The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-17

plains how prices are made by supply
and demand through combined Eng
lish and Dutch auction method Of
buyer and seller. According to this
theory. the washerwoman buying n
| quart OF potatoes boxes the compass
| of tho markets with the huckster In
a psychological way, and so they arr
rive at truly scientific price!
| One can carefully read any OF the
| latest Textbooks for the colleges with
out being able to find a simple. clear
and. intelligible principle OF economic
(, action. He VIII be enveloped In an
impenetrable socialistic fog created
by atomizipg the clear crystal water
OF tho few practical economic prin-
ciples.
| Through this fog We can mostly dis
tinguish this pedantic word worker,
worker. worker, used to mean 1aborer,
as though the man in soveralls and
clodhopper were at TIE summit OF our
| civilization and entitled to It's exclusive
benefits. But the writers are victims
OF their own words, subject to verbal
illusions. for these teachers OF idle-
ness to the Idle are no very partic,l-s
lar friends to the laborfng man.
IA broad general culture is to be
obtained by broad general reading
rather than by routine study and
:memorizing in the narrow confines of
the classical college course. BY the
latter one cannot get over enough
/ ground to be broad or general In cul-
ture. The classics in modern times rep
resent the culture Of but single
4 period in history, and is very mar
/ row and restricted field, rather than a
broad expanse of learning such as It
was, by comparison, when first made
the principal part of the curriculum
OF the universities. much better gem
eral knowledge Of tho civilization OF
Greece and Rome can be obtained by
reading the histories and admirable
studies Of the different phases OF their
culture than by readings Homer and
Virgil in. the original.
4 "A little concentrating will make
any clown cultivated = but we all know
that many a college grind" who does
mo general reading may reach high
rank in all his studies. Is yet un-
cultivated, uninformed and narrow.
minded when he graduates.
! The strongest argument for tho col
!. lego course is that you must learn
4 Greek and Latin to know how to learn
land use scientific terms, the names
the pedagogues have made UP and ap-
4 piled to the objects OF science. But the
i classical scholar depends about as
\ much as any other OH the technical
4 glossery and the cut of the bug.
though he may have general idea
OF the meaning of the word centipede
4 from his classical studies. The labor
\ OF the student In the dissecting room
is not much abridged because he seems
4 of the words which are used In naming
the bones and muscles he is studying.
The lawyer who depended upon his
. school Latin foE his knowledge of
4 damnt1m absque injuria, would fail
Z miserably. LearningNthe words not im-
. bibed With tho mother tongue is2 a
matter .ot study and paving over a
Z dictionary anyway, whether the iln-
A mediate purpose Is reading the hiss
tory OF the war. In Gaul In the original
or learning the scientific name OF a
new beetle in his scientific$nlanual
II 1t does not pny to learn language
: to read books in the original instead
OF translation, nor to get a hazy nos
: Etion of the derivation OF words With
1 out consulting, the dictionary, nor to
Il have an inexact knowledge OF scien-
Itific terms without the special study
q necessary to connect. the words with
, tho objects denoted. .
! Considering the education OF aver
!. I'age farmers. and the fact that the
A majority OF agricultural college
courses do not require classical study,
J, the naming of three OF tho five new
a divisions of the science OF technical
agriculture. agronouly. meaning plant
|productions zootechny. animals indus
a try, and agrotechny, agricultural
technology, is about pednntlc and non-
I, sensical enough to discredtt the con-
Il tinued extension or our present sys-
TEN OF scientific naming,
Next to phonetic spelllngsof English
{ would be the educational value OF a
7 complete change in scientific names
into English form. IT costs ut least
i four years of youthful life to learn
English spelling, and four Years more
to learn Greek and Latin which valua-
HE time could. be saved II pedagogic
Influence could he s,enlisted for these
L two obvious reforms OF two OF the
greatest abuses now existing III any
field OF human effort.
II the foregoing estimate Of the
! prevailing system OF education Is corr
i rect, why has 1t produced no more
, noticeable Ill effects? Because tho
4 European races especially the Eng
fish, ARE practical and not affected by
y |lintellcctuni bellets, lueas, HotioHs, W
opinions, which are not practical nor
In accordance with the real facts of
Imperative knowledge.
a With them formal knowledge does
!, not affect operative knowledge nor
: prevent operative effort, Theory does
Il not Interfere With practice, We are
. affected by education about as q duck
lis by water
sE Eut an education not much differ
emit from our classical one, In theory,
seems ito hold the otherwise strong
4 Chinese intellect in bondage and para
live its efforts. because carried out
s|more logically and thoroughly In prac-
}, teal life.
N sThe Chinnman, like u hen, is very
N much 9bedragglad In the ocean Of
. words in which he works SO dlligent-
! ly.A 1. We. .A - N1slt. q