The Irish standard., 1914-12-12

The proceedings grow in Importance
and value each year. Many papers
of exceeding interest and excellence,
were read at the Atlantic City meet
ing last June, as seen by the Annual
Report recently issued by the Secre.
tary General, Rev. +. w. Howard, LII.
d.
Brother John B. Nichols paper on
Present-Day Tendencies in Educa-
tion," which was issued as the August
bulletin of the association, aroused
much interested comment, and has
since been largely in demand in educa-
tional circles generally. Brother John
A. Waldron's admirable discussion
brought out the additional point that
Influences and agencies may vary in
different parts Of the country, accord
Ing to geographical, industrial or other
conditions.
Practically was a feature Of this
years papers, especially in the College
department, where Brother Adam Hoff-
man, S. NJ, wrote on Mathematics in
High Schools and Colleges" Brother
Julian. C. F. x, English in the High
School," while Brother Richard, F. s.
c., spoke on Special Methods of. Pre-.
sentfng Mathematics in Secondary
Schools" The high plane of scholar
ship in the association was reflected
by the paper on "Two Essential No
tions OF Scholasticisms," by Rev. r.
II. Tierney, S. j., editor of America;
and by an excellent paper on Liberal
Education" by V. Rev. Augustine
Stocker O. S. b., Prior of Subiaco
Abbey. Arkansas.
In the parish school department Rev.
Albert Muntsch, S. j., of St. Louis
University, had an admirable paper on
| THE Relation of Vocational to non.
Vocational Courses" which was com.
prehensively discussed by Brother G.
Philip, +. S. c., Ammendale, Md. 9th.
er papers clear-cut and interesting,
were Efficiency in the Grades" by
Rev. Brother e. Plus; "The Sodality
and Spiritual Education" by Rev. Il. +.
Garesche, S. j.; delinquency and Its
Remedies" by Rev. Brother Henry
who as director of the New York
Catholic Protectory, is eminently quail.
fled to discuss this subject from all
points; '"The Bible and the School,
by Rev. G. j. Holland, himself an
author of two fine books along Biblical
lines, The Divine Twilight, and The
Divine Story; and Technical Gram
mar in the Elementary School," by
Rev. Jonn A. Dillon
A valuable paper was presented by
Rev. dugh Boyle on First Year De.
mands of the Classical Course in Cath.
olic Colleges" the concluding para.
graph, here given, embodying his views
on the subject:
There are many reasons why boys
who are going off to classical school
should be induced to enter 1t after they
have finished with the sixth grade of
our parish schools. We have no Latin
classes in the seventh or in the eighth
grades and II boys take the work in
those grades they are apt to find when
they enter classical school, that the
balance which should exist in their
studies has been destroyed. Their ig
norance Of the rudiments of Latin in
dicates them for first year Latin work
whereas their scholarship in other
branches, II they have completed the
eighth grade, fits them for the work Of
the third year. Pastors who are aware
that certain boys in their parish
schools mean to take classical courses
would do we'll to urge them to leave
the parish school after the sixth OF
surely after the seventh year. Theil
work in the traditional classical course
in a classical school will go NOR,
smoothly than IL they waited until the,
had finished the eighth grade in tn,