New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-20
DEMOCRACY IN EDUCATION.


THE LACK OF COLLEGE, BRED MEN AND WOMEN
AMONG THE TEACHERS OF NEw-JERsEf'
To the Editor Of The Tribune l.,
Sir. DIR Mackenzle's address on Democracy III
Educaton" as reported in recent Issue VI ~
Tribune In referring to the relation pet"ee" "e"
aud urinary education and the duties OF those e"-
loving the former to those seeking 'he 'a''e'' g.
that the number of college-bred men anu WIN"
omong the teachers of common schools is very
small that our most highly educated me" nav
,os, s,dlv NEGLECTED. the common schools, ana tha'
this neglect IL sometimes almost impoSeu "'0'
them by the "blighting touch OF politics
That there are few college-Dred me" ~
women among the teachers Of the common scnoo''
+, A., Cant, ~ tho STATE In this country the laws
~ tho STATE nut "A premium upon inferior prepa'"-
ton for teaching. For example, IN 1>e"-'e'' =,
Young man may spend -FOUR OF "o'0
princeton or Rutgers in laying broao iou'""','
for his future work in teaching, ana for MS pans
70 deberred from following his profession III '"o
a>,,,,nr schools. while he may spend two or three
vcars In one of our socalled training schoos, s'au
uate at the age OF sixteen or seventeen anu upo'
the strength of being able to driver ha"u'''' "o'
sense about phonograms word ANALYSIS anu ~
Ruling Principle Of Method, Is qualhed " 'e"'"
ANYTHING from bad grammar to worse psychoiosy'
In I.ormonv none but the university graduates
ar. nermttcd to instruct the child; In New-'erse'
cvcry obstacle Is thrown In the path OF the uh'e'
s,,v graduate who would instruct the child.
Some years ago through the efforts OF severn, %
New-Jersev's genuine educators, there was in.ro-
,,uced into our Legislature bill to MAKE Toet
J;"loma - Grst-grade teachers certlhcate out ~
wac prevented from becoming law py .iv avo M
of tho ..practical' educators who lntena ~ ,,a
nossibl, rivals in gath ering the edut a!ol, tanne
IL Tho state of New -Jcrsey has NOT coHno''e 80
rno,rh in the teaching ability OF the srauu,o;,h or
ne University then something Is WRONG hhu ~, I'LL
Tho STATE or the university should go 0ut VI Iii,
moss II educators Of position ana ,l,n"r,ng ar
lain take M this matter and keep hammer hs AZ
IT, Princeton University may yet pc '"'' " "
with dlr state Normal Schoo, ,,r can have n
II is true that mo college-Dred ihaI IN" IT,, hi.
nobler ambition in worldly AFFAIRS IMAM " 90 ,,non
rnos, bo'arshp and richest culture 10 yea, NJ.
H. common schools for their Improvements an" &c :;
The better instruction Of their infnatss ,ano his
tre also that he il prevented from uu'S rh1. or
ambition: for even # he submit TO the 'efrn, ~,
AL ~ third grade county examination iohoW uP
The res, of the red tape and finally become d .u
oeJred member Of that awful presence %
Iarsev educa tors-stili he may rot pe WINS WI S,,,t
submit To the dictation OF the 'practical 49, 80
otnnn II hog nardon | mean educators). ana nias,
In eeIf-resnect be compelled 10 seek soi'e i"o'e
honorable field. ,. ,n,arest In a
o,cstion from DR. Mackenzie. as quotssu ~ 80 ~
Tribune IL is this "How large propor'ipl v, i n.
ple educated merely In the pubic scn ,, nnn,ber
deemed masters Of the grammar o. tn"iI NO., -
,n,r,,oo" The question may be modinen IN" Pr 81
his wav. "Uow large a proportion OF ,he ~: '.n -
mis- NJ our pubc schools car ID" deeIieu 90
The grammar OF their mother tongue LIN f mt 81,
Ter lillr man" \ stream does not rise 'po ~, ,s.
SQUIRE the language of most pupils does n2t u''e
above that of their teachers -
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