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pristion has been made they shall sppor-
tion the available funds to the several de-
partments Of school work ss represented
by the officers and standing committees
authorized to control them, subject to
the approval of the school Committee.
Among other things the executive COM
miitee shall have power to act In behalf
of the school Committee In all cases OF
emergency not otherwise provided for
by the bylaws. 1hey shall advise the
Superintendent In the discharge OF the
duties of his office. They shall purchase
all books and other supplies necessary for
the use of the schools, Except furniture,
house furnishing "a, sno jsnitors' supplies),
and shall make all necessary arrange
men,s for handling and distributing the
same, iocluding the employment of such
em ployees as may be necessary, and may
appoint purchasing agent for such sup
plies.
Unhsmpered as IL Is by outside In
reference, and composed ss 1t is-with
but few exceptions-of capable men, the
School Committee 10 now in position to
do good work. On the othsr hand there is
danger of it's abusing its power. Both
facts have been demonstrated since the
passage of the new school act by the
General Assembly last September. Mis-
takes have been made in the matter OF
appointments, and the members admit it.
1t is equally true tnst desirable changes
have been brought about. For instance,
the reduction OF the mem bership OF the
sub-oommittee on grammar aDn primsry
schools from ten TO i've, which at fret was
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ing authority to subordinate bodies grew
in favor me details Of the public school
management were gradually given over
to tho committee with full power. sill
tho msttsr Of salaries Of teachers and
other scpool officers wss kept very closely
in hand by tne council and Its joint
sisnding committee OF educsticn until
year ego when the fall sdminisirs,ion
Of the entire systsm wss plicod in the
HANDS of the school Conmittee, the coun-
ell being deprived Of ell power except
thst of making the annual appropriation
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man on committee of thirty would h
powefless. M
Building Interests.

There is no city of Importance, east Of New
York, that is showing the building enterprise
that Providence is showing and has been
showing for the past two years. And thas
is not the best of it. There is every indica-
tion that the next two years will show an
hitherto unknown boom in real estate com.
prising pretentious buildings right in the
heart Of the city. This statements Is war;
ranted by the inquiries made at the inspec-
tor of buildings office almost daily. The in'
ouiries are made by capitalists and respons-
ible architects, and IL half the plans now afoot
are carried out the city will be close on the
heels of its big sister little more than ~
miles away. The building district witt bs
mainly confined TO the streets, having direct
communication with the new railroad station
now nearing completion and the growth will
have tendency westward. Even st the
present time the desirability of the cross
streets is being made manifest by the several
new buildings and alteration of old ones
from Cathedral Square to Dorrance street.
Exchange Place will be an attractive spot
for capitalists and after the removal OF the
old railroad station there will be n big space
for public or private buildings. Then there
;s lots of room west OF the new station that
certain capitalists are having their business
eyes on and substantial structures will oc-
cupy convenient sites there II national iegis-
alton is enacted to warrant stable condition
of business for some years to come Congress
il looked TO for relief and IL it Is afforded
providence.wll give practical demonstration
of confidence All the dealers in building
material feel that the coming year Will show
n decided change for the better in every direc-
tion and they are stocking up with that belief
firmly fixed.
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and have been added TO give the pupil
the training which he must have to start
successfully in the business world under
the modern order OF thi rs. For Instance
the graduate fr1m the commercial high
school is a stepographer anu typewriter
and will have the desired training which
hitherto the so-csiled business colleges
have monopolized. The objec' to be at
tanned by such en- ideal institution as the
Providence Manusl Trgining High School
is very obvious. The graduate from that
course has practicsl training iD the use
of tools and a working knowledge of the
trades and also good English education.
he serves bis apprenticeship before lesv-
ing the school.
The girls graduating from the high
school of this city may enter Nellesl Y
or Boston University without taking the
preliminary examination, and the boys
may enter any college or university in
New England, with the exception OF
Harvard and Ysle, under the san q
conditions. Harvard and Yale will not
admit the graduates Of any preparatory
school upon certificate.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

