The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
TRAINING THE CHIID.
4 Defence OF the system IN u. IN m.
Public achnnIa

To THF EDIToE oF rHF So .>,- "a,
ent- thinks his daughter shouldn't read ~.
history Of England until she has a thor,.r -
knowledge 81 that 81 her native Ia
Has Parent thorough knoNIetga d,
the history 81 his native land. vhrrnay.-
that land NAV be- Does he know an, ,,.
who has II not. wouldn't his notion "a.
bar his little daughter from ever rr,dr,
the history ~ England
l. Parent quite sure ina the DIM.
~ book ~ ALWAYS IA direct proportion o.,
the number and size ~ it, pages Nar.D,.
The tOp page history Of England he A slr,,r,r..
book than the smaller manual nf tho t,,
tory 81 the ni'rd states that his daugb,..
had last V"lr' Ert eyea u u Ism. b.,
daughter i % ear older thls fan and ,toN
b. able To- dri' With harder books and mos.
difiCult subi-"'>
When Parent saws. 1t l. certainly por.
important that American boys and girJ,
should he trained how 10 speak. write ana
calculate accurately than that they sholls
have a more extensive kuowledgs " Oh.
history Of England than English born ,br.
dren 81 the same age, he seeu- 'u fava
said something. but has he Has he show,
that American bows and glrS are No,
trained 20 SPEAK. write and calcnI,,s A.
curatsly2 Has he shown that the study
Of the history OF England would tntsrf.r.
with such training Has he sho~n rhN
English born children Of the same age Do
not have 20 study an 80 page history Of
England And N we can get II don.
wouldn't II he admirable for American
children 10 know more OF the history Of
England than English born children Of the
Would IL be worth white 90 point GU, N
Parent what his little dauEhter undonht.
the history OF England is ESSENTIAL 10 svss
q fair knowledge and comprehension Of
not only the history Of our own land bui
our daily lives How does the reading II
~" history Of England exclude general
history ISM the history OF England q
most important part Of general history
Mnen Parent SAYS 81 our school chi.
dren. ~ II generally conceded that Their
languaR" - unsrammaiical and that they
cannot Wrte simple sentence without
errors IN spelling. he repeats cheap and
easy criticism not novel and not inspired
bV kuoWl"dge The first question would
naturally h- who ConCede - much and
are th~y 80 man" IS 70 he general Next,
On" would ha. a. need TO point out thai
Is 10. nd he speaks Most Language
habits are form before the child enters
school lra,n..g ~ Language, like charity.
~hould begin a. home beCsu-@ ~ ne
.n,orTsc' English OF their parents mos
children will uSe ungrammatlcal eNpres-
80. ,,e rb,Idr,n and heCail - tha Engli.S
language bri~tle- win difficulties. eHcep-
tons and contradictions
absurd thai many thoughtful men have
-ariuG-lv questioned whether II - worth
while - learn it- in'ricaci"S and moon
-,~tsncis~ However ! have no doubt
that. taxing them by and large the chill
dren OF the grade in which Parent - daugh-
ter - VII on any fair tes, spell better and
write b.'ter than their parents This may
b. seen IA our schools every day by an in
-peCtton Of the notes received from parents
bS, sgSs SDd ,ss9 ssTn me sov sS
-aIccessful the children might be, - ire
nendous handicap on the children In
fair composition comparison OF whA!
large body OF our school children ~ to-day
do with what their parents ~ the sane
are actuallv did. not what the parents nov
think they formerly did. would cause the
parents 70 hide their diminished heads
When Parent" says. The great majority
Of children leave Arhool after they hnish
the grammar course. he undertakes The
cas- hut he gives one Of the hest reasons
Why We should get into the grammar cOurss
all The history. all the literature. all the ar,
all the poetry. all the InsplratlonAl EoTk
Ne can ANOTHER PARENr.
BEOoELYN, September %