UNIVERSITY TEACHERS.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2609, 28 June 1871, Page 3

UNIVERSITY TEACHERS.

(To the Editor.) Sir,— Great progress has been mad® ip the cause of educatioi) wpiq BroylncS; yet I apt not awaffc that Anything has been done towards lajing the true foundation of elementary education, i.e„ towards scour.ng a thoroughly trained and efficient class ot teachers to till up the vacancies that may from time to time occur. Teachers require and the habit of study. 2nd. Training in the principles and practice Of teaching. The first could not be better secured than by a University course; say, as a minnimum, one session at each, Latin, Logic Mathematics, and Chemistry. A two sessions course ; also, a course of Drawing at the School of Art. 1 The second could be easily accomplished at the High School, with its large staff of able and experienced teachers. My humble opinion ia that the tVWipg teachers in this W wppld not only the 'elementary ficWa, hut also the High gchool and the University. At all events tho subject deserves public consideration. The cost to tho country must bi very moderate, seeing that the requisite machinery will soon be in full working order, and must bo kept up whether teachers be trained or not. r I am, &c., M. E. June 24th, 1871.