New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-01
THE PRIV4TE SCHOOL.
u Has SET the Pace IN Secondary
Education an .fmertcG.

TIN. private school is the parent Of the modern
,.bfi. school system Il Il equally true that the
,-,,-,.. school has been The best teacher ana
.,, - +-s fsl,oat and that tire marvellous de
I-,,,4rf az The latter - ia large mea sure due
. 49, 7rauel-e II the former II D. thus a great
.s..tz4 q, believe. az many do. that the private
io,i - antagonistiC to the public school As lh.N
-. to-day fn tAis country. both are TIE outcome
i. INV -,oiar- social ideals and conditions iioth
ls,- the same ann that OF turning cut worthy oti-
. Vel while tls- private school is old as
i-ten language lis present status Il marvellous
.--.rth II the asst ffty years. Great as has been
rs influence On the public school. IT, in lts turn
-,lst acknowledge debt To the systems supported
t,y The state As il must be with the relation
of pupil ana teacher. The benefit =. TO "a certain
extent. HeciPrncal
The private -choo to-day Is "a striking feature OF
oar social history ]; marks tHr development Of an
ar1staCraey 1t culture c.incident with that Of
W.siltl N'i.r atty y-ars ago nearly every Ameri-
can SEM hs son 20 tHe public school as ID matter
os COURSE to-day practically all who can afford
1o 80 ls-t.,s,sz- private institution. equally
a. q matter sf The result j. hat over half
those entering the American colleges are prepared
lu lhe rrsafr schools or as private tutors. In
NeN York 8 .ts taa private schools for boys have
an arreHI4... of nearly Hrty Thousand and the
number IS instantly increasing
Antiquity eF THE PRIVATE SCHOOL.
To --aes a l-ilI the early history Of the private
scrna. - a"- s.E,laL From th- days when the
Hebrews Taught from the steps OF their temples
and rHe ua.os0phers founded their schools in
Greece and E.nle ts the days Of PeScoIozz and
Fr'eoel tae history Of private Instruction Is the
history of education The public school had not
come into laiu-- Il VAS n The colonies OF th,. New
World raat femoc-acy Of political rights de-
handed democracy Of education MasSachusett
took TN lead and 1911 passed "A law founding
the nrSt public school system. The new schools
were modelled after the private schools Of the
mother country. The accumulated experience of
thousands of years 1f private instruction was in
carporated ints He methods Employed. The private
schools furnished the teachers Then. from the
latter HaIf ri t s-venteenth century the middle
II the nineteentE lH riis country The public school
TeIgnod supreme
Now IL Is WI known fact that government
methods ard institutions not given to progress
II wrta rhe public school In those Two
ceutHres The college and thu bag private ;lreu.r-a-
tory school 4-d a--n keeping PACE Ajth the times
In general ne1p1s ~ instruction the public school
Was where The private school mother had left 1t.
And once NOR. ne private school came TO the
rescue the change ea-pe wijh The colRtry's rapid
development resources ana wealth and its i'm
nlense growth ot population through immigration.
The public schools became crowded with a foreign
eiearut- from arch the better classes 81 Ameri-
cans held aIoef. Al the same time there ar0s,- a
large class pf W-l-to-do and wealthy Americans
Who could give their children "a better education
tha7 tf- pal5c school Afforded. The Increased al
Tendance made effective WoIk and diff
cult t-sea to-day Ia New York STATE there IN
average attending IA TIN public schools of forty
pupils 60 tn, teacher. a number too great for the
l--' results Last bar least the public schools
~rre nos alylng large enough salaries get the
bees, teachers