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A HIGH TEA.

Public school teachers had a "high tea" last Saturday at the Madison Square Garden, in aid of the Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association. This orgaization has as its beneficiaries the men and women who have retired from the public schools after many years of service. The proceeds are to go to the retirement fund. There were a few informal addresses in the banquet hall. D. B. Frisbee, president of the association; Edward A. Page, president of the Society of Pedagogy, and Dr. J. L. N. Hunt were among the speakers.

Mrs. Benton-Barnes received the congratulations of the hundreds of teachers who partook of the "high tea," for the success with which the affair terminated. The teachers of the city have shown their interest in the Mutual Benefit Association, which is to get half the gross receipts, by attending in large numbeas.

At the head of one embowered table sat Dr. M. J. Elgas. At his side were Mrs. Elgas, Mrs. Johanna J. Hill, of No. 74; Miss Julia A. Birdseye, of No. 33; Miss J. Hodges, Miss S. Kreemer, Miss H. McClennan and Miss E. Pittman.

At the other tables were Mr. Dubois B. Frisbee, the president of the association; Mr. Henry O'Niell, Miss P. O'Niell, Mr. William Hess, Mr. Andrew Jackson Whiteside, Mr. Mertin H. Ray, Miss M. Louise Clausen, Mr. Edgar Vanderbilt, Mr Samuel McC. Crosby, Miss Mary A. Magovein, Miss I. A. McCabe, Miss Carrie Fay Cobb, Mr. H. C. Boehme and Assistant Superintendent Edward D. Bagen.

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THE FREE LECTURES.

The Free Lectures for Workingmen and Women will begin on Saturday evening of this week for the winter, under the direction of the Evening School Committee, of which Commissioner Rogers is chairman- The work as outlined in the advertisement of the programme which is presented in another column of this week's SCHOOL, shows a large development over that of last year, which was the largest in attendance since the lectures were inaugurated. They were attended last winter by over 100,000 people. There will be this winter the lectures delivered on Monday and Thursday of each week as heretofore, in twentythree different locations between the Battery and Kingsbridge. On Wednesday nights in two places and on Saturday nights at three Evening High Schools and at Cooper Institute, making a total of thirty different places at which lectures will be held each week.

The course which has been adopted by Dr.

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Leipziger since he assumed the supervision of these lectures has been systematically followed. The lecturers are capable men of standing in their professions, and the subjects chosen on history and hygiene, biography and citizenship, are attractive and full of suggestion. This work has been one of the most remarkable characters ever undertaken by any community upon a large scale. Dr. Leipziger has given to it a title of "A People's University Course." There is no reason why, if properly directed, it should not afford to the great community of the city a means of keeping in contact with the current thoughts of the day, as thoroughly as that supplied by the more elaborate and ambitious University Extension methods. The results that have been so far obtained have been encouraging, and the continuance of this work will be followed by many who have watched it with the closest interest.

NEW PRINCIPALS INSTALLED. Miss Cordelia S. Killmer, who was appointed to take the place of the late Miss Kate Rogers as principal of the Primary department of Grammar School No. 79, was installed last week. No. 79 is on 1st st., between First and Second aves. It is the largest school on the East Side.

School Inspector Benjamin Blumenthal, the senior inspector of New York city, made the installation speech introducing Miss Killmer who has been for many years a teacher in the Female department of Grammar School No. 19. An interesting programme, including singing and recitations, had been prepared by Miss M. H. Hoogland, acting principal of the school, and it was acceptably rendered by the pupils. Chairman Hiram Merritt presided, and an interesting address was also made by Trustee Haight, who is the senior member of the Board of Trustees.

THE ROADS AROUND NEW YORK.

The Road Maps published by R. D. Servoss of No. 21 Center st., have become a necessity and have served a most valuable purpose in making New York and its suburbs fifty miles around, familiar to the resident of this great metropolitan circuit. The maps are models of their kind, and are a credit to the publisher. They show every high road, lane and byway, and indicate its character, keeping up to date with the latest improvements in these thoroughfares. This is particularly valuable to the great number of bicycle riders, among whom are many school teachers. Special rates may be made for these several maps by application direct to the publisher.

