The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-10-23

does It or will Il, initiate other nations.
In childish way it has entered upon an
earnest and persistent activity 20 solve
its own problems. and as u has taken
its place among the great powers OF The
civilized world IN war. n statesmanship,
In industry and In commerce. so also IN
educa ton
I'm elementary education the attempt
made I'm the last decade, 10 prepare the
child better 10 enter life more COM
pick and different in thousand ways
from the lives OF uor fathers. has result
ed In the Introduction OF many new
studies As one has said this has brougnt
about stuffed condition OF the course
Of study which occasions much uneasiness
and distress
Not only the child. but also the tax
payer is dyspeptic and both are making
wry faces az the teacher.
III Is plain that there r. more food on
the educational table than tho child can
digest
Some think that this condition can be
relieved by returning 20 the old condi-
tions-perhaps the little red school house
and the days when pupils brought their
own fuel 10 heat their school house. but
the more thoughtful see that the prob
lem Is far more intricate and that much
OF the new must be retained even at the
expense OF the old. We have. L belisye.
entered upon an era Of adjustment and
solidincation. We shall not I'm future oe
so prone 10 by new experiment every
six months or to-rhange the slant OF our
penmanshIp three times in as many
years.
In Chicago and Providence both, dur
ing the past year. an attempt has been
made TO eoonnmIze- by doing away with
the kindergarten.
Congratulate the kindergarten teachers
and friends of the kindergarten on The
royal way in which the public has risen
TO their support
THE events OF the past year give us
good reason 10 believe that In the fu-
ture. more than ever tho colleges VIII
control the secondary schools, not
through n system OF examinations but
rather through a system Of accredit!ng
schools.
such n system OF school examination
ra ther than pupil examination has for
a long time been In operation, notably
In the University OF Michigan and In the
University OF California.
During the past year most OF the coll
Ieges in New England which admit on
certificate have united for the more suo-
ressfll admins tration OF such a plan,
and I'm the western states a commission
on accredited schools has been estab-
!shed. holding It's first annual meeting
ast March. Such relation between
ne colleges ana ine lower tcHoOiS IN VI
The greatest moment to US all. from the
college rofessor to the kindergarten.
1T means recognition OF the dignity
of the teacher In all the grades or In
,truction II means that measure or free
iorn for each and every teacher which
s necessary TO his highest development
Il means through the whole system
breath and confidence rather than mar
.owness and distrust for the attitude OF
he college TO the school below II Is very
sure 70 exert a marked influence upon
he relation which shall exist between
high school and grammar school; be-
ween grammar school and primary
chool and between the schools and their
heads"
The final address OF the morning was
IN exhaustive one by jacques w. Redway
m the subject Effects of Topography In
Development"
The morning session adjourned at IL
clock.