Show EDUCATIONAL MATTERS High School ProfeMoro on the Iteport of OemmlUs or Ten HevloW of ConferonaM upm MUh m ilco nncl Latin puns of Apro mert and Disagreement wlih tho Corn mItteS5 Report In continuance of dHconhm on the I report of the Commtttt III Ten ih following pPe reel two of the leadIng lead-Ing Innlrocton In IN St Lak CUl hlkh Khool in LIVOlU MATHEMATICS I hate bem atkol to writ a a or uIuIo in he wi ol e rtvww 01 tort I to-rt ol the coni renc on muthcm lost I i los-t tin Commliim of reo ol the Nona l miicil of iWailloo The one ttcoai minimum i of Hit conference dnervlng r i1Micrnlun before all others Ii I that somewhat rAdical nvimoii n ui mil lu a i 110 utdlnary cuune In aitlhmrilc It j i MixgMted nut ihoclcmeuUiy < chooli 1 uiii umlcruke to tench tower nub J nU t ranlmlnit tho uttrk to the lund inmil 1 upvinlloni iwilormnl UHin In And l dccimiilf dtiHMn I i ui is I tnitiont n iiiii I 1 > nuinbtn In nclinil uw and inch I IHMIIOIH and caUulalloni In mr UKC and interiM en the plrr I liken OOh to put to practical uu It i will IK Kin thai thin will luvo l out A vriy Kfcil Iirt 1 til lie I onlhincuc now i uniy taught However the lime ihu t id i not to be diverted rum matliv in inc < It I ii propoa d that the aubjeitu ol C until I lull be far more thoroughly IIHITI Ihh Ii to Ix done by the MI n ion l at every lep ol a grout num liei of practical iiicflioni involving the principlLi 1 i under contMiralion very miny ol these quettioiu are lu be pru O L 01 by the pupil hlnuell Irom data tmivrd t from hu OWII nlurmenla and nuiHiiuatioiK Nothing II l to be under iikui that the pupil IS not capable ol nuieiliig and thai he m not given the 0 iiorlunily of mailerlng He U to 1 1111 the operation wlikh he muit bet be-t uniliar with m order to do work lit the h i hCr branches of inalhemttlca and In not Mmllc He i > also 1 to learn the itiaiuni uhk i he It capable of mini r iii lly and which 1 he probably i I win h ui tie opporlunii noon of wiling to inaclkal UK borne of the portion left nut u uteleM and hould never be Ir toned at all Some can be learned much more eaaily and aall > lacioril > In luibra or geinneiry Some u a large I i nt if commcrcUl urlthmellc la lo lie kiuilicl only wnen the pupil can com iihcnil it and n about to UM It 1 nil work will nut occupy all the lime at ire em devoted to arithmetic and ume uf the lumUinenUI ol algc bra md geometry are lu be Introduced 1 he pupil La l lo become UrnlUr wkh ulcthiiic language antI with the uw of cqualiom Mr u to acquire euI ikill in the canilrucllon of geometric figure uml u to undo rntatlt I many ol their relation rela-tion I ° nc work In algebra and KOUIII nry in not to be detached but It I lo be UK ulcnul largely to the wok in arilh nun I he witdom of Ihe proposed 1 changes mr I hardly be argued If the prauunl in education in I tough lor tints > emi < lo I > n nttil lowarn it 11 it It I fought 11 imgo work uUh reference tu lla uural nuencu and no at to be con hi inily prugreulve in difficult then tine propuaod 1 arrangi nwnl certainly batter llun the prttent one Almost all KhooU UM I cMdeiicu 1 ol Ihe act Hut Pupils are liLily to tote I liitereMln Iheirutnednea and ijiiit i Mhool in the aevenlh or rlghlh > i ir 1 he clwiiiie qealod l In malne ihitlcBin ruiincc lion with Ihow recom ininued t In ullicr branches might bee be-e piit > d tu do much tuward mitigating linn evil If the ftculticn are truing di 1 kvliipeil rationally the proccaa ought on the whole tube a very plvawnt one futile pupil 1 lie conference recotnmcndf that the Iudy ul geometry ihould begin situ Hie ilnldt 1 mil > ear In IIChoolllllhe kiiiikTuaitcii or In the primary Khool I lie work in the lower gradealf ol miirac to In Concrete geometry and It to Ue ihully of uch n natura auto end n tv tin Uinlly of perception and the pinn ol icprwlucnuii Netuiheleat H e dlliol I is to be lUKhl l very tarly lo lu low liurl chain ol raaionlng II ilns isiniing K to be purely InciUenWI n > c < ins to mr not to be objectionable tIlt I H it i < iniendeil to tnako the cllllta hull 01 the reaton at all pronnncnl at ilKiut the age of ten then the natural oiiUr of development ii i not being Uillnweil and the result uill cutely be lack of interest on the pall of Ihe pupil anil uilure on Ihe wrt of lie teacher lll h lerunimendedthtt there Ihould 100 natty utah exercitet In algebra alnnlar to UIOM in sliM in l called menial arllhme tn thIn luggettlon detervetiiwcU ninieliiUlion It tecini lo me lo tend I Km aril emplutlong lie fact that ole I inrnlary algebra fuiniiheia method of J nulvlng piobleini uhich I U very clotcly nUtcil to what many aillliineticical jrulyni Detldei the pupil becomet UMiiliiir uith