Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31
I BY Z. USHER,

~ - EsNesf16m q NJ
Il 'tCity Supt Of Schools
The aim OF the public dry schools
Is TO give to each child from the age
E OF six to 10 years an opportunity:
10 equip himself 50 that he may
become an ehicient member Of 20.
ciety, strong and forceful in char
acter, learning how to care for his
body, how tosdeal with his fellows,
in . cooperative commonwealth,
how TO employ his leisure time and,
ihsofar as possible. to teach him
how to earn his living at some kind
of productive work. ssI
In brief, the schools should lead
the child to become master Of his
physical, social. economic, and.
spiritual self. Only as he knoWs
his own body and knows how to
care Tor 1t. only as he knows and
appreciates the world around him,
! both material and human. only as
s he bears his past in the production
Ut some kind OF economic wealth,
can he be said to be rendering eff
cient social service, such as is nee
esary to perpetuats democratic
society.
z Any conception OF education that
is at all adequate must keep con-
.stantiy in view the fact that the
child to be educated must not only
be taught how to make his living,
but also how to live. He can
j neither live nor make his living
In the true sense unless he has a
strong, healthy body to live and
work with. The physical, the cul-
turag the economic, these three
phases of the child's equipment must
be kept In mind at every stage Of
his progress through the schools.
With these kept constantly in
mind we are likely to organize and
administer q system of schools
that. will educate the whole boy and
the whole giI.
The Night School.
The aim Of the night school is
to furnish opportunity for those
who must give the larger part OF
the day time to work in their call
ings, to make up for defects of un-
. finished work in their early educa-
ton.
Ihe course IN AUGMENTATION
mas Deen STRESSED during tine war
petiou ana should continue TO &C.
cupy1n important place in the cur
ricula. Opportunity Is afforded
high school students who were un-
aeaestR Sompiete tneir course IN the
day|sehool, to secure the neces-
SOY number OF credits for grad
,i4sion.
Mith the compulsory education
laH;1n force, the evening school OF
the future Will be largely for ma
tTe men ana women who wish to
e1eno their cultural or vocational
eeleauon, ana for characterization.
Inc classes IN American'zation
snouid meet IN the DAY In the FAC
-t0fies ana shops. There, with two
. periods Of IS minutes !., each wesk. in
touch with his activities, the teach
Ing VIII Duiid up not from q mans
1Morance, out from his intelligence.
The United States government,
through the department OF labor. is
directing a nation wide educational
campaign to secure the attendance
ak1ight schools OF as many aliens
as possible, especially those who
make application for citizenship.
AZ special letter has been mailed
TO every such candidate, and an
enort madest TO secure his attend
ahce. Though We have been per-
sistent, the number of aliens in
aNendance was small. We hope
Joe q larger enrolment during the
lan term.
courses we're onered in Ameri-
cantzation, arithmetic, spelling and
peemanahip. stenography and type
wNhng, bookkeeping, sewing, cook
ing, reading Of drawings and blue
prints, mechanical drawing, archi-
teetural drawing. cabinet. work,
physical education and salesman
sfNrs
II War Work.
IL has been q most pleasing OBJ
seEvation to note the exceptional
ang ehtnusiastlc response OF the
onu puplS vi the schOOiS
tosIne demands OF the nation. The
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ansy-v WITH ,rh;oh ~ p ae.sa.n.
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nr.sssors q, ,ov.,tn wh;ch snoosa
naIied their war saryica thr,1i.
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