Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-09
Educational Notes.

Miss Charlotte Archer, a Cherokee girl,
has been appointed assistant superintend-
cnt OF the Maycs county, Oklahoma, schools.
She graduated from the Cherokee Female
seminary, and later from a similar school
at Monticello, Ill.
DR.. Winship, editor Of the Journal of
Education, speaking to the Maine teachers
the other day, said that Education is for
social betterment rather than merely for
industrial Improvement. TIL latter is
merely incidental TO the former. Any pub
lie education that is for either the masses
or the classes is a blunder."
1t is estimated that more than 100 young
men and women from foreign counties are
this year studying in American colleges
and universities. This is more by some
hundreds than ever before and has been
generally commented on particularly in
the east as indicating the widening In
fluence Of American teaching.
Few school teachers can boast Of the
record TsrT,oS Of Mr. willIsm n II; .cM MsSElrP GsrS Of
teaching when he was 16 years old, and he
has taught school for nlnety-nine terms.
missing only one term In fifty years, and
that only because of an attack Of rheu-
matism. MI. MacElroy was a notable
figure at a recent teachers institute held
In his home town.
Mrs. Zoe Andrae of Clayton. Mo-, has
applied for appointment as superintendent
Of schools, to succeed her husband. She
was formerly a teacher and holds a first
grade certificate. During her husbands
tenure of office she assisted him in the
work. After her husbands death. a few
months ago, the citizens of Clayton, ire
spective of party, urged Governor Folk
to appoint Mrs. Andrae to the office,
which has a salary of 81 1900 a year.
Miss Hilda Anoon Traa of Siam has
come to this country with the intention
Of learning all about the American meth
DDS of education. In order to do this in
the most thorough manner she has entered
one Of the lowest classes in a public
school at Hartford, Conn, where she will
take up kindergarten work and music.
She expects to spend three years In Amer
lea and on her return TO her own country
will open a school,
President Ella sabin Of Downer college,
in Milwaukee, one Of the best known
women's colleges in the west, has an
rich girls in the college abstain from
wearing wide-brimmed Merry Widow
hats and other garments in the extreme
of fashion she will put in effect a college
uniform of Bingham or some other cheap
material. so that the poor girls will not
be ashamed at the contrast between them
selves and their weather. schoolmates.
The order is expected to result in simpler
clothing. The same order went into eff
feet at the State university last week,
applying only to hats, however.
Caustic criticism of the prevailing salary
schedule for Chicago High school teachers
is contained in reports recently presented
to the school management committed by
Superintendent f. g. Cooley. In a joint
| T6pOEl III TIE requirements q Ilbl StIlool
teachers certificates the superintendent and
the committee of high school principals
said: "Blacksmiths, foundrymen and ma
chinists have frequently been appointed at
salaries ranging from 81, 200 to 81 400, while
teacher after teacher OF academic subjects
has refused to come to Chicago, after he
has passed our examination. because we
are unable to offer him more than $1.2n0. ="
In a second report, presented by himself
alone. Mr.. Cooley said: 9Th dearth OF
men teachers. not alone in the special de-
partments. but I'm English, science, mathe.
mates and the other subjects of the regu-
lar high school course, is one of the most
alarming consequences of our present In
sufficient salary schedules"