The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-29

pupils the prospective leaders and which the followers
the appropriate subjects provided for EACH and that the
genuine and not merely traditional fictitious If should appear
that which make larger appeal the community life could
by nensfcation and enrichment be given cultural value WE'LL
obvious that money would be better spent reaching the larger
number of pupils.
The comparison of pupil throws light upon the central
problem Vemon secondary schools the small high school These
schools have often been developed and cherished rather because of
worthy sentiment and ambition than because conviction of their
actual worth These small woteach schools have the
whole housing and equipment the instructors prepad
and of small experience the salaries exceedingly small the number
periods per excessive the change
rapid and the educational foundation of the pupil relatively low
All of these elements make directly for weakness in the and
the product small schools
the doubtful the very small csst Yet spite of this
combination of factors which practically owgrade and ne
cen work. the cost pupil high higher than it in the
schools where the best conditions prevail Brief tables presented
III comparing the large schools and the woteacher schools
respects the present organization the small
schools paying and double the normal for
that value Only larger
subjects economically Suggestions reorganization this
respect appear in subsequent section.
H. THE PRODUCT OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL
The nature of the product plainly the amportan consideration
undertaking involving much effort expense
educational establishment
l.
enquiry into the product of educational institution depends
upon accurate general
hitherto although many Schools recently installed individual
card system for recording the facts Some schools have long
had such record systems in opaon others unable to state the
the large schools the state has operated the
with single list of like hotel register without dates.
entered after each but without mention of SUBJ
left to the principals memory. Owing this
records and to the fact that where records they rarely
suited to this the schools asked only
salient facts that could usually be supplied One service of
centralized education Office would be to devise and require
the schools system of records which would make significant facts
available Even where schools elaborate systems be
feared that they exist largely the interests self
protection Little profitable self analysis be made until
schools realize that the primary function school records to show
detail how the school upon the pupils and how the
results justify condemn the processes.
THE UNFINISHED PRODUCT
Information sought three points: the Withdrawals from
the schools the Withdrawals from during
its fouryears the present occupations of given
graduates The following table the by groups
schools:
WITHDRAWALS DURING
INCLUDING
shsGs having Schools having s's4hayhs schcIsyins Total
LIST Year in II Schools
Enrolled ............ LITE 359 PIP 149 1896
Loss ................ 269 SO 81 So All
Per cent. ............ 229 267 25A 349 249
I'd, Sd, 4th Years in Ga Schools