Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-19

class Of institutions within the last few
years. 1t is now unnecessary for the
citizens Of Iowa, at least, to look be-
yond the borders Of their own state for
suitable colleges. But In Iowa there are
many institutions much better than
others and we would counsel the great |
est care in their selection. In the first
place, never hesitate because school is
hard to enter; that is. because your
child can secure better grading in
some other. Strict entrance require
ments are always a sure indication Of
thoroughness and excellence in the
work done. No one realizes this more
than the great universities of the east,
and it would be we'll to make COM
parison of the different schools under
consideration as to the credit given
their work by those universities.
Again, child who is ready to enter
college is usually still in the formative
period of its life and the moral sur
roundings OF an institution should be
carefully investigated. The habits of
young people who have returned from
a school will speak for it's moral in
fiuence.
co-education will Of course arise in the
selection Of a college. There are many
good arguments pro anu con, but the
tendency of the times seems to be
toward the co-educational school, es-
pecially in the west, and it is the west
that leads in all good reforms now-a-
days. The vital point to be considered
lis whether the boys and girls when at
tending school together pay as much
attention to their work as they do to
the boys and girls, or at least whether
they work as we'll as they would when
separated. The experience in such In
stftutions leads one to believe that the
work is quite up to standard and the
knowledge that woman gets Of man and
man of woman is a gain, for the loss of
which it Is hard to compensate an in-i
| dividual. The one is enlightened, the
times formed which eventually lead to
marriage, but those who have studied
| the matter tell us that by far the most
4 of them are happy marriages and CO.
leducation is still gain. In individual
leases sentiment has been known to run
riot, but that is an exception and can be
4 conduct of the school. However. with
out showing Partially it is safe to say
Ithat if the young man or woman is en-
lowed with an ordinary amount of
4 common sense he will not come to harm
because of co-education. With children
under the usual college age the case is
different.
So much for the colleges. If one Is
ilooking for a preparatory school the
problem is a harder one. 1t is among
these schools that the greatest amount
/ sumption to term themselves colleges
when it would be hard for them to
rank as second or third rate academies.
, 1t would be safer to select one that had
. the honesty to call itself an academy.
For young boys from IL to is years of
age we have always thought that the
military school was the ideal substitute
for parental instruction. They are all
more or less graded according to the
, standards set by the national school at
, West Point, which are of the very best,
and in addition they offer the strictest
) kind of health supervision. The sur
a iroundings are generally the most
healthful Imaginable while the physical
; development produced by the drill and
! the athletic exercises taught under ex-
pert instruction offers feature impos.
sble TO obtain either at home or In the
. least the benefits Of military disclplin,
i upon boys at that age can not be over
y estimated. Often it has its advantage
I over the home influences and the mill
IS tary spirit or just prlde aroused IN Tn
,. boys tends to make men OF them
Y There are of course many other school
h that are good, but we believe that wer
# we called upon to decide the questio
! for some boys parents we would sen
a. him to a military school and We're we
N boy again ourself our ambition woul
If certainly be to enter one.
,e8 With girls of a similar age the point
,e to be considered are about the sam,
l. First the class of instruction.; second
a the healthful influences, and thirdly tn
/, supervision exercised over the daily Iii
10 of the student, which in the case of tn
~ boy we called discipline. For these at
II vantages the convent and ladies' sen
10 inaries seem to offer best promise
"a The school selected should certainly |
"a exclusively a girls school. No exper
re ments with co-education should be trie
Nv with girls at that age, for if ever thel
I'll is a period of extreme foolishness in Il
az human life it is that between tie ag
he of Is to IS, and we sometimes think TIL