New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-06
HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS.
FROM THEM sEvENTY-FlvE TEACHERS
WILL. DE CHOSEN FOR THE HIGH
SCHOOLS.
ARRANGING FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
AND FITNESS TO DE TIE CHIEF 0oN'
sIpERAr.oNs--A TALK WITH THE PRlN-
CrPAr OF THE BOYS SCHOOL.

SIpERAT.ONS-A TAl<h Win AAiN
cIPAL OF THE BOYS SCHOOL.
Each Of Ncw-York's three high schools will have
q CORPS OF not more than twenty-five teachers since
the capacity Of the buildings 10 DC assu .e''p
ro,ily will no; permit OF the admission OF moie
than about eight hundred pupils in each schoo'
1'bus there arc sevonty-nve teachers TO De ap
Dointed Already more than nine hundred persons
have fled applications and the task OF Seieo'e
from this large number the men anu "o s
needed 10 teach the various departments Ia
ncw schools will devolve on the board OF supe,'
.,oro.r,s md the principals already appointeo
7, Ca No, nm easy task that lies before thef' ou'
a, O. he,evod that the sitting process VIII resu'' !"
tho selection OF an excellent stan Oh e.' 49,
tho high schools. II 1t is not an iiius'r".'o" "a ~
survival of the nttest." II VIII not DC i''
searching examinations 10 oe'e''
tions OF the applicants. 1900, s,oI
no al mon and those for the girls schoo! a''
women Is q point yet 10 be detern'i"e"' am 49,,
are some differences OF opinion anohs 'no'1 vs."
will have 70 decide the question. lhete 10 ~
doubt however that In the schoo! Tor boys a'u
girls in what used 10 be called tho ahheNeu o
,r,c, both men and women will be employed as
teachers Some educational experts are convinced
that the presence of perhaps hall dozen woi"a"'.
women as one OF them puts H. wou'o nav.
wholesome influence IN school for boys anu my
have no doubt that a percentage OF the 'hs'
In n school for girls should be men, a.,
Tho examinations for assistant teachers TOT l'e
n,eh SCHOOLS Will begin on June 70 al the III!
College Under the rules proposed Os 'i.o 20.
School Committee OF the Board OF Eoucatio"' ou'
not yet adopted by the board ana 'nereioie
feet to change. to be three Glasses vi as
s,stant teachers with salaries as follows FIRST as
sis,ants from 1900 10 5000 second assis'' u
SO0 10 $1,000; third assistants, sSVo 10 Sl'fV' ~
number OF FIRST assistants Will be limited 10 'iieo
in each school the number Of second ASSISTANTS
stx ubiia N
min No nc many as may be needed. First assistants
ms, have had eight years successful experience
IN teaching three Of these as class teachers IN INC
spec,al subject which they propose 10 teacn soo
ond assistants, five years experience TWO IN 'iie
.nec,al subject: third assistants three years ex-
per.ence in teaching
Oral. AND WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS.
The examinations will be both written and oral
A frs, assistant In Latin. Greek. mathematics
English or history must be a graduate OF coliese
AZ university and all assistants. except the teach
era OF stenography. drawing. music poohheep",s
sewing cooking. French and German must NC
graduates OF a normal school, coi'esc VI ~
cal school. ., .u, ha
The studies In which the examinations VIII De
,a,a bava been divided into eighteen groups anu
the examination will relate not only 70 the man,
subject in each group. but TO several correia'e'
subjects , uoo,oo,,
The groups include physics. chemistry zooioe!
physiology, botany pnyS!N"l 6eob'"p"''
language Latin, Greek. French language uei"'a''
LANGUAGE arithmetic American history oooKKeep
ING s,enocraphy music. physical training anu
craving AS examples of correlated suplec'S, ''o
examina. IONS In physics will relate also 10 che"
,stry arithmetic Including the metric SYSTEM
alesbra geometry and plane trisonometry; that III
zoology will Involve knowledge of physiology botany
and chemistry and that in physical geography wiz
include reference to geology mlneraiosy' p"!'N'
chemistry and solid geometry.
Candidates for teacherships will be examined III
The group that includes the special subject they
desire to teach and In English. and they VIII aso
he required TO furnish evidence. diplomas. etc., VI
chair scholastic attachments In the hnal result sue
cessful experience in teaching Will be cohsuereu'
7, win be observed that in the conditions iald
down there Is no bar against teachers already con-
neeted with the public schools In this city hVi-
IDENTIFY the authors of these regulations nave Deeh
animated solely by the desire to get the best each-
ers possible IN starting the important EXPERIMENT
about 10 be tried. The examinations are open u
all the teachers Of the country VINO can meet 'he
conditions laid down. $1,000
TIE high school principals. John T. buchanah
Iohn G. Wright and Edward j. Goodwin, have been
I'm the city for the last few days, ana nave peeh
busly engaged with the High School Noih'ni''ee
of the Board Of Superintendent, OF when Dr A r.
Marble Is chairman in arranging for the exaTina-
ton of teachers adjusting the course OF study
etc and they will soon be called on TO give at
tention TO the important question OF TEXTBOOKS.
They look forward to busy summer heIc' anu
hardly expect 10 have any vacation Iheir pres
ence and active work have confirmed the favor
able impression created by their visits 70 New
York when they were under CONSIDERATION a9 O"i'"'
dates for principalships.
PRINCIPAL BUCHANAN'S EXPERIENCE
commemorative Of The Tribune had a long talk
with Mr. Buchanan on Thursday afternoon the
principal Of the Boys High School comes TO new
York from Kansas City, where for ten years ne
has been principal of the largest high schoo III
the West and the largest In the country with the
exception Of the Girls High School In brooklyn
Mr. Buchanan Is about fifty years old. and has
heen engaged In teaching for twenty-five years
IJa was born near Natural Bridge, Va, but early
made his home in Missouri he pursued MS coheee
course IN than one INSTITUTION ana was
anay graduated from Central College. In that
state While In college he began 20 teach Suisse
ouentiy he took course in law, and was adin"ted
70 the bar He decided however TO devote his
life to teaching. and was for five years engaged IN
the high school at Carrolton, Mo-
Then he went 70 Kansas City, and at his own
request. and with the purpose OF broadening his
experience in teaching, was made prlhclpai OF d
Grammar school where he had the oversight OF
both the grammar and primary grades After
this he became principal Of the high school, which
grew amazingly under his direction increasing
from about six hundred pupils 10 nearly two thon-
sand Mr. Buchanan gave special attention 10 the
A,ting OF students for college. and the Kansas City
High School ir on the Est Of every college which
admits students on the certificate Of the prepare
tory school The principal institutions to which
students from the Kansas City High School have
been sent are Yale In the East ana Aich,gan Uni
vers.ty In the West.
AR buchanan Is a man OF fine appearance and
engaging manner. In the course of the CONVERSE
ton he SAID
IN NETWORK FOR LIFE.
Il resigned as principal Of the Kansas City school
ON May l5 and since then have been in the employ
of New-York City. In coming here feel that
am settling down for life. supposed that was
going 10 stay in the West, and had just bought
house IN the city which has been my home for
the lest seventeen years. when this call came 70
me. have long felt that II could come TO New