New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-03
HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES.
THE HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL socIETY's
ALLEGATIONS DENIED.
A REPORT FROM THE JOINT COMMITTEE DE-
CrAREs THAT THE GIRLS ARE NOT CON-
PEELED TO WORK TOO HARD-AGAINsT
ANY CHANGE IN THE COURSE

c1AREs THAT THE GIRLS ARE NOT CON-
PEELED TO WORK TOO HARD--AGAINsT
ANY CHANGE IN THE COURSE
OF STUDY.
The attack which the Homeopathic Medicai 30
ciety recently made on tho course OF STUDY AZ '"e
Girls High School has come to nothing 80 iar as
present appearances are concerned INC 30,
clans obtained q hearing from the Joint Commi''eo
on Health Studies and the Girls High Schooi, a'
which their Views were expressed, but al yes'e'-
days meeting Of tho Board OF Education 'he nv
committees reported unanimously asai"S' on.
change In the course OF study. on tho grouno 'ia'
II compared favorably with tho curriculum IN hie"
schools of other cities. and was not 100 'e
Tho effect OF the doctors protest was SEEN nov"
ever In the continual cropping out through INC
meeting of motions regarding health IN 'he puo'''
schools. -, .-or,
As soon as the Board met communication ~
Dr. Herbert Dana Schenck was reau' ia VIII
doctor supplemented the protest OF the 'o''0
.s,o con,a,v With some views OF his own. lie de-
c,ared that the want Of elasticity In the way MAJ
,ers are conducted made the schooi haoio u.o
than the Boys High School, ana aooeu. W."
the general method Of government anu u''ep
so far as have been able to ascertain Is aS ms
IN the boys school as in the girls there ID "'uo
less attention paid In the former scnooi " '
details and netty rules which serve 10 "ofi! an"
rar the girls without producing any benefciai re-
suits A., r,rc,
nv scbenck criticised Mr. Patterson, the primer
nal for his statement that he proihoteu ms e.
dents at a rating of from IS TO 70 per cent "nu
said that a student should not be promo'e' va
average Of IS unless the examination was iui,
oa,c, ouestions He declared that the girls ia'ieu
% rot nroper exercise, and suggested mat III uo
fault OF money to equip gymnasium ieI'"io III
structor should be employed 10 iooh ai'e, Wv
rbvsical welfare of tho pupils. and tha' inns ~
s,ructor be q physician Mr.. Patterson hHu ~
that two hours home work was all that was re-
,u,red but inquiry among parents hau eiio"" .'
., uas much more He concluded by Gazing a''e"-
Ito, ~ the fact that Packer Institute had en-
,,ovoa n female instructor to form classes III oaS-
Let-bal .,,
Professor Franklin w. Hooper, for tho JIM
Committee on Health. Studies and the ui''s i'e
School read a report, signed by all lhe '"e "n,
NJ tho committee except two, VINO were a
fro,, sc hearings IN which the protest OF the ooc
,ors was considered. The report was sigheu os
Er,nklin w Hooper. Horace +. Dresser John ii''l-
rican George II. Fisher. John y Cuiyer' mem
Mel can Algernon s. Higgins. lsabei NJ C"ap'
Elizabeth H. Perry. Charles A Bn''rck No.
plack lanes, Il. Bouck, John j. Cosah anu
- II uamlin OF these three are physicians
ms Harrgan Mclean and Black The ioi'o"-
ing are extracts from the report: 49,, so,oo,
Tho courses of study in the Girls High ounoo,
a. mGt in all nrstciass high schools In TINS coun
try and the number Of subjects purSiutu es fhan
the number pursued in 80 per cent OF ,e s,mdv are
schools in the country the courses orr ,aIn,es OF hc
60 81 New; York and to meet the standa.Ius I
CURED by The STATE % sod Subjects pursued
@ oro zine in the Girls High School1that H.
subjects excIu s OF work il freaured only three
The number OF rectations OF torty- dnIy sxieen
zach Student in the Girls High School mas for oe the S
& Gran 10 study at home. as reported Dy to
eo girls in the school is ner day for each
Uorr,nr dav in the week Four-httns %, VI. amonnt
Ss The Girls i Ugh ns sGh f%o T hours per
OF The nhyscians before the commute. tnhS Was
tes'n nee much TIE physicians stated furnet ,h Of
they had evidence TO snS~ b una INJURED by over
SUI or iniudicous study was greater IN chnos
than other cities or greatefr his ' cy The phys
cions presented evidence that ue .ns Greater
cases Of injury 10 the eyes que The number of pupils
b pmrsue their studies through the beh
school and nd the the G nHS Of 81 has y
fold in the last ten yeaTs IL Is, f nndicous or
ina stndy or of eye-strain ten years ago t tho
should be an increased number OF cases a. INV
presGn In ,hn Judgment and belief Of the commute
that in spite OF the care ho a whose health and
eyesight have been injured by S these have
wise methods Of study sur sh at an early hour study
Deen III ,nsmficent and artificial light before par
ii.t - fo1d and have thereby Injured potn ~
~, and health that others nave peeI IN, ~, at
habit Of studying at rF bsve been in the habit
n5ns directly from their school WoLk W s
sstndy al home and that by STUDYING WIN. that
en; EXERCISE have impaired their heaI. IN nd
hers spend so large an amount OF tneid d,',os ~
Vitality in social engagements or ~ hyrnnracticabie
- make progress In their stuiies ,in otbars
70 sn,,,d health impossible. and that sun a.,
oavee If ill-advscd ambition 70 ram 20
,ho;r classes than others develop an 90 Tho
,n,nd AT the expense OF a normal sio"'' % ~
body. -, -. o0orino some
The committees report ended oy onerine ~ IN.
-oso,,,,ons OF which the following are the iho''
important: ~ - c,ro,os md
posolved That the committees on otuules "' 80
conjunction with the Supcrl1tel!ttcIt,-
Ii,.Sitn rne.rrcfion and hereby are duthoi ~
fuonc i',s rrcuIar relative 10 the proper methons
ard rules that should govern the stuui vi pu,rs
outside OF school hours and tnat such ,,ni,s h,,
30 Tiaced in the hands Of parents ana PuP'is ~
Drincipals and teachers at their uIs .hir po,rd
PResolved That in the Judgment OF ehis t,' s;r
,-ovIs,on should be made for more exercise ny -
fents in the Girls High School ana 'nat y; ~
nos;,r1 should re constructed on lana au1acens ~
the Girls High School Building. as an ihoisPe"'"
HE part of the school equipment.
Iater IN the session Agernon s. higgins mo'eu
-. TO Committee on Health investigate ana re-
-. che number OF classrooms In the SCHOOLS OF
~ c,tv where artificial light Is used inc inouoh
was carried. ..ora -,oved that a shed
Iioi hicvcjes he purchased for the Girls hngn
School The motion was vigorously oppUseu "a
Henry W. Maxwell, on the ground OF ehp sahia' ras
iection that tho expense would De only Aoou' ''''