The evening world., 1905-07-05

"Fads. Frills and Fancies' Ad-
dress Of Mayor at Asbury
Compared with Fathers Tao
tics at Antietam.
Especial TO The Evening Worldly

M Especial to The Evening worldly
ASBURY PARK, n. j., july o.
Mayor McC1clfan's address to the Ma
tionAl Educatfonal Association. attack
ing the system which teaches but does
not educate.' is on the tongue OF every
pedagoguc here to-day, yet few among
them. are bold enough to be willing to
70 IN record in print as against the
theories which the Mayor expressed.
II Is the general opinion that the
Mayor had in mind while ne spoke DR..
william Maxwell, Superintendent of
Schools OF Greater New York, and the
'Tads. frills and faEctes'' OF the Max
well educational syste1m AS one
prominent educator put It:
THAT wos hot shot Mayor Mcclellan
hurled into Maxwell-as hot as anything
his father put into the Rebs at Antie-
tam-and It Is gdng to have q correo-
tive Influence on school abuses in the
metropolis"
AS against that opinion Edwin G.
Cooley. Superintendent Of Schools OF
Chicago. took the stand that much that
Mayor Mcclellan said was Sophie
Inoric."
"dy0t VIZ" SSpVOtIotl
Ellis theories are all right: they are
thoroughly understood" continued Mr..
Cooley. but, In my opinion. the Mayor
goes q little too far in his application.
/ should say that his views were sopho-
nxoric and that they were perhaps
based on an ignorance of school ondi-
TONS. Most every one with whom I
have spoken about the Mcclellan ad-
dress has said the same thing"
'When YOU say that rhe Mayor per-
haps based his conclusions on an ig-
norance OF school conditions, Mr..
Cooley, are you yourself familiar with
conditions in New York City? Are You
aware that within the past year 1t has
come to a pass where the schools are
practically clearinghouse for the
sweat-shops OF the ~metropolis?' ne
was asked.
Mr.. Cooley admitted to The Evening
World reporter. who put these Ques-
tions. that he vas not sufficiently az
quainted with school affairs in New
York to discuss the phase of the mat
ter. He wished 10 be understood rs
speaking generally. and added:
SpelIing2-What Of It?
mo intelligent man will argue against
the essentials Of education-uhe three
Rs-in favor of substitutes. but I WISH
to say that in these days there are
matters just as important and Just as
essential as reading. writing n arith-
meuo to be placed in the mind OF the
child I vas a mechanic. with a trade
ground In me before I got my university
degree, and I speak with a special
knowledge of the value OF manual train
ting:
Tight for 1t. OF what Importance Is IL
properly7
"only a small part OF civilization h.s
any occasion to have to spell properly.
How mpch more important Is II, then.
that the masses OF our boys. DESTINED
should know how to draw and to be abe
to comprehend a drawing or plan when
1t Is put before him!
II call that an essential. but I do not
stand for protect!ns drawing into color
Lutte personalities"
Sewing May Be overdone.
"Well, what do you think Of trying
to teach a boy of six or seven years
how to build himself a pair of trousers
to the exclusion OF knowledge Of how
10 reach the multiplication OF four times
four2 That's what school teachers cali
manual training. isn't MT'
The Chicagoian smiled.
al WIN admit that is hitting It a II.
what I just said about drawing. Any
thing can be carried too far. The
modern system OF education does not