grammar and arithmetic. although regu-
lar spelling book 10 also used, that moth
ing may be lost.
Iv.--At certain periods In the child's
school life. known as Culture Epochs, his
mental condition warrants the teaching
of certain subjects more than others.
These periods srs from one to three years
apart according to the development OF the
pupil. 1t is q waste of energy to bring In
subjects before the mind 10 ready for
them. and It 10 also q loss of opportunity
to wait until that time IL passed. II 10
useless to attempt to teach mathematics
during the early years when the child's
interest is In words and therefore ready
for the reading works. The number
faculty comes to the average pupil when
be is about eight or nine yesrs cid, and
for the next three years the work In
arithmetic sboud be pushed. Psnmsn'
ship during the first three years would bs
Q waste of time, but in the next three q
great deal OF time should be devoted I oft
90 that the child may learn to write
we'll automatically before there is much
work in composition. II is mistake to
let renmanship wait until 1t becomes q
necessity.
V.-The Hsrbartians condemn memory
by repetition a. being tiresome and dead
Going to the .interest--a mechanical
method BY which the form IL retained
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owing receive

qlgev is GO y. ewing receive
q, ,252.s3.
Two supervisors Of physisl training re-
ceive u, 500.
In addition TO the teachers classified %
above, there are four critic teachers In the
grammar grade, nineteen In the primary
and one in the Kindergarten. There are
at the present time fifty pupil teachers
and ffty-nine members of the specisi
class In the State Normal School qualify
ing themselves for the work OF teaching.
These figures relative to salaries are
from the latest reports, and, slShough the
expenditures are never the same for
any two years or terms, they give an sp-
proximate idea of the matter.
The real estate of the School Department
IL the most valuable In the possession
of the city. According to the assessors
| valuation the land is worth e425, l37.00
and the buildings 81, ,5S6, 200.
Ii 10 divided by school ldistricts - fol'
lows:
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com mittes on spportionmsnt, which is
particularly important now that the
school Committee Is to have the control
of its own appropriation, shall annually
prepare estimates OF the amounts required
for the several departments and report to
the School Com mittee In February and
request the committee on relations with
the City Council to report the estimates
with tho request that corresponding
appropriation be made. After the splro-
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for appointment TO the teaching forss.
Superintendent Tsrbsll 10 an advoeaoe
Of the present committee systsm. Ne
says that by sIectins members ssprsssns-
ing all parts of the city the sxscutivs
officer Of the Department may lssru
through than the needs Of each section
better than be could In any other way.
Furtbermors On undesirable member on .
board OF seven or eleven members might
do the system some harm. bot that same
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

considered to he In the interests Of ring
rule, has proved to be an actual improve
ment. AS explsined by Rev.Mo Bixby
government by q committee Of ten was
really government by q single member, 40
in ell sppointm meDts Of tsschers each one OF
the ten was, by q tscit understanding,
given full control for his own ward, and
mis- appointments were always confirmed
by the other nine members without
question. The COMMITTEES Of I've is APP
pointed without regard toward lines. and
they sss % whsls On each application
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
ing ana psumsn.hip, committee on sdu-

ing ana peumsnship, COMMITTEES on sdu-
cation Of blind, deaf and feebls-minded
children, committes on evening schools.
executive committee, committee on pri-
mary and grammsr schools, committee
on high schools, committee on hygiene,
committee on music, COMMITTEES on pri-
vste schools, committee on relations to
tho City Council, COMMITTEES on school
houses, committee on summer schools
and committee en- text books.
The duties Of each sub-committee are
prescribed By article 4 ecths py.lsws. 1hs
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

