granted. DOW twenty-one sixun grade pupils are huddled in a room 10x24 feet Leo Everett, Frank T. Cunnion, Jacob cation has ap- in size, and the graduating class is being W. Mack, and Edward D. O'Brien, all of e street, Long instructed in an old store-room, 11x13 Manhattan; Frederick W. Jackson, of mool to relieve feet. chool 6. This protest among New York Teachers' Club House kinds against I on the new ng erected at ets, Brooklyn. olumns, which of the structand the work columns are attempt to es After reviewing the history of the movement the letter considers the advantages of the proposed building. They are as follows: the Bronx; Albert G. McDonald, John Strange Legal Decision. Justice Bischoff, of the supreme court, 3. It will enable them to receive under on the eligible list. The superintendent s for defective proper auspices the great educational stated that Mrs. Perham had failed in tion shows that lights who visit the city; to receive and several examinations, and besides a rule 500 children in confer with representative men or com- of the board provided that a license ist need special mittees from other professional or lay sued before 1898, and unused for five receive in the bodies for conference or interchange of years should become invalid unless the a of Commis- ideas upon matters of general educational holder was re-examined. nd this movelasses with fifthem. These after the most ything done to al. interest. 4. It will be in the best sense of the term a teachers' exchange, the center of educational discussion and activity. 5. It will contain a pedagogical and general library such as will fully meet all professional requirements. 6. It will have a book room where principals and teachers can at their leisure examine and select text-books for their classes. Justice Bischoff, in his decision, said: "By virtue of the license issued to her she is entitled to demand that her name be placed on the eligible list, and her application for a peremptory writ of mandamus is therefore granted. of Columbia The Teaching of German. fellowship in lege to Prof. German in the public schools, praises Dr. The Staats Zeitung, in an editorial on aster of methMaxwell for his efforts to secure the nchester, Eng7. It will contain a large hall which will teaching of that language in the elemencellent parlia- always be at the disposal of lecturers for tary schools. The editorial then states Education in the general body or for special courses, that the question of whether German y published. meetings, and entertainments generally. should be taught in every school in New 8 It will have committee rooms and York, irrespective of locality, must be reading rooms where representatives of answered by the Germans in the negathe various branches and grades of the tive. The reason for this is that there service can meet and formulate plans for their special interest or welfare, before bringing them to the general body for indorsement and advocacy, ten Island has uilding in Bar mmodation of d in a rented 'k. ll was tendered e teachers and hamton, N. Y., ble testimoniis occasion asin which he is and citizens. is, U. S. N., ed as superin 100l. 9. It will contain such other club features as the committee may consider suitable or necessary for the comfort and interest of the men and women of the profession. The plans of the building provide for a ground floor containing offices and an auditorium, a mezzanine floor, and a second and third floor providing dining and club rooms, a library and various compupils of the mittee rooms. Above this there may be ked proficiency six floors divided into bachelor apartAt a recent ments. school vacated te and twenty ous records. the Society of will be held at f education on at 10.30 A. M. er, president of deliver an adReading.' The cost of such a building will be from $200,000 to $300,000, and to maintain and run it will cost $15,000 to $20,000 per annum. The means of raising this sum are not yet definitely settled. Already the association has $16,000 in its treasury for this purpose, and many teachers have offered generous subscriptions. No Direct Delivery. There was a movement on foot someo hold a com- time since on the part of the committee tion under the of supplies of the board of education to y of Michigan. make the book publishers deliver their co-operation of books directly to the schools instead of cs and higher having them go thru the supply departall the large ment. This naturally met with opposi7. The object tion from the publishers and also from enlighten the many principals. The plan has eventually public, and to been given up owing to the certainty teaching and that incalculable confusion would follow Now York. Absolutely indispensabic Laing's Planetarium is one of the best instruments devices to impart useful knowledge pertaining to ou planetary system, that I have ever examined. It shoul be in every up-to-date school. You might as well sen your man to the woods to chop wood without a axe as to expect a teacher to clearly impart certain know edge without the proper equipment, such as I regard this Shelby, O. W. W. SKILES, Pres. of Board of Education Write for Descriptibe Booklet. Free. LAING PLANETARIUM Co., Detroit, Mich 1 Educational Museum. ers college has a museum which, ly the growth of a year, has yet ished much of its purpose, to serve niature model for museums in colleges, and universities. This ularly shown in the collections of urniture. The cases in which the articles of interest are deposited I were intended to be, models for 1 other museums. Their good ave been appreciated and they en copied by various other insti the museum shows various samschool seats and desks and while ection