The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-12-04
TOO MANY STUDIES.
published by Request A.. J

knowledge of The three rs says Ire
Baltimore Sun, complain that the
boys who apply for employment often
spell badly, know little arithmetic
aud display general ignorance in mat
ters of everyday concern Ia then-
selves and their employers. They
can recall isolated facts in IA number
ologies. They can also parse, and
they may have smaattrring of
algebra and Euclid. As respects
baseball records aud names of cham
pion football experts they have WELL
stored minds and retentive memories.
But To do n comparatively simple
sum involving the exercise of lutte
common sense, the manipulatiOns of
few vulgar fractions or decimals
and the application of familiar rules
this is beyond them. Boys of from
Ii To 10, in an age Of abundant and
costly free schools, are wanting in the
very elements of a practical educa-
ton. Nor is this confined 20 poor
boys, the sons of parents struggling
with adversely, bur presidents OF
colleges and archaeological schools
affirm that rich mems sons nowadays
come To their iustitutiousi wretchedly
equipped as respects the three Rs.
Tue skill required To write decrntly a
klain English sentence aud spell the
words correctly seems To be scarcer
and scSrcer every year. Oar rugi.
Inserting exchanges are continually
harpins oh the proorirty OF All ensiu-
evr's reing able To write report in
inlelllglble English aud IN words So
spelled as Ia avoid bringing his tech
nIcsl knowledge into contempt. The
higher education" in fact, encoun-
ter> lis greatest obstacle IN the >hor.-
comlnX> of tue lower schools The
c,,I>e u This decrease of eff .iency lila
the schools thar give the average boy
sill the education he ever gets is II he
fouud, il is believed. in the muitlp,i.
clIy Of subjects taught at the dicta-
tiou ot faddi>ls, iuJerss, Ell publish
erS aud ignorant school au,horitIes.
The iStter are perpetuAlly sddiux 10
the curriculum some new scirucr or
aceom phshmenf. ;hus laying new
teacher. In Sl,uost every grade The
boy = - suffers. being forced 70 craIu
= far greater variety III subjects than
i studied by The hoy OF the SAM age
who i being educated in sn expeu-
>ive private school Both teacher
aud pupil hsye more thau they can
dc, The former Is Unsole to give his
individual S,IenEjon 10 each OF mis-
many pupils, sud the latter lack the
mental capacity 10 So>orb the multi
| fArioGS sciences. srls and cGSfts pre-
scented 70 their uudeveloped faculties.
! The system Is ST fault The boys get
no thorough grounding IL essentials,
out zCe hurried on from grade TO
grade, digestiug such scraps OF
knowledge - they esD. The remedy
: 70 sweep Sway the ruck OF ologies
which prevent = thorough training
and recur with constant emphasis TO
the three Rs. Reading. writing sud
arithmetic, taught with old fashioned
/ attention 20 spelling. would satisfy
the educStlousl requirements OF the
gres: mSicrity 81 boys vastly better
than the present cn2otie curricula.
A wsy must oS provided for bright
boys who WSns more, ba. the leeds
of the average boy ~ho goes into
business should Dc the first concern
81 CUR school sathocisies- A. things
10, ''educstio0r t0r The Latter = :
UocSeE.. |. L : uoekery oeeaQse il
ignores the weu-eried maxim. Not
many things, bit much"
Il ~Iu oe good news 20 The mothers
81 Small children TO learn that ernun
eSn es prevented. The first sign %
group l. hoarse6ess- 4 day or t.o
before the sttAex the child becomes
no0rsS- This l. s2oa followed bv =
peculiar cough Give Cbsrberisin's
Coosh Remedy freely g. -,oa - tbe
child oe'toIee hcarse, o. evs1fisfes-
the rough cozsa sppearz. and Is VIII