Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-24
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SCHOOL BOOK REFORM.

There is no moro live widc-awakc,
enterprising and intelligent educator in
the United States than Prof. Alexander
Hogg, of Fort Worth, Texas who is
doing an invaluable service to THE
cause Of public education in the South
west by his continued demand for 4
briefer school curriculum, fewer hooks
and commons sense methods. In the
q interest of publishers books are multi
piled and courses Of study in clrlncn-
tary subjects are extended and compli-
Gated beyond all reason. What Profess
sor Hoges contends for and what par
ents and children want is 4 reduction
Of 20 per cent. in the number and size
of the books small children are nova
Il days required TO study in the intcrest
solely Of booksellers and school COM
1nissioners who get commissions on
book sales.-Baltlmore Sun.
If Professor Hogg is successful in SCI
"A curing, the. results aimed at in his cru
sade against the publishers greed he
RviM prove q benefactOr to many a poor
man, who is now unable to send his
s children to school because of the ex-
5
that are down on The required list in
{ the elementary grades Where persons
are able to afford the luxury Of high
er cducatio the cost Of unnecessary
e. books is no special hardship, but Where
1T is difficult to make both ends meet
under most favorable circumstances.
and where parents are unable to give
their children more than a foundation
j. Of an education. the increased expcndi-
ture is frequently a sufficient bar to
the entrance of these children into the
public schools. This is an unfortunate
condition of affairs, as in many cases
it effectually shuts the doors Of it's
L public schools against those whom il;
is most desirable TO benefit in these
II institutions.
When a book concern can afford to
maintain business for the wholesale
Il Bribery Of those who influence the
selections OF text books it is pretty
4 good evidence that there is something
Y system Of the State. The people who
have been forced to submit to the
stand and deliver" methods Of the
past should see to it that the reforms
advocated by Professor Hogg are in
augurated.
According to Associated Press dis
III patches from Ma Mia, via Hong Kong,
Il General Otis has been more successful
. in Ibis cabied battles than IN his real
I struggles with the Filipnos, who, in
stead Of being defeated and scattered,
81 as one would infer from the optimistic
X accounts OF the censor, are more de-
ii termined and aggressive than at any
other time in the history Of the war
How the commander Of the American
Z forces can expect to gain any lasting
advantage for himself by this course of
deliberate Justification is more than
4 IN intelligent person can understand
#@ sooner or latertha truth must be known
md the greater the deception now the
< greater will be his confusion and shame
! when the facts are made known. Cen
Sa e1-.A Weyler was numerically chaffed
for his typewriter battles. 1t is be
y ginning to look as if our chickens have
81 come home to roost, only Otis seems to
IN have adopted a much more costly man
ner of ,wagng his war A good type
n writer could win as many battles in
at week as the American commander
s|can afford to cable in a year.