Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-11-11

To say that an cducati onal associa.
ton IL In session anywhere or ut any
time, with distinguished laymcn as
participants In the discussion, Ii to
prepare ono for another airing Of the
three RS versus "fads" controversy,
The recent session OF the National Ed.
ucatiOual Association ut Asbury Park
was marked by an assault on the
so.called fads and u gallant defense Of
the same. Tho assailant was Mayor
Mcclellan Of New York. tho defender
DR.. Harper. tho eminent educator.
Perhaps there IL q real difference OF
| opinion between these gentlemen: If so,
! neither succeeded IN bringing II ont.
There Is nothing irrccOncilablc be-
tween their respective Views rs report.
Cd. What II true Of this debate IL
true Of tho average three RS debate
there II more mlsapprclcnsiOn thai
actual divergence disclosed. DR.. uar.
per. we are told. maintained that some.
thing more was needed than that CIV.
cry child should acquire tho three RS
| and then 20 to work. since we stand
for equal opportunity and do not pro.
pose to create a peasant class. True,
perfectly true; but DIR. Draper certain.
~ would not teach the so.called fnds
AMI frllls ut the expense Of the essen.
tails. What the conservatives" as.
sert Is that Ignorance OF the three RS
Is worse. more dangerous to tho Amer
lean ideal, than neglect of tho orna.
mental studies. Who will deny this !
The chief purpose Of public educa'
ton, said Mayor Mcclellan, Is to make
good citizens. This means that edu
cation must bc moral rs well rs intel
lectual Isn't this precisely the contcn
ton of the progresslves? The New
York Mayor is opposed to get-wlse'
quick methods; does any rational edu
| Gator favor them? So all through the
discussion. Neither side really attack
| cd what the other would care to up.
hold. II Is impossible to deny that
the essentials are essential. 1t Is i'm
possible 10 deny that IT, without sac
rlllclng the three RS, other useful ana
refining things can he taught In the
| schools, these things should be added
| unto the rising generation. The Iucs'
ton l. really one of fact--whcther or
| not the "fads' have to any injurious
extent displaced the essentials.
Surprising there was n great war
and hostile fleets should blockade ev-
cry English pot, Then what; Star
| walton. There are broad acres In the
little island, but there are also 81 many
hungry mouths to feed that they
would soon sweep the land like u
swarm of locusts. The food problem Is
worrying those who rule England fully
as much as what the Kaiser will or
will not do. Forced cultivation has 80
exhausted the soil that 1t does not
yield ms II once did, and 50 the pOp,ila-
ton of the agricultural sections Is
locking to the cities. making The
struggle for work even more strenu.
Gus. In thirty years 14,OOO,WU souls
have been added to England's pOpula'
tion. More and more IL England COM
PEELED To depend Oh outsiders for food.
The importation OF cereals has trebled
In thirty years. At the present time
England imports over 2OO,OOO,OOO hun
dredweight of wheat per annum, Of
which the United States supplies one
fourth She also received l0,O00.OOC
hundrcdweight Of -four. She gets bar
ley and oats from Russia, and from
America uncOunted shiplOads OF ham
lard, beef and pork. The United States