The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-04-05

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The colleges which have agreed to a
uniform admission test for matricula-
ton, as decided by a joint committee,
are Princeton, Columbia. University Of
Pennsylvania, Rutgers. Union, Cornell,
Yassar and Swarthmore There is a
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
/ 20 per cent Of the entire population is
enrolled in the elementary and second
airy schools, numbering Is, 13S. z15, with
( Is. T3S. 362 IN all the public schools
This grand total is satisfactory to the /
friends Of education and ought 10 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 a 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 a 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
r action. the Missouri School Journal
r saws that in the opinion OF many
a thoughtful men more children are hurt
Il from the lack Of study than from too
much of it. If the children had fewer
l. things to study and gave these more
g thought both in school and at home the
n result would be stronger and more sat
# isfactory mental development" There
r is also a movement on foot to reduce
q the minimum Of outside work required
h in the seventh and eighth grades. 1t
e is the dreary routine work that lessons
.e the vitality Of the child, and not the
II good. healthy intellectual effort. Judg-
to ment on the part Of the teacher is all
that is necessary to make home study
ID a delight and an aid to mental develop
+ ment instead OF a hindrance.
e. The public schools in the Philippines
ID will during the year receive official as
At sistance that must prove quite an i'm
Of Detus to their advancement. The Phil
W ippine commission has under cOnsidera
ne ton a bill establishing a system Of pub
Il lie education and apprOpriating 81,
ne $4,000 for the maintenance during tbs
st year 1901. The general superintendent
DR.. W. f. Atkinson, has had charg'
he since Sept. 1, and has used his utmOs
nd endeavor to systematic the schools
III Gen. Macarthur indorsed the bill, a.
up did. also. Gen. Otis. Through the dis
as trict commanders, these Generals hav'
nd reopened schools. furnished text books
nd and supplied teachers, many Of tn
en- latter being soldiers. In localtie
,et where money could be raised by taxa
to ton or local subscription it has bee
done. The bill empowers the super
as intendent to appoint subject to tn
srs military Governors approval, superb
DC tendents in each of the eighteen dis
m tricts. at salaries Of from 5000 to s.
nix 800. Local advisory boards are to b
Did organized in the municipalities as civ
TO government becomes established Ems
Ire lish is TO be the basis Of all the studie
lgs and 800 teachers are to be secure
w. from the United States, at salaries {
from SO to 500 per month. No r
ligious denomination will be Above
oe to teach its particular faith in school
am partly or wholly. supported by the pul
,ue lie fund. Where there Is poverty, Il
n's necessary aid win be furnished by Il
Ns government, and $4,000 will be e,
a' pended under the direction Of the mil
tary government for training natives ;
leu teachers. Appropriations are made f
'ns three normal schools and an army o
fcer Is directed TO report upon an agl
cultural school.