The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-01-02

body should be taught ti"N bo,v
time when this is accomplished, ~
ever does not appear to DC D
hand
Great Decrease in iIIiteraey.
Much Improvement as the resu'I ,s VI
the more general education thae cn LOS
been provided is noticeable ID 49,. o
Britain. The decrease of illl aehocy
shows what broadening the scnooi
system and establishing compu,ao. s
school attendance have brought aoous'
Forty years ago, of every 1'oOo na oa!
married in England and Wales 40
signed the marriage register WIN
their mark, because they coulu ~
write their names; last year onis -,
The proportion of women VINO s'e..su
with a mark decreased during .ne
same period from 312 to 20. IN ire
land the proportion Of men LIND
shown to be illiterate decreaseu iAo.
4O4 to 50 and Of the women hun -
to rs: in Scotland, men from LA !" ~
and of women from 222 to To-
Scotch Laborers Keen for Eduea''o'
Scotland, which furnishes WISDOM 10
London, as Ireland furnishes IL wiz
has ever lead in the general dlssein''
nation of education among It's peopie'
Even the agricultural laborers ID the
Scotch constituency whom | represent.
ed" said a distinguished member Oh
parliament. were keen for educatloh'
They were men whose wages IN rent
and money and what they got oner'
wise amounted to not more than So.oo
a week. They we're great, burly,
strong fellows, we'll educated, and with
wives as keen as they were; the cot-
tages were without speck OF DIRT anu
with an abundance of books ihey
read and they thought. There was the
breaking down of this class barrler
through education, and father anu son
feeling they had much the same
chance. It was a matter or acclueht
or choice whether one went to farm
or to a. learned profession: the learned
one was one who could manage a farm
) if the pinch came and the farmer
could adorn the learned profession;
both were keen democrats, but in moth
ing so democratic as this, they meant
to have proper education for thell
children" The democracy EXTENDED 10
i student life also. it may be assumed
: from the story told of Doctor Words
: worth, the author Of the Greek gram
!, mar and the originator of that inter
I esting and diverting educational spec
tacle, the Oxford-Cambridge cricket
! match. Coming from England to Scot
,, land to take the headship of college
in Glenalmond, he was struck BY tht
Il absence of awe" in Scottish boys; OF
- even of ordinary respect" tor I'M
Il schoolmasters. One Scotch lad came
) I'D to him after a lesson and said
D Can you tell me where can get some
8 good worms? | am going out flsh
y ing"
- Public Schools Gaining, Private Losing
A notable sign of educational chang
is the increase in the attendance upol
the council or state (public) school
= in Great Britain as compared wiz
attendance upon the voluntary ognf
, vate schools. Five years ago 2,SB,75'
children were in attendance upon the
council schools; this year, 3,2t3,S99
| an increase of 400,142. The attend
/ ance upon the voluntary schools ha(
| decreased 347343 during the same
] period, falling off from 2,479S24 tt
2,132,4S1.
Four principles are involved in the
states support Of the council schools
as outlined in the elementary schoo
program of the Liberal party: Full
and complete popular control and NJ
religious test for teachers; every pa
rent to have opportunity to send hi
child to a council school-either thu
school is to be taken to the child o.
the child to the school; where demon
national teaching is permitted none O
the cost is to be paid by taxation;
recognition Of the value of Bible teach
ing. Around these principles mucl
l. contention RACES in the politica
g world.
l. Universal Education the Aim.
J. The new education in Great Britail
' is slowly moving to the provision o
the equality Of training, which Is tn
only basis Of true democracy-whicl
forbids the conception of the "ele
. mentary' school for the mass, the sec
ondary" school for the selected
- classes, and the universities for tn
> few destined by Inheritance or envil
onment to be the leaders" of the pee
y pie. The new education Is universe
= education of all for the service of all
If the prophets of the new educa
ton speak the truth, it will make
4 Greater Britain instead of Littl
England. Educational progress
> slow, however, in this land. New edu
>, cational ideas find acceptance onl
when they become old. But no fine
D material for educational experlmen
. exists. In tomorrow's world it may b
a Briton from the council schools Q
today, who yesterday would have bee
denied opportunity of living his life
:, who shall call the nations to yet high