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cessful educator of to-day is, primarily, 

 a business man. The most successful educational institutions, and the scientific 

 laboratories in which the student receives the greatest benefit, are those con- 

 ducted on business principles. In the higher educational institutions, the 

 management of the laboratory depends almost entirely upon the individual in 

 charge of that department, and it is reasonable to expect that competition may 

 be depended upon to introduce the most desirable conditions. In the public 

 schools the conditions are altogether different, owing to the fact that, while the 

 management of the laboratory and its equipment depends just as fully upon the 

 individual as in the college or university, the majority of science teachers in the 

 secondary schools hold their positions only a comparatively short time, and they 

 are as a rule comparatively immature as to teaching experience, certainly so as to 

 the application of business methods to the conduct of the laboratory. The 

 desirability of a change in the direction of better business methods in the labora- 

 tories of these schools is evidenced in the lack of uniformity in the results of 

 teaching in various schools in the same state, the unwise expenditure of the 

 funds of the school by persons who are uninformed as to what apparatus may be 

 had for any particular purpose, much less the best and most economical, and to 

 a certain extent the unconscious, perhaps, hobby riding of the Various instructors, 

 one having a certain interest in electricity, spending the larger part of the equip- 

 ment fund for electrical apparatus, and so on through the list. The State of New 

 York has demonstrated in a practical way that these defects may be remedied to 

 a large extent by a rational state supervision. This supervision has resulted in 

 the adoption of a uniform course of study throughout the state, the uniform 

 equipment of schools with apparatus suited for the illustration of the subjects in 

 the required course, and the saving of thousands of dollars to the schools 

 through information furnished by the state regarding the value of books, appa- 

 ratus, and materials required. The equipment provided is kept up to the 

 standard by inspectors who visit each school, and some of whom are mechanical 

 experts, capable of repairing or directing the repair of any damaged or worn 

 apparatus. A movement along this line is on foot in other states, and will no 

 doubt be aided by all interested in the advancement of the public schools. 



