The Washington herald., 1906-11-22
ENGLISH AREAMAZED
Find American Schools Su.
periOr to Their own.
MAKE AN INSPECTION TRIP
Question of whether Boys Over
Eight Years Old should Be Taught
by Men or women the Only One
the Visiting Instructors Have Dis
coVered-Better system in America.

Is 1t an advantage to the American boz
10 be taught by a man after he is eight ol
nine years of age, or can he learn more
by going to school 10 a woman teacher?
This question is agitaung the minds o
the advance guard Of small army o
English school teachers, who viii visi
the schools Of Washington and other cit
les in the United States during the win
ter.
Daniel Holme and F. c. Rice. teacher,
in public schools ia the suburbs Of Lon
don, arrived in Washington last night
While here they viii inspect the educa.
tonal institutions Of the District They
are registered at The Cutler, 1905 Thir-
| teenth street
In England boys are taught altogether
by male instructors after they reach the
age Of eight or nine years The English
teachers, who are guests Of the city, be-
/ lieve that this Is the best system.
A man, they argue, knows more how 70
teach boy. how to manage him, and al
together is better htted for the schooling
Of the young man after he reaches a Ger
/ tain age.
No Other Defect.
! Further than this question. neither Mr..
/ Hoime nor Mr.. Rice has been able 10
/ find any fault with the system Of educa-
ton in vogue in the United States. To the
contrary. they are complimentary in every
sense Of the word. The two landed in
New York a week ago. They visited the
| schools of Americas greatest city, and
went from there TO Philadelphia.
! THE children Of this country are not to
be compared with the youngsters Of Eng
land, Mr.. Rice said last evening your
school children seem healthier, in better
condition physically. straighter. and alto
gether better fed than those who attend
the free schools Of the old country"
In England, the board Of education is
under the general government. with sub
boards in the different districts With the
exception Of several districts. no provision
/ is made for educating the children in the
/ free public schools after they reach the
/ age Of fourteen years. Parents wishing 20
send their children TO school after this
age are compelled 10 seek private institu-
tiOns.
The class Of children attending the
/ schools Of the United States. from our
observations. is far better than those in
our native land. In fact, only the poorer
/ people send their children to the public
schools where We are from. Mr.. Home
said. we have been very favOrably i'm
pressed with the schools Of New York.
and Philadelphia The school children
thmesieves put UP a better appearance
than ours. but I cannot say the same for
Z - +e D. hstgT q
opportunity Of seeing a great many
American teachers
Better system i'm America.
We believe the educational system
| here is better than ours. We haven't been
able 10 agree, however. as TO whether
the boy should be taught by man or a
woman.
in England all boys who are in school
AT the age Of eight or nine years are
/ transferred 20 male teachers. This sys-
tenn We believe 20 be the best 7 might
mention also the fact that in England
We have never tried the education OF the
boy after this age by means Of the wom-
an teacher.
An effort is being made in our land
10 induce the men 10 enter the service as
2 l.
IN proportion 20 the wages OF the me-
chanics than they are here. For instance.
d teacher gets more money than the me-
chanic. receiving about half again as
much. In this country your mechanics
seem to get more pay than the learned
/ professors
But altogether your schools here are
I better than OUTS Your buildings are bet
/ teT-more imprOved-and we feel that we
I have already learned enough to pay US for
/ our long voyage. I also admire the way
{ in which the people contribute toward the
| support Of the educational institutions"
Others Coming Later.
During the winter 800 teachers from the
/ British empire win come TO this country
/ for the purpose of studying our educa-
tonal methods. Mr. Holme and MIR Rice
are the first to arrive. The others will
come in parties Of five and six on every
steamer St Louis and other places in
the United States viii be visited.
/ The teachers are paying their own ex-
/ penses, receiving full salary from the gov
eminent while they are away. a. MoseIy.
a merchant prince Of London, who is in
terested IN improving the educational IA
cilities Of the English schools. assisted in
the arrangements for the trip.
Mr.. Rice and Mr. HoIme will remain in
Washington, visiting the different schools,
until Saturday. when they return TO New
York. From there they will go 10 Canada
cation will extend every possible courtesy
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