The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-01

Do oQuippo0 with ~ KIND o. HnoWbodBo
that win cause her to adorn her sphere In
she has the advantage Of being In contact
with art centres. She can attend the opera
Nowhere else can h get such ~advantAkes
N music. Sho can become familiar with the
best opponents OF dramatic art.
Does Q boy need discipline2 What better
place than q military school Obedience
n order are taught there. He lives q
regular life. Every boys school OF i'm.
portAnce gives serious and well balanced
attention TO physical development. The
boys are not trained 10 be athletes, but they
are trained In the systematic exercise thGt
straiRhtens their shoulders, makes them
erect, teaches them how TO breathe and
makes the red blood how In their veins IN
such a way " TO quicken than mentally.
Nor Is the physical training OF girls neg
lected. Every girls school watches that
side Of ita wOrk a kecnly 40 Il does the
educational and moral side. All OF them
guard their pupile from influence that
deporalize. There 10 no influence that
makes for wholesome thinking 70 q greater
degree than proper physical exercise.
What is called culture In q dubious term.
Any educational scheme that confines Its
culeure to mind training alone u one sided.
What Ia needed Ia q system Of cultivation
for the body and soul as well a the mind.
a. character In moral questions solely. To
get real character the pupil must be in
daily touch with those who are broad
minded In dealing with daily problems OF
life, those who can not only teach from
textbooks but whose life Il a constant
inspiration, those who can see the eduoa-
tional value In athletics, those who can
teach from objects on the roadside as well
as from diagrams and captions In text
books. Ideals Of honor, OF simplicity, Of
truth and truthseeking are Of imperative
necessity in bringing up a child from an
educational standpoint. These are obtained
most easily in a place where it is TO the
special interest Of one TO inculcate them
in a pupil.
So the training that Is going on In what
might be called the special supplemental
schools Of our educational system runs TO
specialization, mental, moral and physical.
It Is surprising to extent this speciali-
cation is carried on. In no field rs il better
teaching languages. Here science has
come to the aid OF art. The photograph
Is brought into service. The pupil may
hear over and over again the exact pro-
nunciation, a stumbling block to most
turning a little device the pupil gets a
drill that even a teacher could not give,
for a teacher would tire, and his WEAKNESS
would soon tend to discourage the student.
A machine never tires. Its tones are the
same all the time. 1t lacks Impotence.
The photograph method also goes into
the practical instruction On new lines.
Not only are the records 40 arranged as
to bring out a grammatical development
gradually, but practical phrases and prac-
teal ideas are 8 in the instruction:
The real language OF daily life, and not
the foolish phrases, whose purpose II was
to introduce new words merely, Ia used.
By listening to the developing character
OF the photograph records the pupil. soon
comes to kno not only the pronunciation
but the grammar, ~unconsciously almost,
and also TO learn to know words and phrases
and idioms that are most frequent in the
daily life OF the people who use the Ian
guage that Is being studied.
Another field Of specialization that has
been developed wonderfully in recent
years is that Of correspondence education.
Tens of Thousands Of pupils, pownups
as well as those who are young, are re-
cciving what might be called higher educa-
They are extremely efficient in giving
technical instruction. Many a man has
risen to q place Of high responsibility
through the instruction be has received
in this way. The methods are we'll known,
and their practical use is proved by the
OF course, this idea OF specialization
applies to the numberless schools in art,
music, oratory, science that abound In
and neal New York. The best course Tor
parents to pursue is to find out what bent
theirt children have individually and there
will be no trouble in securing proper train
ing for them. College life is the ultimate
goal Of a large number Of those who get
special training. A college student who
has been taught to think straight in his
earlier days, who knows what he wishes
to study, in consequence, finds no difficulty
in fitting himself to his new surroundings.
He knows what he wants TO learn and he
can find out easily where TO get IL. The
characteristics Of our highest schools OF
learning are based almost solely on the
specialization that is found in them. You
go to one college for one thing and TO another
college for another. n has IN especially
fine course in electrical engineering and
another in philosophy OF history. Another
is strong in literature or the classics, and
30 il goes.
The main point, however, is that whether
a boy or girl is sent TO college or is trained
for other fields special treatment of each
case Is necessary. II one expects to go to
college he can get no better training than
by having his special bent discovered and
cultivated before he lands there. If he
is to go into business he can best be fitted
for that phase Of life by attending a school
with special facilities. Special training
is therefore the demand OF the times and
IL that is followed to it's logical conclusion
there can be no such thing as The Curse
Of Education