The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-04-29
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION


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schools only. The entire cost of this
instruction does not exceed $500 a year.
I thoroughly believe in this manual
training as reference to my last report
| will show
One of the pressing needs of the New
Haven schools is the extension o. man
ual training into the lower grades and
| facilities for teaching manual training
! and cooking to all seventh grade boys
and girls. Especially is this true of the
| fourth, fifth and sixth grades, where
the girls have sewing and the boys
who need, and need very much the
manual training are in general without
it.
| recognize that the time -honored SUBJ
Jects of reading, writing, and spelling
and arithmetic must not be neglected.
and they are not neglected in our
schools. Reading was never so carefully
and intelligently taught as now. AS
much is accomplished on this subject
now in one hour than used to be accom-
plished in two. This is owing to the
greater skill with which the subject is
taught. Penmanship is the one school
SupJeCt WAicil cdll SPEAK loF llSelL we
have specimens at the office of the PEN
manship of pupils taken when the pres
ent supervisor of penmanship began his
work. We also have similar specimens
taken recently. Any citizen Is invited
to the office and urged to compare the
two. l do not hesitate to say that in
few cities does the penmanship equal
ours IN leglbllity, uniformity and neat
ness The value of good penmanship, L
presume, will not be disputed. OF course
penmanship could be taught without
supervision, yet l sincerely doubt |
whether the results could be of the same |
nigh order. The salary of the super |
visor is $1,000 and the total expense fol- |
salary, books, etc. was twenty cents a |
pupil. Spelling is not neglected. Its
Importance has been especially recog
nized during the past few years. Teach
the subject and tests of pu-
pills produce, as rule, satisfactory re-
suits.
The entire cost of the special subjects
so-called in 1878 was as follows:
Drawing, $4,S39.10; music, $3,04.72; ma
ture study $170.01; sewing, s1,45S.32; to-
al, $9,509.15,
After referring to the special instruc-
ion in other cities, Mr.. Kendall says:
The position of primary supervisor en-
SITS in many cities and the number il
increasing. The supervisor of primary
schools has practically no office duties
md she devotes all OF her time to ac-
ual school visitation. observing the
work of teachers, teaching good deal
herself, making suggestions and gener-
lily helping in making better primary !
chools. In the primary schools are the
,reat masses of the children and in the
schools are unfortunately the I
teachers. These teachers
eed help and they need supervision
nore careful systematic and detailed
supervision than could possibly be given :
" the supervising principals and the
In my Judgment no money spent by
he board in the schools has brought
areer results of real value to the chill
rem of New Haven than the money paid }
Or the primary supervisor
T have shown. first-That music and /
rawine are found in the courses of /
.udy of the important cities of the
,untrv. and that supervisors or sne-
al teachers are emploved in such cit
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