New-York tribune., 1903-02-16
EDUCATIONAL PABULUM.
Queer Material for an Official Publlca-
ton
From The School Bulletin

From The School Bulletin
The present State Superintendent Of Punnc P.-a n
struction used TO be editor of daily ne"spdIpe.
and frequently had to fill srace 1t IS an unngai11sy
hab TINS nIilhg space u IS hR@ bars III learn to
say nothing readily that it never seems to them
who has got the space-illing habit feels that ne
must always be printing something we 4a e,isb
Arbor Day circulars that will afford i f sto
able laughter to the fun-ioving antquarian % he
New Zealander on London Bridge will hardly kho"
how to catalogue ,,.. reo,,e
in other States have wondered who palf 81 for ad ID
can indulge the caprices of its officials without
But sentimental gush is one thing-offensive
abuse is another; and when the Department OF
Public Instruction indorses and cireulates an dg
norant and virUlent attack upon the pubic scoo
system it is time some SUPERVISION was e@erciSeu
We have before us sheet HIKE inches printed
on one side and apparently intended to be tackled
Below is the inscription. Distributed by the De-
of Public Instrgstion Gf the sas sfate te 6f
reprinted from ''The Ladies Home Journal and
Wa does 5e the he lay? Wba are the words Of
wisdom that the State of New-York is called upon
Box doesn't say anything; he just quotes .1 At any
raf he beo4s and 70 ae3 But he does not give
single name. It is the old style of patent medi-
bought bottle of your hair restorer Ho13- and aeG
dentally dropped it on the front M STEP % iu1rioUS
was born T wit w6h0of 6oftea Vof Of you
Natures Reparer, and now I have fve-pound
liver and electric lights.
So much of the writing Is sloppy and ambiguous
that the quotations seem all to have been written
by single hand
.'Compeiled to bring home seven long lessons
every evening. after being in school from > 10 =:
I have just taken my little girl Of eleven OUT OF
the public school, -,
'ConapelIed'' of course dramatically, agrees with
Il" and why the fact that a parent mas 70 prILs
her own lessons home should compel her to take
daughter of school IS not evident
Pains in the head followed efforts to get the
next days lessons with my boy and we stoppeo
his schooling
There are a good many parents who would have
pains In the head if they attempted 10 get thelr
chidren's lessoas. but that ought not TO pc rea-
for taxing their children out; their chl-drel
may be brighter.
charming and promising young women now in a
sanatorium from the combined effects or oVerstudy
Exactly He might have said that he and An
drew Carnegie together had more money Lhdn any
other two men in his village -. -
Three girls in single block have oeen or
dered from school by their doctors-each nerVously
exhausted"
Likely enough, hut nervously exhausted from
But to point out the absurdity CT these quotations
in detail is like breaking butterfly on q Wheet-
The of educational journals, the proceeu-
ings of our associations, abound in refutauons OF
this sort of stuff Some facts are estapnsneo anu
one of them is that the whole children IN tne
public schools are healthier and happier tnan those
outside To deny this shows not big heart put
a soft head. Our schools are not perfect oug
they are better than they ever were before; ana
the way TO improve them IS not TO distribute lnls
Bon is not to be blamed The article is sensa-
tional quotable, likely TO call attention 10 n1s
journal and enable him TO get higher prices for
advertising: from his point OF view II IS gooo pusI1
system should reprint such stuff is deplorable-and
significant.