The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-29
Normal System Adopt.
ed g to 4.
Committee Opposed To Change
This Year.


.eru"y ai'e'noon' ~ was ,e"o""' VI '"o
hen1 OF TWO years ago "n'oh Nv '""' ''iae
oauso" oons ies'ins
members Vi ehe SOU ooi ooaru' ou' 'hi'
year eneie was ii''ie uisP my Vi ieeins :"
one matter lne s"oJeo' was orousn' up
ny the iepor' Vi INC ooinini''ee va 'u'io
Whioh consists Oh Messrs. "hi'e"o"se'
nesf'i''he anu nah' mr. "ni'eno'so' ..o
CHAIRMAN Oh TINS cohihi''ee' h'a'eu 'no
maeter 20 the poAro previous W 'n"Ai"s
INC msJo'"y report Vi INC ooinmi..o'
Whioh was sisheu w hilnseii "uu "i
hese''ihe' "n'ie nat. nan pio'e'ou
ihinoriy iePof'' ' "hi'oh'uee '"'.
teachlhg husio IN tne sehooIs' .ho WI
MAJ tne Na'uiai anu 'he austrian LUG
normal sysse" Is .ne one "hioh nus oe'h
III uee III ior'ianu ioi 'ne P"s' 'en 'e"'e
anu man! peopie oehe'o UNIV ~ 70 -"
ceilehO s!s'ein. A"o years "eo 'iooi SUNNI
discussion .ne Amerioah anu Nh'urai s!e
TENS wefe in'rouuoeu IN iour so"oo'',
Iha' Is 'he A'ueiioa" - s'ein was '"uen'
III one ou'iof auu D'aoNe'. s.feos s0r'o'
anu 1ne N"'a'ai was 'tush' IN INC java
81" ""u 0"'o' gu 'o''
Nor'nai sys'ein was o"usn' Az "'i u '"0
o'hei sonoo
nir. "h'09'ouso eaiu 'n"' No
coinhi''ee "eio uh"ni'nou' !" ."o DoA.,
.n"' 'no system u ''aVe '."
NO o"e
speoiai 'e"ohef VI inu'io iou"u :. 'Ao''
uinnoui' W 'o''
'a0nei' ~, '"o P"' u %
'eaoH'"s Vi Al 's'0
'hree systems neine 'aus"o !" ''e ivy
Az .he ooh'iusion Vi 'u''
mr. "ni'en'u USE s"ia 'Nao quo ''usio 80 =.
'niV.ee "eieeu 'ha0 'ne s'''m ''a 10
niaue uii'iof'' oho' Du' u
.ney iA'i'u " asoe ."a'
iiesei.ihe anu "i,n'ei' ia''io" w. ''-P
.,ou VI '"o q .oA sysoe"' -.
nan F'osen'eu 'N'noi'' ,epo.' -"'0i ,-e
v v'e "uop''o' - VIZ 49, .. s
""',on'u'e 'N'- "''ao :" Ao" w
pe ''o ~ 80
NJ oni' iiee'i"e y. p"e
'"''.i o'o' i'i '''o"'"'
was nhai" pun W 'o'e anu
"'' n'o" 'A.' "'o 'n"'
was opposea 10 on''"se "eins maui ~
one 'e'o"i"e vi III ue'o' ne e'iu Ho 'ho's"S
" "ouiu lie u" uA eso' oAten,o CIV
one "nioi' 'he 'eaoNe4s "ia 'oo WIS" W ''
''""0
were All giving '"'''ia'''o' anu 0"o VAN
e's ""o "'e' ''oA. W..
particular oiie "ii0" .Ao' "e'e 'o''0"'"s'
Since the auop''o" u, 'le '"o eA''" ays,
'eins 'ne au so'".o' u az '"on nav
"orAea hatueF III o'uei W 'no
leaoners Vi 'he o'no' ''''oN' "'
mas .A 'A' 80 ~ - ~ ~.
mas Deem q wonoeriui Improvement III 'he
music III tae sonoois. ne 'housh' 'ne9
were ooing very "eii "s ~ was "u" ITO
could not sue any reason LOT u cnange.
The mayor asked what the cose oil the
proposed onange IN the teaching Oh p'us'o
"'"u 80" 80
him that II would cost fia's 10 ADOPT inc
American system ana ABOUT sio-o "
ADOPT the Normal system Inc "a Ihericah
system Is now IN use in inc Deerihs
schools and 1t would cost szoo ana more
to Introduce the Normal system there.
AIR. Hail then presented tne minority
report OF the music committee ia'orine
the adoption OF the Norman sys'eu'' ~
would cost more to change TO the Amer'-
can system than 1t would TO retain 'he
Normal system.
Mr.. Brownson again spoke strongly
against making change In the system
and urged the committee TO allow matters
to rest as they are FOR at least aho'her
year. He believed that Detter RESULTS were
being obtained from the three systems
than could be expecteo from sinsie sss-
tenn.
Mr.. MCGOWAN said that IL seemed 10