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NORMAL COLLEGE NOTES.

In the competitive examination for tutors in the college, Miss Lao G. Simons has been appointed tutor in mathematics, having received an average of 86 per cent.

For the vacancy in the French department three candidates passed the examination, but as there was but one place, Mlle. Marie Camenen was appointed. Mlle. Camenen was educated in a French Normal school, and graduated from No. 47. She has taught for several years in a university in Seattle, Wash., from which she has the highest recommendations for scholarship and ability.

To the two vacancies in the training department the Executive Committee appointed Miss Elizabeth Cavington, who received an average of 91 per cent. in the theory and practice of teaching and in psychology; and Miss Mary E. S. Davidson, who received 87 per cent. in the same subjects. They were appointed junior teachers.

Alpha Beta Gamma Society will hold a debate next Friday afternoon on the subject: "Resolved, that science has done more for the elevation of the mind than literature." The affirmative side will be held by Miss Thompson and Miss Lyon, the negative by Miss Jacobson and Miss Rouse.

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The Philomathean Society will also hold a debate on the subject: Resolved, That the President of the United States should be elected by the individual vote of the people, rather than by electors." The affirmative side will be debated by Miss Pennington and Miss Hess, the negative side by Miss McCabe and Miss Kaliske.

The Wood Memorial Committee has sent out in. vitations to the alumnae and friends to be present on the occasion of the presentation of the me morial bust of William Wood in the chapel of the college on October 21st, at four o'clock.

ANTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUE.

The last meeting of the Central Anti-Cigarette League held last Friday at Grammar No. 69 was a pleasant event. All the new officers and the delegates from a majority of the Grammar schools were addressed by Commissioner Hubbell in an able speech outlining the work of the League.

The promoters of the Anti-Cigarette League were gratified with the presence of some of their graduates who dropped in at the re-union. President Graham McKinley has just entered college. Messrs. Brennan and Stern, also graduates, made the entertainment particularly agreeable by their spirited recitations. Master McFarland, a younger pupil, performed on the piano. These entertainments reflect great credit on Miss M. J. Carolan and Miss Ella Froeligh.

A PRETTY SOUVENIR.

Compliments of
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SCHOOL ASSOCIATION NOTICES.

Association of Primary Principals holds its regular meeting the second Monday in each month, at the New York City College. President, Miss Josephine E. Rogers; Secretary, Miss S. E. Buckbee.

The "Emile" holds its regular meetings on the first and third Fridays of each month, at The College of the City of New York. William J. O'Shea, President; Bryan J. Reilly, Rec. Secretary.

Primary Teachers' Association. Regnlar meetings held on the third Monday of each month, at The College of the City of New York. Mary A. Magovern, President, Mrs. J. E. Archer. Secretary.

The Teachers' Co-operative Building and Loan Association holds its regular meetings on the last Friday of each month, at No. 160 East 34th st., at 4 p. m. Joseph G. Furey, President; Magnus Gross, Jr., Secretary.

Teacher's Building and Loan Association. Regular meeting on the last Friday of each month, in Grand Central Palace, 127 East 43d st. David E. Gaddis, President: A. D. Stratton, Secretary.

Janitors' Association of the New York Public Schools will hold its regular meeting on Saturday at 4 p. m., Nov. 16th at 3rd ave. and 79th st. Samuel C. Haight, President; Frederick Meyer, Secretary.

Teachers' Association of the City of New York holds the regular meeting of its Board of Directors on the third Tuesday of each month, in the City College, at 4 p. m. Matthew J. Elgas, President; Henry M. Farrell, Secretary.

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FREE LECTURES FOR THE PEOPLE.

MOMDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1895, 8 P.M. Grammar School No. 3, corner Grove and Hudson sts.

Dr. Albert A. Bird. "Election Laws; Party Organizations and Methods."

Grammar School No. 5, corner Edgecombe

ave. and 141st st.

Dr. F. A. Lyons. "The House We Live In." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 10,corner 117th st. and St. Nicholas ave. Mr. A. C. Maclay. "An Evening in China." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 14, 225 East 27th st. Mr. H. E. Northrop. "Imperial Berlin and other German Cities." Illustrated.

Grammar School No. 15, 728 5th st. Miss Ida Benfey. "Les Miserables." Grammar School No. 23, corner Bayard and Mulberry sts.

Mr. T. C. McClellan. "Niagara." Illus trated.

Grammar School No. 27, 206 East 42d st. Mr. J. F. Hopkins. "Nuremberg." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 29, corner Albany and Carlisle sts.

Mr. Edward King. "How to Prevent Strikes."

Grammar School No. 33, 418 West 28th st. Mr. Henry W. Raymond. 2. "Our New Navy." Illustrated. Primary School No. 35, corner 51st st. and First ave.

Mr. H. B. Sprague. 1. "Shakespeare's Youth."

Grammar School No. 51, 523 West 44th st." Mr. Wm. G. McGuckin. "Thomas Jefferson." Grammar School No. 54, corner Amsterdam ave. and 104th st.

Dr. Wendell C. Phillips. "Colds, Their Prevention and Treatment." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 64, 2436 Webster ave. Fordham. Dr. E. Murray-Aaron. "The Log of a Wandering Naturalist in the Tropics." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 82, corner 70th st. and First ave. Mr. William Niven. "Life in Mexico." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 86, 96th st. and Lexington ave.

Prof. A. D. F. Hamlin. 2. "The Greek, Temple; The Partheon." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 87, 77th st. and Amsterdam ave.

Miss A. M. Fielde. "The Social and Domestic Life of the Chinese." Grammar School No. 96, corner 81st st. and Avenue A.

Mr. Rossiter Johnson. "Turning Points in the Civil War." The Institute, corner East Broadway and Jefferson st. "Athens, An

Dr. Clarence A. Young. cient and Modern." Illustrated. Columbus Hall, 60th st., between Ninth and Tenth aves. Mr. G. H. Payson. 2, "The World's Fair. Machinery, Electricity and ManufactIllustrated. ures." Melrose Lyceum, corner 150th st. and Third Mr. Palmer Heath Lyon. "The Camera in Its Relation to Civilization." Illustrated.

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Mr. Henry W. Raymond. 2. "Our New Grammar School No. 33, 418 West 28th st. Mr. George C. Lay. From Lexingten Illustrated. to Yorktown." Grammar School No. 35, corner First ave. and 51st st. Mr. W. A. McAndrew. "The Great Northern Country." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 51, 523 West 44th st.

Prof. Charles Knapp. The Amusements Grammar School No. 54, 104th st. and Am

of the Ancient Romans." Illustratrd.

sterdam ave.

Prof. Charles Sprague Smith. "Italy, the Land and the People." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 64, 2436 Webster ave., Fordham.

Mr. L. H. Stoddard. "China and the Grammar School No. 82, 70th st. and Am

Chinese."

sterdam ave.

Mr. E. R. Von Nardroff. "Sound and Music. Illustrated." Grammar School No. 86, 96th st. and Lex

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Mr. Cephas Brainerd, Jr. "Daniel Webster.' Grammar School No. 87, 77th st. and Amsterdam ave.

Mr. Alfred M. Collet. The City and University of Oxford." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 96, 81st st. and Avenue A.

Mr. G. H. Payson. "The World's Fair. 1. Agriculture and Forestry." Illustrated. The Institute, East Broadway and Jefferson st.

Mrs. Fanny G. Levy. "The Ballad." Ilustrated. Columbus Hall, 60th st., bet. Ninth and Tenth aves.

