New-York tribune., 1901-12-15
KEW-YoRKs EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

| NEW-YORK'S EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
The remark was made yesterday Dy one OIL
the speakers at the great gathering OF euuca 'oi
| at the School Of Pedagogy of NeW-1ofh ohi'
sity that this city, the largest III the
| world and the foremost in commerce, III nnahce
and in social affairs should also De Ihe III 81 u
all in education By happy fortune t"o nv
dents of the same day gave TO that say lAs
and convincing point and served as uii an
able reminders of the fact that New oih 10 ~
deed already exercising educatloial ieduei snip
of the nation in more than one respect
One of these incidents was the very gatherlns
+ which tho remark was made. That was d
,,,ae+inp of the university faculty OF pedagogy
+ba nublic school principals of the Whole lhelo-
noIitan district the State and city supellh-
+andents of nublic education, and others acuFe-
" interested in school work, to observe 'le
great progress and prosperity OF the ochooi u
Pedagogy That school was as IS wen hho -i'
the pioneer of its kind in America II vas '
first TO elevate the learned PROFESSION VI 'ee
ing to university rank, and TO plaZe 'ne W.
toward giving 70 the teacher as well as the law
YER the doctor and the preacher luii WI
Iaoia+e education In the dozen or more seai'
of IFS benefcent existence 1t mas h'u '"i iou9
moro or less successful followers But 'Ie iao'
.o,,,oi,s end rnust remain that that INSTITUTION
gave to this city the primacy' III tilie' III 'n"I
biobIv important department of educauonai
- rrh,+ o1ona would go far toward real
;zino the ideal which the speaker set pe1ore this
city. 49,, low
The other incident of yesterday was the iase
; of III. cornerstone of the High Schooi OF
Commerce This latter institution IS spoken VI
os tho "nev'' High School of Commerce. II
i,1 indaad he new but that term WOULD DC
misleading if it conveyed the impression 'haI
there was or had been an older schooi Vi .Ae
kind Like the School Of Pedagogy this r1ish
School of Commerce will be the pioneer Vi i''
kind in this nation. There are OF coulSe otrl'
commercial schools Of admirable capaci'S nut
+bis iS tho first established as an integral part
of the nubic school system. 1t Is ntlilis 'il"'
should be in New-York, the chlel coillhei 'i"'
CITY in this hemisphere and the Secohu III 'liV
world and should thus give to Ne"-ioIh 'iie
nrimacv in commercial education as "eli aS Ill
commercial practice :,
So here is New-YOrk's natonal leaueIsnlp III
odrcotion in two of the most widely differing
respects 1t would not be easy 10 con'ei
schools which would present greater contrast
70 each other than the School OF PeoasoSS anu
tho High School of Commerce The one dealS
i+,, ,no++ers which many have regarded as too
,roorr narsonaI and theoretical to be sclentln-
oo1lr +oachahle The other deals with matters
regarded as too practical to be the theme OIL
academic instruction. The true educator now
oyer sees no incompatibility between theorS
and practice. between the ideal ana the real
For many years New-York University mas oeeii
teaching men and women how to teach' Win d
distinguished success now long past al possi"ie
CHALLENGING The public school system oi Ne"
York is now about to engage IN the "olh VI
teaching young men how to trade. 1heie Is no
room for doubling that this latter en'eip p iSe
1,-iT1 o1so ha successful. And spanning the whole
range Of education from one of these extremes
- tho other New-York will nobly lead In estab-
itching tbe principle that systematic culture and
d,scn1ine Of the mind may be made benehcent
in every walk Of life