Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-22

- ion Of Bernard Shaw, with
". most of shaw's Drilliancy and
all Of his point. The marvel
of this is that Mr.. Hall belongs to a
profession whose agents are conspicuousiy
tmmobiIe. indurate on the one hand. un-
hedeed and tinid on the other. An orig
NAL dramatic school man or woman. one
with temperament and personality, Is an
irreSularity, not to say a menace. So
this free and fearless writer, handing
education with bare hands as other
businesses are handled. stands as one OF
Tho few wonders Of his profession. Four
teen hundred pages about the problems
Of education, and every page held to
suggestive and stimulating level. is both a
scholarly and a patriotic achievement.
Setting on with the Kindergarten and
passing to the high school. now by way
1t the human equation. now BY the pre-
waiting school mechanics. this author.
With an electrifying vigor OF spirit, ap-
pies hts own learning and experience MS
broad concept Of education to the sys-
tenn as II exists. This discussion is
wholly constructive, for where the au-
thor appears to overturn 1t Is for the
purpose Of solidifying foundations and
setting structures plumb with life and the
purposes OF education. Mr.. Hall gathers
up the defects Of the public schools un-
der the following main topics: l.
School boards, In their present or1gln'
character and function. 2 Lack OF pro-
fessional training among teachers ..
Feminiza ton Of the teaching profession.
4. Coeducation, II am convinced, says
Mr.. Hall. that the real interests OF boys
and girls of the high school, and perhap,s
even the later grammar and possibly col
legiate, stages Of work. require the adop-
,ion of a new policy Of gradual progress-
i've segregation" 5. Long vacations. o.
Retardation and the dominance Of the
college over the high school, In an IN
PRODUCTION Mr.. Hall sums our educational
progress in the last twenty-five years:
so, too. notwithstanding its rapid
growth, cur school system has not yet
transcribed the tadpole stage, and the
next twenty-five years ought to show
vastly accelerated progress. Our destiny
Is at stake. America today needs
new educational dispensation. Our sys-
tenn is not fulfilling the purpose 1or
1t molding men as it did in older DAYS
when 1t was simpler and cheaper" Il
wish I dared to entitle this book, Tne
Pedagogy of the Future. Every one o.
been somewhere put in successful opera.
ton, and the first duty OF the present
Is to broaden our comparative viewpoint
until 1t has an International. II not
worldwide, range ana put INTO pIdCtiCo
all the best that has been anywhere
found of value. Before this is com
pletely done many new problems ana
possibilities now unglimpsed Will De SEEN
And the complete pedagogy of the future
will be larger than 1t has yet entered
into the heart of any man to conceive
A great force in public education Hes In
these inspired pages.
THE IRISH NATIONALITY. BY Alice
Stopford Green. author OF the
Making Of Ireland" etc. New York:
Henry Holt & Co.
With both the facts and the full sig
nificance Of Ireland's history completely
ut her command, Mrs. Green, in this
brilliant study. sweeps through z.OO
years Of Irish life in an examination OF
it's fitness for nationalism. In justifica-
ton Of its patriotic and impassioned plea
for a national Ireland. Shut IN by un.
friendly seas. Ireland was the last or
the European countries to invite INVASION
This immunity was given over to the
pursuits Of peace, In which government
developing by an expansion ana modlnca-
ton Of the tribal unit, embodied the very
essence Of ultimate natonansm. Inc
the continent Of Europe was debtor to
the genius of this island people for arts
and crafts and products OF the SOIL TOT
learning and letters and fervid missionary
zeal, line Story cues OH " PiSSuiC ."S
arrest of Irish development under In
yading Scandinavian and Norman aho
Rriton and also the Irish resiiiency that
expressed itself in enthusiastic reVlvals
of national character ana scope when-
ever the hand Of foreign domination re-
Taxed With an Enthusiastically passionate
love for the Irish cause and Ireland, the
author fingers over the present OUTLOOK
partly in condemnation OF England. part
ly in appeal but enthusiastically In sup
Of ho nQtri0fic advocates OF a ma
tional Ireland. a fine and glowing STUDY,
calculated to make every Irishman PROUD
of his nativity.
THE LAND OF TECK, And It's Neigh
bOrhood BY 8. BaringGould, MA.
With illustrations and map. New
York: John Lane Company.
Just north of Switzerland, one is able
TO pick out Wurttemberg from the per-
picking tangIe OF German states Of which
II is a part Across 1t the Swabian Alb
stretches in diagonal fold. Within this
mountain range lies the land OF Teck.
One puzzles second to recall why SO
aloof and narrow a spot should produce
this big pictured volume OF three nun
dred and more pages. The Princess
Mary of Teck is now her majesty the
Queen of England. Around this august
woman new interest swarms ana iresn
curiosity stirs- With infinite patience or
-.
ancient duchy of Teck. the ancestral Ger
man home Of the queen From the foun-
dations up. II Is all here-geology, soil,
scenery, tradition. legends. history. Gus
toms and pictured medieval castles
brought to service In the rehabilitation OF
this suddenly awakened spot. Back In the
middle ages this region was the stormy
center of faction and political intrigue.
Each mountain crag was the castled
stronghold Of some valiant. noble war
rior Here In the neighborhood OF Teck
rose the house of Hohenstaufen. 500 years
ago, at the foot OF what are now the
German states. Here. too. the house OF
Hohenzollern, today eminent In Kaiser
William. With fine Retrospective vision
a keen selective instinct for each phase
OF this procession OF events and re-
freshing grace Of manner, the author al
the psychological moment reteaches this
tory. Months. or more likely years, must
have gone into the making of this I'M
pressively scholarly and literary work
Yet 1t appears with the simultaneous
promptness of a Geographic press dis
patch, so well is its completion timed &c
jump with events vivid and dramatic
gathering up of an ancient house tC
meet new honors and demands.
PHILOSOPHY. BY Nicholas Murray
Butler president Of Columbia Uni
versity. member of the American
Academy OF Arts and Letters. New
York: The Columbia University
Press.
This little volume puts readers as vel
as auditors within reach of Mr.. Buffers
lecture on philosophy-this. one OF a Sc
ries organized TO compact and summarize