105603 A Monthly Magazine DEVOTED TO THE SCIENCE, ART, PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE OF EDUCATION. FRANK H. KASSON, EDITOR. VOLUME XX. SEPTEMBER, 1899, -JUNE, 1900. BOSTON KASSON AND PALMER 50 BROMFIELD STREET 1900 Anglo-Saxon," Changed Significance of. Frederick William Chapman Arithmetical Progression. President F. B. Gault Arithmetic, Evolution of, in the United States. J. M. Greenwood Arrested Development in Children. William T. Harris, LL.D. Autumn Song. (Poem.) Helen Cary Chadwick Boy, What will he become? F. D. Evans. 47 270 Brown-Séquard, Life and Work of. Mrs. William D. Cabell Card System of Informational Teaching. Virgil Hillyer, A.B Cherokees, Among the. Rev. L. T. Rightsell . College Requirements in English. Maud Elmer Kingsley, A.M. College Women and Matrimony. Dean George E. Gardner Columbine. (Poem.) Frederick Manley Corporal Punishment in Massachusetts Schools. Frank H. Palmer, English, College Requirements in. Maud Elmer Kingsley, A.M.. English, Common Mistakes in Teaching. Supt. John W. Wilkinson, English Composition in Elementary Schools. English, High School Course in. Frances W. Lewis Epitaph, His. (Poem.) Edward William Dutcher European and Non-European, The. F. W. Chapman Evangeline, The Art of. Miss Della Courson Foreign Language, Learning a. Boris D. Bagen, Ph.D. Foreign Languages, History of Teaching Them. Boris D. Bagen, Ph.D. Geographical Retrospect. President F. B. Gault Girls, Early Education of, in Massachusetts. George H. Martin Greek in the Curriculum. President J. A Baber Heavenly Pastures. (Poem.) Helen Ekin Starrett History, Modern Methods of Teaching. Milo A. Tucker Hygienic Man, Tribulations of. (Poem.) John F. Cowan Moral Impulses, Nurture of. Hon. Henry Sabin Nature Study. A Few Things Seen and Heard. Henry Mason Chad- 167 259 389 64, 128, 192, 258, 322, 386, 452, 520, 584, 650 Pictures, The Interpretation of. Franklin B. Sawvel 348 566 Principle, Place of, in Instruction. Frank P. Bachman 613 Professional Spirit of Teachers. Supt. C. B. Gilbert 129 396 E. Benjamin Andrews, LL.D., Return of the Birds. (Poem.) Miss Martha Shepard Lippincott School Days in Little Russia. George J. Varney Sea. (Poem.) Charles Augustus Schumacker State, Relation to Population. John W. Harshberger, Ph.D. State, Relation to the Public Schools. Hon. John W. Dickinson State Universities of the West. J. L. Pickard, LL.D. 632 Sympathy in the High School Teacher. B. B. Sciurus Temperance Instruction. Hon. Henry Sabin Through Education to Independence. M. Anagnos. Turner's Approach to Venice. (Poem.) Helen Cary Chadwick War. (Poem.) E. W. Dutcher Women, Education of, in the Orient. Mary Mills Patrick, Ph D). 99 35 414 28 531 621 298 478 521395 505 65 339 291 EDUCATION DEVOTED TO THE SCIENCE, ART, PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE OF EDUCATION. VOL. XX. SEPTEMBER, 1899. No. 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT-A DICTATOR OR LEADER, THE WHICH? HON. HENRY SABIN, DES MOINES, IOWA. HE present trend of the times is to lodge in the hands of the city superintendent almost supreme power in strictly educational affairs, and to separate his office from the business or administrative functions of the board. This scheme finds many advocates, particularly in the larger cities. In imitation, in many small towns and cities the superintendent asks to be allowed to exercise the same powers. He claims the right to appoint and dismiss teachers at his own pleasure; to select and change text-books without any interference of school authorities; and to arrange courses of studies as seems to him best. In short, He is monarch of all he surveys; This is done under pretense of removing the schools from the control of local politicians, who use the appointing power to further their own designs. The experiment remains to be tested whether it is wise to intrust so much absolute power into the hands of one man. It is generally a wise maxim, especially in a democracy, to distribute power and limit, if not divide, responsibility. It may well be questioned whether the administration of school matters affords an exception to this general rule. |