The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-14
What Books Children
Really Read NoUdday $

fraxe. ship subsidies. Grant versus
Lees municipal ownership Of raj.
roads. shakespeare versus Milton,
increase OF the American navy. ana
.FIoune Ruie for Ireland" The sue
cess Or failure Of interclass or inter-
school debates, Eravely important 10
the young debaters In more than one
meaning, depended upon the assist
ance provided By the. Thomas Hughes
room and its helpful superfntendents.
while the need for quick work was
equally imperative.
school children are taught to think
for themselves. and that with reason
able speed. to say nothing Of how and
where to secure necessary facts or In
formation" Is this superintendents
serious, though smiling verdict ana.
OF course. we are all more than gla ]
TO help the busy young people. But
III keeps US on the jump pretty
steadily. from beginning 70 end OF the
school year. Now and then, too. we
are put on our mettie by questions ana
requests that are by no means easy
to supply"
Among the "posers" that from time
to time In the past few months have
required special research ana atten-
ton the following are quoted:
Storage of lumber In cities.
Origin OF story OF Lady Godiva.
College OF Augury.
Great Lakes and commercial supre-
macy.
General condition Of cities.
When was the Rialto bridge built7
Jews in Shakespeare's time.
Interstate slavery
"Missa Papai Marcelius"
Origin of political parties.
Music of Milton.
Monasticism in northern England
All these were more or less blind"
subjects. either because ..of the tiff
Guilty OF quickly gathering definite and
reliable facts In their regard, or be-
cause the questioning OF chiidren lack-
ed anything like clear Of comprehen-
sive conception OF just what was need.
ed. This last, indeed. 10 a condition too
frequently encountered. The dutifui
and even sager acceptance or claim
ing OF given subject does not by any
means imply the vaguest sort Of an
idea as to what shall be done with It..
and many an ambitious student takes
an ESSAY slip" or debate topic to the
Thomas Hughes room, there to learn
or decide just what is that slip or
topics irnmediate fate and future.
rYeu tell ms what TO write about
TT y common Plea.
TWO marked exceptions 10 THIS ruie
are round IN the adolescent youths
wne 40 . lot 81 unnecessary work.
rather, than admit the need OF advice
or guidance, especially II any sugges-
ton OF sentiment 10 involved, ana the
young Russian Jews who stand out so
sharpiy, as . CLASS, necause OF their
remafkable pertinacity and ability In
the way OF quietly puhins. unaided.
given hne OF reading ana research. II
IS NOT at al unusuai tor boy or girl
Of TINS type TO devote All possible
spare moments 10 CHOSEN study Tor
nohtns ~ ? ume
Sometimes' 700, the boy or girl just
Nsigana on aauitsnlp--terced ADULT
SHIP. 700 oiten, where ramily ana social
cond'tlons are efysne-win snatch oe-
csstonal halt TOT Lhe enjoyment
o. refreshlng works OF fiction, just as
enere are Iomance.iovins ADULTS who
stp INTO the chiaIens room every
now ana again 70 dip into some dear.
aeHgntIui pook OF tairy stories not
else@heFs avaitaDle. Frequently the
excuse OF having 10 DICK out some