Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-09-03
.HI FROM The SHOULDER
.,.Dsl Campaign Will Soon
be Insugurated'

..Iybt.from-the. shoulder educa
nmeaign will be inaugurated
,Ss last week In September
ll.s y until the public school
W, ii all its phases, is car,
..sry county Of the. State"
.,' "Sn made today to The
rsws by Prof. G. M. Lynch,
3, 10Y q Secondary Education,
roI Florida.
u give the causes for the
~ me- object it hoped to ac-
,od Inc men behind it, Pro-
I'm said. ''The decision to
l'ioo special activities in be-
~ nnhiic school education was
Y" trough study of the educa-
Editions and needs OF the
IA found that in large ma
he counties the people
'lsolutely nothing about the
,lou, equipment and admin
a heir schools.
,ork In hundreds OF the ru-
,.ois was totally barren of re-
n account for this | may offer
nu,es-tl) an over'burdened
4, d study; ~ lack Of proper
IND ~ unframed, uneoucated
III One Of the GREATEST evils
4 lighting at the present time
',.,oadiug. We are attempting
a much, and what we can do
We crowd into a one teacher
curriculum a little of the
= 4 little Of the higher mathe.
4 mattering OF the arts, a few
A scraps, some manual train
u elements Of agriculture and
\ 10 prepare boys and girls
upbers' examination in response
hnsnd that it gives the poor an
opportunity with the rich in
s,ller Of education. Like many
uopian IDEAS of universalying
.gss, it works a detriment to the
Rs intend to benefit.
ih iUund also that the schools
Nin adjustment with communal
a hct, 30 per ceut of the
kue regarded by the public In
4 ahl Of isolated institution.
he children were unable to
themselves 10 such a life.
1lsn We observed the atmosphere
b schools, the children fairly
dlg for few good books outside
l,r texts; the total absence of
appliances and the lack of
IL the parents. we found the
sg for an educational campaign,
Va hope to arouse an interest
N the people that will lead to
hrhing investigation of the
"a conditions. We want them Ia
hat trained teachers are essen
klktapparatds is an inseparable
81 school; that ignorant and in
Klent superlntendents and board
peers are dangerous to educa'
progress; that cooperation on
Rrt is indispensable, and we
K y call their attention 10 the
ahnce Of the high school idea.
Egill give you a few figures whose
Hcance is tremendous when all the
Surrounding them are brought &c
They are mdisputabl evidence Of
sles somewhere. la 1901 we haC
bore pupils 10 the third andfourtt
tHll the schools Of Florida thar
Pal 10 those grades in 1908. We
H'nly sl2 more pupils in grades from
'ah.th, inclusive, in l907-S thar
Pm the same grades in 1901. The
'onlage OF enrolment to schoo
Patton Is about 6 per cent less ir
~ The Increase OF white schoo
.aillon is, however,35 per cent
llle mathematics revals a start
sate Of affairs.
= lSoS 6l.S percent of total schoo
tallon lage 6 TO 2l) were il
Y attendance at school; 10 1901 4
,!0t In daily attendance; in 1907
per cent in daily attendance
% e notice the downward movement
ls We have made fine progress
'1llcings, but right here wish t,
,alze a fatal error in the expen
'.N We have increased the valu,
@ school buildings in the pas
q Years over 100000, but tn,
q TIE apparatus TO carry on tn
,ork In these buildings has no
..''ed over 5000.
Allls campaign results in givinI
lew more school trustees lik
aeicalf Of West Palm Beach, Nj
Hn q Daytona, DR.. Freeman c
'a Jno. Jones of Arcadia, Dr
..ng Of Waldo and the Bradentow
.ssys viii be well paid for GU
~ These men, all prominent i
I Vslness circles OF their communI
1aVe made heroic efforts for tn
y, ~ under their supervision.
!. ~ men who will take an activ
''' me campaign are DR.. A. A
/ / pe Ne Of the State University, d.
q klOrida's Women College
Y n cppsrintenent W. M. Holloway
, pncoln Hulley. Stetson UniveI
blackman, Rollins Colleg
.al'oern, State Methodist College
4. ' ~ OF the Baptist College q
9 y, ny Governor Gilchrist; count
' XIV, Y enuenta and leading hig