New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-03
PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
THE STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
CONSIDERS VOICE-BUILD1NG AND
MUSIC IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

TIVE s1rR1Ecr OF coNrERRING THE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF GYMNASTICS WARMLY DIS
CussED BY THE INSTRUCTORS
EACH SECTION CROWDED.
TIL. sta.s Teachers Association will hold snort
business meeting this morning IN the Nofina
,aee sixty-seventh-st and Park-ave, ana theh liie
work Of the ffty-second convention WI, NC o
Work began yesterday at o'clock win s e,e'a
r,es.,ng IN the chapel President White presu'hs
After some matters Of business had been oisposeu
~ the subjects of vocal and physical culture "ei0
considered. .,,o, .d,
DIR. NJ August ReQua. supervisor OF phvs.cai eua.
cation made an address on that subject o"e ,.or,.
zone of the essential qualifications Oh e|ei!
..oche- should be a knowledge OF the theory ana
nrac.tce of physical culture, and our universities
should add a school OF physical culture 70 thei
emf equipment. This school should CONFER the u.
gree Of NJ G. (Aiaster of Gymnastics) upon Its grad
yates and those only who receive the degree siouu
be considered qualified to We special teachers OF TINS
subject.
"Tbe system used should be eclectic combining the
hest in all systems. and 1t should be the business "a
superyisors Of this bra5US Of education 10 hVes'-
eate all new methods ant plans and adapt them 70
the existing curriculum. These supervisors shouu
go control everything relating TO school hygiene.
Matchmaking should be part of physical culture,
as mans voice Is the result or the most "oiueiiu
muscular coordination. Physical training shouiu
nration and harmonious muscular development and
shou,d aid functional activity and mental develop
wont The educational gymnastics OF Ling (Swedishl
host secure these fine essentials. and nave usec
Them as the basis of the work in the public SCHOOLS
of Manhattan Borough. 49, -
In the discussion of Dr. Requas paper NiN' N"
Thayer Of Syracuse, sad
physical training Is a mental ana mora eu".a
,ion One of the primary results OF physical tram
ing Is decision. In everyday life we DO moi heea
added knowledge half as much as we need the oe
csion and courage 10 apply the knowieusc we ai-
ready possess to practical anairs' Fhysca 'i''''s
gives us decision, attention. added nerve and VIII
power
Dr. Henry Ling Taylor, speaking on the same SUD-
ject. said:
The aim of physical training In the public schools
Is 70 aid In fitting the pupil 10 give and receive the
greatest benefits from the conditions and the ac,vi
ties OF life In this does not differ from the oher
branches Of the curriculum OF which II should form
an integral and coordinate part
MUSIC IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The musical work in the public schools was
,,ustrated by chorus of boys from Gram
mar Schools Nos. 20 and 10, under the leauer-
ship Of Dr. Philip Grunenthal' ana by
choruses of girls from No. 6s and NO. o. conducted
nv Miss Charlotte Richardson and Miss Teresa }.
Pearson.
Miss Pearson's class appeared again in the music
section which met in the chapel after the ad-
tournament of the general meeting. paper was
read in this section by its president F. f. Howard.
On "Nusic In the Public Schools. Viewed By the
Teacher and as Viewed by the Musician" The
discussion was omitted. as il was in most Of the
other sections on account Of excursion up the
Hudson, which started at o'clock
HIGH SCHOOL CONGRESS-
The most interesting Of the sectional meetings
was the High School Congress- where Charles
Tvd,ev Warner had been scheduled to speak
PRINCIPAL WickeS. who presided
said he had been induced to ask Mr.. Warner TO
give this talk by sentence from one OF his writ
ings TO the effect that one may in time forget an
examination and forgive the examiner. Mr.. Warner
said:
THAT the educational machine is controlled by
examinations induces the seekers after knowledge
to walk along certain line-to seek to know GER
tain things not because 1t is desirable to know
them, but In order that he may pass his eXamna-
tons. / know men who have go, into Yale College
and Will eventually, no doubt, get out OF 1t, without
tSey dont Know Moses from Joshua They use
the textbook as a bridge, and most OF them pass
%in feet of cry OF any water
as ppord w ssans nass ecaon We
might be good idea TO have intellectual police
if' they really know anything"
addresses in The congress were made by
fessor Brainard Kellogg, of the Polytechnic In
Cornell University.
THE PRIMARY SECTION.
The primary section held its first session yester-
day. Miss Anna x. Eggleston presided. and there
were addresses by Professor a. s. Bowling, Mrs.
Jean McKechnle Ashton. of Buffalo, and Miss Mary
Laing of Oswego.
Mrs Ashton spoke on Recent Changes in Meth
DDS Of elementary Teaching" and said The aim Of
educa ion in times past has been the attainment OF
useful knowledge. Facts We're taught from Text
books ey,d the curriculum was narrow one cover
ing little more than the three RS. We now plan
for self-actiyty In all studies through develop
ment plan In teaching by Of clay, paper cutting.
sand mammal training. plays and dramatizatlon