The Republican journal., 1899-10-12
Some Features of the Present School
Movement.

Waldo County Teachers Association,
in Searsport Friday evening, Sept. 18th
In this wonderful l9Jh century of ours,
when some few colleges and universities
are beginning to realize the need of de-
partment of pedagogy IN connection with
then Institutions Of learning, and have
the moral courage to acknowledge this
fact by creating such a department for the
training of secondary teachers, when
''higheI education for women is at last
acknowledged to be feasible and best
when physical culture, drawing and music
have been, and, by many, are still called
''fads;'' when it is first beginning to be
realized by the public that our best train
ed and strongest teachers are needed most
in the primary grades; and when colleges
are at swords points with each other as
to the relative value of and the time that
shall be given to Latin, Greek and English
in both secondary schools and colleges, it
is exceedingly interesting to 90 back to
the 10th century and read in little book
called Educational Contentious" what
Richard Mulcaster, a celebrated teacher
of that time says
Higher education for girls who have good
abilities.
Training colleges for teachers.
Physical training for all boys and girls,
teachers and pupils
The best masters to take the lowest
classes.
drawing and music to be taught in every
school. not as extras, but essentials
lie also SAYS: ~ love Rome but Lon
lou better; l favor Italy, but England
mole. honor he Latin, but l worship
the English. honor foreign tongues, but
Wish my Own 10 be partaker OF that honor.
WY should not all OF us write IN
Engllsh' do not think that any
language be 1t whatsoever, is better able
to utter all arguments. either with more
pith or greater llainnesS than our English
tongue, not any whit behind either
the subtitle Greek for crouching close or
the stately Latin tol spreading fair
Neal lchr centuries since MulcasteI,
anu bis truths but partially learned by
nanAhu. oud II not be well for all
u uS tu he stHGeurs OF the history OF edu-
cati"L' Would we no" learn that the many
topics 81 vital interest TO day are in reality
very -iu9 1t is ignorance OF the theory
and t4e prac1ce, OF the successes and the
ta le- made n the past, which leads the
present generation to repeat year after
year tile mistakes, ana To plOtlt So COM
laIa'elJ ll'-e 10y the successes, OF those
"L9 Lave soLe before.
Nut "Aly is 1t appreciated THAT the edu-
'
-t-i LING iliCe anu NC do'e TO
''S i''A -H' ''l VI. upon 'ne laws ol
' r Jus, i!''T az gu ioulu
s.'No'''t'N' N'''! 0'i ~! "S.InA' nov
'''' l'0l'I ''i"t ~ 'iie az ~ .9aclIe1
- VI''0- ~ .,'l9' ~ IN
20 ''.' 7 vi go" Ni'I . VIC p .1
.l''- 'i'''''-'-it VI 'hN zines, me
le'. We Glose G'Iei u '5'i'! Q.
t, - i'ioieo'i1ifi -ilels a
IN 49," INA a"'lleI-
- l'HO .I,i' 'I9 oe9' iii'' NOS lio@1es
9eiio..S nc mus, y ms l.
't 10y 80 LIS
P"l1i9 M P'e"' ~ 800 iiNi1s' az nus
,, III ms ie's s5 IGT "ie
i'e ''u(' M 70
'l'3 'N' VI iia t..ei0H ~ ieHe eU
lI'-' l'1 i-'1' W .i.O Jul; 9ii1n osi"SlIc'
~ LiS ""l ~ "nu n"Ne IA an ui.
sla "nG''ii. ~ eoiiiilioll ~ seiise. lle nus
'Fe 7'' ., an "''l4Gnt VI ?onlnion sense
.H' ne WE. ~ ~ "a U.s. ~ 'iSIl .ne
Ti.''l I'm '1e JIi"u d. LIS ciose u the
~ 'it.''iS w., may u me 80.
.".-'' l ioli9n9 '1T ~,
no'i1i.S e az W. "ie oo"!l,l .''9"s' p"seu
uloH p le@l u u1tis eliat n"so oeell