The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-25

II years upward 10 81, although the
average institution has finished of
its pupils At IS
Tho public schnols are the rcaI
criterion or social standing E'on
and Harrow are examples. These
are for blue boodod" folk The
training is stmllat 10 that given ln
scores OF American academies OF
prep" schools
BY dlNkcut study 9bakcys son
might win u scholarship ln a seuun-
dairy .schoo! chuu.us htm 10 enter.
fees paid, some public scho0. a. the
age ~ l6 Bat cases whero.n a
poor mans son wins his way from a
board school TO the public school arc
rare 1t is not the common thing.
Inferior Education for Poor.
Thus, the poor children get only
an inferior education IS tutoring
which the fathers in the middle and
upper classes froWn upon AS being
too degrading for their children.
The middle class children Gcls as
good schooling as their parents can
pay Tor II there is a large family
and the income ,u limited. cdurt-
tonal advantages likewise arc Hm!l-
ed To "wc,i-hc,lct' families good
opportunities though being every
thing hut dcWu,iAuc. are available
for their children They can choose
schools and tutors for their chill
dren Just AK they sCic.t furniture,
to-cduodtOn stops hy lhc time
boys and Ftrla are nine, no matter
to which c'ass'thcy belong There
IN no mixing up uf the population
sons of bankers, har0ns. bakers, me-
chinics or Just plain laborcgs in th"
same school From carly life the
boys and girls soon Automatically
IAN into inches. as a gcuc!aI ruIr.
provided through the s.nun.s. whIDn %
In their turn are provided by me
station, social and financial the
family has been accustomed to.
Thus community docs not rcgu-
late ils schools or have iust as good
facilities as II may desire. Neither
ls there chance for tho poor man s.
son to have what the son Uf the man
who In better Off I'm worlds goods
can afford to provide In the cducd-
t!onal line.
Private Schools Mako Profit
The private schools are operated
on basis Of profit--not education
OF the youth because he should he
Instructed. II q a business pIoI'at
tion. pure and simple. for those con
ducting tho private schools II a
parent does not Ike the progress his
son or daughter is making .u "a ''r-
tain school ne simply picks oHi AN
other The same holds good Of the
public" s. hools The latter man.
tain. In many cases, rIg,d social
qualification basis for entrance. At
Eton or Harrow II Will cost father
$1,000 4 year for his son, and ne
won't receive any better instruction
than is available free to Az, at the
high school at wabash, Ind
In going about English towns ana
cities one r. struck by the absence
OF large. well located. Adequately
equipped common schools or high
schools The board schoo!S Cenel-
ally are located In ConErslod areas,
and very often are not much larger
than cottagc-hke houses which sur
round them. Private schools very
often are conducted In largo resi-
denccs which have been converted
One provision enforced by rrHeH-
cally all secondary schools r. iha'
every master Geachcr) must have
ba chclor's degree.
People with money start sending
their children to boarding on Z
schools a. the age of seven. visiting
Their children twice monthly.