Miss Ida Benfey. "Les Miserables." Melrose Lyceum, 150th st. and Third ave. Mr. L. H. Van Gasbeek. "The Land of

the Shamrock."

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2.

Y. M. C. A. Hall, 5 West 125th st. History of Architecture." Illustrated. Mr. G. T. Snelling. "A Glimpse at the

Grammar School No. 26, 124 West 30th st. Dr. C. A. Young. "Athens-Ancient and Modern." Illustrated.

Grammar School No. 74, 220 East 63d st. Prof. H. E. Northrop. "Switzerland." Illustrated.

Grammar School No. 75, 25 Norfolk st.
Dr. F. A. Lyons. "The House We Live
In." Illustrated.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9.

Y. M C. A. Hall, 5 West 125th st. Prof. Charles Sprague Smith. "Italy, the Land and the People." Illustrated. Grammar School No. 26, 124 West 30th st. Mr. John B.Uhle. "Christiania, Capital of Norway." Illustrated.

Grammar School No. 74, 220 East 63d st. Mr. A. M. Collet. "University and City of Oxford," Illustrated.

Grammar School No. 75, 25 Norfolk st. Mr. George Donaldson. "Asiatic Manners and Customs." Illustrated.

TEACHERS' LICENSES.

Candidates for examination at the Board of Education, also Normal College students coached. Experience; success; ref

erence.

MRS. ANNIE M. ATKINSON,
236 West 130th St.

Miss Curtis's Singing Classes. Miss Emilie C. Curtis's Singing Classes for Public School Teachers are held at her

studio, 325 Madison avenue, above 42d street, on Monday and Tuesday afternoons. The lessons include instruction in Miss Curtis's method of training children's voices from the top downward and grade work in sight singing. The teachers' own voices are cultivated, and all are enabled to sing.

Special attention is given to the speaking voice. Terms: $3.00 for 12 lessons.

DRAWING.

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NEW BOOKS.

A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION.

"IN DEFIANCE of the King," A Romance of the American Revolution. By Chauncy C. Hotchkiss. D. Appleton & Co., New York.

The term "romance," as applied to this story, should be taken with due allowance. The tale is not one of those marvelous or fabulous fictions which we are wont to ascribe to the domain of romance. Neither has it that mild and soothing enchantment which distinguishes stories of the character of "Lorna Doone;" but as a historical tale it is well constructed, and is told in the first with that pleasant air of reality that Wyperson, man, Conan Doyle and others have employed so effectively in recent works. The merit of the story lies chiefly in the quiet, natural view which it gives to the Revolutionary epoch. Most of the characters which it introduces stand out clearly and the interest in the narrative is carried through to the close. None of the characters, however, can be said to be strong or distinct creations, although that of Jacob Moon has something of this. They move along throughout the drama in a pleasant, vivacious way that becomes more animated as the scenes and situations becomes more exciting. The author is evidently familiar with the neighborhood of which he writes, and his graphic pictures of the country and the Long Island coast are evidently from acquaintance, and they recall many phases of Revolutionary life which must have been frequent, although they have been little touched upon by story writers. The Revolutionary traditions are yearly becoming more interesting in the interval of more than a century that has elapsed, and these traditions, mellowed with time, are shaping more readily to the story writer. The book is pleasant and entertaining reading, far superior to the ordinary novel, and it is suggestive also that its writer can do better work.

OUR COMMON SPEECH, by Gilbert M. Tucker. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York.

Mr. Tucker has written a pleasant, discursive book, or rather has compiled, several papers, on topics connected with the proper use of the English language; or as he puts it, the changes which the English tongue is undergoing on both sides of the sea, and the labors of lexicographers to explain the meaning of the words of which the language is composed. The author has an easy style, and is liberal in his likes and his dislikes. His examination of "American English" affords him an opportunity which he does not fail to avail of, in distinguishing American idioms from those which are transmitted from England, and which are so frequently charged as purely American inventions. An estimate is also given of the comparative value of the different dictionaries as authorities, and the work contains a good bibliography. AMERICAN BOOK CO., NEW YORK. ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY, by John Macnie, edited by Emerson E. White.

