The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24

LYMAN p. Powell. president Of Hobart
aeaps, president Of Milton Universal
| president Of Ohio University. Athens,
Discussion Of educational problems by
,bos. In authority Whose words viii
,uvs Of value to parents and all edu-
a,ons who are actively Interested In
,be progress Of education will 30 well
o,ned in the columns OF h School
page OF THE SUNDAY sun.
President Heaps Of Milton University
vrttes
you ask me to express my wews on
what is wrong with the preparation OF
hoys for college in our preparatory and
high schools.
THE first fault. I think. is that
courses are too broad and there In too
mrh latitude given the student In the
.,lection Of his course at a time when
N. average boy Is not competent to
make a wise choice. A mastery Of the
E,glish language, especially elementary
English. and disciplinary studies such as
,,reek and Latin. with algebra and ge-
cne,ry, with n elementary science,
,hould constitute the course, and though
srh a course is difficult and at times
esouraging I believe II will At the boy
bs,,er than the present unreasonable
elective system, which at best but fills
the mind unframed with q lot Of facts
/, cannot correlate.
The preparatory course has been
heightened to four years from the three
,esrs VI twenty years or less ago. and
In the lengthening Of II and adding
new studies I 10 not believe any inn
| provement has beer made or the boy
INV better prepared than he was in
he former days.
Since three or more years must be
.pen, after the college course In special
training for life's work. l am strongly
impressed that both the preparatory
md collegiate courses should be short
tnAi a year and made only three years
each in length. and that those studies
Of a college grade should Ne omitted
rom the preparatory curriculum. and
furthermore those studies Of a univer-
sty grade should be omitted from the
College course. In n word. concentration
and discipline rather than breadth and
crture are the crying needs OF our pre-
para,ory schools. This statement, OF
course. has reference to those schools
Ia. 1T exclusively for an advanced coll
e. curse
fEfStttIT marry tTdtt JuubOn OF JUS
Saive.s !ty Of Chicago writes:
II SCENES TO me that secondary
rlools might he benefited
Il II the subjects of instruction
we're fewer:
90 II he time devoted to a given
'.hiect We're longer in order that a
nor" thorough grasp OF that subject
night be attained
%, II there were less attention TO
S'!al activities. athletics and the like.
secondary schools ought not to be SER
lie copies uf what colleges are sup
Nsed 10 be. Simplicity OF life and ear
'es'ness OF purpose ought to character
e the secondary schools"
President Lyman p. Powell OF Hobart
College writes
IN answering your inquiry as to what
wrong with secondary schools and
How they may prepare boys and girls
1ore thoroughly for college education,
should like to say that my words
must be In the nature Of constructive
'a'her than destructive criticism.
The deal in secondary education has
-;en so rapidly during the last ten
ears that one a critioise withou,
allting. Of course we now know that
: boys and girls are to be more thor
Tlghly prepared for a college education
here should be better trained teachers
o our secondary schools. better work
? the lover grades. more supervision.
'eltral and personal. In the choice OF
CURSES and ruthless discrimination In
aspect TO the elimination OF students
.1o should not go to college at all,
Tie time is past when every boy and
?. should be advised to go to col
eye
"A 20 fraternities and sororities IN
secondary and high schools. they are
'dlr"'t hurt and should be exterminated
everywhere, This does not seem to me
D" an open question. The outside
i'ftc'lons, societies. moving picture
'hoNs and other details in the life Of
igh school and secondary school chill
Nen must he kept within strict limita-
lon II We are going 10 get boys and
KITS able 70 do the work OF colleges
aid universities"
President Allston Ellis OF Ohio Uni
"rSl'' writes in part:
ION ASK An expression OF my views
wv -" question, what Is wrong with
't'ondaly schools and how may they
'tpal' boys and girls more thoroughly
'f q college education?'
lh'r" !s nothing seriously wrong
'N IN" secondary schools of this coun-
Report IL that the high schools OF
.e hl'"t states enrolled over $4,000
'o,s pupils In 1914 than In 1913.
evidences are abundant that the peo-
~, VINO bear the expense OF their sup
arc h"w disposed to patronize the
schools more literally than ever
'"e Ohe reason for this Is that the