The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-26
THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION.
Some Suggestions for Rearranging
the System in Vogue.

the System in Vogue.
Larry Ho. in St. Paul Dispatch.
should no more expect a school board
70 agree with me than should expect 20
agree with It. It is traditional that school
boards and cucumbers agree with no one.
And vet I want to put my scheme for re-
arranging the system squarely before
tbem-before the board. / mean. AS my
nIan is not vet on trial, it is not open
20 conviction.
think. first Of all. that schools should
observe about the same hours that the
doctors Office does. The average boys in
genulty runs out after three hours prac-
90. and no boy should be kept at his
spit ball throwing after he becomes tired
even II the teacher does deserve II.
There ought 10 be more vacatons-the
children do not get time enough to forget
and the things you don't forget stand
4 woefuIlv IN the way Of the things you
ought 10 know.
/ No schoolhouse should be built of the
\ line of march Of the circus parade.
/ II ought to he made impossible for any
boy not 20 fall in love with his teacher
and never fall out again. NO woman
should be allowed to teach who Is not
very beautiful. at least inside. There Is
nothing soaks into a life the way rea
beauty does.
Every pupil ought TO be Obliged to read
"Grimm's Fairy Tales" and 'Huckelberry
Finn" lie IS well started IN life whose
credulity IS expanded 20 the point WHERE
It is easy TO believe things.
Discipline is a lovely thing for thrash
ing machine crew. or a mule-herder- Blu
Il can be overdone. A little enthusiasm
beats It TO death.
II a teacher has a pupil who woul
rather study geography than 90 swim
ming. she should whale Il out Of hin
Such perversity justihes punishment-tha
Is. IL punishment can be justified.
Histories should be published withou
b dates. The average student is always gel
ting his dates mixed A man is Just a
dead who died in 1850 as II he had die
IN 1879
Arithmetic IS too much studied.
3 man may be a wonder in mathematiC
J. and stir be unable 10 satisfy the waite
d with his tip.
A teacher or an examination pap
should never ask pupils questions the
Il cannot answer. You ind out what p
n pu knows from what he can answer, n
from what he cannot answer.
- Teachers should never discourage pupi
'e who think that they know Il all. Tn
p won't have very long 10 think so.
Is Pupils should be made ambitious; n
H. 20 have an intellect that thunders, but
10 heart that shines.
e. Never teach the boys table manners.
20 spoils them for Congressman.
Il Teachers too often complain OF pup
ne because Of their bad writing This
O. wrong. Have them send Il TO the mas
zines.
The easiest way 10 get boy interest
In the teachers work is 10 have I
teacher get up a hearty interest in
- boys work. II you know the boy wal
10 20 fishing, tell him where he can
the best angleworms.
re A mans whole schooling IS worthE
en- II II has not made him reverent and e
VI tie. All the learning that can be sOal
on INTO the human hide isn't as useful
ia simple human goodness. He IS a fall
who has not discovered that IL Is b
he ger thing 70 lean against a man than
by lean against a bank vault. No stud
.lv deserves a diploma unless his course
ed study has given him conGuerinE soul
.as mellow heart, q mind passionate for he
as fulncss. and a Crowing reverence VIII
m makes him a worshipeV al work and pl
ler which makes him kneel before all WON
do which makes him gentle before all m
ga and unafraid before himself, which ma
csc all his thoughts and acts incense upon
=. altar OF white character.