New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-21
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS.
BROOKLYN WILL TRY THE SUMNER VA
CATION SCHOOL SYSTEM.

BROOKLYN WILL Try The ~ +h-"@''
CATION SCHOOL SYSTEM,
CROWDED PRIMARY DEPARTMENTS-THE GREAT
NUMBER OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES FOUND
AMONG sCHOoI,-CH:LDRBN.
. vacation school sounds odd and paradoxical'
since vacation is supposed to be the cioss %
But n vacation school means a summer schoo'' anu
Prooklyn has about made up her nina 10 try tie'i
this wear Mrs Mary A Bracket is the presue"'
o. the Brooklyn Association for Promoting Naca-
,ton Schools and she is endeavoring 10 nave d siN
weeks school from July Il to August T. where Nil
dercarten work, sewing. carpentry. moueiihs i"
CLAY and drawing will be taught. Inc assooI''''0
is willing 10 pay $1,000 for the running expenses Oh
,be school which is about the sum required. MIS-.
1rackatt and a committee Of ladies have aireaoy
epneared before the Brooklyn School BoaIo an.
have asked for the use OF schoorooms III uiiio' 80
parts of the city for the purpose OF carrying W.
thelr pan "a ~ regular textbook work will be
Sn me ci s,nplementary reading taking It's place Eve
gla1es s S1 ending with pupils fourteen years OF
age Public Roara favored the va
most entirely. The scnooi hoafa iA'''eN
cation plan.
CHILD STUDY WORKERS.
,-,Aar ~ Nav-York educators Will attend the
.o,f.rcnca OF Child Study Workers and tho Ch'id
Study Congress TO be held in Plymouth NJ
Cb,caso preliminary conference OF wot ,S no
efudontS and teachers Will NC -
Normal School April "a. and 26
TIL. Wednesday Club. of 81. Louis intenos u
support two OF its leading MEMBERSHIPS wilma"
p Ware and Mrs. J. c. Learned-as CANDIDATES
for the office Of school directors in the approaching
election According to new law women are
eligible for membership in the school, Board
.orh. extens,on of child study In the schools and
.,o kindergarten system and its amalg mation
Sr,,b the primary school system. is an interesting
problem said MIS- Imosen e Fa wcR all
study. Investigate and try 10 SOLVE
"a, the present time over one hundred ana sew
.ntv-hve kinder sartens are supported p9 III"
Greater New-York and several strong ASSOCIATIONS
are backing up the movement Inc .I.''u nos,,
and kindergarten questions seefa 10 al,oe Separ;
fveIv settle the question OF sex IN these uep
menu be OF Maternal instinct of lead them
70 success and TO train child IN the BEGINNINGS -
lie"
Misc Annie L. Jessup, supervisor Of sewing IN the
puhl,c schools is enthusiastic over me so'o WIZ
which Is being accomplished She especiahy iaVo's
.hn illustrated course by illustrating lesson 'he
,n,oher can more easily explain so that the pupil
IAN remember he best position for me nhe t -
hands Of the HrE the the Of Complicated
Tesgns and the many uses OF the heeoleS
,o.r woodhull of the Teachers Col
49,. r.commends a. more thorough study OF science
IN the public schools. There should De 'aiee
cultivation OF the perceptEe powSa ss hdren Would
comm99n- "arfectIv familiar with natural objects
and forces.
-. ,he chief topics Of conversation to-day In
800, crces 1. the coming Child Study Congress IN
Chicago and the part which Metropoh'ah iee'elS
IT., ,ake IN II, The various school associations are
sure to be repressen'eg be elecfed as delegates
ybo
,,, tho leading teachers and associations VINO
are working for increase In salaries ~, 49,.
- e rogers president OF the Association OK
RIiirmary Schools Miss Aida Wliams, and
.he Wsrv MacGowen. president OF the Fr""ai'
Teachers Associa'lO"'
$1,000. ~o-,s,ia c. Bedford. formerly president
~, ne New-York School of Cookery and now pres
49,, NJ the Theological Club oene'e' '"'l Inc
scnool-chdren should be take sar mnshrooms un-
Der the leadership of an expert
,,,.rs NJ san Francisco want TO place d
o,, "a Lincoln in Golden Gate farh Az"
,a ,be echool-c hidren 10 help them. Tvet :,
child contributing % cents VIII PRESIDENT
bearing a likeness OF the ha''''''
, evening school for women wh'ch was
o,lned a. No. 22s East Fifty-seven'h-st mas ' sn
remarkably we'll patronized Inc "on.." ~, ,hn
district are pathetically eager u pm ,tt
instruction alLOIutu ~ - r.sd
IN eye are classes In EngNAh III pom 80
" I'd vIritinQ and lessons are gwen !" 'e
raphy and dressmakihe'
7. "a ,rteres,ing TO note the enthusiasm eSpieS'e"
~, ,io os,eren Of the public schools in the educa,
tioool movement OF the South Tor inc uPiii''7 ~
~. co,ored noonlc Miss Emily Wilson OF inc
NavesviIle IS c. School, whose hedoI rs aising
sre In the Bible House ana VINO ~, - cha 1ni .
funds IN his city for her WORK says Una IA Rows
more encouragement from schooi k 1viieon viii
fhan from almost any quarter MISS " 80 -. bar re-
speak IN some Of the Harlem schoo'S oe
turn 10 Mayesvilie.
OF the s9s children examined IN primary -
rnen,s Of grammar schools and primary a'u go
rochial schools during the last weeh. 200 49,
found to be physically unht for school ,, fever
cases Of measles diphtheria scs'ied sious
Group 2 whoopnR cough, ~ nunlps' " ,ho mead
eve diseases l69 parasitic disease, % dtsS ases
~ The body II chickenpox and 10 skin oisease''
There s a .aucable movement ""'o'e .oa,,o
for the decoration Of schoolrooms WIN rep ouuS
lions of art nasterpeces There Is DANGER mo a.
x-aeress of the movement may bs seriously
enrred II an indiscriminate accumulation or pr" to
instance have been asked TO brihs IN III Suoh
fo.