The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-18

ton, head of the federal bureau of edu'
cation, says, in part:
One of the most difficult problems
of modern school practise is how to
prevent overcrowding the curricul-
UNI, breaking up the school day
into small fragments of time de-
voted to disconnected tasks, and
dissipating the energies of the
children to such an extent that the
process of education is hindered
rather than helped by our attempts
to enrich and modernize the courses
of study.
The solution of the problem lies
in closer correlation of subjects
and especially of formal subjects
with content subjects, and 1t is Tor
tunate that when the correlation
is well made both subjects can be
better taught and in less time than
either alone This is especially
true of language, the most effective
learning of which comes, in the
elementary grades, as a by-product
of the right study of content sub
jects.
Professor Leiper, in developing his
theme, takes practically the same
ground as that taken by the advocates
of the nature study course in Hawaii
and declares, moreover that on the
mainland "public opinion is fast crys'
tallizing to this end' and that the
time seems not far distant when all
States will demand such training at all
teachers that give instruction IN rural
schools His paper, in part gwen
below, is worth careful reading by those
interested in the development oil the
rural schools of Hawah, where the
teaching of English is so essential Fro
fessor Leiper says:
.urbo citv schools of our land have
5ono much IN nrenare the children
,,hon +bev servo for the life they are
~ I;,,o Tbe mauv.sided life of the
o;+u nam or woman is in general well
s;doa for h.. tba varions phases of
pinS,,str;al work that find a place in the
a.,rr;onia of many citv and town schools
M - sohooi shonl5 serve the needs
af no country child equally as well
Va sbonld andeovor as far as means
+i ort,,nitv arc afforded to intro
- irnrstr,,o+ion along those lines that
u 'iiI ;nrt;u in tha child n love and an
,..aaia+;on of rnral life and should as
~ IT, oaanc;es in giving him q
f,,ndo Mental knowledoe of the great
-, az no+rra abont him and the
1ood;ncr focts necessary to n successful
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