The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07

stores. all these are advantages we'll
worth considering. for the scholar Of
& today is no longer q hermit or a mere
bookworm. If so, he is not the type
of man that viii prove successful in
the handling of boys. What is needed
is the person who. no matter how
/ great his scholarly training may be.
yet has the. broad, hearty interests
and sympathies of the well-informed.
/ experienced. all-around man And
this is the kind of eacher that these
schools have placed in their faculties
It is interesting to note how many OF
the foremost universities and colleges
of both America and Europe are repre-
scented in these faculties by advanced
as web as BY bachelors degrees.
The faculties are large enough to
guarantee small classes. so that the in
innate personal touch may never be
lacking. Most of the schools average
one member of the faculty to every
ten pupils, proportion allowing I'M
usual personal attention and thor
oughness OF work. The ages OF boys
usually vary from years to 10 or 20.
BY taking charge of the pupils when
very young. firm foundation in the
elements of learning is laid. upon
which later may be built the firm
structure OF scholarship that is need
ed for the more advanced work in the
! college or university.
While it appears that none of the
regular country schools is under
church direction or supervision. yet
all stress a broad-minded. sincere re-
ligious life as the ideal for every nor
NAL man. The day opens with a re-
/ ligious service and bible readings or
moral and ethical instruction. Among
/ the school patrons are protestant and
! Catholic, Jew and Gentle, but all are
able and willing to join in the prac-
/ tice OF broadly tolerant religion that
! is worthy of the American ideal.
] Thus has the country school solved
all or nearly all the problems incident
to offering the advantages of boarding
/ schools without the disadvantages.
Like the boarding school. it gives the
hoy sound college preparatory
course. Like the boarding school al
/ SO, it keeps him In the open. with
plenty of fresh air and room for
healthful play, and away from the
streets, the matinees, or the moving
picture shows. and from diversions
that are perhaps really harmful. At
the same time, it spares the parents
! from the necessity of losing sight of
! hni OH 10 l., 49,
year.
The best Influences Of home are
never supplied by boarding school:
and no teacher or any other person
can show the loving care and affec-
ton or insure the softening and re-
filming influences which a mother, of
all people, can best give. The right
sort Of a father should and does have
4 a better influence on his son than any
school master, and If the master gets
!, a stronger hold on the boy the father
suffers in seeing his son more at ease
in the companionship and preferring
the society of another man to his
lown. Furthermore. according to the
: government publication, the boarding
school boy, when at home on his va
{ cation, might be inclined to spend his
!, time in a round of excitement and fes-
+ Invites which would tend to perYert
} his idea of what home is and how
2 it should be enjoyed.
e The great problem still remaining
e before the country school is the con.
q trivance of means whereby these
Y same advantages of education. coun.
try life, and home environment may
e be extended to all the enormous mass
t Hof city school children whose parents
are not of the more prosperous
/ classes. Under present circumstances.
the country schools are necessarily
e expensive, and this matter OF ex-
: pense may be considered to be the
e greatest handicap under which the
l. movement rests.
l. The charge of tuition ranges from
e sl25 10 $3.50 per year for day pupils.
n varying somewhat with the age OF the
d boy and the location of the school
Il the average being about $3.50. The
i charge for boarding pupils is more
t moderate than that made by the
: large boarding schools Of the standard
/ type. II ranges from $500 to $3.50
per year, with an average of about
. s70o.
e But money considerations can ney.
e er permanently halt educational ad.
z vance in America. If school boards IN
d country districts can consolidate
e schools for the purposes of efficiency
a and arrange for the transportation OF
n children from widely scattered dis
r tricts TO central school. why can no,
g the method be reversed in the case OF
n the city children. asks the United
!, States Bureau Of Educations writer
# This means, according to the federal
g bureau, the arrangement OF such ma.
ters' as transportation, the noonday
J. lunch, the supervision OF athletics
e and play. Il also means. SAYS the
d Bureau. the formation OF public
s opinion necessary for inauguratine