The evening world., 1911-12-16

4, UkW0u VI u CluS III sIuOO tonihe o.
lie aghei FOR the good old days Of the
''deestrick skule.' the three RS. 'rcad'n
ifitin' an 'rithinetlc. Away with "fads.
froth and frivolltles" In thu school cur
ricuiums. n has French and German
down with manual training. nature
taking. knitting. stitching. gnitching ana
all the rest. RaGs NIT Overlooking
'overworked' brains OF the pupils
Back to the pure n undefled counts
Of instruction afectirg bushes OF
'1ittle old school house o. my boyhooi
days" hard-fsted ~pedagc2ue. sw!sh!ns
birch rod or harness strap and the
three RS hammered in without your
asking. Result? Great Men. Get II?
II know that was my experience when
I VA In the common schools myself. l
BEGAN In the distr!c, school. When 1
went to the village school ! noticed "
WaS easy TO discourage children, al
though We wers taught only the essen
ITALIA only . few things"
u ehis sDtract from involuntary ad-
missions BY the Mayor n gets his at'i-
svls toward present day educational
Dreelems.
TIVE EVENING WORLD DECIDES
ON A TEST.
~ NAyors statement Agitated the
Throughout taxpayer OF Now York. WAS
4 true the CITY was spending millions
Hor sduoatton and getting poor results?
No amount Of argument could prove on!-
thing. some comparison. actual and
rsal. must b made. Ths Evening Word
thought Il would b . good NeA 70 COM
pars the two. Why not make . test OF
~ 8 . what the country boy and the
city boy. & for age and class Tor class.
had learned In the q Of general cdu-
cation.
OF course. tho argument from . ro-
mantle point OF view was already as
good az settled. There was nothing to
q but the good old country schooi such
fond nothlnss as How Dear to MY
Heart Are the Scenes O: My Childhood
and the Little Red School House on
tho Hllr' came up In battalions TO prov:
tho superiority OF the good Old lays
What could compare with the old
'Ieestr!ck skuie?" Remember It's old
!ty. Remember tho old sohoolsnasters
tnuuueIlI6 ttOuuchSV Oh
i)av. Arc there any such teachers now!
~ country school taught the "shrss
ne" wisely ana we'll. What great men
Sathsrsd wisdom within its n1ap-hung
waiiss what gsI!ua WAS nurtursd And
aoprished under its bsrsacsut 6u1d.
auce? Where did oil the GrsSt sentss.
men and Gil tbs other great men come
from anyway indeed. at arst glance
tho city school lad no chance IT al.
e ala the host IL could perhaps, 0us 'ss
asthod Wal entirely wrong. However.
fast to bs fair In the matter. Il w"s
resolved "a give It the bsnsas Of . tra1
and let II condemn itself.
Now York's Mayor advocated the
country school. Ho spoke feel!ngly
sboutt. Consequently he must DO think
lug Of some particular country school.
II we could only ind that school and
ind II unchanged h . We would have
no difnoulty IN showing what 4 real
sohool was Lice. One OF the brainy
hired hands In The Evening World Of
nee was assigned 70 solve the problem.
Illhs q dam ne reached . conclusion.
Tsrss dnd whore the Mayor waS born.
me raN would b sAsy. Clover. wasn't
itf But now came In poeuA just whore
w>s che Mayor bornf
PUz1LE-WHERE WAS oAYNoR
BORN?
h has slw~ys bssn the fate a great
ma % oAvs several cities claiming them
vhaa thaU AFe dad. Seven cities
slaAuea RsaG Homer dead A Aossn
ItauAn oittss will Show you the house
wnsrs Dante Was born. Likewise several
vp-StAAs towns are already claiming
Mayor 0Aynor. one Of these 10 Uuoa.
Nov, on three separate and disttnct &C.
oasaons d. Mayor has refused TO b.
70 thsrs was no . trying thers. In
the American Who's Who"-yes. his
lame - thsrs-it gives Whttestown, N.
y. Ave mites from Utioa. as the lucky
avn. who's Who also states that he
ttsndsd whitestown Seminary. But
ssmina1tes occur after district schools.
The only thing left va "a md the
Nhtta0town grammar school. Marvel
lous piece Of deduction. bnt oil wrong
As you will presently see, The Evening
World reporter went to Whitestown and
located the grammar school.
Guide books said II had been standing
over seventy-nvc years. The guide
book must have been right. Such
We her beaten exteriors come only after
long struggles with wind and rain, A
rambling two~story wooden structure,
from time to :stme as the eloQuence Of
ssss s0sss 2 he cause Of sassAssss