The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11
URGES ELECTION
 OF SCHOOL BOARD
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CContlnued from First Page,) only provides facilities for physical training, but compels her students to take this work Again the college oc- cupes the position of "in loco paren- tis;" the students are away from home and unless some restrictions are placed upon them they would be in- clined to sacrifice their studies to athletics.
 In striking contrast to this state of affairs the beard of education does not provide means for physical train ing, does not encourage it and final ly, does not financially support ath- letics. It is therefore an usurpation of power for them to interfere In any way with the management and con trol of athletics per se
 Practically all the pupils live with their parents or guardians in New Haven and Il Is the duty of the par ents to decile whether their children shall or shall not participate in ath- letics. The home has It's rights and Its duties as we'll as the school and each should shoulder its own responsi- bilities, The school authorities have no more right to say whether boy shall play on the school baseball team than 1t has to say how he shall spend his time outside of school hours, whether he shall join school society or attend theaters or other places of improvement or amusement.
 What the school authorities can and should do is to insist upon every pupil doing faithful, satisfactory work in his studies and hold him rigidly to account for failure 10 do so, leaving the responsibility for doing or not do- ing this work where 1t belongs-with the pupil and his parents.
 If the pupil Is ever to learn self reliance and responsibility 1t Is when he Is young, and the best way is to make him realize that he must suffer if he does not perform his school duties satisfactorily A little more in- sistence upon strict attention to school duties and the pupils will readily adapt themselves 10 requirements, while questions of eligibility and simi- lar matters would settle themselves. Therefore, nntil the pupils are provid ed with the means for physical train ing by the school authorities, they should be allowed 10 manage their athletics in their own way. especially in view of the fact that they support the various teams by their own efforts and receive absolutely no assistance from the board of education.
 As the education of the young Is really the most important work of the city, the men who direct educational affairs should be qualified by charac- ter, training and ability to establish and maintain school system that will satisfy the demands of modern ppogress. The first qualification a member should possess is hearty and earnest devotion to public school ed ucation. The welfare of our city and country depend upon the intelligence of Its people, and the public schools are the instruments for arousing and devepoing that intelligence.
 So anyone who -heartedly fay ors public school education would seem to be disqualified for member ship on the board
 Just as the graduates of college have the right to elect to the corpor- ation men who are graduates of their college, in hearty sympathy with ifs aims and ideals, 90 the citizens should have as their representatives men who are products of the public school sys- tenn, who are in complete sympathy with the aims and ideals of public school education.
 Members of the board should also be parents with children in the pub lie schools. This would keep mem bers in close touch with the work of the schools. which really supplement and assist the work of the home. Tn view of recent events, both in the state and nation, the principle of dele gated power to a few persons has been growing in disrepute, and a return to the old principle of representative government Is fast returning to favor
 While in some branches possibly small boards arc more efficient, in my opinion the number of members of the board of education could be increaseu with great benefit to the efficiency oi the schools Irrespective of whether the members should be appointed by the mayor or elected by the people each school district should have ono member on the board, Each district has school problems peculiarly it's owt and the advantage of having a resi-. dent of that district on the board who will be familiar with conditions 1T his own district, who comes in con. tact with principal and teachers Is sell evident.
 In addition to each district beinf represented on the board there should be two members chosen at large who would look out for the work and in terests of the high school. The cos of maintenance, the problems arising in the course of studies the number O teachers and pupils, the relations O both departments, etc, really require that the affairs of high school should be entrusted to a special committee ! Du HlEll StHpNl' lhtit was ot'Il committee before the passage of tn, new charter and conditions were mucl better than they are now.
 No member of the board shoult serve for more than two terms. Tn duties of membership are not sucl that they require the continued exist ence on the board of any one mem Der. The rules and regulations o the board should be revised ant brought into greater harmony witt modern conditions. As representin the people the powers of the boar, should be supreme and all school of fcials should be responsible to tn board.
 The board should determine what tn