The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-06-12


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| school; anu believe II requires greater ann
ty to teach little child 10 read well than
does to teach history and arithmetic. Henc
would urge that the Board exercise grea
care in the selection OF teachers As the success
!. Of the school asa whole is dependent upo
the Individual departments OF the school.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
The work accomplished in these grade
during the year entities the majority OF tn
teachers in charge TO the highest eompiimen
and cannot be other than pleasing TO gu
patrons. The advance was SO rapid ana tn
work assigned 30 well and SO thorough.
done that was forced TO promote humble
Of classes at the close OF the second quartz
instead OF AZ the close OF the year.
A class OF twenty from the eighth grade
passed most creditably the test examination
for admission to the high scho' l. We bespeal
Tor this class most happy Results. rs the mem
Ders OF the class are Intelligent. earnest ans
active.
Having given in my report for last quartet
partial detailed account OF our manner O
conducting the several departments OF stud,
IN the primaries, l will herein give mention
OF but one branch OF study not mentioned II
my last report, and to which We have beef
results, that OF
INDUSTRIAL DRAWING.
Many persons have the idea that drawing
as taught IN the common schools Is mere
| accompaniment, and Is designed tG give Pu'
pills the elements OF an artistic education. On
| the contrary the ihtentlon Is 10 make uraw-
ing as practlcai anu useful as writing OF
arithneuc. Inc system used IN our schools
gives the pupli tne elements OF form ana pro-
portion, the familiar use OF the pencil and ae-
euracy oi the eye ana hand. valuable mol only
IN disriPhnar! point OF view but OF direci
t."e"Sai oenen: Wheh caneu 10 the traues VI
ne. commercially speaking the power 10
uraW Wen Is worth more IN the open labor
narHet IN man! ,ocaiities tnah any thing else
in ,bn ;mdua,rpi' J" r, 81 anu ~
tho deyeIone,nent of tho oo,,,try ma IN. In,
crease M her yve.lth AMI ronrt.,;on ,han an :,
other snhiect nf common lchaai .d,ca,inn
A. a nractic,l man est,m,t;ng ths lin. .,
different elements in e,I,,rat;on Is t;t,;ng moo.
pIe for usefuI lives I consider th., sf,,,Iies
| ike history and oeooranhv which toll ne m
| the mast orr of ,L. nhr .;naj mi nn,;,;..i r.,.
furcs of other cn,;ntrics when WEIGHED
against industrial Jrau;no ,n,,., Ia Co.
shadow:ed for tho first wo,,1d only indirectly
helm Ms 10 an occrInation in the jailv life ~
the prescnt while the INTELLIGENT and well cd
ucated dra,,yhtsman l. nrenared for work in
the great majority Of indn.frial occunation.
and in every country where . yyort shon
exists. In industrial jrovine we have ole.
mems eommon m ,he maior;fv of traIes in
which any thine more Than unframed
muscle l. reou;raJ Tbe ,raL;tec, machin-
Isl. enprayer mason surveyor ,ar,,ener
moulder and earpentar eminen,Iy reo,ire 10
be good ,Iraughtsmen 10 ocruny \ Lilh posi.
lion in their fine of business while even tbe
bumbIest artisan will Inc more skilifnJ and
more valuable IL hi. eve and hand hav,. heen
trained il, his nlas,ic School dav. To .fc,,racv
|
For both c.thetic and nractic.,l reasons
believe that the time snent mon This subject
is so well and wisely c,nnIovrd tha, earnest.
ly advocate nroyisious fnr !, more tboroncb
and pract,cal nursnif of Tho stndv
hioii S.hooL.
IN e.ei. soilii,'nit, We nave soihe persons
!" 40 az ,oiposuu 70 Pio' ,u'ns an eoueIiioii
nc. ohu .ne ruaihieh's VI khoWiedge, ana e'-
"! "u'.icc "S!ohu 'niS - recoShiIeu os
.ne'il as pcIns pei Gnu the province Oh me
cvninon scuool. IN many Instances tne men
"no 'ahe .nis posi,i"h are men Oh ihtehiseiee
nenee mn oiin.ons are en'i',eu 10 canuiu
eAai'lina.ioii. lheif arguments ma! pe SUM
ha'iNeu as ioh"Ws' ne Sta'e mas rlSht 10
cuuI'pe Jus. a. 'ar i, Is heee>sar! 10 hiahe
soou cii'Aens anu no iut'her. \ MAI may pe
Soou ciiiAeh WIN priniar! euucaiion,
nence the State mas 4 r'Snt 10 iurnish this
anu i. i'o.nins .Iolc; oecohu' ,ne alsh SENIOR
being patrohized by put lew ana the maJorii!
Receiving no dement, from IL, IL Is unjust 10
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for i.b;nJ H. 49,, II. ,..;i n
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The TACT that man SENDS no chi'dreh 10
school does moi lusniy the ciaiil ihat ne ousht
not 10 give II MS support. But IL Is I'D!
some that w'liic inns may DE true IN reference
TO the lower schools because those VINO 40
not patronlzc them are IN the minority. II Is
not tue OF the high school Tor The reason
that those VINO 40 nor patroh'ze u are IN Tie
MAJORITY. III thls oplectlon We're souha theii
every grammar school IN the state must De
struck down ana every senior Intermediate
must be closed because the majority do not
pa,roniZe them: every graded system oil
schools IN the State must be destroyed; every
advance beyond the most common ORDER OF
schools must be cried down. Tor thc same re'-
son. The STUDY OF HISTOLOGY, history. phys
zeal geography and rhetoric, all OF which are
most essential even IN fair education, must
be stricken from the course because maJor-
y do not study them. III The argument be
limit public education TO the subjects OF read
ing. writing. spelling and the simple funda-
mental rules OF arithmetic, because these
branches are All ttat are stnuieu ny the ma
Jority. aud so because the majority cannot be
induced 10 take good education we shall
provide nothing more than skeleton OF an
education. carried T. IT. legitimate conclu-
sion II would he equally a. wise 10 sGppre>,
the Insane Asylum for the reason that the
majority do mol patronize II, n 10 say that
the advanced schools shotid not oe maintain
ed ana receive due encouragement because
a malorii! DO not send tneir children TO IL.
The term thigh school. as applied 10 our
. in',sns,,',l, H., i, ~, ,n,,,, 20 s,,n,,n
IN iu''i'us' '''a' ~ ,e"', iiia"s " 'uPP"ss
nno , I T6;s i not The las ca.e ~" The h;b