The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-24

men has not solved the problem II
WoEl-1as higher education The com
p~araCvely few only have availed
themselves - such opportunity. The
multitudes nj Young women Viii seek
the institutions where the best cul-
tural advantages suited alike 10 men
and women ara offered. and. in add
lon. where courses 81 study are At
roFd@d that ara especially .tdapted
To Woman'S tastes and needs. The
Late Dr. William r Harper sad The
assumption that men ard women
should nc trained 10 be just - nearly
alike as possible. has been one Of
The Greatest evils OF the system COZ
c~o-educatioA} 4 thus r1r applied
II he l. q true teacher he will aaapt
himself 10 tn" different mental at
ttud-s Il men and women.
The Proper Curriculum.
In such adjustment II the cs.rl,u-
lum. caro- should he taken not 20
deIcact from the fundamentals Of the
literary course III inst ructien. essen
tai 70 general mental culture com
mon To MEN aat women. IN his az,
ot optional studies there - danger ot
sacrificing the foundation Tor rho su-
p~er-structurc. This danger Is no,
limited tc the e~cuea:;on Il women
With such safe guards III view. here
j. need OF emphasizing he import
ance OF the practical department ~
Ia1fiiflS especially essential 20 N0-
mans life work. Tor which ite .redit
should be given. Why should not a
voung woman have equivalent credit
for work dos@ n home economies that
q young man has Tor work Ion. IN
civil engineering? In other words
our need regarding curriculum is that
of adjustment. While guarding
against unwise specialization or un
restricted choice on the part u i'm
mature students. Vet prov ision ahouli
De made in The ORDER Of time. within
reasonable limits, for such election OF
| courses as vii lbe in accord With ma
tive taste and talent.
; The history of the enlargement Of
5 curriculum for our modern standard
: college for men shows a slow process
2 against stubborn resistance. over Il
1 century past after the revival Of Greeh
: il Europe till that language was ad-
4 united into the academic curriculum
at Paris and Oxford. Indeed it is
/ claimed that it has required over q
/ hundred years to introduce new IN
9 tellectual staples. The conservatism
Q born Of the conviction Of scholar
s that the exact method of their owr
education is necessary to the edGca
ton OF others makes it difficult 10.
q any new subject to win its way mt.
i. the circle Of liberal arts.
Enlargement OF Electives.
q Among the reasons claimed for ih'
lS enlargement OF electives IN Il liberia
te education are that the interests Q
II higher education and of high grad
IN institutions. involving the benefit 0
s. the individual and Of society, De
nland ii; that the enlarglns scop
IT Of work offered by the modern com
mon school system intenSIies the de
ef malld for corresponding provision ol
the part Of higher grade institutions
that since the value Oh a course q
- ( StjJdy may cn1nUp SS n0V 6lD1Ytnlonf
as OF learning increase, both history an
ne reason render the verdict that edu
In cationaI staples must become enlarg
ed BY adding new studies as co-ord,
I'd mates, instead Of displacing the OLD
an that since the uniform student
wanting. and the mental G~iscipiin
re which totally ignores differences {
ut taste and capacity is not well direct
ed, and tends to make real scholar
he ship impossible, therefore a studei
should be wisely guided in cho0sin
III anon coordinate studies. IN ords
ID. to be thorough III something rattle
than smatterng III everything-beaI
ing III mind throughout that III
-. quality Of teaching and OF studyir
is important in general learning Z
be we'll a5 the studies taught.
re In all our modern rush the quei
he has arisen whether the product
an the modern highly strained curricl
&c IuTn is superior TO the product OF Il
ial earlier school, where not so niue
Of the quality was emphasized. but whe
II thor1uglnesS was the w3tch-WOr
,re It is claimed on the other hand tn;
he the eafifei Sps Oh e01ca.ioii tHpf
tIv scented the conception Of culture as q
% ornament, and tended to self-Suf
70 cheney; while MODERN vocational ed
re c%ationaT secures effcieIcy. but ten'
no towards baroness and greed.
Blending OF Three HIS.
val We need the ideal blending Of Il
three Hs-HeAil, Heart. and Hand.
securing intelligence. work. and cha
40 acter: whereby the 1t ,dert is n
nv only good, but good for soInethin
It Is Therefore an encouraging IL
10 see the Industrial schools raj
ser ms m" H1e1dIF StsIiudlu' aiia -
II. ciassicai s.hooN 'nlarsihh the SEQ
Of Oh ii'StfuHtfof D. auo1as Nota'lofdt
r>s cultural departments.
is cEeen,boyo College Jur. Wonle