Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-03-14

L tHluk tne department mlSnt very
properly request Congress to make
larger appropriations for the bureau
| of education.
at seems to me that the Senate,
having cut the connection higher up,
educators might render a valuable
service by standing in the way OF con-
nections being formed between the
| foundations and school authorities
lower down. firmly believe this
will be done.''
President Crabtree is entirely
| right. Governmental connections
| with these foundations ought to be
severed all along the line.
In the universities Of a number of
Southern States there are engaged
men, who are called professors Of
secondary education" and who are
paid by the Rockefeller board. AS
understand, these professors do not
teach, but in some way they classify,
'standardize," and corral the high
| schools Of the Commonwealths in
which they are engaged. If such Of
ticers are needed in the Institutions
| of these States, they ought to be
paid by the State governments and
! entirely separated from these boards.
| If the general government sees dan
ger in having the agents of these
boards connected with its operations,
| the State governments may, with far
greater reason, fear any such connec-
ton with State institutions.
In the course OF the debate in the
Senate on February 8, Senator Cham
berlain put in the Record a vigorous
editorial from the New York Times.
Under the caption, "RADICAL AND
DANGEROUS" The Times said:
"The General Education Board an
nounces that it will give it's support
to an experiment in the education OF
youth in this country, which, If sue
cessful, will mean practically the
complete modernization Of elemen-
tary and secondary schools. The
Teachers College OF Columbia Uni
versity is to be made the experiment
station for carrying out the plan. 1t
is an undertaking to which educa-
tors, universities, colleges, and all
who are interested in the training of
youth should at once give their most
serious attention, because, in the
first place, the thores which the ex-
perimenters hope to apply to the ed
ucational sypstem of the country are
radical and subversive of a very great
part Of what we hold to be sound and
worthy in our present system of
training, and for a second reason, be-
cause there is marshaled in support
of this experiment and these theories
the incalculable force Of the $685.
100000 controlled by the General
Education Board. The experiment
will be carried through, said men,
ber of the board, whatever it costs
Therein, we think, lies a visible peril
to the educational interests of the
country"
The editor OF the New York Times
is right. This proposal is both radi-
cal and dangerous, and the wider and
ulterior purpose which is obviously
back OF it is still more perilous.
The editorial Of the Times closed
with the following paragraphs which
every one who is patrotically con-
cerned for education in our country
will consider most seriously:
There Is a vast compelling force
in $35,000,0 900. Without exception
colleges need money. If a college
makes bold to bind to those charged
with the disbursement of the general
boards funds that 1t could make
good use of, say, 100000, conceiv-
ably the board might reply that If
the college would consent to make
some changes in its curriculum, it
would discontinue certain effete
branches and show greater kindness
for the theories Of the modern
school, the matter might be consid-
cred. Faculties might resist, but
trustees, possibly. would be inclined
to yield. At any rate, the danger is
actual, present; it seems to us to be
very great.
| where does the General Educa-
tion Board get its authority to i'm
pose its views as to courses Of study
upon the teaching body Of primary,
secondary, or higher educational in
stitutions? Where Is its authority to
enter upon experiments which, If
successful, will mean practically the
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