The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-25

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5t'f ioiioW's'R 80" ''''''''.' $500
q uttered In Richmond by DR., Walter III.
HI pase, lniSht have been used as the
text OF theso articles: let us sweep
L away our medieval notions OF cdu-
4 cation and substitute for them the
ldea of real training for efficiency and
Il usefulness In life"
\ Fne system of education which has
d its cliiorescencn IN the american col
4 .lcge course is NJ established institute
4 ton which, like all other human In
i stitutions, has II history and natural
4 renson for It's inception. Let us briefly
i examine It's history It's contents, me
sentiments regarding IT, ana It's reln-
1 Ions to tho principles of education
nave developed
4 IN tile Middle Ages .ne pro1ahc
1 sciences We're taushl ~ 'me lott OF
the seven arts. l. 9" aries y perales' u
~ m IN winch aht'duitS u'su ,au LII
| prehended Its knowledge ehcScioPeu,-
4 cally. The trivium, grammar, rhetoric
ana dialecties, cohthlnuu ene aoi.i,
studies. and the q''ndrlvlnn contained
| arithmetic. geometry. astronomy ana
music; they were considered the studies
of real knowledge. Grammar !. O.,
Latin language and literature. nov on,s
canned tho most i.',pot " pa ="
tne trlVlum. but IN ti,e 1n.ti1 80 ~, ., o.
u seemed the eha u'u "' ~ car,,,ar
-, u1t'oI' ii's.oi ra,n M 1so7-
School System, I Rep. CON- 3D. 1910
| %, page s.
or the education OF the knl shts' we .e
are told In tho same p,hoe pase -
| that the seven liperhl us u Wv
clergy were supplei'le .,,. ~ ,,n
knighly virtues-rluins, .n' 49,
shooting with the DOW len.s ., 49,. ,.",,,
ing, chess playing una poe.s S.,tI,,r
lhsl, Withlhs evei, .,.as ~, rasrlts hv
ana u we are W w. srccossfnl men.
.ne p,eponuef"ne ~, ~ the lenipht
VIC pns - LIE iran the literary
was more effective ,nan VIC i'Nei -
eoucatlon OF the seio ~ ,,,aa1a Aros
Betore the emo VI ~ ,rn,,,i-
dlalectlcs mao ~ N,b1o IL
nent IN the sciiooia, itaa s,y.. nN1en
the artlccle we N.Y. h,rhlv nr,zed
oeshh 70 liie y ~ ~ rnrard disnu-
scholas.lcs, aiu ,1 ~ nc the high
tatloHs IN the ullivs tnte,iigence. bnt
est pfoo ,. - ',,,ards"
as -, nule JIM i''s - ,oornjng added Greek
- le ~ ,., - snhooIs and In both
| 70 l.asll. - oIas.,cal works and
lahGuases Wy This was thu
lorliis ~ .t,,t ~ rene,u the cul-
mahlsln' an attU'A ~ stndvinr it's two
ture OIL a illiluits whioh have since
leaaihs la,iS va ~, o,,iad she "hu
peell sra,iuito'i
manltles' ,-oo 80 tboory was "to
Apout ~ - =, - ,,ossios treasure OF
optaih rom ~, rrt "tba schools
huil'all h,oM ..us tho old routine
were SUI ~ ,.,,,r out,o- Nicolni
Which 'he ,.,,,g thev declined.
r,dlculed "hei say - anolyzed
|
scanned pniaseu 49, - t,e classical
splte OF az .h ~. T., arenca IA fatally
coinPosilioiis' ~ .aa$r, ~ routine
attenuateu bS wy -, ,ha,,, ~ tho
WORK reduiieu "
orlglhai' s,s,,rs,ors ms
IN the Preili,ili'a, of tbn fac.
70 hutla,ilsl,il slls sc,ence had IL
uieles y, a., -, 20 - vords IJe Who
treat WIN lninss' ~. t,cus, b,,t
me" Wolus Mas t'i,., 1aarnaa or
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phliosoPher ana me u.iis 49,, 80 ~, M
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Dogs iHis COZ ,a.,a,ar,,,,s,+
time. put py peuuiaI ,+, as pi,, ~,
OF - az .,oii tns -, ~
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man syi'.nasi a,.u
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t 49,. -. t,,at,r, iIorsjt,eu a,onp Win
,aus y. .no ", t =,
law. meolcihe- ana .neoloss'
ihe ai,louns o. at ,e.r 10.
.ioh AT .ne feslsar ~ , r.ns ,,,as
nsen stossty ne doas no+ dit,er 90
&C., go, Nat Of The schoo,mcn.
sehtlaily from thae LII s'e ,,at,,tn,,a,,
- any tl,ns' .n AZ dto1e n.1 i.is,n =,
ABOUT 40, Morus an no. ny ~ mnra t,aalthv
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s,so.ous a .,a a = sair nc we'll .s INC
stuay 81 ~. .,ie s,s,,' ,,,,, s+udy
study OF lnn scl1oo a,,., ".a
OF woras me ,meu ,hs,r ,ormer a nraa s
was na,urai rom at,r ane, tanaan , mo
t b,1man n"a mind linz took took more to the
mediums. IN "hlcip iueas VIZ -
PRESSED .iian % rae 'u ans Isttn ,an.
llereiore' me ios t n.t q, ed,
guases relha a,oa nh,,osonhv and ny.
man law, or. tho small amount of real
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