The Washington times., 1910-01-19
lighthouses of Disease, " Is
Term Applied to Public
Institutions.
HAS WORD OF PRAISE
FOR TEACHERS HERE
Plans TO Inaugurate Open Air
System Upon Return 10
California.

That every mother and father who pa
trOnize the public schools Of America in
general and OF Washington in particu-
lar are 'cursing their children and
damninS them,' that these schools are
hothousAs Of disease for the body
and that hey give Overdoses Of mental
instruction TO the exclusion Of moral
Development, these are the no uncer-
tain terms in which Mrs Charles
Boynton, Of Alameda, Cal. arraiEns
our present system of education
A disciple OF Benjamin Fay Mills.
the leader Of the fellowship whose
members follow only the religion Of the
simple and trusting life" and also
living as closely as can be done in this
twentieth century Of ours after the man
ners and customs Of the ancient Greeks.
Mrs Boynton believes Tat public in
Stitutions as well as private life can be
made to approach more nearly the ideal
Open Air School
She has been making a special study
OF the public school systems in Bos-
ton. New York and Washington, and
upon her return 10 Alameda expects TO
eSJa blIsh an open air school which, IN
- asmuch as The project has the interest
and sympathy of the citizens OF the
community, viii probably be IncOrpO-
rated in Alameda s public school sys-
tenn
Mrs Bovntou declares that conditions
in the Eastern schools are appalling.
and with reference 10 Washington.
public school system. makes a startling
assertion.
Why. your superintendent here told
me himself that Washington Is in ur-
sent need Of two outdoor schools for
IuOerCuIar children that these children
are now shut IN with the eeH ones in
warm rooms. and that the disease IS
rapidly spreading I have visited Epu-
school buildings and found them toui
smelling. and poorly ventilated
Has Word of Praise.
But your Board Of Education Is do
ing good work. and YOU have teachers
among YOU that fairly make NY heart
leap with pride. For instance, Rebecca
Stonewau. physical director, is heart
and soul in a work which, II carried
out in a proper school buudinE. instead
II a hOthouse Of disease. would do
much toward the making OF The ideal
physique
Mrs. BCynton also praised the work o.
establishing school gardens. which is
being done by Miss Susan Sipe. OF
Washington As an example Of what
Washington should do for its tubercuIar
children, Mrs Boynton referred TO the
roof classes which these unfortunate
little ones attend in Boston where they
are kept out of doors through all sorts
81 rigorous winter weather Out OF a
class Of Gfty-rTO Of these children tnir-
ry-Cwo were dismissed cured within a
year
Tine system Of outdoor games is also
much further advanced in Boston than
n Washington" concluded Mrs Royr-
ton THUS We see that We have two
kinds Of srHools-OutdoOr schools 10
make sick children well. and indoor I
schools to make wei children sick
Mrs Boynton further complains that I
57e average public school produces only &
~1-olorrItv- that the men and women u .
ruruS Out are Invariably of one mold and /
that the greatness Of the individual can !
Ee measured not by how much. but By I
how little schooling ne has mad.
Interest Aroused
Her lecture On The Future School Of /
the World given last week at the
7VaIdorf-Astoria in New York and 4
shortly prior TO that time in Boston.
have aroused much interest in those 4
cities
Mr. and Mrs Boynton. and their five
children are living at their home in /
Alameda much after the fashion Of for
est lovers sun wOrshipers. and New
Thought disciples combined They live
Iy night on Jhe roof Of the house and I
by day in their garden With the ex-
cartl1U Of MI Rovu-Ou. whose business
innovation the whole family dresses Z
after uDe StVie % the ancient Greeks
with the result that the Boyntou chill I
CHel look more Ike little creek models
L..-ll Ike the average American little
boy and girl