The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08

I LyDlcal answers were. Inc ScnoOlS
do not fit boys and girls to earn Il
/ living" "The work of the school is
theoretical, visionary and Impractical.
1T prepares too much for college and
not enough for making living" Not
sufficient emphasis is placed on the
common branches" Lack of atten-
tion to agriculture, domestic science
and other forms of industrial work. ="
Lowering moral standards by foot
ball, base ball, etc" Waste of time
and effort An 'ineXcusabe weak
ness is the gap between the grades
and the high school Why not let the
high school follow the grades natural
ly instead of hooking it into the col
lege aud leaving its feet dangle in
the air as a present
The following is selected us one
of the best answers given to the
que 3tion and also as one which seems
to be typical of the feeling that exists
among the most popular members Of
the laity everywhere
The school does not attach enough
! importance to what the pupil is to
do Immediately on leaving his
studies My boy has received his
doctors degree, but unless he secures
a position as a college professor, a
kind of work for which he has had
/ .,f IL cip Il I,4 -, !, "a
world will become of him. He is a
scholar, but helpless as a lamb in
going up against things as they are
now in our community, and worst of
all he seems to have lost pride he
had when he entered the high
school in doing things with his hands.
We must either keep our children out
of the high school a portion of the
time and teach them to do things, how
to earn money as well as how to
spend it, how to live among people
today as well as how folks have lived,
and acted in the past, or else the
schools should in some way meet
| Sh'o bCNd, 'thu why iOL lht o1hoOlo
do this double service for our child
rem"
| The laity is proud of our public
school system and greatly pleased
with the trend of it's development.
Because of the high esteem in which
teachers are held and because of
unlimited confidence in the judg-
ment of educators in all matters per
tanning to the schools, the laity ex-
presses its criticism more in the
form of desires than actual criticism
Thei1 views are for this reason de-
serving of the greatest respect and
cons deration.
The school is the public way of
expressing it's interests in the edu-
cation and efficiency of its offspring
This gives to the school the very
| highest purpose of all agencies and
institutions established by society,
purpose almost equal to that of
the home itself. 1t must be clearly
understood that the public school docs
not belong to the college. 1t does
not belong to the teacher. 1t does
not belong to the church. 1t does
not belong to political parties. 1t
belongs to the people and it must
be operated to promote the inter
ests of their children Its progress
should never be hampered by any
other consideration
| 1t is just as absurd and unreason-
able for the college to assume to
dictate high school courses of study
for the grades Mrs. Ella F'lagg
Young performed a great service to-
wards educating for efficiency when
she refused to comply with the red
tape annd petty regulations required
of high schools by the board of
high school inspectors of the North
Central Association of Colleges and
and secondary schools.
Let the colleges render assistance
z to the high schools not in laying
down arbitrary rules, but in making
suggestions, having in mind the
larger purpose of the school. Many
leading college men in my own state
, and others in some other states are
already taking this view and help
ing solve high school problems from
this standpoint. Build the high
school on the foundation of the
grades. Let its mission be not only
educating for culture, but also foI
training for service Let it give a
rational education for the masses
Then let the college build its courses
on this high school foundation. vii
it not be as good or better as 6
foundation than the present set ot
college entrance requirements insist