New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-15

race fe After that he study whatever his tastes
prompt him 10 study and hs means or leisure afford MIN
opportunity for This system avoids waste OF time ana
energy Common beginning to be recognized as
the sovcreign this age Sentimental and fanciful the
Dries must give way To the practical"
In a paper on "The Common School," read
last week before the American institute OF Instruction.
the Rev A. d. Mayo Of Springfield, Mass, asserted that
what is needed first is a of study or model
school wisely adapted TO the education OF the vast
majority Of American children who only be kept at
their books Ave six years. And this said Mr. Mayo
means nothing less than reorganization OF our entire
system 81 elementary eddcauon for city and country so
that the American elementary school shall be an isu
ton complete in itself; not feless limb OF
lofty tree, shorn away from the trunk but
truo peoples school, sustained with the definite
purpose OF doing the best with the myriad OF
children who with difficulty can be kept within
its walls It'll the period OF graduation OF course do
not urge that the present graded school system sa he
destroyed that the needs Of the minority, who VIII
walk the whole 10 years course from the primary
through the high school, be ia any way dsrrgaried.
only state the growing conviction OF thoughtful men III
all professions, less than eminent educators that inns
mighty army Of children, who can come to the natOna
feast Of knowledge but five six years shall first he pro-
vidcd for sit the first table, he waited upon by the
trained servants aud served with food, most care
fully prepared 10 make good republican bone ami
muscle and blood. Such peoples elementary seho"
would include both the sexes IN similar methods
and equal opportunities. Coedieation Jelofe Inc
age of H. in public schools must be me accepted national
method indeed most of the objections to this feature
our public education come in after the period Whc Tue
masses OF the American children are finally outside Inc
schoohonse II mns secure the hest possible care OF the
physical health Of children. believe the NcW-EnSIaAd
practice of forcing infants Of fveOncc Il was four
years of age into the crowded public schools eili"us
n,f.t ola and Western
years as the beginning Of school life. nave ht'o'>
mcation that tie Lin9crgayteD will be acoptct ts u
portion of tho common school. This school VIII mako
short sbrif of the impTacticthe notion OF ed'1tlng
children under H. TO "ndustFal pm suits" Possibly
young girls in sewing Rut the proposition to nsc the
time of children whose ony opportunity OF school culture
is five or six years, IN citing them for an imaginary
station in life will not he accepted IL we can AWAKEN
the mind the heart The ma gnatOn OF the child put into
his sonl the first elements of knowledge and into his
hands the golden cow 10 guide him his way toward
the real education o. American citizenship; we can saey
pave him with Providence and American society to de-
terne his FINAL status in The social scale The second
"next step" in the orJanztJ OF our common school -
the conversion OF elementary school teacher iroia an
amateur 70 profos .iona character. Tie most danger
Gus fault OF our ma, ioual cCCa lion The iIsnfu ncc
pctency OF multitude OF the teachers. great deal or
the evil Of oycrsudy examining, and
ton Ia the health OF American children ID the CIV
schools il not due to the colre. of study amount al
work assigned to the pupil but chiefly u The bundriH.
iDcapacfy OF the teachers. believe, with skilled labor
in the teachers desk most of our present courses Of
study arc rot too dcut for the powers Of The
children, although they are sometimes terrible dra-
upon the SUPERIOR minds that are compelled 10 mircc
their mental steps keep in rank ut The average rate 81
progress.