Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-07-11
SCIENCE IS NEEDED
IN EDUCATION OF
TODAYDECLARES
PROF. MORGAN
0logies" and 'Isms Are No
Good But Facts Are What
the Children Need Educator
Tells Association.
SECTIONAL MEETINGS
HELD BY TEACHERS


.Au,ls occupied delegates OF th' Nd.
Iuual Educational association per
Haus thp latEc,. attendance gathered
"a. fHt joint session ui OBJ, lIudDiEdi
.'u el,.ucntHr, and special education
apartments whri, The School Las
.a|d Wus the subject al discussion
a. n, meeting of The department.
OIL. physical education. physical educa.
.fuu ul adulDsCpui sIIlA Was thv sub
Ie,t discussed nN John " Tyler OF
tmnrg, while Frances VI Greene. "
% OFF Caubtidg" Mass, delivered an
Address on Sex Hygiene
Ologios and "isms" in connection
aifh courses iu science were condemn
"a ut department meeting al th, as.
su,iatou loda, boy Professor W G.
Morgan. University of California WIZ
said
lho most important contribution
which science has to make toward ihr
education at the people should be- o.
tered in De first wear. the iundampnl
~ IDEAS Affecting the life aud welfare
Oi mankind whether they come from
enc science on nom many This
means "a general science COURSE treat
ing those things which come within
the general experience Of the class Il
should teach things. not ulogies O.
-ms u should never be- a series OF
six weeks courses IA hall dozen
different sciences. but rather some.
ihuk Ike the old natural physiology
General science will not only give
to all Students ideas which will he OF
the greatest service 90 them but by
eliminating elementary material CON
mon 10 all, Il will advance the stand
ard Of work IN subsequent scientific
courses
Educators are agreed generally ms
tD he proper functions OF grammar
sChuuls and university in DEVELOPING
Intelligent citizenship but The ques.
ton rs constantly raised whether the
ordinary high school curriculum Of
iers The best preparation for life
Nearly half of the students are com
monty In the freshmen class. three
ionrths Of those entering high school
leave before the junior year. less THAI
ten per cent go 20 any higher institu
tlun OF learning 4 square deal foi
the great mass OF students who do not
continue their schooling should be the
chief care OF the high school
Recalling these facts few maintain
that the science work as usually given
would furnish The best possible prep
aration for lite Physical geography
cannot probably no single science
can justify itself on this basis
The displacement OF Cnhcren In
schools. getting them 100 high or too
low Tor their menta. capacity Is re.
sponsihle tor much Of the truancy aud
iucorriglbility, according 10 Henry u
Goddard of the school for Feeble
Minded Nineland, :. j. a speaker OF
one OF the section meetings OF the
National Education association 20
day The speaker said that studies al
Nd V.nelaud Institution have shown
that siSfy-tiyC pee cent OF feeble mind
ednoss 81 hereditary The speaker dis
GUESSED particularly he Blnei Measur.
lng scale Tor Intelligence which har
fecoiyed official sanction by the New
Jersey legislature. MI Goddard said
tu pau
The Binet scale Is method OF
marvellous accuracy aud Of grcat prac
ticll value. and can he applied 10 help
u- solve some Of our problems ana
Client
THAI many OF our difhculties In school
ara the result OF differences In in
born capacity rather than IN Unborn
wirkedness u h. therefore necessary
lo have some method OF measuring
that Unborn capacity
The research department o. the
Nee Jersey Training school Ion Fee
ll- Minded children has carried oul
staieWalic tesNng OF an catir
school population of 2.0NO children
using ihi, method The result
aWo8ut 90 all0sl a matchmaker
Iu0i OF he accuracy OF the Binel
method % shows that here are
pen cent o children Who are pTCcO
r'ous or better Ia mentality than IN,
AVERAGE Chid Is per cent are nor
mai. o. pcg cent are backward and
pen COM are feeble minded This
ratio ponahly holds almost unncr
eallg
We should have schools or spocia
CLASSES Ton these prccocious childr't
600 order thet the natural adyantag,
win which they are born should no
D. lost and that they should not lean
t8a w8ys and bad habits from bein,
ir clusscs That Bo so much slowel
than they are able 20 go. The ~ pen
cent that are merely backward shoul,
be- In special classes. 100 that the'
may be- coached and helped along ans
enabled 20 get Though as much oi M
school work a. IL absolutely neces
safy 40 make them useful The
uer cent that are feeble. minded shoulC
ho IN colonies or institutions wher,
they are cared iOr ana enabled 10 b,
happy and partially useful as Ions AZ
they live. bui IL this Is impossible
they must be- cared for In specia
classes IN public schools where ,hel
are not asked 10 learn reading. wrltinl
and arithmetic, hut are taught ca dc
those things with their hands whiol
they can DO aud the doing OF which
makes them happy. They must nevel
marry because The studies al the Vine
land Institution have shown that q
per cent Of fceble.mludedness IA hered
imry. Therefore. N these children
grow up aud marry. they simply per