Proposed Changes in N. E. Grammar Schools.

At its last meeting the following vote was passed by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

"Voted, That the Faculty believe that the Grammar School instruction of New England should be improved on the general lines suggested by the vote of the Association of Colleges in New England of Nov. 6, 1891."

That vote of the Association is as follows:

The Association of Colleges in New England, impressed with the real unity of interest and the need of mutual sympathy and help throughout the different grades of public education, invites the attention of the public to the following changes in the programme of New England Grammar Schools, which it recommends for gradual adoption:

1. The introduction of elementary natural history into the earlier years of the programme as a substantial subject, to be taught by demonstrations and practical exercises rather than from books.

2. The introduction of elementary physics into the later years of the programme as a substantial subject, to be taught by the experimental or laboratory method, and to include exact weighing and measuring by the pupils themselves.

3. The introduction of elementary algebra at an age not later than twelve years.

4. The introduction of elementary plane geometry at an age not later than thirteen years.

5. The offering of opportunity to study French, or German, or Latin, or any two of these languages from and after the age of ten years.

In order to make room in the programme for these new subjects the Association recommends that the time alloted to arithmetic, geography, and English grammar be reduced to whatever extent may be necessary.

The Association makes these recommendations in the interest of the public school system as a whole; but most of them are offered more particularly in the interest of those children whose education is not to be continued beyond the grammar school.