Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-24


can do better than other institutions.
and retain only those things which
they do equally rs wen as other M
stitutlons and which they have at
ready accepted as their work. Tho
public school system IL not the lods-
ing place for every reform that II al.
lvocated However. the teacher should
look beyond the school walls. and Il
would be equally well II the parent
occasionally looked within those walls.
according to him
THE moral obligation rests heavy
upon the schools To train generation
Of men who are more sympathetic.
men who are not only walking intel
lects. but who throh with human emo
TONS he said The training OF the
aesthetic faculties has become "a duty
Curves Of Crime and leisure.
Men have more leisure than ever
before aud yet the world has more
tired men and women than ever be-
fore. The curve of crime and the
curve of leisure are startllngly par
allol to each other. We must teach
INV ~ Ar' AfAHUAts Aitt NNIfttftHtAtft
Of the fine afts. music. science. the
larger usefulness OF life, 50 that men
may be better companions for theirs
selves and for others. we cannot gu
back TO the current Of older DAYS.
we must expand the curriculum. We
must teach men to live more nohi,,
to be more cosmopolitan. more sym
pathetic"
Kccord-brcaking Crowd.
Or Coffman's address was fire.
quently interrupted by applause His
second address was TO the school +
Masters club. while the third adj T
dress, last evening. was to the larg- /
est audience that thus far has crowd (
ed into the high school auditorium. T
Every seat was taken. men ana wom-
en- were crowded into the aisles and I
on the platform ms wen as into the
balcony.
The evening topic OF DR. Coffman
was "The Three-fold Purpose OF the
Public schools" lie followed the
same line Of thought as In the after
noon 10 the conclusion that the pur-
poses OF the public schools are pro-
lection, education and selection.
lie described the various methods
adopted these days 10 protect the
chlld's physical, mental and moral
well being. such as medical inspection
ana opcn-air schools lie denounced
the Ladies' Home Journal because Of (.
us attacks on the public schools sys-
tenn. esp ciaily It's opposition TO eN-
lminaunns aud to home work.
'Wo are Ia no danger that wc stul-
lily the children through ovefwork."
he said. "rhcre Is more danger Of our
children suffering from mental star
vation than mental dyspepsia. A stu
dent has a Students good time only
when he Is engaged in the mastery of
problems. Studentship
means the getting and reciting Of les
sons.
DR. Coffman defined the best
teacher as he who makes the mos.
mental trouble saying, "The higher
reaches of education should and must
be earned
School Work L. Sciectiyc.
That the work Of the school Is also
was forcefully brought out
BY the orator. Equality OF opportu-
lity comes only to the pupil at the
beginning of his school career" he
asserted. "F'rom that moment on the
eleetive process begins and the great
sst achievement of the past century
ias been to increase the number OF s
children elected IN the schools for the
higher grades. The Industrious. amhi- !,
ious child should be given opportu-
lity to complete the course in less .
line than the naturally sothful one.
This Is not interfering with liberty.
he only natural rights one has are
hose exercised for the collective wei
are.
The schools are primarily protec-
i've at one end of the line and selec-
i've at the other, but educative from
ne end TO the other
Craighcad Imrresscs Auditors.
President Edwin y. craighead Of
he University of Montana. last even
ng gave an address that made a deep
upon his hearers II was
classic. a scholarly Grafton, in
raise OF the civilization of Greece
nd the intellectual glory Of Athens. n
t was tonic for the unrest of the II
renzied striving for material things g
4 the public schools, u defense Of N
as against mere skin to
iake dollars y
Education Is the organized effort Ia
} create a higher and better civill- 81
/, tior, IA Turn mt a Ia rfrar and lara ST
lumber OF civilized men, was his T
ictum. ITO the Greek alone belongs II
he eternal glory OF having created
lie first real civilization that ever ex- m
ted on this earth. II is the great r
anding miracle of the story Of man III
The trend of our present-day ciyi c.