New-York tribune., 1899-06-12
MRS. BLAINE'S NEW SCHOOL
COLONEL PARKER TELLS SOMETHING
OF ITS PLAN
THE PROSPECTUS INCLUDES TWO BRANcHEs-
ONE WILL BE FREE AND LOCATED IN THE

THE PROSPECTUS INCLUDES TWO BRANcHEs-
ONE WILL BE FREE AND LOCATED IN THE
CROWDED DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
Educators all over the country are deeply inter-
ested IN the informally framed prospectus for Mrs
Emmons Blaines College OF Pedagogy Chicago
as given out by Colonel Parker, who has resigned
from the Normal School 10 take charge OF the new
institution
Its principal points are that there will be two
schools. professional and academic and that a
branch OF the latter will be located In some one OF
the crowded districts and be free The site Of the
school has not been selected. The professional
branch will be opened July l. 1900 with a summer
session. open TO all teachers and others who may
wish to attend.
In describing the proposed buildings Colonel
Parker says they are TO be large and commodous
They will be constructed in accordance with the
best designs OF school architecture that sug-
eested by beauty. health and comfort Ample space
will be provided for laboratories. libraries. work in
art manual and physical training and other facili-
ties needed for the professional training OF teach
ers. The institution will be supplied with library
Of carefully selected books and with the apparatus
and illustrative material necessary in the actual
work OF teaching 1t is proposed aso by properly
ganzed means. to draw upon the great educational
resources OF the city found in its parks Its
museums. its galleries and its industries.
The chief strength OF the institution, declares
Colonel Parker will lie in It's faculty. It will he
composed OF educated. trained, expert teachers
who will form Of themselves compact body
ganized for the purpose OF studying continually the
problems presented by modern education II is
proposed that the institution shall meet the demand
for trained and efficient teachers in all grades Of
schools. including the kindergarten and college.
Under the organization two schools will be
maintained. the professional school and the
demic school. Special courses dealing with the
treatment and education of young children will be
established All the departments will provide grad
uate courses Offering opportunities for higher study
In particular lines.
The academic school established for the educa-
ton of children through all grades. including kin
dergarten. primary. grammar. high school and
Junior college course Of two years, will have two
branches One OF them will be connected with the
professional school. and the other will be estab:
the crowded districts OF the city. Both branches
are to & be W9 s b os en
lghtened methods Of modern education. The teach:
as a unit for the good OF the whole The sessions
OF the professional school will be continuous The
or summer quarter being devoted to summer school
others who may wish TO attend
NO APPOINTMENTS YET MADE.
As yet no appointments to the faculty have been
made. The general management will be In the
hands Of a Board OF Trustees not yet announced
The professional school is founded like Teach
ers College. Of New-York City. TO meet the demand
for thoroughly trained teacners VINO are CdpdOie
Of doing work far above that ordinarily done. The
faculty OF the professional school will select It's
students from the ranks Of the well educated.
Tho academic school will take children OF four
years OF age and carry them through kindergarten.
primary, grammar. high school and two years OF
college life The school from beginning 10 end Will
be under head. thus making a complete unity
OF work The main feature Of the school is the
fact that every teacher is TO be an educational
The sole purpose of the new institution is 10 en-
nance the efficiency of the public schools thus In
time making private schools unnecessary: The pro-
posed free schoor" Is experiment 1t will at
tempt 10 show what may be done in any public
school under the most enlightened legislation and
supervision 49,,
Colonel Parker who Is at the head OF the school,
ia one OF the renowned educators in the United
States. He first made principal OF the Normal
school in 1SS3 when II country institution
Later IL was annexed and became a city school AL
though his successor is not yet officially named
II is expected that the man who Will be selected 10
take his place is Dr. Arnold Tompkins. head OF the
department OF pedagogy Of the University OF I'LL
nois at Champaign. Among those who have also
been mentioned in connection with the office OF
principal OF the Normal School is MIS- Ella r
Young, district superintendent