The sun., 1916-11-05

't aohk tneSe practlcal lines rather
than detracting from the capacity for
strictly book work actually stimulates
the faculties and sends the boy back to
his hooks refreshed and invlgoratcd.
so far ns preparation for academic
cole ses n roncnr.si II 10 largely "A mat
ter Of cinpha sis. Where many schools 'e-
nlahd much OF tn" classics and ancient
history. and innhc n 'nrdy concession to
science IN senior year elective We prr.
scribe s''cnc" and the history of the
'nitcd states. We expect our college
'"ndidatcs to take two years OF Latin
ava advise mo Q. W" io not b,licyr I'm
n 9r!cutlL' ago that many boys can az
i"rl T." "tud, two dead language ~ In.
,iciSc Of sticrc". We lclicvc the hiy-
l"TE o. our oNH country more important
tnan tina; cf ancient pcopl,s--,hc acts of
III" Wilson Administration more vital
tnan the reforms OF the Grarchl. If "A
10! wishes to trace the origin of our lu-
su'u'iohS from early times y.c believe
thnt 20 hc "A task for maturity better left
TO III" college. We believe. In general. Iu
thc prii. 'iplc Of proceeding with boys
from the know TO the unknown.
Hu; preparation f1r academic and sci
tniiiic colleges. while nearly half of our
pupils are enrolled in these courses. T.,
not oar distinctive contribution to educ.-
ton. We offer also courses i'm ,yIi,.ul.
turc and business. Tho icyuoto In bo,n
caHct il I."wcll's tine pirasc. NO science
pcddling with the namcs ~ things" For
instance boy in the asri rltural course
mus'. IN abolition to class and laboratory
work manage project Th..r projccts
cover In successive years market garden
ing. th" care "f s'nal! armals tirld ,rops
ana dairytns. Tue boy must cho,sc his
exact project IN the .;crcral n,ld, mus,
finance the worii himself or borrow
money from the school tin N,Ich Gaze
nc pays INTEREST,". must hire his land and
irDlement 2. do ali the work liinse;f keen
accurate accounts. and II he loses max.
good tie deicit in PRINCIPAL but not in
interest o. rent. from money that he
earns by Other Labor; The information
that ~ needed cones. az information
should always c1aie. in ',sppase TO "A rca.
demarl. \ boy wants - know Nh.t
breed Of hens to keep. wha; To feed
them, how mucI aud low often. lie e.
confronted b: an actual situation. d tasi,
that must Oe performed ii IA. would not
su:fe:. Lut tasl, that will net him a
proii; II we'll done. IL lc rms from tnc
Instructor wacr. in:orNa;inu ,uay -. ,,al
ai' cpnsults tex, books and agricultural
bulletins until he iinlh what H. n.ci.~
These hoys learn. ~ few others u. now
I" ~ 10 tic sources for information. ana
what tncy learn is cryg'3l,lz-d b,' actlon
Tle.' learn too not only Iow to rails, "a
cor siderable variety uf farm produce. but
now to dtsoose OF Il. Cor ". leave them
To liz: tacir own ma.!:e,s. And they
lean row 10 .ic',r accounts of u very
accur tc sort. For the students w.o
msal t. 60 directly into farming un
graduation agriculture W IL. practical
ard theoretical aspects occupies onc-hali
oi the school time. the other half being
SVEN tv ER,hsi. history. mathematics.
Commercial geography and sciences other
tIau agriculture. For t.,c,,e who mean
to enter agricultural cJllct.s a modern
. laHS--'s- is added throughout four yolrs
and little OF tho ar'icultur, omitted.
Tie project method Of study iS mot
possible In the IusiA.ss department. W.
can hardly hlv. Ach boy manage a
bus."ess OF his own. but we d" the n,N;
be-; thing. We have organized = stur.
/" Hupp!y tLc book. and St.tiol.rH
needed in the school wo,i; I. has n Sc:
} OF books of it, OWN. and boys not only
make the sales but keep the account.
p take Inventory AMI do ali the work tha'
would hc necessary in sore of similar
sort under private ownership. We have
a bark IN which all boys keep tlIc.l.
s ~ and!ng money. thus learning how 10
keep personal accounts and draw checks.
! This bank advances money for agr!cui-
tural projects ou notes of boys prop
erly guaranteed by the parent and boys
w l.' Dus llltN~ h''i sc-
ular customers ledger such NJ is used IN
! ANY uationai bank. We keep with mi
nut, accuracy the accounts of our dinu,
hall, our power plant. our laundry and
our fam. and the mo.c experienced pu-
pills graduate from the stationery Office
and bank 10 these departments. Al The
' end OF his course II boy has had actual
70 office practice. lie canno. merely Solt
and flc papers he knows "A good many
Z pf HOOK ke,nilIp and something of
the intriVacies ~ cost accounting. and
he knows IL not az mere theory out of
. books hut a. something real and vital
In addition he has studied niodein
/ Language. history. Jaw and economics
and mathematics. As with the aglfcul-
tura, student he can he fitted for spe-
cial colleges by slight notifications OF
e this programme.
;. We ara often misunderstood. II i
sometimes though, that we do not pre-
pare for college or that we do not APP
prove of college for our boys We b,
no means think boy educated at Is oi
~ We urge all who can To no on. and
thrcc-fourths OF our pupils expect to dc
SO: but We believe In n boy choosing
the particular sort Of higher institution
'' academic. scientific agricultural o'
= commercial. that will suit his needs. ant
4 we believe in special courses OF prepara
ton. Until recently We have been con
froi,cd by the curious anomaly OF agii
cultural colleges that would accept Latir
y for entrance but would not accept agri
culture. Fortunately new and sanei
!, era Is dawning both with tho speca
. and the general colleges. If the colleges
would not in the past accept many SUB
} j.cts that schools taught II was iargci,
r because there was no guarantee una
they were well taught. We hope 10 make
some small contribution in the teachln,
| of the newer courses, o..
The multiplicity OF our subjects VII
| bc confusing TO many who VIII be IN
cliucd to wonder II such diversity i
worth while. They will ask " there II
n not some one method of education tina
is good for all pupils \ former col
league once made all investigation o
the relation between success IN busi
ness and the length and kind or school
ing. The result seemed to show ina
the longer one remained at school ~.
more successful hc became in after Ire
but IL did not seem TO make nucI
, difference what kind Of school wa
attended. The graduates Of olassi'a
/ schools seemed by this one .ilVcstlga
tlon to he az good business men aH III
graduates OF commercial high schools
One OF the committee supervising IN
/ investigation at once drew the tontli
don that all special schools should u
abandoned as unnecessary, To my hih
lis conclusion was wholly wrong Ainon
those who succeeded In the Spec!a
schools were many who would hav" Ii.
come discouraged and dropped out a
=, .,i,,nl and 80 have lagkC