Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-06
EDUCATION OUTSIDE or SCHOOL


The educational Significance of other
than school agencies is emphasized in
a current survey Of educational progress
just issued by the L. :. Bureau of Ed
u~cation.
Libraries. museums, and art CALLER
les are unlocking tehir treasures and
seeking 10 establish a very direct rela-
tion to organized school work." declares
w. Carson Ryan. Jr., Editor of the Blu
rcau. Numerous other agencies and or
CARNATIONS are doing Il work whose di-
rect educational influence must in the
aggregate be ormou There are the
300 educational associations. many Of
them, like the National Education As
ISOLATION and its branches. doing direct
work in the professional education of
teachers and school superintcdcntS; 9th
erS like the National Society for the
Promotion Of Industrial Education, car
rying on a propaganda for education
among the general public; still others
like the Public Education Associations
of New York and Philadelphia. i%nyesti-
eating city conditions and stimulating
al interest in education among the PEG
pie of the local community. Organiza-
tons like the Russell Sage Foundation,
the New York Bureau Of Municipal Re
search, the Carnegie Foundation, and
the General Education Beard. have
brought into the work of education the
welcome influence Of an lmperSOnal. sci
entific judgment. No record OF the year
in education would he complete that did
not pay tribute &, the work these or
CARNATIONS and offers of the kind are
doing.
Colleges, universities, and normal
schools are going fr beyond their own
carrying education o the local commu-
munities. Nearly hd the colleges in the
United States did extension work last
year. The Federl Government itself
il realizing. az necr before. the dcsira-
bilitv of "A wide distribution Of the sci
entific informatsl il has collected at
large expense of time and money. and
many of the bulltins and circulars is
sued by the government are now affect
ing directly the everyday procedure of
education. The Toys and Girls Club
work in the Department of Agriculture
and the circuIa. letter service of the
Bnrcau of Educ;tiOn illustrate two diff
leTtllt types o. "' S'iNh' "
the Federal Government, both of recent
development. II the " years ending
June 30. 1911. ne Bureau of Education
issued III numers OF its Bulletin. rep
~rescntiuo ,bout a million separate cop
les. and coverilg neary every phase Of
educational eneeavor for the direct use
Of school officiis.
"A host of otler of"dhlZatlhns making
10 claim Ia 4 pace In the formal system
nevertheless ddng active work of "A di-
rcctly educatimal nature. The Boy
SCENTS the emp Fire Girls. women's
clubs. parent rscherS associations, mu-
steal societies. arelceniers; these are do
ing 4 work pheSe educational i'm
portanrc i only beginning TO be ap-
pretended. The influence of the fraternal
organizations is directly educative. The
whole VAST tidd ef religious instruction
in churches art sunday schools rep
resents an edscst bnal problem that is
seldom viewed rs such because Of
the Iarger spiritnal issues that are to
bc involved aad because Of the tradi-
tional son, yati1n IF church and state
in Amerira Hautauqua. farmers in
s%titutes. lecfar4 courses, the grange.
young Nen. q Tristan Association and
: w G dial settlements, summer
camns ~ ntr1pdical and newspaper
nraSs' tn, afe as truly educational
agencies as be schools.
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