New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
educational Movement
Drops Latin, Greek
and GrammarS
WORLD USED
AS LABORATORY
rourses Based on Read
ing, Writing and Simple
Figuring

,.+cwpt 20 change the cH'''N
go s,s,cm Of elementary and
-, education, TO remove the
,5 ,,o8 and lumber Of tradition
-. +. to modern needs viii De
.be .aH OF this year. when
'4D' .ro5ern school" viii be opened
''' ,,,..;on with Teachers college,
r.,rrbia University.
'o-. u General Education Board an
...s Of the Rockefeller Founoa,
'''s ~n finance the now educa'ion"i
.'0'' .'...,o, and Dean James T. RUS
n II teachers College viii super
-. us administration.
Tho curriculum will 'nc'uoe - ~
Ia' .e formal grammar, no involved
"u1' "'t.,..,;cs. no Latin, Greek noi
.s.. dead languages, no ancient ms,
.-. orcept as It bears on m0o'' I
..si,ms- nothing, in fact for "h''n
- reason than tradition c-h
~ ..~,,d As few books as pos
z,s .'l he used; the supporters OF
''D' ..r.c,nt believe that IF ch'.-
70. - to be taught and trained win
o.'s aro to tho realities Of life and e"'
. .. ~ .5e accessible world IS 'ns
,.ta-.,ory ., to he used for that pur-
pose
Flezner Describes Plan
b-sb,m Flexncr, secretary oi '"e
-, rd,cstion Board, who was
...~i,, rcsponsible for the cstao-
r..,,,, ef the new school, described
-...,.el curriculum at the Offices
l,t. bosr4 6l Broadway, yesterday
,ss. from reading. writing spelling
.-3 .ir,pre fcuring. the course ne
..;5 will he built out Of actual every
4,r activities in science, industry ano
..,,,- tho work in science being the
,.,.,sl and dominating feature.
Grammar To Be Dropped
srto curriculum will include nothing
t,r which an Affirmative case cannot
row he made ont "Ihe continued. I'VE
,b,u drop the study Of formal gram
mar FOR such evidence as We possess
noir., 70 the fuulity Of formal gram
mar as an aid TO correct speaking ana
writing.
"Thc modern school VIII not ~
trourb -be form Of teaching children
l......... rscts lust because pre-
1's'ess ,.l5., bo,.o
vous generations OF Ch''Oi .'
learned and forgotten them Nor Will
g.. ...oh obecleto and uncongenIal
...d;,ion has
CLASSICS -''pi! p'0"N'0
made thi, sort or acquaintance KIM
NJ Good farm
Latin ana "teeh W
u.4i~ ..d c,ooy ,,-iu no left out
lace
nol because thc'r lleratureS are '''
wonderful than thcv are rcputcd TO be.
I'm, b....... .L-f~ ,,osort poeitiou i'm
,...... II
me curriculum rests upon llau'''o' anu
assumption. Nothing is more wasteiu!
Of time. or. i'm the long run. more dam
sci,o ,o ,ood ,.s4. than unwilling or
.l.. 80.
P'''N0''e "''e"''0h '' """' '''''''
tradition stamps as meritOrlous or re-
fpsctablo in literature. nothing more
s,.:... ,,.-... 4. I'LL,
'u'e Una" 'ne N"Ne-Oei'eNe DS WHY"
children are forced to worship as
80. t', OF sla4aarus hoaa,so Tnae ~ Nv,
ID chosen or ill adjusted
"A realistic treatment Of literature
VII iaSe mold OF the chlld normal m
tItsl ln romance adventure; 'act or
Ia nov ana ehoeaNor 70 ucNelop ,uVni
llio effective habits or reading. Meth
oo, %iii not be calculated to train the
"nG or TO make make-DeleVe literary
''aVl"fs.
mathematics viii be taught IN such
.olA, ln .uch amounts and al Sucn
80 as "'her SuoJectS require IeI-
80 ,eI, no" mere eise' under present Sys-
ms waste 'hIouGn Ia'lure 80 gIya'
g~,, SUuJeV.' W"eh d CeIC"I" w
80 80 OF success Us attained IT Is often
ss1. s-',e uHl"'eH gent children mechahl-
~. vaIIy ogi certain operations IN
meJoit sulpeI DF afblliary signs anu
,eyie. or tney IeSrh memoriteT r., d
bono,.,'o-' vi teoilt'fic propositions ne
most .t.i5 ol ooin performances duu
+, ,,.Ie.l'ei !.'ulei t"il 10 perform SO nluSh
lem ,.t""l "non heChahicai PROD
Tbo .SH5, SHghuy uhiamillar TURN
aud mental discinline.'