which shall be appointed by some general
officer rather than elected By the people,
is the more modern system and the ar
gumeuts in ite favor are that responsible
ity may be more surely located and that
the public schools are, "tsken out OF
politics." The idea Of limited bosrd Is
a popular one and some Of it's strongest
advocates are members OF the school
committee now in office.
Colonel Henry v. A. Joslin, who has
seryed fourteen years on the school CON-
mittee and who was the originator OF the
fres text book system for this city, Is in
favor of q board of education on general
principles and would advocate its adop-
tion under certain conditions. AS IL Is,
however, he thinks that the present ar
rangement should oe given fair trial.
But to go back to the experiment.
TIE schotl committee has been prscrti-
ally reorge nized to conform with the
change nations, and has divided the
new Re po sibillitiss and the new duties
by 81 III further delegation OF authority
TO sub-com NJ ittees.
By this very subdivision, W hich enables
the pubic to fix the responsibility for
each part OF the work upon small
group OF men, the principal sdvantags
4 the bosrd of ecuca,ion is to great
extent obtained. The sub-oommittees are
as follows. the name OF each indicating
the nature Of the business referred to it:
Committee on accounts, committee on
annual report, committee on spportion-
ment, committee on by-iaws, COMMITTEES
on domestic science, committee on draw
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for the department without having any
voice a. to its expenditure.
1t IN In the exercise OF the recently DEL
egsted authority BY the COMMITTEES that
the experiment consists. II 1t 10 failure
the next step will bs the sboiishmsnt Of
the com mittes altogether and the estsb-
lishmsnt in its place OF board Of sduos-
tion.
Management by such Q board, limited
In its mem bership to eleven at the most,
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and the substance lost. Memory by asso-
cistion sis advocated.

AS a rule the teachers comprehend the
significance of such an underlying pripci-
pie for tnsir work,snd an appreciation OF
the reasons for II makes their task more
than a dull routine monotony. One of
the encouraging festurss is that the
teachers show a disposition TO study and
understand these fundamental ideas-the
philosophy Of the thing-whiIe dozen
years ego any such Interest on the part OF
On instructor in the public schools was
almost un heard OF.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

Providence harbor can be entered safely
by ships drawing % feet Of water. at all sea-
sons OF the year. 1t is the most accessible OF
any in New England, and large crafts can ind
safe anchorage at all times. Ships FROM the
port of Providence are l6 hours nearer Liver
pool than are those from the port OF New
York. Cargoes can be docked In Providence
nj less cost OF all port charges than in either
Boston or New York.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

The ,otal cost of the public school, for
the last fiscal year was s527, 42o.91, which
wss divided as follows: Sllsriea s3s5,-
535.62; general expenses, S73 s5l.50; even
ing schools, salaries and all incidental ox-
pensts, s29, ,9s3. ~; jsuitors and janitors'
supplies, $50, 10000.
A pettsr understanding OF the extent OF
the school work and Of tie size of the
army OF Instructors may bo had by a
further division of the ilrst item, 1884,
1862, into the amounts called for by the
teschers of the several grades.
Tho salaries OF the superintendent and
his assistants Mt the school headquarters
In City Hall amount to 0Leo.
There are seventy teachers In the high
schools and the sggregste of their salnr-
les ia ses. .7Os. so.
In the thirteen rrsmuisr schools there
are one hundred aud fifty-sight teachers
whose sslsriss amount to si23, 1887.
In ffty-nine primary schools there ere
two hundr 4 and forty-sia teachers VINO
rscsiv, s15i .ss5.7i.
In twelve public kindergsrteus twenty
three teachers receive anuusily, s9,ssIii.
tise teachers of music geceive ti,7J2.5l
Four supervisors of drawing receive
"a, 500.
Two teachers Of cooking rscsive Il, SOL
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Splendid Public Schools
of the Town.
System Based on Broad Fun
damental Principles.
Something About the School Prop
erty, Officials and Teachers.

