The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-08-12
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cosmopolitan tYpe and c,mocfat.c IN
me commanltN.s vital. social. c
the core. II Viii concern itself w.th
and industrial problems and MI r,-
late It's instruction 10 the community
fundamental nterestS-bcttcr roads.
better stock. better farming. better
sanitation. better health. better homes.
better home-maklu2 and hume-ktep-
ing. better conservation and 4tllzt-
ton Of our natural resources
snort better and more economical
methods Of carrying on the numerous
community ACTIVITIES which VIII sp.ll
out 4 more efficient citizenship. 10 thc
end that country life shall he RICHER
and more abundant and not lacking
IN opportunity for every citizen u
make MS life profitable. efficient and
happy. The task here indicated S i
big one, much too big for the school
10 perform alone. But this X ne
task 10 which the modern school :
dedicated. and this Is the large cnd
towards which II must push forward
And somebody avs culture Viii Ia
cline! Do not harhor the thought Tor
a moment, The spiritual and eul-
tural heritage of the race cannot crow
less. culture VIII no more decline
thar viii the tide al the Seaehore fall
because the on-Coming food sends tx
waters into the rivers and creeks and
49, - " I1I' - a
actually dominates our school prac-
tlce and the school IL made To function
properly in the performance Of me
larger social and industrial tasks. N-
shall indeed have Il new hzptisin ~
culture and idealism as the fruitaS.
OF Il better social and Industrial order.
Equal Opportunity for All.
These newer educational conc.p-
lions demands and tendencies are al
ready beginning to manifest Thorn
selves in our school practice and they
are enthusiastically pointing out lhe
lines Of growth, expansion. develop
ment which our public nigh schools
:. must take within the next few years.
! The modern cosmopolitan public high
school must afford equal opportunity
, for all the children Of all the people.
. In this school courses in agriculture.
domestic science, manual training IN
the other practical arts VIII he found
, SIDE by side with the So-caIl-d ira
= dltIoDal OF college preparatory courses.
. In my opinion, We should deprecate
, the notion of Segregating the students
OF the practical or vocational subjects
, from the students OF the humaniues
!, or classical subjects by placing them
: IN separate schools. There is no valid
= reason why these two classes II
! studies should not be given in one and
:. the same school. provided the proper
|. equipment and teaching force are fur
: nished. The student of agriculture
- and the student Of the classics ought
', each to know and to understand the
= other. and there is no better agency
. for bringing about this mutual under
= standing and appreciation and for
preventing social misunderstanding
! than the modern public high scnoo
that provides, through properly differ
entiated courses of instruction. equal
opportunity for every youth TO bur
nnn~ anf Ill t6arn 10 ptvbE~ Ir.Ar
Each type OF student Will certainly
contribute much toward the real -dI-
cation Of the other il all can h.
brought together and trained in The
same school. The civic and socla
n benefits resulting therefrom viii sim
y ply be incalculahle.
-, Not Spectacular. But Effective,
r. The establishment and development
2 Of a system OF rural public hiet
p schools was begun 10y the State $,
years ago. The beginning was mad.
n by ENGRAVING high school department.
\ upon our best elementary schools. IN
N idea being to develop the high schoo
upward from the elementary schoo
I'd rather than from the college down
oil ward. Such a beginning was in IL
rs way spectacular, but il was sane an'
it was effective. The results achieve
" so far have more than justified nh
II effort. A good foundation has no,
been laid. and il now remains for u
to build the su~perstructunH. We ar
at the point where We must begI
ne to build along broader lines. An
just here. let me repeat. the type q
es high school we mist build. at l.aS
tn one for each and every progreSSiv
ne county is the cosmopolitan type ind.
Gated above. And through this schos
and out Of il viii come the Statesman
the scholar. the le wyer. the doctor. III
nra.cIar tho farmer the trtGfv.N