The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-15
and then asked MT. Kendall if that re

! and then asked MT Kendall if that re- port embodied his sentiments I MT. Kendall"Yes sir"
 Mir. Fox then read from the sylla- bus of the present supervisor of draw ing and read stanza beginning; Here come creeping creeping everywhere, " which appears at the head of the syl- labus. This was followed by the statement that the way to the world of form lay through the world of color, and MT Fox asked MT, Kendall what that meant if it was an attempt to defend the teaching of color work
 MT. Kendall-"Ask the supervisor of drawing. I think that study of color is very natural to a young child" Mir. Fox-"The method of color in the schools seems not to develope sense of color. have noticed that the most of the color work Is done with pencils and that the work Is purely mechanical, there being no mixing of colors. It Is purely mechanical process which doesn't tend to develope the artistic sense in it as much as there would be in painting a fence. Color work can be taught as much by pictures as by having a child draw a green pencil over the outline of leaf" Mir Kendall--"With pencil drawing the child is doing something and his sense of observation is quickened by tracing the outline, midrib and parts of leaf. He could do the same with a black pencil, but wouldn't have the same interest"
 Have you ever examined set of drawings made by children of the eighth grade in any one room?"
 MT. Kendall said that he had, and that he thought that the drawings show fair amount of facility and gain I in artistic power and that the results 1 justify the effort, that they showed | that a large majority of the pupils have learned to draw well where there were good teachers The expense for drawing had been about $5, 900 a year | up to the present year. and he thought that the progress of the pupils was sui ficient to justify that expenditure all though he said, "Of course it would be pretty difficult matter to judge | whether the taxpayers get the worth 1 of their money out of any particular | subject. I don't suppose any two per | sons would answer as to the value of particular subject in the same way" | MT. Fox thought that not three out | of fifty pupils learned to draw well. | In answer to questions MT. Kendall | said that he presumed the drawings of the pupils shown at the last exhbi- | ton were samples of the best work. He didn't know whether it was average work or not. MT Fox--"Is there any drawing in the Dwight school, the model school that is controlled by the state?" Yes"
 Docs MT. Burnham supervise the drawing there?" No"
 That is a school of the Tenth ward, and the city pays the expenses of the teachers there" Mir. Chase-"Oh, no it don't"
 MT. Asher-"The city pays a part of their salaries" /" Mir. Chaee--"The committee will de- eide that the question is not to be al- lowed" MT. Fox-"How much is paid by the state and how much by the city7" MT. Kendall-"The grade teachers of the Dwight school receive the same sal aries as the other teachers, and their salaries are paid by the city"
 What per cent. ?"
 "I don't know"
 Do you know MT. Asher?"
 Could you say 50 per cent ?"
 MT. Kendall--"You take a given teacher and she is paid a given salary by the city, and that is published. Whether the state board pays her an additional salary or not I don't know"
 "Then it is plain to me that a large part of the salaries there are paid by the city"
 MT Asher-"That we don't know"
 MT. Kendall-"I presume that the greater amount of the salaries in the Dwight school Is paid by the New Ha- ven city school district"
 "Is any city drawing supervisor al- lowed to go into Dwight school?'
 The drawing supervisor don't go there"
 "The supervisor then whom we pay doesn't go to Dwight school, and hasn't since 1t came under the control of the state?"
 NO"
 Do you know who is teaching draw ing there?"
 "No."
 MT. Chase--"Do you know, MT. Fox?"
 MT. Fox-"Yes; the teachers do MT Kendall, do the teachers of the Dwight school teach writing without su- pervisor?"
 "No; they have the help of Miss Hart of the Normal school"
 DO you think that the pupils of Dwight school spend as much time on drawing as those in other schools do?"
 q don't know"
 Well, it is something you ought to know"
 MT. Chase-"I am not interested in your criticism of MT. Kendall"
 MT. Fox to MT. Kendall-"You can't answer that question then?"
 NO I can't answer that question"
 You say that the purpose of draw ing is to develop the power of observn- tion Do YOU know that the drawing