The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-04-20
PERTA1N1NG TO EDUcAr1oN.
a Few Matters Of Interest to the Pro
gresslve Educational Worker.

PERTAINING TO EDUCATION.
gresslve Educational Worker.
A full-Aedged school of pedagogy,
headed by dean and completely
equipped for the teaching of all
branches of pedagogical work will be
established at the university next
year. This addition to the curriculum
will be made in accordance with bill
passed by the legislature. There has
been a department of pedagogy in con-
nection with the academic course
where upperclassmen could take
courses in the theory of teaching, but
there has been no practical work. The
agitation which resulted in the bill
was begun at the last convention Of
the State teachers association when
a protest was made against the in
adequate training offered at the uni
versity. The teachers have been sup
ported in their efforts by the univer-
sity authorities The organization of
the school will be taken up at the
next meeting of the regents and dean
may be elected this spring.
Applications for loans of State
money to school districts were lately
considered by the investment board,
which decided to loan $4,000. No
loans were made in Mile Laos county.
There seems to be an urgent demand
all over the State for school houses,
so urgent that the smaller districts,
where the valuation is as yet low, can
not borrow enough money from the
State to meet the demand for new and
larger school houses. The amend
ment to the State constitution, allow
ing the districts to borrow greater
percentage of their property valua-
ton, has extended to many new dis
tricts the privilege of borrowing
money from the State. The largest
loan passed on goes to Rushford, In
dependent District No. 16, Fillmore
county. The board passed .son a loan
of $3.50 to this district.
The following recently appeared in
leading daily newspaper and is
worthy the attention of educational
boards: Recently Carleton college
orators won the State oratorical'' CON
test-to my mind the greatest and
most honorable victory within the
reach of seat of learning. Yet how
many people in the State have heard
of it? The great dailies devoted less
space to this victory than would gen.
orally be accorded a game-cock fight
at a poultry show. When Drawn and
brute force of the State university
succeeds in manning or killing few
young men and a great football game
is won the daily papers are not big
enough to tell the news, but when in
tellect, culture and acquired knowl-
edge, set forth by the most ancient
and honorable art developed by man
l-oratory-scores a great victory the
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cled as of Importance on a plane with
dog fight or street brawl
Prof. Fl. S. Baker, st. Paul, for the
past eight years a member of the
State examining board for teachers,
has rendered his resignation to J. W.
Olsen, superintendent of public in
struction. P. P. Kennedy, superin-
tendent of public schools at Fairmont,
was appointed.
At recent meeting Of the Chicago
Principals association resolution
was passed in favor of an optional
slant for writing, not to exceed twenty
two and one-half degrees. It has been
found so-called vertical writer's US
ually slant their letters backward and
it was considered that a slight for
ward slant was preferable to the back
hand into which the vertical is so apt
to degenerate.