THE NATURAL MUSIC PRIMER AND READER, in six numbers graded for the public school, by Frederick H. Ripley and Thomas Tapper. The plan of this course provides for a constant use of charts at first independent of the books, and afterwards as a systematic preparation for the lessons from day to day.

CONTES ET LEGENDES, by H. A. Gureber. This is the second part of an excellent collection of fairy tales for the learner in French.

THE ACADEMIC FRENCH COURSE, by Antoine Muzzarelli.

A. LOVELL & CO., NEW YORK. “American History Leaflets." The Stamp Act,

1765.

C. W. BARDEEN, SYRACUSE. "Outline Study of United States History," by Harlow Godard.

"The German Declensions," by W. A. Wheatlem.

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Subject to Vanity," by Margaret Benson, illustrated by the author.

"Miss Grace of All Souls," by William Edwards Tirebuck.

"Snow Bird and the Water Tiger," another fairy tale by Margaret Compton. "Fettered, Yet Free," a study in heredity by Anna S. Swan.

UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING CO., NEW YORK. "The American Accountant," by W. C. Sandy. A new treatise on double entry book-keeping, for High Schools and Colleges, as well as for reference in the counting.room. One part is arrange for the needs of business men who do not wish to enter on the study of the subject in detail.

STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

On Saturday of last week, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the State Teachers' Association was held at Albany, Dr. Wm. J. Milne presiding. The time for holding the next convention was set down for the 6th, 7th and 8th of July, 1896. The following programme was agreed

upon:

President's Address, Dr. W. J. Milne, N. Y. State Normal College.

Annual Educational Address, Dr. D. J. Hill, Oswego University.

Superintendent's Address, State Superintendent C. R. Skinner.

Papers on Educational Topics, Superintendent Maxwell, Dr. Backus and Mr. W. B. Gunnison, of Brooklyn; Messrs. E. A. Page, Henry O'Neill and W. J. O'Shea, of New York; Professors Münsterberg and McNulty, of Harvard and Teachers' Colleges, respectively; Professor Bothwell, of Albany; W. H. Wickes, of Syracuse, and Miss Anna L. Eggleston.

A cordial invitation was also extended to Dr. J. L. N. Hunt to speak on the subject of "School Commissions," and to Assistant Superintendent

Schauffler on "Music."

SHE ARRANGED THE BOOKS. Mrs.Strephon (Phillis as was) met her husband at the door as he came home one evening recently. She looked tired, but triumphant.

· “I've arranged all your books for you," she said. "Such a piece of work it was," and she led her husband to the bookcase where he kept most of his reference books.

"There," said she. "You had books of all sizes and colors in that case-it was horrible to look at. I have put all of the same color together, and arranged them all by their sizes. You won't find a single tiny book in between two great big ugly things of another color. Now you will try to keep the bookcase neat, won't you, dear-I've spent so much time over it ?"

So Strephon kissed Phillis and promised.-N. Y. Sun

A LITTLE WHILE.

'Tis such a little while we walk together
Along life's way.

Some weary feet that march beside us falter
Each passing day.
Dear friends that greet us in the morning vanish
Ere it is noon.
And tender voices melt away in silence-
A broken tune.

A brief, sweet time we journey on together
Through fields of green.

And then our voices break the silence never
That falls between.
No loving word can reach them through the dis-
tance-

No kindly deed-
We call to them in tender, loving accents-
They take no heed.

We long to see the dear, familiar faces,
But all in vain;

The footsteps that kept pace with ours so bravely
Come not again.

We catch the echo of a voice grown silent,
Faint and afar.

A dim, white face gleams out among the shadows
Like some pale star.

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TRAINING FOR THE FLAG.

