The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-19

|%llE demand Tor private SCHOOLS
for girls has so increased dur.
iug the last ten years, and so
largo proportion of the best
elias. II people seek instruction in these
s..,s.- for their daughters, that the
ouc...un whether it is better to enter
,ullI.. ar private work demands some
s.r,u. though; from those who are
pr,parng tor the teaching profession.
Tin. amount of unsCholarly work
winch must be- done by the teacher in
fin, ruplr school. and the time that
mn. l,, given to mere names and num-
b,-. required uy school board COM
r,scd too often Of politicians rather
,1u srhulars. mas Il strong influence
IN the decision ,f this question for men
sYd women who hope to make their
own high educational ideals count for
the intellectual and moral advancement.
al ,a, coming generation. They see.
or think they soc, in the private school
,us opportunity FOR the teacher for
scholarly leisure. inspiration to work
oyt hpr own line Of thought and add
constant, tu her own Intellectual worth,
and THUS tu .Iyc the best service to her
rg,,l.. s.u,, she can appeal To them
no, wholly a. driilmastcr, but as an
iusp.rrg. 4uId, ana friend.
Il J., therefore becoming more and
NOR, ,fu. yearly that many OF our best
teachers are entering the private school
ranks. aud. lu many cases, disappoint-
ncat awaits them there. They find
t1at the private school, although it has
avoided many of the difficulties and
SHORTCOMINGS of the public school
m, It's own peculiar problems which
are not easily solved even by the most
sincere and able educator.
Til, frs, and most important of these
proI.i,,s probably is how best to secure
IN, cooperation of the parents--to help
them % understand that a girls educa-
toa is serious matter, quite AZ
serious as TN, noy's-and that her best
pr.,,ut happiness as well as her
prcparatiuu ior the future rests on this
Understanding. We would have the
pnr,uts realize. as we do. how much of
re friction and nervous strain Of both
s hood and home would De relieved If
the family life We're arranged so that
tie d.H-nt.rs would naturally feel
Not have g. Doe admonishcd-tha tho
rre,.,,.. .uu Of their daily lessons Is of
nrsj Importance for them and That So
ca, q uaud- the theatre. the evening
party and the moving picture should
TAX, q very secondary place in school
eris life.
Mauy a Young girl understands this
when 10 is 'ou late. and The experience
which Dean Gildcy-lrcvc describes In a
recent article is familiar 10 all cduca-
tors Tho cir, who hadn't time L. dc
auv,a.uG taOluug ly while she was IN
school Who decided when she was a
mcre y..ld that she didn't want to study
Ia;u and mathematics and didn't want
g. prepare for college.
tbs girl usually studies French
Er-ts music and drawing; has pleas
elt mf hours with poetry and foreign
'rlv, and pastes into blank bool
mouy PICTURES Of the places she ex
poets O.. s.c when $40 goes to Europe
hn.. tau or three years of travel an,
uusaG Wing social experience she be
gus {, ... what her parents SHOULD
have turcsccn that life is "pointles
a.l parposeless." She has no specia
uirut for the music and drawing t
which she gave such large share o
her time. opportunities to speak TN
french and German which she learne
f. her class room conversation do no
present themselves abundantly, eVcl
In hcr trip to Europe. and she want
something that is worth while to oc
cupy her time and thought.
Barrett Wendell in his France {
To-day contrasts the attitude OF IN
American parent to the education
his chlldren-and 1t is to be marke
that 10 makes no distinction In tn.