The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-27


the ordering general school activities the training and spirit
teaching the central should establish the child
n the nobles and spiritual relations with life.
the necessity of enriched high school especially
desired avoid misunderstanding not intended that the schooling
the individual shall be widely thny expanded Precisely
concentration is Indispensable but wide opportunity for
selection opportunity
the curriculum without
the pupil nothing this
establishing sympathetic relations between the pupil and his work
v. A SUGGESTED SOLUTION OF vERMoNTs HIGH SCHOOL
PROBLEM
requires long survey that the problem secondary
as its central factor
small villages widely
scattered farming population Comparative isolation owing ardy
growth of of communication has ostered spirit
of local patriotism independence many
admirable impulse has created and chung with enacy the
higher education public high school academy propose
their radical modification allowable only where obvious that
these communities securing the opportunities
they earnestly desire and think that they getting
in the world without rapidly and fundamentally changing
aims and methods that the cherished institutions these smaller towns
and their hopeess
With the improvement of transportation however the community spirit
grows more and combines with that of other commune
ties into larger whole What town cannot adequately do for ITSELF
several towns accomplish together
The oneeacher schools
and operating under heavy handicap should by all be
served and strengthened Although only twoyear school,
focus Tor better living and higher ideals should steadily gather
of the surrounding youth influence The disadvantages
its unsuitable organization may
be remeded indicated below live
economical, and profitable of the community.
Of the next two the twoacher
them are aiming at goal that is
beyond hem should be frankly particularly
true of the woteacher schot strainng distorted institutions
excessively and wastefu proportion their
Certainly in their present form there
which they be justified spite of the capable
of nconquerab native talent who through
The tables Part III set forth clearly than the
conditions under which these schools operate The
the teachers low that college afford
them except unuky last This
through notable exceptions usually special
such home connections the village the ae
observed in the state this account at work otherwise
wholly inefficient school, Save the burden of subject
changes absolutely
This combined with characteristic widespread lack
the of both principal and assistant exceedingly
curriculum situation requiring monumental
determined pupil nothing of the wavering pupil whom
education seeks reach hold The
type of school thus actual encouragement education
addition expensive In the discussion of the aspects
the curriculum it apparent that the pupil the
teacher schools HIGH and would be the
equazed This course the small
five pupils which, the small school makes necessary
class twenty successfully
two employed the class of two her
onetenth what might be- When in addition teaching
of the two not good douby extravagan
price for what it gets.
If it proposed such school in its present
must be put into for salaries and equipment
be limited special such the commercial This