Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-01-08
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the boy who goes from the high schos
10 The carpenters bench or the con-
Iters 81 . retaii store. II you will q
anime the courses prepared BIZ big
lschoois for the boy who goes out int
the world AZ . r2ge-earner, you vi
ind an attempt made 70 teach hin
In The school room, the practical q
tails Of his chosen profession. d.
tails which be = learn vith ons
tenth he expenditure of time and q
fort after he one In contact VII
Ibis vocation you viii Ind science, ~
ricuiture. manual training. drawins
bookkeeping. pe~nmznshsp. 3 minimum
of history and foreign language. and
at best a rear or 10 Of English. Scan
proyiztcn for the only subject tina
can lead him u look 1t life and IL
problems with an unbiased care
the only subject that Ear M The 4
boreY above the sordid toll 81 bread
winning and make bis life the lie o
mar.
Far be II from me 70 disparage th'
wonderful work OF the school Of sci
ence Or manual training. but ! main
tain that il English literature II im
operative anywhere. II Is In the educa
lion of the boy who goes Out into tht
world from the door Of the higf
school. Manual t0il loses ~ degrade
ton when the mind II iilumined b,
that sweetness and light that makes
the hautbIct i NJ companion fol
kings.
But there Is another class Of stu
dents thai the p~tdagcgue does noi
consider; yet this Is ! problem Just
as real just ~ imperative. demand.
Ing solution To this class belong
fhe boys and girls who do not 80 70
the university and who 10 not win
their bread Ii The sweat 81 their
brows. IL Is this class that makes
up d large part Of the eitizenahip Of
i towns. Their intellectual diet
IL scarcely more wholesome than that
OF the yellow backed novel fisnd
Their time 10 spent IN porting over the
yapId, eyanescent novels OF the day.
insensibly absorbing false Ideals OF
life. false conceptions Of humanity,
Cutting their intelIects with pailing
mediocrity. JniIlng their powers OF
thought and comprehension, thus rem
dering themselves utterly unit for the
struggle against empty artiiciality,-
q struggle by which alone a be
maintained the high moral standard
that the world demands OF the Amer
lean people. Here, again. the respon.
Hes i the door Of the second.
AIRY school. II must provide the rem
edy. IL must 40 mould the literary
taste OF the boy and girl that they
can. with unering judgment. sepa-
rate the few grains 81 gold IN modern
literature from the vast accumuiations
Of dross. and BY their approval or
condemnation, regulate the output OF
the literary mills. Then social life
woali once more become > mighty
factor in the lives Of men, Women
would think. men would reason. and
many 81 the problems that are yexing
the civilized world would solve them
selves.
The practical questions which net
nrally arise III connection with ihF
subject are. What Is The least Iii
high schools should oner Ia the line
y. English Instruction. and What
should be hi preparation u / leach
or English In The high school The
colleges and universities. looking Il.
.reetly 10 their own Interests. aud. in.
directly u tie interest 81 education
IN general. have presented their ~.
swct 70 the hrst question In the g.
port Of the committee Of ten The
committee 81 ten. composed u En-.
giish teaehefs nom The universities
and from The high schools men who
have studied The question Of English
instruction III Its Droadest signia.
canoe have. from The richness u
their experience. recommended a list
of English classics that on the needs
Iof all classes III the high school They
have. with admirable judgment, pick.
I'd from our richest literary treasures
those gems ~ style ana thought that
are best adapted 10 the mental and
moral conditions ~ adolescence
Some ~ these classics are prescribed
for reading and practice, others for
study and practice" They recon.
mend TINT De study 81 he history u
literature be incidental Ii the study
Of the masterpieces. and that IL De
concluded without the aid Of a man.
ual.
The committee nf ten has admirably