Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-02-22

considerations in mind that the adi1,s-
tSr OF courses had to act and js actipp
ana lhe courses now pursued Through
OUT The country show that the SO t,tion
arrived at is that the schools can never
be purely vocational. 1t is the dutv
OF the school, then, to give that funda-
mental training which will fit him for
citizenship and the community re,a-
lions. This is the basis of IN, eoc;sl
democracy.
vocational education must be butt
on the broad basis OF general trair;nu
Inc small community cannot hone Al
this tune to give more than this pe,,-
erai training. 1t is in the CITY that
'ocatlonal schools can be supported
ana Inc manual training high schools.
eoiliiherclal high schools, and separate
ihsh schoo.s Tor girls giving vocational
framing, are enduring monuments 10
me oathoic spirit and open generosity
OF the american TAXPAYER
Notwithstanding the reimbursement
u courses and organization, there is
SIN lamentable waste +oI valuable
Tune IN the elementary schools Sind
les NE arithmetic and history which
are spread over SO many Years, musr
ma VIII be more adequately taught in
ie" terms. Physiology will find ITS
proper pace in the course and will
cease to rob more important studies
! OF time. he making Of these radical
changes is the work Of time
The study OF the retardation Of pu.
plls In the gradse has teen led to
starting discoveries and to revolutian-
airy changes. A pupil spends two
years, three years in a grace. We used
10 De content to ca MIN a dui child
or lazy one. Now, we know that in
most cases he is not, more sinned
against than shining - He NAV have
poor eyes, his hearing may be defec-
.lVe' " ne may be neglected and Door
y nourished. The specialist NAV cor
| rect the optical or autaI defects, the
parent and the State the others In
| many States the Jaw row makes the
examination OF the eyes and ears the
| TWO sensory organs through which the
eh'la gains the most Oh its training,
conlpu!sory,-the examination and cor
recsion OF OBJECTIONS being made at
the public expense
| But there are those whom nature has
SO seriously neglected that the sur
| geon and the specialist cannot correct
| the trouble. For the mentally defec-
| tive, special schools are necessary and
the State again has met the need
Schools for backward children, for
| Mental detectives, Predetermined and
epileptics, are now a part Of almost
every State system. Our own State,
because OF its size, cannot afford
schools OF its own but has provided
legislation which provides for the train
ing OF detectives in the schools OF
neighboring States.
The morally deficient, the waywaTd.
the irresponsible were once treated as
;ncipient criminals and charges on So
| cietv. This attitude OF society was an
| excellent school LOT irreSpOnslb1llty
and led to the formation OF finished
criminals. Society again has messuT-
ed UP to its responsibility ard COM
pulsory attendance laws, probation and
truant officers, juvenile courts, reform
and truant schools are the measure Of
its efforts in our day.
The school must not only care Tor
the physically, mentally and morally
| detective but it must preserve 1he
health. morals and vitality OF the nor
NAL child. Adequate and HYGIENE
school buildings, suitable furniture ant
periodical medical inspection, are IN
novations whose significance Is becom'
ing evident through legal enactment
requiring them. We are even begin
ming to stop the senseess practice 0:
cos;ng the play grounds after scho,o
and during vacations, recognizing the
necessity OF places where the purely
physical and social activities may tInt
, full exercise. That on age IS not pure
" commercial can be seen when III
dustria Chicago spends millions o
public funds so that hundreds OF thous
ands o. school children may have ope'
. Fairgrounds.
But the vitality OF a system does
after all, not lie in courses, buildings
medical inspectors or Fairgrounds, bu
> IN men and women the peTSOnal1t1t!