The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-02-25

separated from the girls. The boys
should have Il male teacher, prefer
ably a father. The girls should nave
a lady teacher. In our city the noys'
classes are taught by man of high
ideals, teacher of fine experience, a
father of boys. The teacher OF the
girls classes in physiology is col
iege trained woman. q woman OF
dignity and with q rich experience
as a teacher.
In these classes nothing need be
held back which the students should
know. The real questions of the laws
of reproduction the schools should
leave to the home. But such knowl-
edge of hygiene as the pupils
should know may be taught by the
teacher as the occasion demands.
Most high schools have departments
Of biology. In these the principle of
BIZ parental reproduction is taught as
a law pertaining to life.
In the department of home econom-
les in the grades and in the high
school. when teaching cooking, sew
ing home furnishing and the beauti-
fying of the home, we are building in
the minds of the pupils higher Ideals
of home life, and along with the
growth OF ideals of the home will
come higher ideals of the purity rof
home of healthy children.
In the art departments of our
schools where the first aim is to de-
velop an appreciation Of and love for
the beautiful as well as to give the
pupils the power to reproduce the
beautiful In their own lives. every
phase of moral purity has support.
One has said, Next to the love OF
God the love of the beautiful is the
greatest safeguard against all which
is low and degrading.
In historic art the favorite theme
through the ages has been the sacred
ness OF motherhood. The Madonna IN
art stands as a SILENT teacher OF puri-
~ as well as of the holiness of moth
erhood and the saeredness OF child
life.
Throughout the realms of English
literature no theme is more empha-
sized than the purity of the home. the
sacredness Of motherhood, and the
love for little children, The teacher
of literature has an opportunity which
has never been measured TO develop
in the student q lofty idealism and a
spirit Of altruisu in the realm of
home life and of child life. The spir-
( 1t of the Master who proclaimed, OF
such liz the Kingdom of Heaven" per-
yades the best of our English classics.
/ The school must have as one OF
/ its aims the creating In the coming
generation the highest ideals of home
life and of parenthood. and where II
can be able to aid the home in CIV
ing that knowledge which Will safe
guard the health of the child at every
point
One of the most interesting talks OF
the afternoon was delivered by Frank
T.. Spaulding. superintendent of schools
Of Newton. Mass. The subject OF his
talk was Tests Of Administrative En-
( sicieuev" During the course Of his
talk he asserted;
Measure US Of administrative ef-
ficiency that e at once mathemeti-
caily and scientifically accnrates and
also OF any considerable practical
value. have yet TO be achieved While
VIC wait oft stseA perfect measure
ments, however we may render our
profession incalculabia service through
measurements that are practically re-
liable. disable and useful; such meas
arenents are already at hand.
In making measurements that
possess these characteristics of prac-
/ teal reliability. INABILITY and, useful
ness no other unit of measure can
compare. either in significance or in
the extent of its applicability, with
the dollar. How much-how many
definites units-of anything, material