The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-05-25
PERTAINING TO EDUCATION.

PERTAINING TO EDUCATION.
A Few Matters of Interest to the PRO-
gressive Educational Worker.
The question OF writing in schools
is up in Minneapolis and a change
will be made in the methods of teach
/ ing penmanship in the public schools,
if the report Of the committee on text
books is adopted. The committee will
recommend retaining the vertical sys-
TEN in the first two years of instruc-
ton and beginning with the third
grade, the substitution OF some sys-
tenn which develops speed and is bet
ter adapted to business requirements.
The mistake which will be made in
this instance is in teaching the rudi-
ments of one system and then chang
ing to another.
Congressman Buchanan notified Wal
lace L. Lind of Brainerd, last week,
that he had been successful in passing
the examinations for entrance to An
napolis naval academy, and his name
has gone on to congress for confrma-
tion if he passes the physical examin-
alton.
The meeting of the National Educa-
tional association on June 90 and 80
4 ond -Tu1v 4 ond mill ~ +ho l..A
the history Of the association. This
is the statement of DR.. Irwin Shepard,
secretary of the association, who has
just returned from New York, where
he has been completing the final ar
rangements. The general programs
are better and the side excursions
offered after the convention are much
more attractive.
The following from the pen of A.
B. Cole in Moderator Topics, is
worthy of consideration: "Suppose
the. teacher is correctly dressed, his
clothes well-ftted, his linen immacu-
late, his boots polished; that on the
streets his address is easy, atfable,
and always polite; in the schoolroom
everything is in it's place; every lesson
is correctly assigned; a timetable
that can be depended upon; in short,
that the teacher is model of taste,
accuracy and punctuality; do you not
think that those pupils who sit under
his instruction FIVE or six hours a day
for one, two, or five years, it may be,
will take in unconsciously some of
those habits and characteristics and
reflect them in the years to come?".
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Minnesota University girls want a
dean and it is probable that a petition
asking for the appointment Of such a
dean or preceptress will be presented
to the regents. Michigan, Wiscon-
sin" and Chicago all have deans of
women. The duty Of such dean
would be general. supervision ofsthe
girls interests. She would have
authority to restrict the conducts Of
the girls if it were necessary, and
would be expected to solve their
troubles and problems. The woman
members of the faculty are so bur-
dened with class work that they have
no time to hear the grievances of the
university girls. r
81. :.
The Benson high school will gradu-
ate class of fourteen on June 6. !
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! ThePhiladelph Press says: Every
one is aware, no one better than the
professors, that the present system of
instruction in our colleges has broken
down. The lecture has replaced the
recitation. The examination doessnot
suppl the lack of the personal con
tact Of the old recitation room. The
Princeton plan proposes to secure
this by introducing group of tutors
who will do this supplementary work
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The time is drawing near when one
| third of the school officers are to be
elected for three years. There should
be united effort to secure men for
the school boards who will be enough
Interested in the schools Of their re-
spective districts to visit the schools
and judge for themselves whether or
Z not the work is in good hands
and these men should be courageous
enough to speak to the teacher OF
any weak points they find. tits the
coWardly attacks behind the teachers
backs which cause SO much trouble
and detriment in the work Of. teaching.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
| Thomas Warren of Mile Laos lake.
was in Princeton Monday.