El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-11

by the medical profession, but condi-
tons, the roots of which are embedded
in fixed social ideas and customs dele
gate it's teaching to the schools
Ignorance concerning sex questions
must be dissipated. Work should begin
primarily in the homes Of the children,
but this is difficult in the United States,
because of the loose family ties, and
the incompatibility of parents and the
independence of older children This
spirit Of independence breeds a will
to have; not a will to do without
which is self control. This naturally
places the problem within the jurisdic-
ton of the public schools, and makes
it one of vital Importance TO the race
OF the future
Units OF a Future Society.
Children of today are destined to be
units of q future society characterized
by a. single standard OF morality for
both sexes. A child must be so trained
as to make possible for him to live up
to the high standard that will be de-
handed of him. Social ideas must be
changed to social ideals Sex instinct
should be respected aud converted into
natural channels by teaching biology
in schools. knowledge OF biology and
sex hygiene must be made requisite for
teachers certificates. Such knowledge
will lead TO sympathy not only with ex-
ternals but with deeper impulses, and
produce an environment favorable for
the development Of physical cleanliness
and Individual responsibility"
DR.. Greene advocates the teaching
of biology by specialists and says the
ethical possibilities OF such training are
unlimited, holding, that If properly
taught, these two studies viii promote
q habit of thought, speech and action,
Of a purity that VIII have great influ-
ence in future generations.
George W. Gerwig, secretary OF the
board Of school controllers, Allegheny.
Pa, in his address, Requisites OF the
Efficient Teacher in the Industrial
Schools" laid great stress upon the
necessity Of engendering in a pupil
The right mental attitude toward his
work"
Potentially of School Gardens.
In his speech on The Potentially
of the School Garden" professor Cyril
a Stebbins, instructor in agricultural
education, University of California, lays
great stress upon the garden as the
means, not only OF giving health to
school children, but also of intoxicating
the theory of evolution and that opti-
mism which gives solidity and character
to adolescence. The professor said in
part:
THE school garden offers oppOr-
tunity, through the birds, the insects,
the flowers, the trees. IN fact through
all the Creators work. to build per-
sonalities sanely. according TO the
laws Of evolution and physiology. The
garden may be made an embryo com
munity in which the child comes in
touch with those factors which make
for its own community life and the
work of the world"
Professor W. c. Morgan also OF the
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necessity OF a general science course
! in the high schools. He quotes school
statistics to prove that less than 10 per-
cent of those that enter high school go
to college. and that more than one-half
of the high school students are found
in the freshman year. The other so
percent dropping out before the end OF
the four years course. Drawing his con-
clusion from these statistics, professor
Morgan makes a strong plea. for the
establishment Of a course in general
| science in the first year Of high school
| "a course treating with the fundamen-
| tai ideas affecting the life and welfare
of mankind He states that such q
course cannot help but be great bene-
fit to those who go forth early in life
10 battle with the problems that con-
front maturity.
General Science Gives Ideas.
General science" says the professor,
will not only give TO all students
/ ideas which will be Of the greatest serv-
ice TO them, but by eliminating, elemen-
| tary material common to all, it viii ad-
vance the standard of work in subse-
quent scientific courses. Tt makes a
most appropriate introduction TO agrt-
| culture. one of the most significant and
| promising lines Of Instruction offered
anywhere in our school system For
i f0
must the high school realize that, to
perform its full service, 1t must educate
! the whole community, parents as well
/ childran