A square near Grove st. is occupied by that school as its Campus Martius. The drill of the companies at two P. M., Friday, attracts a throng of spectators. "We notice that they improve from week to week," said a lady to one of the teachers. Half an hour later Company D came on the scene. It is under the command of Capt. Ira O. Biehler, Secretary of the Central AntiCigarette League. The young lads show, by their erect bearing, that they rate themselves as one of the finest corps in the city. Eight months from now," said the captain," these lads will be so much the more manlier, and on them may depend the keeping of the flag won by us as a prize last May."

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"One word as to that flag," said the teacher. "Principal Southerland has sound notions about home study as a means of wholesome, mental discipline. While these boys were drilling for that prize, not an hour was spent which our programme of studies allotted to other lessons. On Friday, at two o'clock, only those pupils were permitted to drill who had been ranked from good to perfect in their studies. To-day, the parents who watch the evolutions of these ranks may know that the lad's daily lessons have not been slighted. We have not permitted physical education to supersede the intellectual. The flag-staff planted here in Greenwich can never be wrested from us. Yet we shall not grieve when the im

proved drill of their pupils directs its starry folds to float over the public school-house of Chelsea and Yorkville."

A FOURTH WARD PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Trustee John B. Shea of the Fourth Ward installed Miss Elizabeth A. Duggan as principal of Primary No. 14, at Oliver near Oak st., last week. The school has an attendance of 505 pupils, and has been under the care of Miss Catharine Dougherty since the retirement of Mrs. Margaret T. Donnegan, the former principal. Miss Duggan began teaching in the Tenth Ward. She has a Primary experience of four years, when she was transferred to the Nineteenth Ward, in the Grammar department of No. 82, of which Mr. Frank J. Coleman is principal. She is a capable teacher, and No. 14, under her direction, should take its place among the best Primary schools in the city.

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EVENING SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.

In a communication on the cost of public education from Mr. Mark J. Katz, which is published in this week's SCHOOL, he points out the unwise tendency to reduce the cost in Evening Schools. The present Board of Education, and particularly the committee which has this subject under its direction, have an unusual opportunity to reorganize the Evening School system of the city, and to place the system on a broader, higher and more effective standard. Something of a beginning in this direction was made last year. But it is surely a dubious theory which would begin such a reorganization with a reduction of the salaries of the instructors. Not one of the business men who are members of the Evening School Committee would be likely to introduce such a practice in his own business, unless, indeed, the salaries paid were particularly extravagant.

Such a statement cannot be made of

the salaries paid Evening School instructors. The best teachers and principals of the High Schools or the regular schools, are those who teach in the day schools. They are invariably men or women who have been trained to their work; who have had large experience in it, and who have credentials testifying to their professional ability to teach. There are, it is true, others who secure these appointments merely as an aid to contribute to an income from other sources than teaching, but these are the exceptions. The number of them and their fitness for such instruction comes under the supervision of the committee. For any professional work that is done at night, at a personal sacrifice of one's time, a fee of five or six dollars a night is not large. In what profession could skillful and capable work of this character be secured regularly at such figures? It follows that any reduction in

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the payment of the teachers will tend to reduce the standard of the instruction.

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Such an effect has already became marked since a reduction was made a

year or more ago. It is not as if there was an unlimited number of applicants from which appointments of teachers can be made. There are, as recently stated. by Dr. Hunt, about seven per cent of the teachers of the city who are men, and of these, not more than half have

had the wide experience necessary for the proper advanced instruction of young men and women. Many of these will not for a larger compensation undertake the additional labor required in teaching at night. No teacher can contract to teach successively at night for a long period of years, without suffering from the strain. Similar and additional reasons reduce the number of competent women available as instructors. The only manner in which these places can be filled, if professional teachers do not feel that there is sufficient recompense for the work, is by obtaining others who for the work, is by obtaining others who have not had the requisite experience and the training.

