New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-23
WOMEN ON SCHOOL BOARDS.
ELLEN Fl. E PRICE DECLARES THAT FEW
MEN KNOW CHILD-NATURE
4 VISIT TO THE GIRLS DEPARTMENT OF GRAM
MAR SCHOOL NO. 67-sIXTEEN sTENoG-
RAPHERs ANDe TYPDwRTERs TO

MAR school. NO o7-sIXTEHN sTENoG-
RAPHERs ANDc TYPBwNTERs TO
GRADUATE IN JUNE
every on. will admit womans interest IN educa-
ton" said Ellen II. E Price. OF Swarthmore. Penn.
yesterday 10 Tribune reporter. Even the most
conservative will grant that the training or the
young is only her privilege. but her duty Does
4 not seem strange then, that IN many OF our
States women have been so entirely ignored in the
management OF our public schools? In the schools
az in the professions men have had hitherto the
advantage Of the squatter men are on the erouno'
and possession is nine points Of the law In the
professions however. find here and there sue
ce:sful women who have overcome this disadVant-
age by their individual worth and persistent ef-
fort; but in the public schools the matter is more
difficult for they under the control or the
State and those who have possession have the
weapon TO defend themselves in this possession.
For instance the constitution of pennsylvania
makes women eligible TO any Office OF control or
MANAGEMENT under the school system yet II denies
them the right to vote for the people who hold Of
fees or make the appointments. Experience has
shown that so long as women have to look 10 the
men Of the State to place them In offices or control
or management they will not get the ofhces lor III
this the twenty-fourth year since our constitution
went into effect. find that out OF total OF lS'Si
school directors only forty-one women.
THE Office Of director is probably the most I'M
portant In the whole list The ideal school director
should be equipped with a liberal education
knowledge OF up-to-date educational methods, inter-
est In the public schools and belief In their posi-
bili,es knowledge Of child-nature and the needs
OF children. the ability TO judge character and to
deal with men. and sufficient leisure TO devote to
the various dute. OF the office: and the more OF
these qualities and attachments school board pos
sesses the moro nearly it approaches the ideal
Qvhe unfortunate fact is however apparent that
usually the very qualification least needed in the
o,rector or in the board-adherence to one or the
other political party-is the one OF paramount I'M
portance IN the eyes OF the electors. and the of1ce
is OF value Of interest 10 the elected only as II
serves to bring him into the notice Of the political
boss and marks him as cahuluate Ior lui 'Iei Po
N,ica favor.
Now few men. even granting them all the other
qualifications know child-nature or have much APP
preciation Of children's needs. and many men nave
little or no leisure attend 10 the duties OF the OIL
Ace Therefore a board composed entirely Of men,
even educated men, is not likely TO be ideal-in
fact is very TO be inefficient and incapaoie OF
bringing about tho best conditions for the schools
under its control
sTENOGRAPHERs TO GRADUATE
The girls department OF Grammar School No o.
of which Miss Carrie S. Montfort is principal Is
exceptional in carrying its higher classes perhaps
further than any other in the city Ihere Is '"o
wears business course. from which sixteen coihPe
zen, stenogra piers and typewriters Will graduate
,hts limo The typewriting was learned through
the Kindness OF a friend Of the principal, VINO mas
given them a typewriter which they pracuse
every day. ,,
,rbnre are two college classes from which nearly
ninety will graduate in June. some to 90 in'o inc
Norroal College and some into business.
Industrial designing and architectural dra"lhs "ie
,.u,b, and some Of the pupils do beautiful Worh'
MANY interesting drawings are from nature anu
collection OF physiological drawings are ho o"''
well done but show most accurate Kho"leus' u
the human anatomy These are done III coioiH'
and they make the lessons j" l"S'''''e'
exciting in their interest
EDITING LITTLE NEWSPAPERS
.,--..o,oroor feature is the editing of little
newspapers by some Of the more e", N.Y., - '''''9
Ices They have their editor and suo-ed'or' ana
,bo members Of the class collect clippings OH '"'
rent events from the newspapers me ,',,a
,oc,s what she considers suitable Tor puph'd'lo''
ard when the little paper is printed on t'e NP
writer II presents an appearance u
editor might well be proud .
The class that publishes a paper l. Il, go"
advantage when called upon to morn o. ~ rpad from
on current events foi u.m ~ "a, tbr morning exer-
cses and the classes take turns II, 9 oinE Grant
terdav alI the quotations were about g., 'l rav1
snS Nsn Wonifort says that the ltue ei[s E they
them In such a way as TO max otT th Great cen
. aa TT rSe vii all be repeated next Mo1daZ.
The school mas a library when .lt th III he hes:
epnreciatn and which the teachers th'nh '"' W."
thing thcy could possibly have. ,, library Miss
III is better than a circulating ,h hooks for
Mor,fn,, soys as select IN" pHoh' .hai-
them ana 50 have little chance to hooks to
reading We nave lists Of supplein.nIIu po UG m,
he used Fl, connection with their siud!9S, IN odd
girls manage 10 read great man man si hand
There are 1000 pupils and thirty f"'"''' -
department ..
BROOKLYN TEACHERS CONT
OF particular interest to Brooklyn 'e"e"' 1,sc,,s
been the conferences recently held ioi , YORK
sion OF subjects bearing directly on school worN
An interesting and we-attendcd meeting "''' e.,nn
leadership OF Mrs Poland principal OF luedt If the
No q has lust been held for me po" ,Ih,r.ouebout
teachers Of the hfth primary grace I'M
The city. 1900, "cchool Dis
Mrs Polar took FOR Der sub)ec, o'i iength OF
cpi!ne and Management" ana sPoke a disrluIine
the philosophy underlying truly goou Would
One Of her points that no COCO n edv of her
complain Of the idcness or bad coiunO ~ fairs
class for any length OF time; such sia i 81 Govern
must be reflection upon herself 10 a funda-
yourself then you may govern otheis; !" oas sug.
mental rule se.fculture IN tfea aGnnit and the
gested he most important eieHxtna One 10
roads leading 10 Il: J. General reaoins. should
three cents expended for the daliy paapT,t, on
be a n I'M 6ut as a