The Florida star., 1902-10-31
SoF MIR. ELIOT ON SCHOOLS
|Experien 4 Points Out Flaws In Our
! n<sW6map' Plan of Education.
sR sLEDEAoHERs HAVE TOO MANY PUPILS


-, % toped-Strikes, Mob Violence and In
.tfemperance, He Declares, Are Due
,To Faulty System.
90, president Charles E. Eliot of Har-
Sri university. according TO a New
|oe' 4avcn special TO the New York
le Vi World says that the American public
- school system of today is inefficient
fme "s becansc it fails to train up good citi-
, some lzens. He declares that We spend too
|of hei little money educatiOn; that the
Id with ,or.go taaohar,s class Is tbree or
OF heh Sur times too large and that too lit
r Woh' lie care is given to school hygiene and
Nas ~ backgrounds.
Ftah'o q President Eliot alleges proof of
+ III. the nefficiency of our public schools
Sc that their training
fueu Has failed for two generations III
FOE' dealing with the barbarous vice of
uu drunkenness.
hnu = Has injured the teaching OF science
fsuis no, attempts to inculcate total absti
ruIi,,. aftence
"tHins fr;a, Has failed to train citizens so that
siell ey can vote intelligently.
Pu.. DIas failed to stamp out gambling.
Mn y willHas failed to curb mob law and
e yler Nerimes of violence.
70 .'re. OF Has failed to suppress taste for
P'iW wephemeral reading matter, improper
: r- plays ana llklhg lot pateht meui-
Ia hoodna ines, mes souoa o,.,u..o sus,,,on.
- on aeasoning power in employers and en-
- = -. lOyees to prevent strikes violence
'ehd loss.
- 1 Has failed to abolish the demoral-
izing spoils syst, IN in the civil service.
= President Eliot delivered these criti-
=. cisms the other day before the fifty.
sixth annual meeting of the Connect
cut State Teachers association. His
: Aabeme - The Present Rate of Ex-
= a ..enditurc Per Pupil For Education In
= ,55 Public and In Private Schools"
1Cras We'll to do Americans" said Pres
DooR"ut Eliot. who can afford to spend
r. many hees education of their children
n3 iie Vi the or seems advantageous are
| art' ana % spend literally for their chill
ue'eioPn1seducatiOn. Compare. now.
- 10 lhofual tuition fee of from 800 to $500
coast VII the annual expenditure Of the
oooh Will school child in the most liberal
:, water both. the expenditure. for In
ali, Smith, of Gomez, per child per year In
f~ Ssouth of Gibberts or or So IN New YORK.
! Il Soverboard' from thing in both instances
% Assistant First OA expenditure the cost of
- sssSa aSsldsS1s sSta Nh ~ ssH4dnss.
$Is 1t not plain that If the American
people were all we'll TO do they would
I multiply by four five present aver
n age school expenditure per child and
! per year?
Il wish TO urge on you the PROPOSE
tiOn that the American people cannot
afford to presist In the present low
pre- school expenditure per pupil and per
q year f'he have met with many fail
4; &-es; ,Jet efforts to educate the whole
fek5rG vi experienced profound. disap
u - tfpF Cats in results. The failure of
call, YasItiOn is an accusation, not against
.aI srfs sX2fnOral disposition of the majOrit.
f0rA r. 4he people. but against their reason
E1Vwp R, power. which good schools ought to
PSas-IofN we have observed this summer
n : "'-Hssr strike is often resorted to for
bany han ktlenot made public. The labor
|o run ss.g q In secret organization To use
'Iesrh In trial conflicts this weapon
-, @ forge secret is to exhibit an utter
lack 81 faith in the best means OF rem
edy for industrial wrongs. publicity
When the capitalists or middlemen re
sist a strike without publishing their
reasons. the demonstration of lack OF
faith in publicity is complete.
yet publicity is the great security
for democracy, the best weapon
against political. social. industrial or
commercial wrOngdOinS and In the
Iopc run tbe most trustworthy means
Of noiticol and. social progress. The
industrial wars which So seriously dl-
minish the productiveneSs ana prosper
- ;+r Of tho countrv are evidences that the
= ooror,on schools have grappled unsuc-
g., acessfnIIv with the tremendous problem
ny "9R I use these Industrial argu-
oft. - illustrate the inadequacy or
in Il .scan schools am impugnlhS'
close be st Motives of the comhatants but
yours d5st;tciecnce, an intellisence ,l,ics whies
] iievaorss ducotiOn as the country suppueu