is not as complete as it is I to be there are samples of the ork, such as desks of the Grand School Furniture Company and aney School Furniture Company. seum has the nucleus of a colof various kinds of picture frame s. There are also copies of every blanks used in the schools of the cites of the country, representing rade from the kindergarten to schoiol. s the equipment itself Mr. George Kellogg, the curator of the engaged in gathering pictures s of the buildings themselves, e earliest types until the present. believed to be the first collection nd ever attempted in the country. e photographs of buildings erecte early forties until the present, represented by an almost comt of New York public school s. Thus the museum tries to e growth and ideal of the school and, so far as the collection has ed, of the school equipment. s these exhibits there are several ns of general interest. Perhaps t attractive is the collection of valuable works on mathematics cograph letters of many promihematicians loaned by Dr. David Smith. ous feature of another case is an of educational equipment of nds, represented by a Russian machine and a pile of bones e used for counters in Corea. useum, as a whole, will be found y interesting to teachers, and cor will be ready to aid with sugas to how a school should be equipped or to answer questions ing relating to the collections. ort is being made to correlate tions with the literature of each READING STAND and REVOLVING BOOK CASI Well Finished Price, $10 Shelves, 15 x 15 in.; Adjustable Top, 14 x 18 in.: Between Shelves, 12 i Height from Floor, 12 in.; Height over all, 34 in ; Shelf Room, 6 ft. Reco nized all over the Civilized World unequaled as an Office or Libra article. Over 50,000 now used by Editors, Bankers, Officials, the Profe sions, and business men. 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It has been devised with great care to meet the latest JOSEPH CILLOTT & SONS, CK for LOCKERS ART IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM We publish a large collection of pictures suitable for the different grades, reproductions of superior quality and permanent value. ALL TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL PA NTINGS. New catalogue of our best subjects, containing over 600 illustrations, is sent on approval to wing Desks teachers upon receipt of a guarantee that it will be returned prepaid in good condition within a DIAL. Schools alone. Schools. e High Schools, - C. A.'s, etc., in Craig Locks. O-DAY. all about it: LOCK CO., week. special discounts. Our new illustrated leaflet "Animal Life in Art," and list of pictures for High schools are BERLIN PHOTOGRAPHIC CO., 14 East 23rd Street, NEW YORK. A NOTE ON COLOR For Teachers of Elementary Schools By CAROLINE WIST VAN HELDEN. Madame van Helden, having had wide experience with teachers, is able to put into small Send for a special circular about it, and for a full price list of Water Colors and all material Co The exclusi many. for it, days' t your m tion, a machin the ma CHICA REA tion: Lawbreakers. eat and it is constantly increas- in as individuals not as organizations. Several churches have permitted the involve three things. One is ion of the school administration olitics. Another is that a better teachers shall be employed, and pols kept open for a longer time. ird is that the pupils shall be not to a discontent with their dings and desire to escape them, an understanding of country condid the desire and ability to deal d improve them. In other words, t schooling must relate definitely ife the people are to live in their centrated Efficiency THAT IS THE KEY NOTE OF THE CHICAGO Concentration of Keyboard. GO WRITING MACHINE CO., Lifting the Country Teacher. The Middlesex county, N. J., school board directors have passed a few very sensible resolutions that ought to help remove some of the traditional burdens of the country school teacher. This is what they say: Resolved, That it is the sense of this body that successful teachers should be paid a salary of not less than $40 per month for services rendered, in view of increased expenses for the necessaries of life. Resolved, That in the opinion of this vision appears in the written contract. Los Angeles Sets an Example. At an election held on October 29, voters of Los Angeles decided to issue bonds to obtain money to construct a large number of new school buildings, including a polytechnic high school. The Los An London School Activity. Public educational institutions within the county of London, conduct sixty-eight special evening schools most of them being under the charge of the Technical Council. Besides these schools there are Education Board of the London County the regular evening classes of the school board of London. These special schools conduct classes in a variety of subjects such as are not attempted in any of the schools of this country. In general science we find, agriculture, astronomy, biology, mechanics, metallurgy, building construction, hygiene, geology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, zoology, and sanitary science. Under the head of special art industries there are classes in engraving, diamond ing, stained glass work, stone carving mounting, book-binding, heraldic paintBesides these and wood engraving. there is night instruction in the various ordinary trades, as carpentry and ma sonry. Princeton Plans. Pres. Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, desires to erect a law school, a practical electrical school, a museum of natural history, and biological laboratories. He estimates that $12,500,000 is necessary to carry out these improvements. 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