Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-13
NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF
CORPUS CHRISTI OUTLINED BY TUCKER
CRY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
IN STATEMENT PREPARED FOR
TAG CALLER MENTIONS SOME
NEEDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

ND schoois. Tho few things which VIII
a.in moaf to spite the other needs :"
bring order ont ~ disorder. 20 secure
unity with diversity. 20 make most 81
f.ctive the work ~ the schools ~ pro-
duclmg an education. broad. liberal
,arled aud Fundamentally sound an
education 90 meet the needs ~ iii'
state and the needs ~ al the chiiaffh
~ the state. That ouf course % STUDY
shauld be 81 adjusted b" az 10 have
six Years for primary and intptnir
dtnte work and six years f"f hlsh
~eh.oi.~elossf relation ~ the home nnd
IA. school longer term ~ Hrhuol aud
better teachers and brtter Hugefin'
teuAsnts are Whht the schools nr"H
most 81 al.
The worlds work " rot done as y
once was The oid.tl sohoui ~ Hft
has largely Glsappeafcd. The home
does not stand Ia the nurture and
training ~ children whsre u once
stood Rural life ~ succeeded nS ms
nan lfe: individual and family produe-
ton arr dispipccd by The factory sfr-
tenn
unr semng people are grnwinr ~
under {he Influence az our iuuhofn
eas1 going homes and schools in
b3ed win the idea thai the world owes
mem a iltlna Everything comes ~
easy during The flrst eighteen Yeats
~ their lives hat they expect q Nuii
tinuance ~ sns, living ali She rest ~
their days faen our PARENTS our sell
made fnihcIs and mpthela iuuh with
bride these d.iys ~ on their ainalsn
mated SONS and daushier4 - ease.
sru~lnu Hp a. be- toung ladies ana
gentlemen and taught the Lessons eve
ery day 81 their lives that ie anor
with the hand II The other fciio" ~
misfortune. And 80. Young Fellows
reach onr high school today "ho nst
20 ana full days manual work .n
thsir lives. AMI who 80 not hruw what
b. means So eHni ghelr oNn ~ hool-
hnois And uindff hills much itaf
thrir own hosfll and rinthinr fNet
como a. school with Onffed shirts nnf
trousers The, ride iH street cafs ans
automobiles DISTANCES ih,lr fAtheiH
used ~ walk The, set themselves uo
as student college material. " Anp
please and try e. throw henselr's
into an atmosphere ~ patent leather
shoen. silk socks dreos suits editorial
sgafin dramatic and upcfniio 'luht,
uieas hops, fibbonH and yella
The rnhoo ~ to-day holds i'ii
months, the school of tomorrow VII
rtn the year round The school OF
qeAterdsy aimed only at the fudimentH
~ an elementary education aud lott th'
younn man 10 receive the besi % Nif
tainlna ia every day NE, The schpe'
~ today pff"fs maximum az book
learning, hut leaves the majority 81
th. ohildfrn Ia blind alleys as they Srs
70 make tllcli way out intn our great
Industrial world The alN year hnb
school course ~ tomorrow viii RiAs
every child hts American hirihrlHht
whatever his prospective career name
AS the largest possible development OF
IS hich he "a capable IN body rs wed
ae brain, in hand as well as henlt
In th. ilsht 10 modern day l0dua,eia
aud social conditions there ~ no MAJ
ard~r the sun interested IA the lrNcl
apmsnt ~ a sturdy and efficient man
hood and womanhood that can delcn'
the practice Of onr modern higl
schoOla. lof example, In offcring fore
noon education In academic ciufse'
aud turning our yosne men ana Won
on loose Ia our atresta every daN .
twelve and one O'Clock, II ccigeinl
meets the demand OF our twcntiei
century pnrcntn. who consider the
little sons good FOR about four iscltl
tons a dag under an academic ,nache
and then IN the interest ~ their heei
and brain they must he allowed 80 "
tree the rest 81 the day. The hi
school that irnKiure that ahe. rcn
her YOUNG men home midday FOR afte
mon study has not taken pains to q
Tow them very far into the dnwnfu'
Atrerte father EXCUSED the fail,
VI his son by saying that " IL 81
the plodder that studies these la
The hright feilow learns oven in
frcshm-a year 10 steer hiE course Il
wurN his teachers.
Mrs l.ARan. u few wears aEo. cha
cd teachers as being "mur,lorrsS ut
modern innocent ana Edward
thinks teachers are "Vrimiuale az
feet II American parents | do
helieVe this We are not break
down the health ~ nur children
IN the modern day schocl Ne are
oNerworking 0uf hoNs ROT these q.
You do not overwo,k boys any VA
They won't stand Tor H. Il IL not
pupu that Is oNerwotked. "a is
teacher Teachers are hired THESE 4
50 mako il eAAy fer pupils. They N
take special traininr for TWO cr
years Ia order thar they may learn
tu make IA cusN. 10 logicaiN unie
10 present ohicc,ixcly." 10 '1llnat
concretolN" Parents insist that
the teachers duty 10 point out 4 -
40 ROAD OF learning Tor theft child
Kfowlcdge n cofkcd NJ. as u n
and II Is the teachers Gasiness Va
cork things and let them FLOW.