Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-16
Shall Gardiner, Me-, Have a
New High School Building :?

b. These conceptions of education
are of necessity both modifying and
widely extending our courses of in
struction. We now understand that
tie study of books is only a part, and
sometimes not the most important
part, in the real unfolding of grow
ing life Children and growing youth,
as we'll as those who are older, may
and must learn from the concrete prob
lens Of daily life. Whatever therefore
trains the hand, the eye and the Judg-
ment is truly educational, both devel-
oping character and preparing for SER
vice
C. All this means definite and large
additions to our curriculum OF studies.
And since this cannot be done by many
teachers and in many rooms, we should
and could at least establish such cours-
es in = single building and under the
supervision of a single instructor.
d. To centralize in single building
all studies in vocational training and
those physical and cultural arts which
mean the education of all the powers
Of our youth, is both the practical and
economical thing to do. This is pre-
parts of our country, where resources
are even more limited than our own.
The various buildings are not provid~
ed with separate outfits. But the dl1-
| ferent grades are brought to single
| building thoroughly equipped and fur
nished for it's common tasks.
| e. We must extend our English and
| science courses, and open their instruc-
| ticn to other grades than the High
school, so that they shall include at
least the following courses Of instruc-
! tion.
| f. We have talked manual training
and domestic science and made Ger
| tain hesitating effort to do something,
| 10, these many years. 1t Is high eihie
for US to do something definite and
continuous along these lines. 1t shouiu
| no longer be a dream but become al
once a definite realization. Other KIN
dred industrial and agricultural stud
les should be added as fast as posi-
bic. BY having this central oulht anu
only n single teacher for eacn depart
mont these studies could at once be
sunplied for all the various grades Oh
the city whose preparation for the
same was deemed adequate.
e. Here I must again plea 1or Wha'
r have so often spoken in the past, 1or
some reasonable and worthy provision
for physical and vocal culture.
The physicians of the world today
are a Unit upon the crying need OF a
system of examination, correction ana
supervision of the physical life OF our
pupils With them also stand the great
majority of the leaders Of the educa-
tional work of the world. Before, De-
| hind and beneath, all our moral ana
intellectual and religious training,
there should exist wise and patient ef-
| forts for developing well rounded ana
! symmetrical bodies, filed with the en-
ergies of strong and healthful life.
And this which has been said OF
, physical culture can even more ur-
| gently be said regarding vocal culture,
| or the personal expression of we'll
rounded and self-mastered life. For
the present, by combining different
| classes, and grouping all the grade of
our city, the expense of such we'll
| trained instructor could be mutually
shared and adequately met.
Such courses OF instruction, COM
mon to the different grades, demanded
by every consideration of prudence.
and even the most rudimentary re-
orirenents of a growing educational
system, is entirely within our reach in
the manner indicated above. In such a
single common building it can be ac-
complished with great frugality and
vet with unmeasured inspiration and
blessing to our growing youth.
LANGDON QUIMBY