Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-22

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Great Decrease Ia IRFterscy.
Much improvement as the result O.
the more general education that has
been provided = noticeable in Great
Britain The decrease Of Lliteracy
shows what broadening the school
system and establishing compulsory
school attendance have brought about
Forty years ago. OF every 1000 men
married il England and Wales 2z5
signed the marriage register with
their mark because they could rot
Er!ts tkeir names; last year only It
The proportion Of women who signed
with mark decreased during the
sane period from 2l2 70 20. In Ire
land TIE proportion OF men thus
shown 70 be iIliterats decreased from
40 10 50 and Of the women from ST.
70 -; In Scotland. men from ia to Ie
and Of women from 20 10 Is.
Scotch Lsocrrrs Keen fer Education.
Scotland. which furnishes wisdom to
London. as Ireland furnishes it Wit.
has ever lead II the general dissent
nation Of education among it's people
Even the agricultural laborers in the
Scotch constituency whom l represent,
ed. said a distinguished member Of
parliament, we're keen for education.
They were men whose wages in rent
and money and what they got cher.
wise amounted % not more than $3.50
week They we're great. burly.
strong fellows. well educated, and with
viYes as keen as they were; the cot
tages were without speck Of dirt and
With al abundance Of books. They
read and they thought. There was the
breaking down Of this class barrier
through education, and father and son
feeling they had much the same
chance It was q matter Of accident
or choice whether one vent to q farm
or to q learned profession. the learned
one vas one who could manage q farm
If the pinch came and the farmer
could adorn the learned profession;
5Oth were keen democrats, but In moth
ing 50 democratic as this, they meant
10 have proper education for their
children" The democracy extended to
student life also. ii may be assumed,
from the story told Of Doctor Words
worth, the author Of the Greek gram
mar and the originator of that inter
esting and diyerting educational spec.
tacle, the Oxford-Cambridge cricket
match. Coming from England 10 Scot
land 10 take the headship Of college
. in Glenalmond, he vas struck by the
absence Of awe" in Scottish boys; Of
even Of ordinary respect" for the
gchoOlmasters. One Scotch lad came
Up to him after a lesson and said.
Can you tell me where can get some
good worms? / am going out fish
ing"
Public Schools Gaining, Private Losing
A notable sign CT educational change
Is the increase in the attendance upon
| the council or state (pubiic) schools
in Great Britain rs compared with the
attendance upon the voluntary or pri.
yate schools. Five years ago 2,S13,757
children we're in attendance upon the
council schools; this year, 3,2l3.S99
an increase of 400,142. The attend
ance upon the voluntary schools had
decreased 347,343 during the same
period. falling of from 2,479,s24 to
! 2,132,4S1.
Four principles are involved in the
states support Of the council schools
as outlined in the elementary school
program Of the Liberal party: Full
and complete popular control and NO
religious test for teachers; every pa.
rent TO have opportunity to send hif
child to council school-either The
school is to be taken to the child OF
the child to the school; where demon
national teaching is permitted none OF
the cost is TO be paid by taxation; a
recognition Of the value of Bible teach.
| ing. Around these principles much
contention RACES in the political
world
Universal Education the Aim.
The new education in Great Britain
is slowly moving to the provision Of
the equality of training, which is the
only basis Of true democracy-which
forbids the conception of the "ele.
mentary" school for the mass, the sec
| ondary" school for the selected"
classes, and the universities for the
few destined by inheritance or envir-
onment to be the leaders" Of the PEG.
pie. The new education is universal
education Of all for the service of all
II the prophets OF the new educa.
ton speak the truth, it will make a
Greater Britain instead of a Little
England. Educational progress Is
slow, however, in this land. New edu.
cational ideas find acceptance only
when they become old. But no finer
material for educational experiment
exists. In tomorrow world it may be
Briton from the council schools Of
today, who yesterday would have been
denied opportunity of living his life
who shall call the nations to yet high.
or things, Newbolts tribute to the
handful of school graduates Of yester.
day in England may be true-will be
true-of the scores of school gradu.
ates Of tomorrow:
The sand Of the desert is sodden red,
Red with the wreck of a square
that broke
The Gatling's jammed and the colonel