New-York tribune., 1901-04-28

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plays and certain rare and curious modern selec~
fathers trophies as book collector Whereupon
@ m s y he pSm the f0m o
of its implements of self-trainins: and himself
pious care.
BUSINESS MEN AND SCHOOLS.
Notwithstanding this apparent setback to my ef-
forts an ucatonal theorist. there are condi-
nursite canstantI in touch with von Just as our
wives and housekeepers declare that they keep
training schools in our homes for inexpereniced
al is supplying postgraduate courses for the
boys and girls you send out from the public ne
they have learned. or have not learned, as we try
of the public schools Nearly every merchant
instant service and errands-and for assistance in
the primary bookkeeping First and last, I haXe i've
predecessor advanced in age and ability The most
we'll and more than of them now is success.
full man-with more means at his c0mmand I n ana nd
a kind Of private pupil have ever called my own
also bound to state that nne-tenths or thes9 si
not make the same report-straight from the pun pup
Ing TO their respective wits and origins, that for
time have been sure to call upon one reserves o1
found almost every one of these lads to possess
ndd of Of an is
and and needfuI. But scarcely one of them has had
baen e,eaa yen tnerabIe spellers Lastly surely
important only those from the hlcest bi Houv @
holds have shown any consciousness OF therr ,d en
traordnary proficiency In wrong % ver eI
grammar and command of slang M M S0w, aav with n this
kind Of proficiency in boy after the age at whTh
y of Your pupils consist of those who have to take
an early start in the work OF earning M Tgs use Of
our schools is to give such boys and girls the & Gest
| have found tnat many
of my boys have spent good deal OF @ !re a1,p pta
Ioeas and socailed studies that might serve as
electives in a seminary or collegiate course
ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE MASTER KEY.
Now realize the charm and use OF object i ,eaTnI
training. iia In and schools OF design among our
greatest gains nor VIII you; Of ar and beauty
or to any manifestation of the ideal But surely
the first thing to do IN Jeg 'etf tbe o. one nstru
through which as he grows oiuea no II" tb,nea
shall be added. That equipment. that instrument
OF this / make doubt, the correct @ knowieaGe
In America first and last and always Of our own own
peerless inclusive expressive 1 Gs OWN
master key to the entrances by which all kinds OF
knowledge can be obtained & in ma1reT h T fe beresT
Through his facility and love FOR readinS ne WI
speedily give himself a broader education. as the
best and Oldest OF still do daily with the aid OF
what is printed in books. magazines digests and tie
sappiying al this moment the most effective cur
riculum OF public instruction the world mas ever
known / trust that the honorable president OF the
Board of Education whose presence here adds au-
thority your gathering 10 night VIII absolve me
from any attempt TO take a band IN the duties OF
his high office But for my part. II ! were NOT
king-but with power TO determine the bent or our
public school instruction / would pay extreme re
spect to the ancestral doctrine OF the three RS
reading writing and arithmetic: and would add
70 them IS. the practice OF correct speaking
for there is truth in rare Ben Jonson's opening
definition OF English grammar. 1T is the art and
practice of speaking the English language cor
recty." This art. and that Of spelling and writing
NM he ACQUIRED like other tech
nical facility in the growing years To master
them in late adolescence has proved just as hard
Oxford at Columbia.
Mr. stedman concluded by a reference the n
usual beauty and significance of the arrangements
for the evenings feast, and by feeling expression
Of his own thanks to "Ioi Scholastikoi."