the prlnclulm of nlgebn is Sill at with ihoM of arithmetic mitt bt MilvmK a lew difticult and contpll c ilcil problemt hut by the pionipt iluilun of a large number of r ainiple union onI It I n rrcognited that the chief end to br uluined by the tludy of demonilm ion geometry is I the ability to renault wall rigid correctnew and toe prca > Iliuuiint with the umiott precltiou In I iniler to obtain Ihla mult it It recommended recom-mended tluu the teacher nuUt on viturout correctneat ol reatonlng In the ilimonitrjllou aa well at on careful Icniiiin 1 lo elegance of lorm I lie report wyt geometry cannot be ma u red by rending the ikm I jinirmioii I ul tinbook Frobably I no principl I J nunuaicJ I by the committee I U more 1s1 oln n violated I in l practice than It tint inn Mush leachert ol language agree < tint thin belt method ul I learning Itniitiage it I not with a Iranilallon in the liuulj of tIle titilitl Nellherahould llho nioniiratioiit In Kronielty be In the liupiln baiidi unIons It bo only lo inch 1I an raieitl I untIl mako linn familiar will I th form of demonttratloni Iruleed thin llasulis In the Utter case teem to tile far uroiiger than In the into of Ian KU iget For lila purpoto ol the pupi In I language It I above all to Income ac 011 nnted with the I inguage the develop iinml of h hlii ruatoii u incidvntjl While iii I Ihe mud > of geometry tile develop mont ul the reasoning power tn I the hirl end I to lie attained And turely the lint way to gain the power lo reason ii not by reading Ihereaiomng ol other lot rather lo ron for imrselviii On the whole teachertol inalhenialu I In beionilar I > tcnoolt rlob gritelul tu the men who have given 10 niuny will ful bUKiiontiont in auch coneinenl forn M liuvu the incmbert of thu conference 1 I lie chili I Inlernal evidence that Iho uriicnol tInt report are not practically tngnurU In the work which they ore Dimming 11 found ma fault winch h I tomniun to the report of nearly all ilte cuniireucci llir ipecially nollceabl I In the report ol 1 the tupcrlor lummliu of Tenthey recommend that certain aiudiit anonld aliernilc elton running hrottgh the year together I iiellevo hat moat practical teacher J In lecondary I schools s would agree that of two tludlet hut yoked together ode or ins other Jn lt = r Would almoei certainly and unavoidably nrglecieil br tIe pupil O W RooD HUh School UTI IS MCOXOAHV CIIOOI1 At the purpnae ol all eilocallon N I to make more intelligent rlllient to tame nun tan more perfect manhood both morally ami intellectually and 10 place in bit hundi that r whereby he mar be able to iii lainei < tenru and in hit turn nni In the Kdvaorenient of mankind mum more nearly perfect Ililttlon we mitt leek In the imdy of latin tint wlilcll It euential or rather accettory lirreto and avoid that which It super uout or even unneceoaiy Hones she ini u to be dot aomtthlng that will lord limply a itlmuliu lo minnVde elopment but aomethlng which in addition lo thin wIlt be 01 practical and Inmate value In life Having granted at 1 think we all will hal i 5r ihould be taught I in pulihc choolt the questIon natniAlly crises When hall sIne wdy begIn and how mach time shell be devoted in lit The Commilite of Ten recommen h that Hie uantlty of Latin now required for ad liinn to colleges tn not Increawd Intl nit line quant ol the work he Im ludd by devoting more lime lo the mount already required by I none n-one or two yean earlier shot to by he lime the pupil hun reached the cvenlh year of the grammar school hut U teem more advhableuller taking I rita consideration the number of branch til55 the pupil of today It I ea mud tu purtue lieiure gmduailon from he high tchoi l that thin cmirte In Latin be only of tour yean duration and be onftned to UK hmh school when the pupil mind bat matured luftiotenily to horouehlv camnrehend the relation ol word and ideal in Involved conjunction uch ai will be met In the itudy of any ndent language if a language be nlroduced into Ihe luwer I honda let II be either French or Ctennan which lave a greater living Interim and can be better adapted lo the age of tin pupil I The small ol a course in LatIn depend de-pend jirobably at much on the work ll ra if the firot year m that of any other two hrnce the necetnity of greater care and more perfect adaptation of work to the larticular clan at hand Probably no two ctaunnvn could be Intirucied Inexactly In-exactly the ame waynor rould any two eachcn be lonnd who would lucctrni fully conducl a claM through s tubject In lite tame way yet certain general remark may be made applicable lo all Al the pronunciation ol lAtIn l It dull cult U teemn proper thai u be mattered btfore anything U