New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-08


WA. .., ,ss,o tho army OF readers who nave
,;.,od IN The Tribunes Campaign OF Enuca''o',
nrosents q solid front moving onward 10 inc mo
noi,t of Victory Three-fourths or the "a'' 80
now been completed and there are ITO
nor have any fallen by the waysioe' nv o.
ful,v eoupped and disciplined and conioen' ~
he final issue. There has been no ihsu"o' wv" 49,
or revolt against orders. but tie comha'i" 10"
hoen orderly and obcdent from the oegin"''s.
Such bodv cannot fail Of success New reo' "'''
bove fallen In all along the route ana 'hese SUI
displaycd the courage and precision oi hao,
rho causes for the results that nave pee"
rea ched are by no means remote ne "' "
,s the pecullar method of teaching. wh'ch co,''
serso oxnerience evolved from Kho"'e"e'
,oor o,d things Instead of loading the cou
nth tho nondoro,Is lessons of the text pcoh' "
was djves.ed Of every incumbrance' ~ '''
might be an expeditions movement III co'',o ~,
with the genius of the times. which 10 49,.
with potentia rapid action inc Iesso"e'
In oil arc brief vet with fixed classihca'io,' W
Zach s complete in itself. Thus, 'he ''S' 49,
81, 49,, "irc with a series OF wel-kno"H "oi"s
for nractice illustrating the subject. Inc oe.'
lesson embodied that remarkable RUE
.ocuIiar N shorthand, namely. that the shortening
If a consonant by one-half Its length Ho"S "
81" to its value. ..,.. ~ tho
,s,ort nurnose of shorthand to reach results
IN tho shortest way possible. Instead OF 'e"s' "e
ing a symbol. instead of adding some SS, " .,,
n II 70 represent increased SOUNDS mere IL '
produced a heightened word by shor'e"'"e p''
ess. o. oror
So the work goes on. lesson by lesson. each o"e'
inc certain classification peculiar to Itself ana
nnlicab,e IN all cases TO the class II represents
when the entire twenty lessons are comp'ne"'
perfect whole is produced, ana the s'uue"' VIZ
mastered their teaching has knowieoee VI VINO"
en- many had been led TO believe Is great mys'els'
Another feature in The Tribune system Is ,he
fact that each week gives resume OF the iesSo'' u
the preceding week. the same sympois oe''.s 'n'
n,oved bnt different words used, In order 10 en-
nhasize what has gone before. by TINS cu"""'''
process the pupil has been steadily prac''s''e' e
scarcely aware that he or she mas Dee" 81 s
Iocsor ,s IMPRESSED on lesson persistently, yet IN
teIligently and with such variation as 10 assure
ouccess The plan, too. is unique. or oHerine 'lis
eimn,e direct and efficient system through IN"
Medium &c a newspaper. 1t Is n positive seii-h-
structor In every of that term NO CO.
lucrative work. even. Is demanded' stuue"'' wv
not have need TO assist one another man Ut
woman boy or GIRL may acquire 1t when studying
alone lust as readily though a dozen pursued II
.osatber There are no set hours for study nor is
the student left alone with knottS Questions "
orsuer or difficult problems to solve. Positively
nothing remains to be done by the pupii except 10
follow the instructions given in eacn lesson ohe
after the other. and when the twentieth Is COM
Melted the work desired Is accomplished
There is no guesswo-k In this matter-hohe
whatever 1.-THE proof OF the pudding Is In the
eating" Three-fourths OF the road has been trav-
a,ed and the condition OF those who have made the
tourney confirms the claim made by The Tribune
when the start was first made. This feature alone
that Of self-instructon through n newspaper. Is
positively original and belongs alone to The TIL
bune's method Successful results show that 1t Is
,A3otov t1o had In
The novelty OF The Tribune's plants simplicity
directness brevity and final eficiency-has COM
mended itself strongly to many progressive teach
ers who. themselves. are taking the course OF In
struction One successful educator Of wide ex-
perience writes as follows: rs there not too little
OF system and too much Of rote In our school
work? Are pedagoges made practical. or, rather
Is there not too much theory and too little practice
IN that science? Why should 1t be thought that
one may pass directly out OF the high school into
a teachers chair without any knowledge Of human
nature or any experience with the outside world?
Sometimes 1t occurs to me that teacher. like
poet is born and II the divine flame be not con-
genial bright fire can never spring up. however
vigorously 1t may be famed One may readily pass
the examinations required OF applicants for teach
crs' positions. and yet be utterly wanting In the
faculty of imparting instruction to others. 1t
would seem that many go into this profession an a
sort Of makeshift with heart for the work and
with thought Of remaining in 1t one day longer
than Is needful 10 the finding OF some other work.
Our text books not self-instructors they de-
mand an intelligent Interpreter Of the truths they
contain in the person Of the teacher who should
have apt apprehension OF the themes and know
how to make plain their meaning. In the choice OF
other professions l have observed that men and
| women are apt to make self-examination first, in
order to determine that for which they best
qualified; but In teaching there seems TO prevail
| too common impression that because ono knows a
number Of truths. he or she may successfully i'm
| part them to others. 1t is thing to know for
| ones self and something else to have the faculty
| Of communicating this information to others
children and youth OF varying intelligence differ
| ent home restraint home Influence, ETC.
This OF course. Is matter which pertains to the
| teachers themselves and one which they must an
swer for themselves. There is disposition 10
crticse the work OF teachers to seek to demon
strate that they may be supplanted by successive
systems Of sef-instructon. II reforms he needed
in methods Of teaching In the schools, none should
know better than they in what those reforms con-
sist. Cndeniably teachers necessity to the
age and that necessity increases with the upward
progress of civilization. Never as now was there
such demand for thorough. painstakIng work for
the young OF the schoolrooms. As life's battle
grows iercer the struggle for existence he
comes more intense. as competition increases
among men. so much greater is the need that the
schooroom shall the more efficiently prepare the
young people for what is before them Advancing
civilization undeniably makes stronger the demand
upon ones intelligence and judgment as we'll q.
physical and moral being.
The Tribune merely accentuates the proposition
1t has enunoiated from the beginning of its Cam
pagn OF Education. 1t has demonstrated the NOS
sbility Of a simple. practical, direct and economic
method OF teaching a useful science so eircctuaIlv
that those following the course may gain veJ'-
mood by means of 1t. This Is done without a
teacher and without wearying the patience or tax
ing the energies OF those under instruction Con-
sidering this fact. II might be permissible to in
qure whether some, at least OF the text books are
not overburdened with weight Of information and