The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-24
THE R. |. INSTITUTE
OF INSTRUCTION.
Two Interesting Addresses Delivered
at the Second Days Sc sion in
Infantry Hail.

cluded the several departmental meetings.
The grammar school section met at 2.S0
in Infantry hall. with superintendent
Wendell A. Mowry presiding.
Here Principal Charles +. King Of the
Dearborn school of Boston gave an In
struetive talk on Geography. From the
Childs Standpoint"
At the close OF Professor Kings address
Professor Redway. the lecturer OF the
morning session, emphasized some points
In Professor Kings talk on geography.
The second address OF the afternoon,
Geography From the Teachers stand
point" was by Principal Philip Emer-
son OF the Goblet school, Lynn, Mass.
an authority In the teaching OF geog-
raphy.
A general discussion followed the talk
by Professor Emerson and at about 3
o'clock the session adjourned.
PRIMARY AND KINDERGARTEN.
The Primary and Kindergarten section
OF the institute convened In the Classical
high school at 2:3O o'clock. Mrs. Ella NJ
Pierce, supervisor OF the primary schools
OF this city was In charge of this section
and addresses were given as follows;
Industrial Work for the Public
Schools" w. A Baldwin. principal OF
the Hyannis. Mass. Normal school.
Question Box" conducted by Mr.
Baldwin. followed the paper.
Professor Baldwin was followed by
Miss Clara NJ. Wheeler principal OF the
primary department OF the Hyannis
Training school. and Miss Mary NJ. Kim
ball supervisor OF the Industrial work in
the same school
These two speakers enlarged upon the
topic: Correlation OF Industrial Work
With Other Subjects"
The high school section met in the
Classical high school with Principal
Frank r. Thompson presiding.
Superintendent Walter T.. Small Of this
city gave the greeting to the teachers
OF this department.
Professor Elmer S. Hosmer principal
OF the Pawtucket high school, gave an
interesting talk on the Doctrine OF
Electives"
Principal Charles s. Chaplin Of the State
Normal school. followed with an address
entitled Some High School Problems"
LAST EVENING.
Infantry hall was filled last evening
with an audience of teachers and lead
ing educators who listened to an able
address by President Charles w. Eliot of
Harvard college on the subject Reasons
| for Additional Expenditure In the Public
| Schools"
He said in part:
ION the 18th or this month I advocated
before Connecticut teachers more money
for public schools and on the next day
1 advocated the same thing before New
Hampshire teachers.
Tonight I wish to describe some OF
the objects for which increased expendi-
ture should be made.
THE expenditure on college buildings
has been generous for the last 20 years,
but for the great part the buildings have
not been what they should have been.
1 - ala.
| be fitted with every modern convenience.
'Then again every school should have "a
| garden plot and generous yard OF its own.
| 1t should be arranged so that at least
| half OF the pupils could bo turned out
4 simultaneously.
| Then comes Improvement In the san'-
| tary arrangement and control OF school
! houses. This control should be In charge
| OF competent physician. who should
be a protector. friend and adviser of the
| children and their parents.
| Teachers should know well what they
are going to teach just as they should
| know the method OF teaching 1T Teach
! ers acquainted with both subject and
| method are what the schools and col
| leges are looking for
Given better teachers, the next nd
! ditional expenditure should be rHuc
! ton OF pupils before each teacher. This
! Improvement would lift American educa
! ton to quite another plane OF efficiency
| THE Introduction OF highly trained
| superintendent is an important feature
| OF n good school system. Each commit
| tee should have n competent business
! agent: an additional expense, but goot
| business agent will save more than hi
salary within a year. More attention
too, should be given TO the program o.
the public schools between the ages o
! and IA
Continuing President Eliot dwelt upor
| the value of manual training and vaca
| ton schools, drawing and music. Ii
| conclusion he said:
THE country lately lost an intensel!
| loved chief magistrate, and lost him II
an extremely mortifying manner, but tn
/ life OF the nation went on just the same
/ In the recent coal strike the public waite'
calmly for five months under particularly
I exasperating conditions until a remed
that should have been provided In tn
beginning was provided. All this demon
strates the power Of self control Of tn
American people.
THE use made OF riches is anothe
test OF tho moral conditions and tn
standard Of the people. IL Is not only tn
very few rich men but every year thou
sands take part In this feature OF benevo
lence And so the heart and soul OF tn
people keep growing and we may pres
on TO the goal-the perfectng OF
Christian citizenship"