New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
Special Advantages
Possessed by the
Private Schools
i'm the Choice
Of Teachers.


is best described as the philosophy o.
education. When applied practically IT
increases the facility with which the
educational processes may be carried
on. for the reason that the essential
clements which are required TO be used
iH imparting knowledge are given their
proper place and value. and degrees OF
relatively are established along the
line from cause 70 effect
The educational process contains
three well-detncd spheres or elements,
involving the following: teaching, m
structioh and information. These terms
have their distinct meanings, not al
ways present TO the minds Of those who
use them.
Teaching is the lowest and simplest
iu its Specification. We may teach
dog or a horse. but we cannot go fur
Their with either. We teach child to
speak and 30 walk. and then he is INT
70 receive instruction. The word in
struction" implies understanding, such
as child does rot possess until he
has been taught something. lnfOrma-
ton. again, differs from instruction, in
upon many subjects from observation
alone but instruction may elicit new
truths from the information the pupil
has thus acquired. Education is more
comprehensive than all the others, and
includes them all. IL educes or draws
out the latent faculties Of the mind,
leaving il i'm a condition where Il re-
quircs no further teaching, but is in a
state i'm which it desires to learn for
itself and is eager to obtain further in
formation. At this stage the mind be-
gins TO be sclt-acting, and the knOwl
edge II has acquired Is gradually de-
vclopcd into wisdom. Psychology deals
with the mental process and pedagogy
deals with the educational process.
There are tyros and teachers in the
educational world, and, strange as il
may seem, the tyros are more fire.
quent.y found in positions OF cminence
and high cmOlument than are the real
teachers who do the work.
The efficient teacher must be we'll
Informed, .aml,iar with the science Of
education, possessed Of mind trained
along psychological lines, OF anture
.u iull sympathy with the task ahead.
with breadth and elasticity Of mental
vision and with the consciousness Of
ability 10 lead and direct Tn. special
at, % addition, must possess full
knowledge o. his subject, and not mere
!y the faculty Of surface presentation.
The private schoO! possesses some
d.st.c,. advantages over the public
school. aud that is the reason why SO
many parents choose the private school
M place 81 sending their children 10
the public school. The privatc school
is nee to employ teacher, on the has
OF merit and actual Achievements. on
the Other haad, the publ. scr Dol is
obliged % engage its teachers or the
basis Of combined CDmuc' .0l and po-
Dtlcal preferment, and practically with
oct regard to personality. profe ssIonal
reputation or known end we'll defined
eleven ents IN the adIca, joEgl spherc.
There are no heights - Wnicn the Ct-
&c cut private school teacher or in
stcuctOr may not ascend. while the pub
Lc -chool teacher is generally barrel
nom everything cXC.P. nominal ad-
rauCement, unless through tIr .genCy
Of politics or other powerful influence.
Educational merit - ignored. .Iu-
pressed o. penalizod, and tire position,
where leadership. technical knowledge
and culture shOuid be moss in evidence
arc casually reserved for the tvlo and
political place hunter and doled out as
;ho fruits of election victories. or
other rr-Icncc OF poNer ana ascen-
dancv.
The private school posse scs the I'M
mistakablc advantage Of free choice in
the matter Of procuring its teaching
corps. 1t goes almost without saying
that the efficient private school, hav-
ing regard for its reputation. by which
it must stand or fall. will secure the
best teaching material available.
The success OF the private school Is
proportionate 20 the efficiency Of It's
faculty, and the scientific formulation
of its curriculum. The reputation OF
sOme one well known teacher may at
tract many pupils; therefore, it is
beneficial TO both school and pupils to
secure the best instructors and none
but the best The literature of every
private school should contain the
names of its teachers. and it is not
unwise to use all legitimate means OF
publicity in order to bring the seeking
public into touch with educational in
stitutiors and the standing Of the
corps O. teachers.
For tho efficient and we'll trained in
structor there is always q place. al
though the place may not be known 10
him. The Now York Tribune Educa-
zion Bureau offers its good Offices IN this
particular and will always be pleased
TO bring about a contact between
mcIitor,ous teachers and those de-