Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-14
THE "ELECTlVES" FAD.

LIE 'CLEOIIVES FAD.
 The following questions and an- sWers are taken from the examination papers of class of forty three youns men and women, each of whom had passed through some secondary school and had already been I year or more in college:
 question ]. What is a hierarchy?
 Answer l. Hierarchy was q tract or land set apart for the ruler of Rome was gwen over to the Pope by Pepin. who conquered the Lombards
 Answer ,. Hierarchy was the form o1 government that existed when the Kings were only such in name, and their majors really ruled.
 Answer 3. Hierarchy was the office over the land in the Western Empire. which was under the direct control of the emperor of Constantinople
 Answer I. Hierarchy is imperial ism, a supreme power ruling over smaller governments.
 Question 7. What is meant by the temporal power of the Pope? Answer 1. The temporal power of the Pope was the power the Pope had during the war
 Answer ?. The temporal power of the Pope was the Pope's power mere ly over the church.
 Question 3. What is meant by transubstantiation?
 | Answer ]. Transubst stantiation was that mediation of Pope or church was 1 necessary between men and heaven. | Answer ?. Transubstantiatio tion was | the belief that upon death sins would be forgiven and the soul would be at l once taken to heaven. Answer 3. Tran llhSt3n fiation vac the belief of Calvin.
 Question 4. What is Arianism? Answer l. The Arians did not ac- knowledge the sovereignty of the Pope at Rome.
 Answer ?. Tn 622 there were Ro- man Catholics, Mohammedans and Arians.
 Question ,. What was the charac- ter of the apostolic church?
 Answer l. The government of the apostolic church was hierarchy
 Answer ?. Thsa apostolic church was under the control of the Pope.
 Answer 3. A powerful centralized government, based upon the forms and laws of the Roman imperial gov l ernment
 Question c. Name some persons and events that were forerunners of the reformation?
 Answer l. The. fall of Babylon was q forerunner of the reformation
 Question !. Name some of the causes for the rise of papacy?
 Answer l. The empirical tradition of Rome.
 Question S. What can you say of Boniface?
 Answer 1. Boniface was the found- CT of the Benedctine order of monks.
 Answer ?. Boniface was q Chris tian leader; he controlled the meeting that passed the Milan decree.
 Question 9. Who was Spinola?
 Answer l. Spinola was Spaniard who founded the Jesuit order.
 Question 10. Who was Coligny?
 Answer l. Coligny was the Eng fish admiral who failed in his expedi- ton against Spain.
 l have quoted ten questions and twenty different answers. and these l were given by twenty different stu dents in class numbering but forty three in all. May they not therefore De justly taken as indicating the aver age of the mental grasp of the class upon the subjects presented in the sev- i eral questions that l have quoted And does not the fact that in q class of young people of the average age of | 20. each one of whom was q graduate of some secondary school. not half q | dozen seemed to have any idea of the | etymology of word in such compara- | lively frequent use among scholars as hierarchy so as to define it in half a dozen words, clearly indicate an intel lectual immaturity that demands the most careful and constant guidance of experience and judgment, rather than the rapid enlargement of the scope of election in the course of study for our secondary schools? | In my judgment. therefore. the high school pupil should be allowed to chose his studies only within the very narrow compass of his intellectuali- ty. -.
 How very narrow that compass is has been recently shown by James H. Harris in the Educational Review for last May: where i'll discussing "The Natural Limitations of the Elective System, he says: ssThe restrictions and limitations of physical and intel lectual capacity. the laws of mental growth and of sequence of studies, the counsel and guidance of parents and teachers. are amply sufficient to safe guard the interests and promote the free progress of the youth without fur ther limitations" If we could treat that as an algebraic proposition and . cancel all possible factors we should have left only the "ce8nSel and guid- s4nc q sofss ten el4efae.t Mor the gsid dance !. afapa rents is stiH not only m ,1n- \ kqoNn' but an nakno wa Alsae auality). T and a1l sreal election sshy s;tlaes pupil would be eliminated H. Ne1son in I Chicnge Times IIera1d.
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