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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
MONROE C GUTMAN LIBRARY

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JAN 13 1895

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Journal of Education

Vol. XXIX.

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MADISON, WIS., JANUARY, 1899.

No. 1

LONGING.

Of all the myriad moods of mind

That through the soul come thronging,
Which one was e'er so dear, so kind,
So beautiful as Longing?

The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment,
Before the Present poor and bare

Can make its sneering comment.

Still, through our paltry stir and strife,
Glows down the wished Ideal,
And Longing moulds in clay what Life
Carves in the marble Real;

To let the new life in, we know,

Desire must ope the portal;

Perhaps the longing to be so

Helps make the soul immortal.

Longing is God's fresh heavenward will

With our poor earthward striving;

We quench it that we may be still

Content with merely living;

But, would we learn that heart's full scope
Which we are hourly wronging,

Our lives must climb from hope to hope

And realize our longing.

-James Russell Lowell,

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and Kansas, indicate a thousand and more en-

rolled, whereas we shall not much pass the

half of that. What the causes may be and

how to counteract them, it is the business of

the executive committee to determine. It may

be that the "drawing" power of Milwaukee has

been exhausted, and that Oshkosh, or Eau

Claire, or some other point should be tried.

Perhaps some changes of organization might

help out, like round tables, or a council. Full

of promise are the new departure of the child-

study society, and the preliminary steps to

the formation of a psychological society. The

most valuable report was that on rural schools,

which unfortunately was not fully discussed.

Relations of high schools, normal schools, and

university, also evidently evoked a good deal

of interest.

THE election of R. H. Halsey to the presi-

dency of the Oshkosh normal school was re-
ceived with hearty approval by the educational
men of the state. His thoro scholarship, his
long service in Wisconsin, and his intimate
acquaintance with its educational work and
with the school of which he is to have charge,
all indicated him as the man for the place;
and we feel sure that this strong and large
school will continue to thrive under his admin-
istration. It is with satisfaction also that we
note the election of Prof. W. H. Cheever to
take charge of the Milwaukee normal school
for a time at least; and we may hope that, un-
less Superintendent Harvey intends to resume
his work there, the appointment may in due
time become permanent. These two positions
are probably the most important in our normal
school work, as the one is the largest and the
other the most advanced of our normal schools.

SHALL we have trained teachers in our com-
mon schools? That question is rapidly coming
to the front with us. The agitation for better
rural schools demands it. The normal schools
have recognized its necessity by creating a one
year course for common school teachers; two
or three counties have made efforts towards
county training schools for their teachers; the
rapid development of our whole system makes
it impossible to put off action much longer.
Our institute training is in its nature a mere
make-shift device; our "theory and art" in the

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