There are other instances when the physician assumes the right to vaccinate one and all, regardless of protest. No health officer has authority to proceed to such extremes, and when it is attempted despite all objections; the principal is justified, as in one instance a principal was last year, in refusing to permit the officer to proceed further in her school. The health officers are properly in

structed in their duties, and it is to their credit that they are gentlemen. A complaint to the Board of Health will soon

check the assurance of any who are not.

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Their real duties began last week. Mrs. Alger told her experience to a World reporter, as she sat before a grate fire in her comfortable home. She is handsome of face and figure, and a brunette. Her chin is firm, but feminine, and her black eyes sparkle. She has a decisive, determined manner that shows that she is used to

grasping situations quickly and correctly. She was assistant superintendent of the New York State Building at the World's Fair.

"Don't print my picture or describe my appearance," she implored.

Mrs. Alger said she started out at 8 A. M. and finished her day's work at 5:30 P. M. Her district embraced Governor's and Bedlow's Islands and several blocks in the neighborhood of the Battery. She was to visit every family in her district and get the names of every person between the ages of four and twenty-one who was not able to read and write in English, and who, consequently, needed school training.

Mrs. Alger went first to Governor's Island and was received with every courtesy by the officers and soldiers until she made her appearance at one of the side doors of the soldiers' barracks. She knocked at the door and a large woman made her appearance at the window, carefully surveyed the visitor, shook her head and disappeared.

Some of the most effective educational work in the city is done in the Evening Schools, whether it is merely in the classes which instruct foreigners in English, in the practical commericial instruction which is given in bookkeeping and stenography, or the more advanced studies taught in the High Schools. There are thousands of men and women whose positions in life have been secured through the instruction afforded them in these classes. Only one practical line of policy can be carried out for the good of the system and the benefit of the students. The interest of the schools should be maintained to attract the students, and it can only be sustained by the employment of capable and competent York, where the hard work of the day began. She teachers, and by fixing the highest stand

ard for the work. The committee hav

ing received the support of the Mayor and the Board of Apportionment, can establish a record for itself by adjusting the payment of instructors at figures commensurate with their work.

Schools in various parts of the city are now undergoing the infliction which is placed upon them when the Health Department physician appears to vaccinate. The teacher and principal stands in unpleasant position between the parents of the pupil on the one hand, and the law as represented by the health officer on the other. A few parents are opposed to vaccination under any circumstances, but these persons should recognize that they must conform with the law in this respect, or their children cannot attend a public school.

Mrs. Alger was dismayed, but for a moment only. She is equal to most emergencies. After a few minutes she tapped at the window. A young girl came with a portentious frown. Mrs. Alger turn. ed up the lapel of her jacket, displaying there a big shield, on which were the words "Department of Education, Agency of Truancy." The door was promptly opened and the required information was given.

On Bedlow's Island, Mrs. Alger found a small soldier population. Then she returned to New

started in on the canal-boats tied up near the Bay Ridge Ferry, but soon found that the canal-boat colony which winters there does not come until November.

According to the regulations of the Board of Education, Mrs. Alger is expected to secure the and other means than force." If this don't sucattendance of truants "by arguments, persuasion ceed, she may arrest them.

But he must be a hard-headed youngster who would not succumb to Mrs. Alger's argument and persuasion." If that does fail, then those black eyes will flash fire and the white but stronglooking hands close over the collar of the erring one, who will be dragged to the nearest police station.

The by-laws say that the attendance officer shall be thirty-five years of age at the time of appointment; so Mrs. Alger had to own up to that age— but she doesn't look it.

TYPEWRITERS IN SCHOOLS.

The Boston Board of Education has adopted the

Hammond typewriter for use in the public schools of that city. The first order is for fifty o' these machines and for an equal number of tables. The Chicago Board of Education has also decided to use the typewriter, the Hammond exclusively, after a careful and exhaustive examination of all the leading machines on the market, and ordered one hundred machines.

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