Evening journal., 1920-01-29
IMPORTANCE OF
GOOD TRAINING
DR.. E. F. Buchner Tells
Tower Hill Faculty of Up
per Form" Requirements
SEES PROGRESS ONLY
IN COMPETITION

The Upper Form Pupil" an address
delivered last nlght by Or. Edward r..
Buchner, OF Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore. at The New Century Club to
The members OF the Tower Hill school
faculiy and their guests was a talk
earnestly given. and crowded win ideas
Ga hcrcd from a long career as teach-
er Of teachers. Dr. Buchner is Profes-
sor Of Education at the university, d.
rector Of the college courses for leach
crs. and also director of the summer
session at Hopkins That the school
committee on speakers had mad an eX-
celleni choice for last night was not
doubted after Dr. Buchner had spoken
few minutes
Lammot dupont. vice president Of the
Board Of Trustees OF TIE school was
10 have presided at the meeting nut
was prevented by illness. HIS place
was taken by Professor John ID. skill
ton. head master Of the school
Dr. Buchner said In part;
"Only through competition can we
hope 10 make real genuine progress
This. of course Is true In ine schooi,
as well as IN the outside world. ieel
that Wilmington Is very fortunate IN
having a group Of citizens with the
nuhllo welfar, so much at heart
Your chairman has asked me 10
sneak Of The upper school. We can pest
appreciate lhe upper school problem
bv puiiine ourselves in the place OF the
upper form pupil.
"The upper form pupil L. 70 80 on 10
college or technical school. Therefore
he school which teaches nothing be
yond itself. cannot be regarded as d
real school.
"In f6i2 a successful examination IN
ptolemy and Greek would secure ad-
mission 10 Harvard College. Now q
whole array OF bars, hurdles-whai
shall 7 call them. are place d IN Inc
nath u the pupil before he enters col
lege.
EVEN during the last decade. there
have been made many changes IN the
college cntranco requirements. Dr. Par
ION representative ~ the American SUI
dents FOR the Rhodes scholarships has
had an opportunity for years 10 9p,'l' 7
the responses 20 Rhode, ~cholar.Iill y
4 requirements. Or. Parlon says. ll,
/ real difficulty IN The American system o.
education Is not so much In college u
lies further back In the secondary
Dr Buchner then objected 20 The
Rhodes system OF examination as me
"Those who will be The social an'
industrial leaders" continued h'
speaker. "are not those who have
continual food OF informltion 'oi
tap
Again, a fcw figures may prove sig
nincanf In the school year is3j-iea
there were $50 college students 10 tn'
United states TO every thousand puplh
in secondary schools. In The COLLEGES
decade later. namely In i903-i9oi
there were POI students to 1000 IN sec
ondarv schools. In i9i3-i9ii there were
but i72 students In COLLEGES 10 1000 10
secondary schools
Therefore. there is no nation Ike
! the United states 10 give its boys ana
/ girls a secondary education.
Education is essentially democratic
principle. Democracy needs leadership
and intelllgence, an intelligence which
will comprehend the new problems
which will arise. We give our children
secondary education as no other ma
/ ton ever did.
In the past, secondary school educ,a-
iion has been too submissive 10 inc
colleges. The secondary schools are
more independent Of the colleges every
dsy. 10 may be that some day you VII
have college attached 20 Tower Hill
/ school. Higher education, when is
3 falling. is only too glad 20 establish al
liances with good secondary schools.
( Or. Buchner then talked for a wlil'
an The physical growth and It's signif-
cance. IN the pupil Of secondary schoo
age. As a rule" he said. "t1e talier u''
child. the brighter Che child.
You can't expect good social anl
mental results without a good physi'
j due. The FIRST thing 70 find out d
| whether or not the pupil is growing
properly ,,-
"The tendency today Is FOR The public
\ the pupils, the teacher and the admin
i is,rator 20 pull In four different direc
tlons. am happy 10 see that Towel