The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-08

premise and reasoning it out to its
logical conclusion; should be pos
.sessed of the will and inclination to
adopt and follow out the right. He
should have a healthy mind, well
poised; and a confidence, begotten Of
perfectly attuned functions and ner-
vous system, and control of the or
gans and muscles Of the body, which
ENSURES immediate response to the
beings will. Incidental to the accom-
plishment of this purpose in the
school Of course, is the overcoming
of natural or acquired defects, and
so, cooperation in the home.
When considering changes in the
curriculum, we should always have
regard for this main purpose Of ed
ucation and, naturally, the best
Judge OF such matters is the school
man.
If it is true that the col
lege man has the advantage over the
unschooled man, 1t is not because
the college man has absorbed a lot
of book knowledge. We too often
hear OF a so-styled self-educated
man excelling the college bred man,
to understand 1t that way. TIE sig
nificance of 1t is, that the college
man has had mis- faculties and func-
tions trained, and his physical be-
ing disciplined to obey the com
manis Of the head. There is no lost
motion about his thinking or acting.
Harmony of thought and action are
developed by his training.
Modern thought has worked
great changes in educational meth
DDS. It has been only a few years
since many learned men entertain
ed sort of contempt for the Eng
lish language, and prided themselves
on their knowledge of Greek and
Latin. The latter are still important
elements of mental training, but
now stress is laid on the students
ability to speak and write pure Eng
lish. There is another step in this de-
partment that must come before I'll
can be said we have perfected our
selves in English and nave done our
duty by the pupils. Perfect control
of tho orUone % cnaoo-, fe f,,ct N @
important as control of any other
organ in equipping a child for his
life work. Many a brilliant scholar
has lost ten years of progress after
being graduated, because of his lack
of ability to express himself in the
English language, with which he is
perfectly well acquainted. To be fit
ted for the duty of teaching in our
public schools, teachers should them
selves be trained to the proper ma
nipulation of the organs of speech, so
that their speech Is pure and enunci-
alton correct. Slovenliness Of speech
Is typically American, and manifest |
ed in the dialect of every section. The
acquire 1t from their nurs-
es, hear it in the home and in thet
school room, and those who are nat
1rally hampered by timidity, nave
their self-confidence the more i'm
paired by the uncertainty of their
control of the organs of speech
Perhaps If parents would under
stand and appreciate the effect of
his school room training on the flu
ure of their children, and realize
hat pupils. graduated from school
n which the objects of education are
regarded and the highest
deals rigidly maintained, go out in
o the world better equipped for the
itruggle and possessed of an ad-
-antage over their less ably trained
that can never be made up
his side of the grave. they would
insist on securing trained teachers
n the public schools, and pay them
alaries which their professional
raining commands