The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-05-08
REPORTS ON SUPERVISORS


| Continued from Sixth Page.)
| ceive cooking lessons is that 1t inter-
feres with the standard subjects, for
during their cooking lessons, the regu-
| lar class studies keep right on. There
| is also another objection: AS the lessons
| are given in the Strong school, we be-
| lieve that on account of the distance
| from the different schools a majority of
| the scholars have to sacrifice one half
| day In both coming and going to and
from the same.
We are also of the opinion that there
is no public demand for the instruction
in cooking and the taxpayers should
not be called upon to pay for the same,
and we also believe we are right when
we say that mothers at home are the
ones to look to for such instruction. and
any mother who has the welfare of the
daughter at heart was never yet too
proud to instruct her in the way and
manner all cooking should be conducted
in we'll regulated families, so that when
her turn in life comes she also will be
able and qualified to fulfill the duties
which may fall to her, and be useful as
we'll as ornamental.
WRITING.
Your committee regard the employ
ment of a supervisor of penmanship as
unnecessary, and recommend that said
supervisor be dropped, and saving the
taxpayers some $l.400 a year. We be-
lieve that anybody who aspires to be
teacher should and ought to be capable
OF teaching penmanship especially so
as all the writing books contain copies,
also directions for the teachers guide.
The vertical system of penmanship
was first introduced into our public
schools by the present superintendent,
who claims that nor all teachers are
able to produce satisfactory results,
and still require the assistance of SUI
pervisor
We claim, that as a uniform system
was introduced, and as the copies in the
copybooks are all alike, and the teachers
In all classes where the writing lessons
are given they are the ones who take
in hand all dull scholars, and bring out
what good there Is in such, entirely re-
CARELESS of the instructions which the
scholars may have received from the su-
pervisor, he being only half an hour
with the scholars during q month, and
the responsibility still rests upon the
various teachers whom, we believe,
should be, and are able to give such
instruction.
PRIMARY SUPERVISOR.
In addition to the report already pre-
scented, we desire to present the follow
ing supplementary report on special
matters.
The committee consider the emplov- |
ment of a primary supervisor llnneces-
sary and would recommend that it be
abolished entirely. We do not think
that the district has grown sufficiently |
to warrant the expenditure. In the
past such supervisor was not known
until three years ago. Such office was |
created with a yearly salary of two |
thousand dollars. We claim that it |
cannot help but interfere with the du-
ties which should be discharged by the |
different principals, and the general
oversight should invariably be under
the direction of the principals. There |
is no doubt in our minds that the pri-
mary supervisor lessons the labor of the |
superintendent and principals and for
the sake of economy the office could be
dispensed with without injury to our !