Gilpin observer., 1906-03-08
poINss AT THE SCHOOLS.
Something for The Scholars to Read and Pom.
der Over.

IN the school world these Gays tnat III lS
hard to choose the more important ones
for publication. With the coming of Mr..
Warner to the high school few changes
have been made in the management that
promises we'll for the future. The morn
ing exercises have taken on meaning.
There is usually college song, or a
rousing chorus OF some kind to start the
ball rolling. Mr.. Warner is Yale man
and knows how to sing. He is an &C.
complished pianist, and is able to arouse
enthusiasm in music. Then each morn
ing some member OF the faculty talks
for ten minutes on a subject OF interest.
1t is intended to invite the members of
the Board to give addresses at intervals.
Others will also be asked to lend their
aid. Members of the clergy and also
OF the Woman's club will be asked to
talk on their views OF school life. 1t is
to be hoped that no ope who is asked to
address the high school will refuse. The
central idea is to give to the pupils a
broader outlook on life by hearing these
who have passed through the school Pc
riod into the great world.
An exhibition of pictures is shortly to
be held in the city, ostensibly to raise
money to buy pictures for the schools.
There is another object, however. An
art education has become as necessary
in modern life as an education in his
tory, or any other Of the leading sub
iects. 1t has come to the time when to
be ignorant of Carot, Gainsborough,
Turner, Bonheur, Raphael and Michael
Angelo, is considered as bad form as to
be ignorant of Washington, Napoleon
and Alexander. The history Of the past
has been preserved to US in two ways:
BY literature and bv art. Tie one is
scarcely more important than the other.
or the Greeks, We have Homer, in litera-
ture. In art. we have Phidias and many
more. We know infinitely more Of the
Greeks through art than we do from
their literature. Theirs was the highest
civilization OF the world, and We are
striving today to approximate it. We
should know the Greeks, the Egyptians
and the Romans, for they have contribu.
ted much that is best to our present day
civilization. mo city or town should be
Of it's people. 1t is part OF the school
work to inculcate these qualities in the
children through whatever means it has
at its disposal. The wholesale and re.
finiug influence of pictures Of the right
sort on the school wall is row generally
recognized as one OF the most valuable
means Of securing this end"
The Woman's club will assist in max
ing the exhibition success. There will
be music on each evening. Refreshments
will be served. Watch for the announce
ment Of the time and place.
Those at the head OF the schools have
been looking into the causes OF the
scarcity Of boys in the high school. or
the present enrolment, -fourths are
girls. There is no suggestion that there
are too many girls; far from it. AS a
matter Of opinion, the came cause that
keeps down the number of boys affects
more or less the number OF girls. School
can be made attractive, and it can be
made unattractive. The three RS, be
they ever 80 useful, get more or less mon
otonous when. prolonged through eight
continuous years. One would tire OF a
diet of mince pie in time. How much
sooner then, one tires Of bread and
cheese, when nothing else is served. A
proper diet, in which there is some va.
riety at least, is necessary to a preserva.
ton Of appetite. One learns to hate the
thing to which ono is chained; like the
man in the San Francisco hotel. He had
been ship wrecked and compelled to sub
sist for days on diet OF beans. He
called the waiter and ordered brought to
him large plate OF the baked variety.
After he had finished mis- repast, the
waiter noticed that the dish remained
untouched. Sir" asked the loquacious
servant, "Why the beans?" because,
answered the unfortunate, ~ wanted the
darn things just to see me eat"
There comes the time to many a boy
when he loves to say to the school house
on the hill, "Now see me go it alone"
So it is believed that everything
should be done at the critical time, to
keep the boy, yes, and the girl, in school.
Physical culture and manual training
have proven very helpful in many places.
Why not build a big gymnasium on the
school grounds and let the boys go in for
muscle training on the side The girls
would enjoy having a good floor for
basket ball and other games, and that
other side Of education, the physical
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