New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-02

Academy.
workshop and OF textbooks as tools. and argued
that the shop and the toola must be satisfactory
10 the users II good work IS 90 be done.
mo amount Of tax en- the par. OF fainer or
mother or teacher" he sad. "can persuade hVe-
year-o.d schooboy that the reading-book wh'ch
his grandfather used In school Is just as goou as
the latest reader The textbooks must be satislac-
tory to the child Just the material Is satisfac-
tory to the metal-worker. the wcod-carver or the
jeweer."
Richard T. Wayne presided At the meeting OF the
elocution section and read paper on the fiace
OF Elocuton in Public Schools METHODS OF
Teacher Reading" was discussed by T. II. Clarke.
of the University of Chicago. and Mrs. Caroline
b. lie Row. Of the Brooklyn Girls High School, ana
Mrs j. w Shoemaker. OF Phi. aoelphia. MADE an
address.
Departmental Teaching IN Grammar GRADES
was discussed by Claiming Stebbins, OF Brooklyn,
before the grammar section. James NJ Edseii' Oh
Brooklyn presided.
Professor NJ V. OSaea Of the Buffalo ScHco
Of Pedagogy spoke Of the Purposes. Methods ana
Scope Of Child Study in the child study section
and State Superintendent Skinner. Professor j. NC
Keen Cattell Of Columbia University; Mrs. 1. D
Barnes president OF the New-York Mothers Con-
gress, and ID. l.. Bardwell, Of the Cortland State
Normal School. led In the discussion
The general idea of tho discussion and Of Ny
Shta's paper was that the child must be taught
from Its own point Of view and not from the teach
SOCIETY OF CHILD STUDY.
AT the close of the discussion ;he New-York State
Society for Child Study was permanently organ
lied. George Griffith, of Utica, was selected as
president; Edgar Dubs Sinner. of New-iork, vice
president ana NJ. V. OShea, of Buffalo secretary
and treasurer
NATURE STUDY DISCUSSED.
In the Nature Study Section. presided over by
Gustave Straubenmiller. Assistant Superintendent
Of New-York Schools. the following papers were
read: How Should Literature Aid the Objective
Study Of Nature?" by ": j. Timmons; Of New W.
Lyman II Hoysrodt; Mature Study with II.
y nS% ha San Be BY Done
Nature Study In a Crowded city School," by Hima
of tho Buffalo School of Pedagogy, presided. The
subject Means of Accusing the Imagination"
sion. Mr.. scudder said The highest type of
imaginative activity-that which Tyndall refers to
bounded ana conditioned by co-opcrant reason
LENDS itself In we-regulatcd minds TO the will.
This form CT imaslning power is more or less ar.
as u semi-dormant capacity unless aroused and
trained
ART TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
The eighth semi-annual meeting of the New
York State Art Teachers Association. which is
being held in conjunction with the State Teachers
Convention. opened at O'Clock. II was preceded
by an Informal gathering to secure membership
certificates. Edward Farrell. Assistant Superin-
tendent Of Schools. and Mrs. Edward II. Hewitt.
or the Public Education Association made adj
dresses of welcome. Walter 5. Goodnough director
Of drawing in the BROOKLYN schools ana president
Of the association delivered an address on Art
Education in a Great city"
Mr.. Goodnough said
TO one who thinks Of and looks at art only
from the technical side. or from the studio point
OF view. 1t may seem absurd to think of art edu-
cation. or of ART in connection with the public
schools. TO those who have for twenty -nve years
or more made study of the best that has been
done In different sections of this country and
abroad. the whole subject is full of nope and prom
ise Practically. only through the schools are all
at an unreasonable age apprcciative public
may be trained 10 be lovers of the beautiful in
nature and in art. Through the public school sys-
tenn We have the grandest opportunity that was
ever given to carry love of the beautiful into
man, woman and child Of the and '''0" o' every
% A discussion. What Is Involved in Scheme
c 9So%d Tor pos p%o Wasr p of
Gfector OF the department Of the fine arts Pratt
B1ICdsst Syracuse superintendent Of Schools IS
college, AeSe DSdnH nd dco nd hy left
ground of the Battle of Harlem Heights and of
KnrsbrGrs Hsig Sampaign on Washington and
K rS,e 8, Drive after leaving the Park and paid
next High Bridge and walked over the aGe SLDye
then continued to kingsbridge. Fort independence
whired over into Westchester along the road that
ne ne Continentals used in the retreat to White
EVENING SESSION
In the evening there an address by the Hon.
Charles r. Skinner. State Superintendent Of Public
instruction. and the rest of the time was devoted
to gymnastic exhibitions. MIR. SINNERS address
was, in part, follows
1T is appropriate that the educators of our State
should assemble in this fair city. While congratu-
atng, as we do most heartily. the Board of Educa-
the teachers. the pupils of Greater New York on
the work here accomplished and contemplated:
thusiasts and workers. presidents professors
superntendents. officers commissioners and teach
in the discussion Of The Schools and the State T.
seek an answer to each of TWO questions: First.
the State? Second, What has the State the right
70 expect from the schools?
clear as the sunlght-that schools and education
the schools In everything pertaining to i its lie
and power The State Is paramount. No division or
can possibly equal the State wbehr the aa BE-
monaTchial. republican or democratic in its gov
thorty belongs TO the State. inheres in it always
must be Its preroga,ye for Its exercise the state
State must acknowledge its authority must sub
init to 1t. must defend and uphold IT, CONFUSION
is to perpetuate Itself The Welfare Of its people
the support of its institutions It's honor among the
nations are solemn obligations binding the State to
enact such laws enforce such control, provide such
duration To secure this the State must In every
way possible. promote the intelligence and culture
Of its subjects. Its control over the education Of
its people is absolute. It's obligation to. provide
educa ton is imperative. 1t can never safely sur
render its control nor honoraby evade its oblga-
ton
Let the State OF New York express Its gratitude
In suitable school buildings and grounds for the
children In generous salaries to teachers and SUI
pervisory officers. and II will build monument
worthy of its name and fame.
The State has a right to demand from the
schools that children be trained first Of all, TO thor
ough mastery Of the studies in the elementary
course. Less than this schools ough, not to ex-
pect TO give. Every pupil In every school in the
State OF New-York ought 20 he required TO master
that course before school life Is With ele-
mentary studies : the foundation. pupils may go
onward and upward IN their education. but the
foundation in every instance be laid strongly,
honestly thoroughly. But with these stAdies
should be taught courtesy OF manner. polteness OF