The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-05-14
Educational Demands of the
Schools.

Student Record some time since which |
think applies to many of the schools
throughout the State. 1t does not, how
ever, strike our Wadsworth school a.
they are, for they are emphatically up to
the standard.
The article is really so excellent that ]
quote almost entire, as it covers all the
points to which | wish to call attention.
"The youth of today, if he wishes sue
cess to crown his efforts, must scale
greater heights and conquer greater diff
%culties than TIE youth of q century ago
ever beheld.
GLOW is the youth to win? Can he,
like Garfield or Lincoln, without any aid
except his own pluck and determination,
work his way to the front? answer,
No. Unless he be a genius or have the
rarest ability, industry and the applica-
ton of good judgment, indispensable as
they are for all success, cannot win for
him that rank in lie which he should
attain. Ii his personal efforts are found
insufficient, where is he to gain that
efficiency which will enable him to apply
his abilities to the best advantage? OBJ
viously, at the hands OF the schools and
colleges of his State.
at becomes the duty of the public
schools to provide such training for the
youth as will secure for him a symmet-
real and well-rounded education.
at matters not what rank in life the
youth aspires to or what occupation he
intends to follow. it is the duty of our
pubic schools to equip him with an edu-
cation that shall give him business
ability, culture and ethical training.
Besides these essential duties they
should strive to keep apace with the
current progress along educational lines,
so as to give their graduates creditable
rank in our advanced institutions. Some
subjects may seem superfuous in ordi-
nary high school work, yet it is but
justice to the ambitious pupils that they
be taught.
"Our State University, aiming to
secure the highest good to the people of
the State and thereby winning the honor
and respect OF its co-universities, is en-
deavoring to improve and raise its stand
ard of work each year. While it is not
a difficult task to raise It's standard, it
would be a serious disadvantage to the
candidates for admission to place it above
the reach of the ordinary high school
graduate. Yet gradual Announcements
must be made i'll the entrance qualifica-
tions in order that it may maintain its
rank among similar institutions. and
therefor it needs the cooperation of the
public schools throughout the State.
They should continue to improve their
grades of work from year to year, and
thus assist in making our educational
system an honor and a credit to the
State"
This article which l quote so largely,
was written by a student of the Univer-
sity, "a mere boy, but l doubt if many
older people could surpass it.
The school here is now so graded and
taught that we can all keep our children
at home mary years longer than has
been the case in the past.
Many OF us cannot afford to send our
son and daughters to distant towns and
cities in order TO give them educational
advantages that they really should be
able to have at home.
This business OF sending children away
so early in life causes more sorrow and
heartaches than a careless observer
would think.
Homes and families break up soon
enough without hurrying the sad event
by weakening the home ties by even
only a temporary absence.
Then why not do es this article sug-
gests and remedy the defects in our
schools and make them what they
should be, as regards their being exactly
in line with the university.
1t is very discouraging to a student to
find that he cannot enter the Freshman
class at college simply because his home
school was deficient in the course of
study.
In addition to this, the extra expense
entailed upon the parents or guardian is
quite an item, amounting in many cases
to several hundred dollars.
1t really matters not so much who