taken up fur taken nth other work ii U very apt to be jllghted an puplli will llnioit Invariably regard It u n mailer ol minor Importance Impor-tance and theft time will Iw attest upon wmcihlng clue until It hat become a S bore and thai the Interest ii I lout at ihe very oultel Neil the gramnur ihould be taken up beginning I with the verb the most ii blnTI liihcult part hoc while the Inlcrcil l > reth and tine shady n a novelty the lupll will spited more energy than after neanane It worn t10 the forming I of roper habits at the commencement of any new undertaking U alllmpoiuit The pupil who ttarti out with the 1Ir AlaI slnt In the course of a few month will find continued dryneu of Latin grammar dampening to hit or her ardor hence the aim mould I be not lo make time lessons more difficult but rather eatler II pottlble the easiness to be made up for by marc rapid advance oeehfh II rft inent whlrhwill be very ttlmuKiting to Ihe poorctt an well at lo the belt pupil If anything can be to i I bcheio al r o contrar lo the Com milieu ol Ten Hut tho elemenit thould be patted over rapidly and the clans set to reading at toon as possible I o grind out a whole year on Latin comtniclioni mangled Into ihort phratet antI 1 ten leiicei thai have no human Interest U to the pupil like gilndlng out u many bushels ol corn each day knowing from the coils ol today what will be lhat of tomorrow Hut 11 the element of Latin grammar rAn be learned in the lirM halt > ear at hat been proven by eapcrience and the rlnno begIns 10 read a freih Inlirrnt Is awakened a itlmulu lo renewed tflbrU given In thit lint work the vocabulary ihould be llmitrd thIn U ilto contrary t rlll to the reM > rt Illl the Committee of Ten and thoroughly mattered It ahould be limited to that II may be thoroughly mattered to lhat the pupil lull not be forcrd to direct hit energlra In too man direction at the taint tune and thou he I tiny aciinre the habIt ol learning wane 10 at to know them enlist heard at cell ni slIm teen and In one place at ella ell-a In another The greater put ol our pupIN today tuity n language and are acquainted with the wino only witch teen in a ceilain connection anil then only by remembering re-membering the comet l and If the vocabulary of the first veer be tIes ex tendeJ we can expect no other retuh for to ex > ect any paul to learn tile vocabulury I ol live or nix ihouund wordt which matt of our beginning book III i Lutln contain Mill readily appear 10 potlerout 1 ho greater iiiunner of our nook for beglnnera comam word enough to average Irom lilteen to thlily for each Khool day In the scan lithe number were reduced loan many hun 3 dbe at they now are Ihoutanai tin proper amount would be more nearly approximated No II more lyntax ihould be taught during the ituily of the lenient thai It I neceiiary or their proper lomprelirn ilon but thould be lilt till tho reading Ir of tueoan negliM Cottar rocummeudu Ittelf lor the list reading matter for two reotont Firat becauae thou It nJ other piece of Unman literature that lime comedown come-down to ui lhat I furiiUhei no good a Itituhn l for the tynlax of ltI Ihe i IFo Ian gtiagi Hecondly became ihe pupil will evInce a greaier I III inlereil in Cuuir tItan In any uIhar 1 author becaute it It III hi r nnibitlon tu read lint wuich he has In 11I 10 much about iind at long a the pnpllit mlcriil U I kept up wemay be turcuf tucnti 11m rocuinniciidatinn ol the mm milieu th U Imir I bookt ol Cumin In iii read It linsilile prolwlily two uro um dent those the lecond and third and even then the Inure dlmcull ptwa I ro of Indirect diirourae ahould either herd he-rd by the insh odor or uniltte I During thin I wriod ally hull ilu IMIH tboulil be iprnt upun compoiitlon I i base upon mIte Latin text Him icciuliing the xL nuppri u II tj I nIt I lIt r to d Tin o art i C II J i I I I 01 I ty I i I IIm I a I ii iii I III nr d Id < ill le I viii rn In i 0 k I ciii It iliin I sum0 It runnlu mnoi > l to i f pnnlh tic the huirnil 1 treulbnm II moil ru i u 1 i i I Ihe ass > il nile The n I i i i in mrthod hnul > iai 1 < cl with the tulMtltu llvn ni i nt from Nepo ilium I and Viri Its the work ill iie i third and fiiurin I tern naturally enn nllng of ClcrrnV Orallont and the lneid with a continuation of the Latin prote In runncrilon with Cicero The courne or the lour ytttt then would be at olliw i i yeir Theelemfnti of Latin gram I I mir two boom of Ctc Mr and cornuo Imi and lynUt tuilied bv the inducllvc I melhoil end yeerSoiecthins from Notxx 51 innS and Viri Romr unit > tnc I rx rcuct In I compufilion ronttnued iid year Ckfro conipoiltlon and yiiiox 4th yev Virgil and Roman literature C M STKnmvt High School |