The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-05-28
FRED, |, BURNHAM
WAS ELECTED
Supt. SmaII's Choice for Su-
pervisor Of Drawing Confirmed
FIGHT FOR LOCAL TEACHERS.
School Board Raised Salaries Of Special
Teachers In Drawing, Writing and Ply
sIcaI Culture Last Night.
FIGHT FOR LOCAL TEACHERS.

ing OF the school committee last night but
for the contest over the selection OF a SUI
4 pervisor OF drawing for the schools. for
which position Superintendent Small had
presented the name OF Frederic l.. Burn
ham atNpresent supervisor In New Haven.
There were large number of local can
didates and these had number OF able
champions in the committee who de-
nounced the practice OF going outside the
| city every time an Important office need
ed fling There were a number or others
who spoke In favor OF abiding by the
| Judgment OF the superintendent who had
the welfare OF the school at heart he
said and should be assisted.
There was a sort OF field day for raising
salaries for there were recommendations
| for increases in the pay OF three special
| instructors. including that or the teacher
of penmanship. which has been raised In
about three years from 1915 10 5000. The
| increases were given In each case d4ter
| considerable talk.
The committee was called 10 order by
the chairman at few minutes past eight
and a roll call showed about "a present
President Rueckert announced the APP
| pointment on the executive committee
vice w H. Barney DIR. Clifford II. Grit
| hn and the appointment OF John W. no.
/
bylaws and f. e. Ballou TO the commit
tee on appointment.
Mr. Mclaughlin was put in DR.. Grifhns
/ place on the bylaws committee.
! Superintendent Small reported the en-
! rolment OF the pupils in the public SCHOOLS
| OF this city for the quarter ending April
| %. 1884, In the high school, 1910; In the
grammar schools, 1882: In the primary
/ schools 14715: in the special schools, So9;
I in the kindergarten schools, H95, total en-
rolment. 25.561.
2s7 INCREASE IN PUPILS.
The increase ard decrease over the cor
responding quarter OF last year Is as fol-
lows: In the high schools, 10 increase; In
the grammar schools, $50 Increase; In the
primary schools, 502 decrease; In the spe-
cial schools. 2s increase; in the kindergar-
ten schools. 1s increase; making the total
increase. 297.
He presented also the following report:
ITO the school committee OF the city or
Providence: ! nominate for positions In
the high schools: James III. Chase, NJ
Florence Rafter. Mary A. Carpenter. NJ.
Catherine Mahy and Arthur II. Berry
such positions TO be for one year as per
section OF Article VII OF the bylaws.
These were acting teachers who were to
he made permanent he explained.
! Mr. Wilson. for the committee on high
| schools presented a resolution amenain
/ the rule regarding the number OF third
] assistant. teachers In the high SCHOOLS,
! changing the total number from II TO 90
The committee reported favoraby To
the nominations and the teachers were
elected upon the passage OF the resoiu-
tion.
The superintendent then. made a nomi-
nation for the position OF supervisor OF
! drawing. explaining that section T. article
| VII states how all directors of special Il
! branches shall be nominated by the sup
! erintendent. and director OF drawing
| has been so nominated.
SHOULD BE SIMPLIF1ED.
II seems fitting. however. that this com
nittee should know my position with
reference TO drawing. In stating that
position I am not criticising the particular
work OF any drawing teacher. My
| differences are with the tendency or
drawing as Il exists generally.
Elementary drawing is largely taught
as a means of expression. That ex-
| pression may be by pencil or brush. Ex-
preston by pencil leads TO the general
| Industries: expression by brush leads Ia
certain Industries and TO artistic train
ing. The brush Is for interest the
| pencil is for business both have place
| I'm the drawlng work. but expression by
pencil should exceed that by brush in the
elementary school course. In the color
craze Of the past 10 years the brush has
| hidden the pencil Tn this city es-
pecially with ts multiplied industries !
believe the pencil should be greatly In
| creased, and that the course should be
! modified with that end In view. Modern
drawing courses are too complex and
teach too many unrelated things. They
involve terms beyond the comprehension
! OF the children. They teach many things
| AT the wrong time, just parts OF
arithmetic and technical grammar have
been wrongly taught. The course should
be simplined. 1
MAN IN CLOSER TOUCH
As regards the nomination OF a man.
that Is a matter OF individual preference.
As between a strong woman and weak
man. should nominate the woman. As
| between strong man and a strong
woman. I should nominate the man. The
head OF the music department is a man
at A certain salary. believe that the
head OF the drawing department should
| be an equally strong man at an equal
salary within reasonable time. My
! judgment is that man can gain closer
/ touch with the industries that use the re-
suits OF drawing. and by such contact can
mould pvblic opinion 10 reasonable
| view Of the SUBJECT
The man have nominated entered New
Haven when the city was opposed 20 the
subject and the teachers were Indifferent
/ Today the city and the teachers believe
| I'm him and his subject.
In the consideration or what man. there
wae no question. but that he must be
educationaiiy qualified. and In that par
ticular there were eight good candidates.
but they difered widely in executive ex-
porlcnce. believe this position is large
! enough and important enough 20 demsnd
a man whose executive power has been
sufficiently tested. Under this belief
| careful examination convinced me that
the strongest available man was the one
| have nominated
HIS RECOMMENDATIONS.
A. TO his education and experience. he
| has studied In the art department OF the
/ New England conservatory. AZ the Masea-
chusetts Normal Art school. with Den
man Ross at Harvard. In The Yale