Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-11-14
Our Rural Schools.
Concluded From Last Wenl,

Concluded From Last Week.
Did YOU ever pause to think that t.
p only science in which every human b.
ing is vi'ally interested daily. aid fAr.
tunes day. Is the one mot freuuentl
omitted from the curricula of our hivl
schooiS-a curricula 50 rich in science.
that 1t would DO honor. TO a foil fied,.
university Agsin. We employ tn
cheapest labor and coas, q I.ntly p.
most Ignorant 10 prepare our meals a..
deliberately trust cur health to those .
whom We hesitate to trust anvth,rc
else, and this is in the twentieth cent,r,
Of enlightenment. We stand up an
discourse by the hour on digestion an.
I the value of foods 10 cur classes in nh,
siology and when the bell for dismiss
rings, the matter is ended Prof
Ritchie's carefully prepared table O.
food aud food values is 10 be studied
from the text and that is all. we hay
done our duty.
We teachess complain often that on
pupils do not sssimilate our inteIlecu. D
offerings, they are so stupid and dull
But we forget that sound. well non--
irhed body Is conducive to a readily c., =
ceptive mind. A visit to many Of "a
isolated homes in most commuD,ti,.s /.
an eye-opener as far as the lack Of
these things go.
Inc question of proper nourishmen
OF the pupil is deserving of serious GOV.
sideratlon for it ia not actual want nm
ignorance of how 20 prepare the mat.
rial that is SO in evidence. The repo~
OF the American Educational Soeja,.
Tor l9OS gives most interesting data ano
advice along this phase of school life
and will furnish interesting reading 70
any teacher. II l had to live in some
communities I'd take my text-Donss
Tic Science-and I'd preach it until they
put me out, to boards, patrons. child
ren' everybody and anybody.
Boston, New York CITY and Chicso
have long since realized this state of ST
lars and have remedied it. 1 am fir
believer in this statement: thst what J.
good enough for the city child is no,
quite good enough for the rural child
Tor surely they deserve and merit the
very best from the very nature of thei,
isolation.
IL has been my pleasure to snerd
Weeks IN observation in New York CITY
schools, especially on the Est side
which Is the dumping ground for the
outcasts of Europe The school popula-
non Is almost entirely of foreign birth.
representing every nation on earth
Here IS where New York spends her
money. One of the most interestir,
sights l ever witnessed in class rnor,
was class of fifty Yiddish girls. rang
ing IN age from 10 to IA, file in the DO.
mestle Science Department. and accord !
ing to previous training each one To bsr
appointed place, and without a word
from the teacher begin to prepare and
serve daintily a luncheon that was a |
creolt to any one. The only instruction
beng the written directions and the su-
pervisory caution of the directress. |
thought then, as l think now. that if
New York could spend her thousands in
making the refuse of Europe and Asia
INTO useful American citizens. whv conId
not our own rich Commonwealth mako
some such provision for her daughters?
Some of our Virginia cities and tovps
and many rCTal countries have lon,
since done so, and the day is not fa~
distance, | trust, when Others will fol-
ow their example. If it is good enough
Tor one section, others should have it,
advantages and particularly the rura,
mid for nothing in my estimation !.
90 costly for their development. thev
AVE been denied.to long as it is.
WIN broader opportunities, who cau
'eii "hat he may not become? As i, ia
he Is Drawn and brain of the nation /,
ago | was interested in TAX
ng the religious census Of large city,
was desired to find the per cent of
ne population reared in the country
DO you know that SO per cent of the
men ard women who were leaders Il, ,
he educational, commercial and fnan
''ai world were country children at
ore hme Many Of them bad heard
ne CT y = cali Tor better and larger sd-
SntaE-s Of trading Think what an
sect they would have been to their
ative eommunivss if their countrie.
ad been wise enough to provide tho
cvantsges snd training and give them
he preparation they crave and had !, {
Ight 20 expect. No wonder our heads of .
EDUCATIONAL departments are concerned )
bout these vital questions. OnIy verg !;
ecenciy heard Mr. Eggleston saw thai >
imports2t did he consider Domestic