Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-25

do not make decisions for anybody, but
we furnish the tools for Intelligent choice,
Educational information is an important
nation and to help in the choice of a life
work requires time, thought, technical
preparation The work is. important
enough, dealing as 1t does with the whole
future of our boys and girls. to call for
serious and single-minded preparation for
| this service. Therefore, at Harvard uni
S fer tRoss we who soe are nVi to be the advisers Of
The responsibility Of the public school
Sroppins eo out of the children. 4 most vital
costly investment in those chldfsn. We
want more yocatlonai m nan1,vs Y n tss Ssld
and more educationai moaVe III uhe Ho'"
In his streopticon lecture this after
noon Superintendent o. J. KeaFn. OF
the W%innebago county schools. RocR-
ford, ILL.,, said;
whatever tends TO enFich and vttitne
institutional life In the open c11ut[yt
the great centres of population. The pas
| century has belonged to tho cities and
has seen their marvellous growth at tns
| expense of the open country.
consolidation of country SCHOOLS Is sne
| union of several one-room, wtdely-s;at,
tered country schools int2. one cenifai-
graded country school building. such a
building has several teachers for the grades
and fhe possibility of a high school course
with three or four years additional WORE;
teachers for the country children. Agri-
| culture is the worlds Oldest oivilizatloh:
The modern trend in educational thougpt
! the principal elements Of the civilization
in which It is placed. Therefore,, the coun-
| try school should teach something of INC
elements Of agriculture "a ana boy nome me- girls
more efficient for life's. work. This l7aonia
have a tendency to reduce pauperism ana
THE consoIidat ted school gives a larger
administrative unit which presents untold
opportunities for a wide social participa-
ton. The large school building thus pc
comes the centre of the community loi
various activities.
The consolidated school is the recrea-
tion centre for the children. There is plSyg
not so much to give the country ,chna
exercise. for he can get that az nome
and on the farm, but to. afford him phy-
steal expression and stimulate. his nina.
The play element and the social elemeha
have been neglected In the training of the
country child. In short, it becomes me
centripetal force in the country IRE OF
tomorrow. II must have a favorable IN
fuerce upor the life of the cities.
The address of Professor Earl Barnes
was as follows:
Il am a school man. have been always
a school man; l am to discuss .Whai We
There is great need in preventive work,
according to what we have heard in this
conference. Every child has a past and In
deal with the past and have a knowledge
Of its social needs. The teacher should
possess this sociological knowledge. :,
informed on these matters of the social
setting Of the child's life. 1t is literally
true that nobody knows what we are edu-
eating our girls for today. Nobody can
primarily spelling and rules Of grammatis
cal construction. Now some problems ot
education are being worked out along yarl-
Gus other lines. a young man often nan
dies the press with ~iniqulty, and afteS
awhile he acquires that habit of usine
conduct grows very largely out OF
impelling impulses. A boy does not IKE
porridge, for example. He is put down 70
the table and a parent says Now, eat poi
ridge. I like porridge and you love me
Try to eat the porridge.' Very little, re-
suits from such impelling influences.