Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1901-04-05


The colleges which have agreed to a
uniform admission test for matricula-
ton, as decided by joint committee,
are Princeton, Columbia, University of
Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Union, Cornell,
Fassar and Swarthmore. There is
movement on foot to unity the admis-
sion tests for Western colleges as well.
The annual report of the Commits
sioner of Education furnishes food for
reflection, showing as it does that over
70 per cent of the entire population is
enrolled in the elementary and second
ary schools, numbering 15,13S, 715, with
16, I3S,362 In all the public schools.
This grand total Is satisfactory to the
friends of education and ought to con-
fuse those who are pessimistic about
the work the public schools are doing.
The teachers of the whole country
have been watching with deep interest
the fight of the Chicago teachers for
an Increase of taxes through the as
sessment of property not hitherto as
sessed, amounting to some millions. 1t
has been game Of win and lose, and
just when it was thought they were
doomed to defeat something would
make success seem likelier, but at pres
ent it seems inevitable that they have
lost the fight But after all, they have
fought for principle, and have won in
way, and there are better times com
ing, all because of the heroic struggle
which they have made.
Congress does not approve of home
study for growing children, and In ac-
cordance with its recommendation the
Board of Education of the City of
Washington has decided that there
must be no home study in grades be-
low the sixth. Commenting on this
action, the Missouri School Journal
says that "in the opinion of many
thoughtful men more children are hurt
from the lack of study than from too
much of 1t. If the children had fewer
things to study and gave these more
thought both in school and at home the
result would be stronger and more sat
isfactory mental development" There
Is also movement ON foot to reduce
the minimum of outside work required
In the seventh and eighth grades. 1t
Is the dreary routine work that lessons
the vitality of the child, and not the
good, healthy intellectual effort. Judg-
ment on the part of the teacher Is all
that Is necessary to make home study
delight and an aid to mental develop
ment instead of a hindrance.
The public schools In the Philippines
will during the year receive orficiui as
sistance that must prove quite an i'm
petus to their advancement. The Phil
ippine commission has under considera-
ton bill establishing system of pub
lie education and approprlating ST.
650,000 for the maintenance during the
year 1901. The general superintendent,
DR.. w. F.. Atkinson, has had charge
since Sept 1, and has used his utmost
Gen. Macarthur indorsed the bill, as
did, also, Gen. Otis. Through the dis
trict commanders, these Generals have
reopened schools, furnished text books,
and supplied teachers, many of the
latter being soldiers. In localities
where money could be raised by taxa
ton or local subscription 1t has been
done. The bill empowers the super
intendent to appoint, subject to the
military Governors approval, superin-
tendents In each of the eighteen dis
tricts, at salaries of from $1,000 to $2,-
800. Local advisory boards are to be
organized In the municipalities as civil
government becomes established. Eng
lish is to be the basis of all the studies
and 300 teachers are to be secured
from the United States, at salaries of
from $50 to 500 per month. No re-
ligious denomination will be allowed
to teach Its particular faith in schools,
partly or wholly, supported by the pub
lie fund. Where there Is poverty, the
necessary aid will be furnished by the
government, and $500,000 will be ex-
pended under the direction of the mill
tary government for training natives as
teachers. Appropriations are made for
three normal schools and an army Of
ficer is directed to report upon an agrI-
cultural school.