No other city department appeals so
much to the general interest Of the COM
munity a. does it's school system. To give
q condensed statement Of it's methods.
finances, and management is tine purpose
OF this article.
A system that Is worth anything must
bs founded on certain principles, and
those that underlie the workings OF the
Providence Public School System are the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

algebra, one in >srithmstic and one in
physics, last half of second year, physics;
third year. frat three quarters, geometry,
last quarter, trigoncmstry. There are no
mathematics for the fourth yssSs In the
high school,
According to the testimony of the pro-
fsssors at Brown University the best
qualified students VINO enter that insti-
tuition are those whose preparatory train
ing has been acquired In tue Providsncs
schools. There are practically four high
schools when the course of stdty rather
than the building 10 considered. The
classical, the English, the commercial and
the manuel training. The first OF these 10
the same 40 1t always has been, for the
requirements are unchanged. The English
course has been sufficiently broaoeped
and developed SO that . student who
takes Ii, will, at graduation, DO fitted TO
enter any polytechnic school in the
country. The distinction between the
girls and the boys course In the Eng
lish high has been done away with and
each requires four years for completion.
All of the nigh school courses now re-
quirs four years with the exception OF
the commercial and that has bsen ex'
tended from two to three.
The com mercial and the manual train
ing are offshoots of the English course
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26
Lighting.

The Narrsgansett Electric Lighting Com
pany, has plant for lighting. heating or TO-
power to ths extent of a. 600 or more no .
power. The Providence Gas Company die
tributes about eoo.ooO.ooe cubic fest Of 80
annually.
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Hospitals

The Rhode Island Hospital. r. ]. Homoo-
pathic Hospital. st. Joseph's. Hospital and
Providence Lying.in Hospital with the But
ler ASYLUM for the Insane are located in
Providence. and there are 80 active charitable
socfefies.
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f425, l37 90 q, ,5S6, 700 90 s2,oi1, ,sS7

s425, 1877 90 l1,5s6, 700 90 &2,ol1, 1897 90
The total area of the land In all dis
tricts 10 1,4sO, 1873 square feet.
These values do not include the new
high school buildings and the Broad
street grammar school.
The immediate needs OF the department
are for four-room primary school
building in the First ward, q six-room
primary in the Second, four-room pri-
mary in the Third north Of Branch avenue
and an eight-room primary instead OF
four on Gladstone avenue. and in the
Tenth ward larger sccomodations are need
cd at Msnton and on Hendricks street.
The present facilities in wards 4, 8, g, z,
s and 8 are sufficient.
The school population In the present
enjoyment of all these free facilities may
be classified as follows, according to the
enrolment for the first quarter OF the
present school year; In the hiRh schools,
1,5S3; in the grammar schools, B. 10; in the
primary schools los; In speoi,i shools,
2I7, IA kindergarten schools, 76l. Total,
81, ,739.
The pu blic school depsrtmsnt SO far as
the system by which ii is controlled is
concsrncd is at the pr sent time iD an ex-
detrimental stage, and Sdminis ration by
general COMMITTEES slectec by the people
of the several wards is having its fissl
test ia Lila city.
Government by neral committee is.
la itself, 10 experiment for that msthoo
has been in operation since the edopion
of tire city charter In 1882 when a COM
mittee OF twenty.one ~ers elected, three
from each,o the Xix wards thcn existing
and tarts ss meiu bers eX-oificio. TIE
mum her has been changed from time to
time, partly 10 couform 10 the increase in
the mum Der or wards. ana partly tecause
of the changes 10 the authorized repre-
sentatien for given district. At one
time the membership was sky and from
that IL was scaled down gradu lily, oy
the passing of seter4l elections as the
different terms expir 8, until the present
membt rship OF ,hi,ty wss re- ched.
At fret the powers Of the COMMITTEES
were gerry limitei and the WORK OF
that boay consisted cyiefiy in per
forming the duties assigned by ths City
Council. Bot "a tire 2 incpls OF deleg {
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The lower grades have oeen shaped to
grow along the lines Of modern and prsc-
tical work and to dovetsil in with the new
developments of the high .chool, and in
terruption in the work of any class has
been reduced to the minimum by the es-
tabiisnment of the disciplinary schools
ana the migrated rooms where the
youngsters who would rather "cut up"
than study and those who are fr m
sickness or any other cause, behind in the
work of their classes may receive individ-
ual attention and become reinststed
without being drag on the others during
the process. The training of teachers has
kept pace with tho improved methods for
instruction. To sec ure position In the
grammar or primary grade tho applicant
must have had a high school educs-
tion, supplemented that with six
months training in the Normal school
and then nave served an nppren-
ticeship in pedagogy under critic
teacher. No ore but s.college graduate is
eligible to position on the teaching
force in the nigh school grade.
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Churches.

