Defects In Our Schools

Ana Arbor, May 23, 1892. Editor Oourier:- Rev. Dr. Sunderteajfl'e suggestions as to the defectson our sclioojte are pat; and it is gratiíying to leurn tJiat Prof. Perryi tnkí-s no tice of the sanie. The Dr. is eiuirely able to point out the weak spots in l'rof I'erry's deíense, and will, im all probabilíty d; so ui)on liis return to the city. Meamvhile it occurs to a paren t that éom one is at fault if tlu'i-e are no teachers ;ua!ifed iu any Way to lead thc yoimg d.as iir najtural h'istory teai-liing. Let us see. Th higii school, imder Prof. lerry, has no natural histo'ry in any of the eoorses. The iiníereneu íhei-e U, that our teachers are all graduales oí the Ann Arbor high school. AVhy not import a few teachers from higa schools outsidi', írom the Normal school wheiv natural üistory i. tauglu ? Auain, aro the teachers so tupid rhat they cannot teach, in the ajig-uage of Trof. Agassiz, the childreu 'to observe ?" We tliink Dr. Sundera;nd is on the rlght track, that there ftre ni,i-r :'!oois m vliis state, too, wiuerfe these matters are in all tli; grades below the liigh school, in fanJíiar rcading bo-nks. AVe happen to aiow oí at leas: two cities, botn. arger ',:.:ii Aun Arbor, whére sucU - :! ■■■ :;■., aid we have before us the iiíliiilii'd address oí a superintendent jí schooLs in a city of 40,000 popuation, in which the fíict is especially empbasized. that all the children ití the city schools uuider hls charge, ar;; aakïng collectiioais of bugs, butterflies, te. Are v,-e not geítiiig a little ehincl in Aun Arbor ?