The San Francisco call., 1906-07-01
YANKEE SCHOOLS
TAKEN As MODEL
English Teachers Com
ing to. Study Amer
ican System.
Plan Brought Forward
!. by Alfred Mosely
of Britain.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALI.


LONDON. June 3O-An- important
scheme. which will have a 9benenciaI
bearing on the development OF educa-
tion in Great Britain. has been ar
ranged by Alfred Mosefy,~G. NJ G, as
supplement- to. his educational commits
sion to the United States in 1908
Some time ago Mr.: Mosely organized
an Industrial commission .which visited
America at his own cost The conclu-
sions arrived at were that British COM
mercial supremacy could n6t%be main
tained by the old methods, and that the
country must devise new ways or
adopt and improve on those of the
greatest Industrial competitors.
Having thus shown how Britain
Jagged behind commercially Mosely
next.turned his attention to the defects
In the educational system. He sent. an
education commission to America and
on it's. return ii published a remarkable
report. showing how the American sys-
tenn was greatly in. advance of the
British.
His latest scheme is to give those
engaged in the teaching profession in
this country an opportunity to inspect
and study on. the Spot the American
and Canadian educational systems at a
nominal cost. either independently or
in small groups The White Star. and
other lines in the Atlantic combine, the
Cunard and Canadian Pacific Steam
ship companies have agreed to carry
the: teachers across the Atlantic at a
return fare of 70 at. any period be-
tween November and March next
This means that the passengers will
be carried free, and the cost of their
food only will be charged a agaihst them.
1t is proposed that 500 teachers OF both
sexes, including professors, head mas
rngSf
all grades of public instructors from
the universities down to the elements
ary schools. shall be invited to- make
the VISIT:
Mr.. NaseIy has arranged for the re
ception1 Of: the teachers in America, and
a. programme wilt be drawn up for
their guidance. Professor N; Murray
Butler. president of Columbia: univer-
sity, New York and Superintendent
MAXWELL of the New York city Board
of Education, are preparing itineraries
!, for the visitors in advance and will
give them all particulars of what to
see and how to see it.
Mr.. Mosely, speaking to a press rep
resentatfve Yesterday on the project.
said: We can learn a great deal from
Americans on.sthe methods of modern
education, They are long way ahead
of us in commercial teaching, manual
o es'-- t--|N' PSNC~ sASseN-
subjects. and / would like as many
British teachers as possible to go
through the universities. secondary
schools and technical institutions of
the United States in order that they
may get: an idea: of the systems pur-
sued there.
Il would especially urge all local au-
thorities and those responsible. for edu-
cation generally to take advantage of
the great opportunity afforded them. /
hope. they will allow those I'm whose
hands the education of the masses lies
to gain the invaluable information thus
opened to- them at nominal cost.
1T only remains for them to grant
their teachers leave of absence. paying
salaries meanwhile. The teachers will
be able to live over there at practically
the same cost as they do here, and
travelling is quite as cheap"