scholarship maintained in the
central The mechanic arts high school
has just graduated it's first class, and
the superintendent believes that as the
time goes on . and the public becomes
familiar with its work, schools of this
sort will become more popular and
populous
The efficiency OF the central high
school is shown by the success Of its
graduates in college and business. The
plan Of correlation has been out par
TALLY developed but the superintendent
is still convinced that 1t is illogical to
train children philosophically in the
lower grades and then suddenly sub
stitute in the high school form for con-
tent. Especially does the work in ele-
mentary English need modification.
The fine facilities for the teaching of
literature, history and science In the
high Schools and the amount of time
and knowledge devoted to these SUBJ
jects furnish the best. Of opportunities
for correlation, and it will be the super
intendent's endeavor to see that some
thing of this done another year.
The reading matter for the children
will be selected with great care and
will be germane to the work Of the pu-
pills. 1t will also be aendeavored to
avoid the repetition Of work in the
grammar and high school grades.
There has been no material change
in the teachers training school during
the year save some enlargement of the
plan to use the pupil teachers in the
other schools and give them the advan-
tages Of practical work in surroundings
similar to those they will meet when
they begin teaching for themselves.
Systematis child study has also been
carried on in this school in a very ra-
tional and practical way. The demand
for teachers has been so great that the
graduates have been given places as
rapidly as they have finished their
course. There have been fewer changes
among the kindergartners, and some of
the graduates in that course are still
waiting for appointments. The super
intendent regrets that the school, could
not have been transferred TO a larger
building which would furnish greater
opportunities for observation and prac-
tice.
Appropriate mention is made of the
death of two members of the teaching
staff, Misses. Esther Hall and Emma
G. Stanley.
l. The lack OF school accommod ations
has only been partially relieved, and
there is still needed some relief for the
Sibley and Van@Buren in the Second
ward, for the Irving in the Seventh,
anG. for the JACKSON and German in
the Eighth. 1895 p. eE& 4+s So.
2 The statistical report is as follows:
Total enrollnentfday schools q, 1876;
night schools, 1924 day and night, 23,-
$50; average attendance In day schools,
Il, 157; number3t of or teachers, day and
night, 557; average 4nonthly enrolment,
19,202. E-thr5.s as..ls.
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