El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-22
Our Public School System
Teach No Creeds-DOn't Mistake Re-
preston For Self-COntrOi-E1t
Studies to the Children.
Nv FIIa Wheeler WficoE-
. By Ella wheeler wneO1-

RE our grade and high schools
a dom all they can do under ex-
I \. listing conditions in furnishing
the best preparation possible for home
for society and for business!
They are not.
The work is too varied. and there
is not time enough given to the proper
understanding OF any one study
There is not enough common sense
used by parents, OF teachers. in fitting
the studies to the children-all are put
through a routine with no consldera-
ton Of different tastes, needs and
Some system should be established
making an analysis Of a child's mind
and a study of its especial needs a
school. and then the children should be
classified
Are the public schools developing
in the most effective way the pupils
power of se1f-cOntrol2
No-a thousand times mol
There should be tWO-minute talks
on self-cOntrol given every day to the
pupils.
Pupils should Understand SeIf-COntroI.
Each pupil should be made to under
stand what self-cOntrol is To the ma
jority of mature people in the world
today the word has little meaning
No creeds should be taught in
schools But reverence for the creator
Of this mighty universe should be i'm
parted with such lessons as botany
natural history and astronomy
Remind the children that with all
mans vast learning ana power he can
not make a single seed, or star. or
animal, and that the intelligence which
conceived the worlds about and above
Us should be thought Of with reverence
In morals there is no greater factor
than the self-cOntrOl already men
toned
Many people think self-controI
means sClf-represSion-
Children should be taught that It
means controlling the unworthy i'm
pulses only. and that each time anger,
Incidence, greediness or selfishness IS
controlled IL is one step toward a.
higher education and toward success
in life
To study when You feel like loaf
ing, to persevere with a problem when
you want to ask some one else to solve
it for you, to 90 directly to school or
home when you want to lag, to shut
your lips close when you want to say
unhnd words, to put your pennies IN
a bank when you want 10 buy candy
all those are steps toward higher
education, and they all mean self-cOn-
troll
It is far more important than teach
ing children to dissect dead animals
Should the duties OF citizenship be
taught in schOOls2
The early ideals OF Washington and
Jefferson and Others-men OF great
and broad principles-should be
taught and the chlldren given q sense
Of the responsibility of each individ-
ual to make himself worthy Of his
country and to aid in making his coun-
try worthy OF the worlds respect.
kindergarten Trimming Best FOundR-
ton.
Manual training, sewing and cooking
are Of great Importance the schools
But before the Submerged tenth
enters the public or graded schools II
should have a careful kindergarten
training.
All the educators and philanthro-
pists and refOrmers in America should
band together to establish kindergar-
tens for the children OF the poor and
vicious
Until this is done It is impossible to
eradicate the tendencies toward cruelty
born in the children Of the vicious and
selfish
The majority OF parents never do.
and probably never viii, unaided BY the
schools. educate their children TO be
humane and kind 10 creatures weaker
than themselves
Wherever humane education has
been introduced in schools there may
be found a remarkable decrease OF
cruelty and viciOusneSs among chill
dren-
They become proud defenders and
protectors OF suffering or misused AMI
mails or human beings they encounter.
But to produce the desired results
included in the last question We must
change our Industrial conditions in
stead Of our school curriculum-COpy-
wright, 1913, by Star Company.