The Republican journal., 1916-03-09
Latest Outlook on Education.

To THE EDITOR OF The JOURNAL: The
Washington Educational Association re-
Gently listened to an address by Pres.
ouzzalls of the University of Washing
ton. He said that educational method
mad been acquired as result of neces-
slty and now needed to be systematized
and reduced to science. Needs have
arisen and the teacher has experimental
to flnd something adapted to the needs of
the situation. Medical inspection is a
conservation measure to make the most
OF the child. The Kindergarten has
been judged by some Improbable be-
cause fourth grade pupils who have not
ATTENDED kindergarten show just as high
rank. A nursery might be condemned
on the same ground. Yet it is these
early influences which fix the future
destiny of the individual for veal or woe.
Fourth grade examinations take no note
of these early influences. The Kinder.
garten completes with the back alley for
portion of the rising generation. For
merly our educational system educated
only the few who happened to be similar
In nature to the teachers. But the pnh.
lie who pay the taxes to support the
schools demanded that all should be edu-
Gated, whether they appreciated gram
mar and history or not. Hence those
pupils who did not appreciate the favor
lite subjects of the teacher were allowed
to learn to make bread and build houses.
and it has been learned that children
take much more interest in their formal
school studies when they are thus made
to see their practical value in their ordi-
nary affairs of daily life.
Under the old system large part of
the children were thrown upon the hui
man scrap heap, but under the new each
and every one finds his proper place.
Those who intend to teach remain IN
school longer than any other class. There
is place in the world for everyone.
Timber not suitable for pillar may
make very good single. Training for
social life is just as essential as a verba-
tim knowledge of the book Some
have thought that visitors disturb a
school, but school which cannot stand
inspection is defective, Feeling and &C.
ton are as essential to the individual as
knowing. Action concentrates the at
tention, and attention is essential to pro-
gress. Some are content to hold the old
rules of conduct, others are eager to ex-
tract from each successive community
and environment all that they are capable
of contributing. They may be scientific
skeptics, but they are soldiers of fortune.
Memory cannot adapt itself to a pro-
gressive system of education,
Lofty ideals lead and emotions push
US forward. The old idea that know :
edge is power is fallacy. Feeling is
power, yet many think that the feelings
should be reserved for the home. In
stinct pushes US forward and the intel
lect holds the throttle. One mother
screams when she sees snake, another
admires it. They will have opposite eff
fects upon their children. Books contain
truths, but individuals impart character.
The teacher should hate what all should
hate and love what all should love. That
hatred and love is conveyed more effec-
lively by the countenance and tone of
voice than by the words. All elements
of the personality combine to produce a
unity.
Look over the people reading their
evening paper and you can tell the paper
by the countenance. If the thought has
not already impressed the countenance,
it will ultimately. The political reform
er becomes pessimistic. He sees the
Ills of society. A moralist is good tc
admire, but poor company. By over
stress he becomes a fanatic. People
realize the ills of society as never before,
because their sensibilities have been
aroused. 1t is as essential to teach the
art of play as the art of work. If the
art of recreation is not taught some i'm
proper substitute will be INDUCED in to
the detrimenu of the individual The
art must be taught by example rather
than precept. Supervised play ceases
to be play. Morals must be taught in
the same way. the church of the past
has been illogical and unscientific. Lit
erature has been taught in that super
| wishing way which disgusts the Learner.
The fear economy of the past is giving
place to pleasure economy.
AT the close of Pres. Suzzall's talk, of
which some of the leading thoughts have
been given, a portion of the audience gath
cred in the Sunday school room of the Ply
mouth church to discuss segregated High
school education. Statistics from the
Broadway school showed that girls got
lower grades when reciting alone than
in mixed cl; sses, while boys got higher
grades on account of the change. This
was accounted for in part by the fact
that girls get the higher rank and do not
appear so brilliant when the lower boys
standard is no longer present for COM
parison. On the boys side they appear
more stupid when compared with girls