Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-05-06
NOTE AND GOSSIP
FROM THE PRESS
The Public Schools.

....s ~. considered BY our educationa
..,bo,tir. Yesterday, is occupying more
IA mere attention 10 all parts OF the
,.stry. it only a question OF thine
/ .sso fbe STATE will deem It Of as much
.,g.e5usnca a teach the boys who ars "a
vi, % beyond the high schools how 70
.,.sssto instruct them how to draw
.,4 read various foreign languages.
ash are desirable. Burlington Free
Press
Bat uhea stop h consider that less
i Aso ten per cent Of the boys and girls In
M mEl.c schools 60 to college, ii IL
s,jp that 10 g wrong 10 lay the pub bic
,,bool emphasis on httiug for college. as
= 40 today The colleges have been
ao8ily demanding higher and higher
.,,l8eatI0ns Tor admission and the high
A ,,sools have been esperately struggling
N \ reach them for the benefit OF the less
,s,b lea percent. Now, some thought full
s1etofs are beginning TO preach that
. AZ obligation to match standards is on
M other side and that the colleges
aoald begin where the high or secondary
rbools leave of, because the first duty is
% Al The child TO live In the world as be
iB8, taud not simply to adorn his mind.
Most boys must, or should, co out
into tbe world b earn their living in
rns trade or craft, What are the public
rbools Of Vermont doing today toward
hbag them ior such life work? Why
he not this ninety per cent and more Of
kys and girls that do not 90 to college a
aght 10 complain that the state Is max
"a lay0rites ui the other ten and giving
Asn tbe preference ia educational faciIi-
R'
ars can we consistently complain as
mdo that Il IL bard to get first class ar
dans and mechanics and craftsmen OF al
tnds, hard to get intelligent farm help
mi labor 10 eli occupations, when the |
rhoIa Emphasis iu the public school edu-
aii0n Is laid upon Citing for college
lih tbe design Of following a profess /
aona eareef2
TIE Messenger has long been convinced 4
hil, as matter OF logic as well as Of ex-
gdsncy, The state does not owe it's chill
Nm 20 education M the arts. The duty
dihs state, under our modern theory. Is
pfi boys and girls for that partnership
nths state they are TO exercise as Gift
ns The duty Of The state is, simply, tc
g1s them an education in the elementals{
lar tiII pot them in the way OF being
Intelligent citizens and 81 earning their
tFl living
Thus hr and no farther should the state
n
Lathe law Of natural selection do the
~, The boy Of the girl that desires SUI
fhof mental culture, is anxious for q
ll'siea % technical education will fnd
iuy 20 gel tt or will make way to get
3 Add the boy Or the girl that does
'lls hnd ihe way 20 such knowledge il
n1's likely 10 make good and practical
ls itiI knowledge through life than
hsg shs bad simply been oosseted
through ioEery paths 81 easy schooling
By atol INDECENT state.
Moreover when We leave the law of /.
natural selection To- operate here, our
Paelf HaooHaII be less likely 10 spoil
thousands o COED mechanics and crafts
lsa y make poor, staryeling professional
wv ven llsy afe now Today we are
aAllg an lht boys aud girls alike. no
~. Ivy snN nsture designed them to be. .
w. a.uAoE lnRm lull u bookish lore
ua' SIMPLY results 10 educating them
.ogls as'fe 90 work. When We ufop
,,s, ~, \. l,fnl aa'afe to assert her own !,
wv, w. ~ tl' natter we shall have more !
sewing ODE division Of labor re- =
49,. 49, Y y, True proportions, Of seeing \
- .l..'a % an Intelligent class OF !
-. $3.50 'fL.ans and craftsmen. intelH- y
.s .-. .''.f o. aIl kinds. men that are q
,.. unity ltisi for their work and the
..,ol citizenship bat that have not I
~ .lsu ato believing that they were =
~ 'of something else. y
lauAtI0n l0f The adornment ~ The 81
-, ~, y. 2, " Ihe working man." has 4 !.
- - .l1Ala upon the ear when il is y
wise old pedagogue. But !,
y p5henee under that theory is =
~ gu'agihg, It's most noticeable
,r.t,. ~ % tighten the labors Of the
y, ' ls.an by making him philoso-
IN. gulliYate in him a disdaiu
s5''A ne is most fitted by nature X,
4. ' 'll restless ambition to dabble in u
nnG occupation he is not fitted IN
L. public school should try 70 find o
a,,tar boy is designed By nature :.
rs,. NV y 70 shape his elemental edu- y
IN ~ ns feet will be set in the :.
\ Al gutng the years OF bis tutel- =.
n ~. '.,sn ne comes to the maturity -
- ee "tll and choice. be viii ~
II. placed where he can make ea
.Fss#.,,.l.u most practical use OF his -
.sh,o 10 tt himself for what he ~
1s3. ~. me public school should =
'ais. t l1 training in its course. not ~
sBst..sa l1at % win teach the bovs u
49,. OUT with the idea that It ~
ss,5,. carly any latent tendency to a,'
5iss,..,.' "a eraIt that may be in the =.
a3tht.. waiting % be brought ont ~
~ ~" ,l do it before he has been a"
benin, 0s'ns tempted along into
d. -s ae is not lifted for.
ssss... 's3oaI should teach domes-
~ AIl the girls SIS g matter Of
d Con should be taught to be "a "a
5r-e. and housemothers. ~
p5sr...U' 's9as may be skepticaI but ~ p
a.. oi Ee7chiug girls how to ~
lialf5 ~. s pioy economic aud -,
o. and methods Of cooking u.
s6rs.., toward helping tn solve , ~ ~
3 i5., aad divorce problems. M m
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