There are 70 Protestant c',n-chc- e rom'n
Cs'i oIc Cl,rrrhcs .nl lrN 'Hureiles
In Providcn,,.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-26

To take what Is perhaps the mosi
practical Of all the studies for illustation
the following Is the course OF mnthe-
matte, from the time that the child, in
his fifth yesr, enters til primary school
until he graduates from one Of the high
schools thirteen years later: Erst year,
learning to count to ten. to recogniz,
n um ers az make combinations; second
year, learning to count to twenty; third
yesr, learning to count TO one thousand;
fourth year. examples in addition, sub
traction aud multiplication in figures
under ten tboussrd and protltms In
mental arithmetic Of not more tnsn two
steps; fifth year, m iplication and divis-
ion and the properties of numb bers; sixth
year, review Of the ia ndsmental rules
snd common fractions; seventh year,
decimal fraclions and compound nam
hors; eighth year, percentage and its ap-
plication; ninth and the last year In
grammar school, first half, general re-
view. second half, square root, monsur,-
tlon and srithmeiicsl progression; first
year in high school, English department,
four less 5ns q wtel. In sigetrl nnd one In
arithmetic; second year, fret quarter,
four lessons In algebra and one In srith-
mstic, second quarter, twe lessons In
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The child is expected to enter school in
his fifth year, eitner in Fe uary or Sep
tembsr, and from THAI time spends halt
year in each grade for eight years. The
highest grade of tie grammar school re-
quirts oil of the ninth year and Of course
in the high schools the grade or class IN
tervals are also one year In length. J. he
so-caIled intermediate grade has beeD
dropped out of the system or rather the
name of 1t has teen omitted from the
nomenclature OF the department. and the
princip pals who formerly presided over the
intermediate schools have been made
principals Of the primary schools while
their predecessors have continued to work
as subordinate teachers. For the snke of
uniformity the first year in school is called
the first grade and so ON Tor ell the nine
years below the high school. The method
3f 3fgracing. itsel', or arranging the classes
has been reversed Tor the beneIft Of the
younger cbiltren. The cid way was to
I'll, up the high grade rooms and work
down so that the surplus kept accumulst-
ing and was gnslly crowded into the low
est rooms and the little primary school
Children had to make the best OF 1t am
were often obliged to attend some other
school because of lack OF room in tire
building nearest their home. The present
method is TO grade from the bottom up
and the little ones are looked out for
fret, hich is a wise change in acc cordance
with the modern notion that the early
training is the most important in the
school life. This system is to be adopted
By the Boston School Committee next
September.
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The com mercial and the manual train
ing are offshoots of the English course
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-01

The &C" division of the Epworth
League entertained in an ENJOYABLE
manner its friends and members at an
entertainment and social at the church
last Tuesday evening. Miss Warner
presided, and to her and Mrs. Stevens,
much credit is due for the interesting
literary program, and many thanks are
due Miss Auss and Messrs Lyons and
Dunlap. members of asylum orchestra,
for the good musical program. All pres
ent had pleasant time.
Buy no more cheap shoes; they are
dear. But go to w. A. Bulls store and
buy pair of those celebrated Rocky
Mountain shoes. Every pair warranted
by John Scrowcroft g. Sons Co., of Og-
den, and w. A. Bull.
o. F. Smith, horticultural inspector
of district No. Z, in presenting the
tree-spraying receipt for the extermin-
alton Of fruit tree pests, omitted the
proportions in the formula Of the kero-
sene to be used. 1t should read: One
gallon of kerosene oil to 10 or IL oi
water. Mr.. Smith holds himself alone
responsible for the error as the copy
furnished THE NEWS was closely fol.
lowed.
Blue vitriol at Ben II. Fernish's.