New-York tribune., 1898-12-22


SELF OR HERSELF.
Dr. William II. Maxwell. City Superintendent Of
Schools. has issued the following circular relating
TO an examination for teachers licenses No for
all the boroughs:
No IN any o ali boToue 81 aP2fsn 81 s S foT Of
York Will be conducted by the Board Of Examiners
a m, at the Normal College. East s@xtyeirhthsst' @ t
ana ana faIk-ave.. ana an oral examination at the
call OF the Board OF Examiners.
Ct sh sn Soi % sod oTa be at easf eighteen c %
under one Of the following heads:
course of at least three years and Subsequent grad
uation from teachers normal training school
eight weeks Both the high-schooi course and tho
professional course must be approved by the state
superintendent of Public instruction
second-Graduation from New-York state nor
sI sch9o or e5gvae1t W INSTITUTION s9T I'll the pro-
thirtyeight weeks spent in professional study
three years course in an approved high schoo. was
required before entering on the course OF profess
Third-,Graduation from college or university
approve9 BY the Regents Of the University OF the
taken a course OF at least one year in college or
university department Of education.
since l5 provided The hGIdsr has IS been pee, continn
mediately preceding the application for this Ii
G. Under the authority ct Section lel o. the
charter Of the city Of New-York the City Super
intendent OF Schools will for this examination. ex-
empt from academic examination al. candidates
having the qualifications mentioned under any ~
the four heads under "E." but all applicants must
S % be upon To' G t ehe hsory m @ ssd principles Of educa
ton C2 methods of teachrE Candiaales must
sessng % the qualifications marked "A" In the
a60De IT 0 e s sf6 Pour q beads ss nnder
Each applicant who passes the professional exam,
examination TO one OF the physicians authorized by
the Board of Education. Each applicant is re-
G,Iired 70 file with the Board Of Examiners A pho
tograph Of himself or herself
The breach Of school discipline at the Kimhall
Union Academy. Of Hanover. y H. s still tho
talk Of the different schools. II resulted In the
temporary suspension OF four young women. who
were the perpetrators Of the misdemeanor The
girls had learned to smoke IN imitation. as they
thought Of the advanced woman" and. getting
a quantity Of cigarettes they shut Themselves UP
IN one Of the and began 20 enjoy their
weeds" one OF the teachers smelled the smoke
and investigated its source with the result that
the culprits were discovered. Afraid of punish
nent the girls took 70 fight. packed their satches
and went of on a pre-Christmas holiday They
took refuge in q farmhouse. and later were found
by the principal Of the school. who took them
back to school with him They had intended stag stag.
ing 70 the nearest railway station and proceeding
westward from there. What penalty has been IN
hicted upon them has not transpired-
The New-Yorx Free Circulating Library IS send
ing out collections Of ten or fifteen books OF the
kind that are suitable for reading by the tenement
house children Of the city. The movement has
fust been started. but Il Is hoped that u can
be continued with greater force. The box o,
books IS put IN charge Of child Of family and
this librarian solicits members 20 the number or
five or six The libraries so far stared-s!x In num-
ber-have been named by the children, and they
have chosen the names Of heroes. statesmen and
scholars. Sampson. Dewey and Hohson have been
remembered and Washington Lincoln and Long
fellow once week visitor goes 70 talk 10 the
children about the volumes they are about TO read
but so far there not as many visitors ss are
needed TO extend the work, and the managers are
IN search Of those who volunteer their services
for short time each week. Any one who can
offer help IN this direction apply TO the Travel
ling Library Department. No. lSJ Second ave. New
York City
Students everywhere are rejoicing with Radcliffe
Colore at Cambridge. Mass, which has been en-
richa. BY the addition OF new gymnasium, which
x.as dedicated and thrown open on Saturday last
The gymnasium IS said be Of the best in
This country The building was given by Mrs Au-
enstus Uenenway an addition 70 her husband
sift Of A similar building 70 Harvard Miss Hovey
~ Roston presented the apparatus and the swim
ming pool. The style Of architecture Is OLD colonial