The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-02-17
AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.



Alfred Mosey head Of commission thirty English educational
experts has just completed investigation OF American schools
the result youmn0u Blue Book from which have been evolved
some popular articles Mr. Mosey strikes three keynoes That
people of the United States spend marvellous
their public schools endowing education as any
people in the world That the salaries of teachers sufficient
for the service the country desires and should g.
nt care given obtain correct speech answering questions
In he considers that American people realized
ter than Europeans the value of education The very atmosphere
enthusiastic than English teachers American pupils greater
thirst for knowledge than English pupils and he noticed
more sympathy between teacher and pupil than England
Reviewing the schools of the country, Mr. Moy
schools of the Middle West among the best They
greater and the advantage indianapolis
picked out model above all others.
The large number and the
standard teachers the superior
10 the standard IN England Ihs course wholly due to the training
There doubt that the average American broadly
cultured well trained profession The
found the lack of male teachers Few teaching
profession life work They take leaving college for
and then leave for lucrative professions
camille pursuits 1t here that Mr. Moy shows how
server he He and his fellow commissioners placed fingers
spot Not only however did they
they point the method by which brings
Mr. Mo second keynote What true of every part
of the country, East and West North and South.
The trouble lies the salaries Mr. Mosey In
the actual money of teachers higher than England
reckoning the difference the standard of living especially those
articles that are above necessities both men and women paid
there than here Thus attracted teaching England
whereas in the United States they find better opportunities other call
hg larger proportion OF men would greatly improve the American
teaching force but there improvement
communities match the generosity they exhibit school equipment
VIII" generosity III aog salaries Nor are the salaries OF the women
teachers adequate The people of the United
school because they spend much they
better system by paying more"
The third keynote that of teaching English thus handled
If American teaching fails it is in the
eating the English speech
again heard children the public schools give ungammatca
quite unchecked The teachers
questions geography history of being
satisfied until the had been given
This the defect found in the public
buildings better New York and Boston Chicago
London the sanitation and ventilation BETTER highly
commendab facilities offered in the higher schools the pupils
purchase heahfu food low prices during the school The
seats and desks better Greater attention providing
hest health
comfort. But the speech of the pupil is often bad"
The manual training compared with that of England
country few schools make speciality it, but general where
the United States universal Had the commission
here from California the general manual training would
been found and addition there would have greater
in the teaching of English since this with specially.
Among other striking things mentioned the power
public school asmate the immigrants
them Americans To this the daily flag the
musical marchngs and the patriotic all tend Mr. Mose adds
1.-The United States handling the immigration problem successfully
by assimatng the second generation of immigrants public
schools that the American people well relieve themselves
fear the of npourng of unframed foreigners 1t
achievement the United States has proud
1t well impartial view of institutions occasionally
and when that impartial view much praise and little
cm is highly satisfactory The highest compliment Mosey
pays system of education practical put two
the Hopkins Grammar School order
pare them for Yale.