The Detroit times., 1916-02-22
COUNTRY SCHOOL
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ers In general the standards OF hu.
man living in the cities In relation
20 health 81 least. are superior TO
those in rural America
Prof Paul Monroe of the depart
nent Of history ~ education Teach.
ers college. Columbia university.
New YORK. will be the guest, Thurs
day afternoon. a. 3 80 o'clock, In the
Century building. ot the Twentieth
Century club. Prot. Monroe, who Is
editor OF new encyclopedia OF edu-
cation and author OF a History Of
Education" which latter Is used as
text book IN the majority OF the
normal schools and colleges OF the
United States. Is considered the
foremost authority on educational
history IN the English speaking
world. he viii address he cluowo-
men on Famous R~nslss sance Edn-
Gators
The function o. The graduate
school OF education. was discussed
" G. ". \. Luckcy. dean OF the
Graduate School OF Education, Uni
yersity of Nebraska. Tuesday morn
ing. al the Arcadia auditorium. He
said in part
II is The function OF the graduate
school OF education 70 give dignity
and productive scholarship TO the
teaching profession 10 add 20 the
sum OF human learning. 20 encour
age scientific research In education;
10 create more intelligent and
more efficient BODY Of teachers 10
direct educational INVESTIGATIONS and
school surveys. both state and na-
tionA: TO furnish inspiration and
guidance 10 normal schools and un
dsrgraduato schools OF education
to encolraga able schoolmen 70
make use OF ~. laboratories ia cat.
wing on iBvestiga- that mas
r~uye o. value 20 th" profession, to
become source Of supply of the
best rralped teachers. 20 prove The
tallacy OF the thought rhat scieu-
tic research ard productive schol-
sr-hiu ara Incompatible with the
best teaching ability These are a
few Of the things for Which the new
graduate toois OF education
should stand Bur above all these
schools should create ia their mids
s~fta ra...f..r- f-f+
A study o, The mind OF The child
reveals three important instincts
fundamental 10 intelligence.
Beginning Vlth the third year the
child enters a period known as the
Questioning age The first ques.
tions AXE he form OF Nhat Is II.
six months later why is lt" ami
sboat the close 90 me fourth year
"hov h. ir
These spontaneous questions %
the child illustrate the 'hree mos
important stage O. intelligsnea.
What are the facts, why are these
facts "a they are. hop were they es-
tablished or broush' about II Is
the purpose Of science 20 discover
the facts. ~ philosophy 20 explain
and interpret them % cd1c1r.on
teaching 10 distribute and ylraiize
them
we should study 70 kroa The
child, 10 know 1t in all stages, 70
know f. In It's evolurion 20 know IL
as affected by rs environment IN
the evolution Of man there are com
plexes and elements born In the
child Of today that are "A old "a
the rae. itself
development results from the in.
teraction of the organism aud its
environment by means Of which
both are modified. In this process
OF interactlon there are four fac
tors that should be noted tho sur
rounding physical envlronm mt the
surrounding social enviro1men'. The
growing organism and tho self AZ.
tive. organizing directing, contr0ll-
ing generator Of vital energy. This
energy ia constantly increasing
through nutrition and growth. and
must have an outlet through work
or play Il il the purpose % edu-
cation 20 enable the individual 10
organize, control, snd ut.lize this
energy
Broadly speaking there arc two
ideals of civic life; imperialism and
democracy. In The former there are
TAO classes OF society. the ruling
and the ruled. n s. tae effort ot
the on class 10 impose ~ 71ll and
thinking on the other. m "A true
democracy all are equally free and
are held together by law which they
in turn have helped 10 establish In
education the tendercy is nearly al.
ways toward imperialism The
teacher tends 20 imp14e nc- 7ju
and thought On inc child. shs docs
nor develop but molds
Dean William +. Eufd- %. ,be
COLLEGE for Teachers. " thr Uni
versity ~ Cincinnati speaking lr
Arcadia during The morning urged
the upbuildirg ~ The gradual
school 'or tho efficient conduct of
higher and professional education
and as 4 means ~ preventing mud
dime in fue+r.ta.i.r D.. d.. -