The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-05
HARVARD PROF.
SLAMS SYSTEM
OF EDUCATION
Classic Learning Ridi-
cuied at Education
al Assn Meet.

| Des Moines, Iowa, July g.
Classic education was ridiculed by
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart
ward university in his address here
last night at the National Education
associations convention.
Too Much Latin. Greek.
Professor Hart contended that
| the institutions of higher education
are putting too much emphasis on
Latin and Greek and not enough on
the industrial problems which the
student will have TO face after
| leaving school
Seventeen separate meetings of
department and allied organizations
of the Education association were
held today. These meetings began
at 10 o'clock and continued
pageant will be held this afternoon.
Educators from all sections OF
the country this afternoon will take
part in a symposium The Ameri-
can program in education as it is
related to the work of the normal
| schools and teacher training in
stitutioDs.
Professor Hart said the Greeks
themselves did not study ancient
languages, and yet they were in
telligent people
Foreigners Must Learn English.
He criticized the American melt
ing pot" for its failure to assimi-
late the older citizens. He declared
that all foreign language charac.
teristic5 should be abolished and
that foreigners should be admitted
to the United States only on the
condition that they agree to learI
the English language within three
years. He favored deporting al
who failed to learn the language in
the required time.
Professor Hart listed among the
common delusions the opinion that
| the South American countries are
| pleased with the Monroe doctrine
| that peace can be obtained merely
by wishing for it; that all nations
are equal, and that a large army
| is likely to cause war.
FaEors Military Training.
II am in favor of military train
ing" he said. "The United States
should call to the colors a number
Of men each year, sufficient to
make a trained army of 500, 900 in
10 years. L think that six months
training is sufficient If the Unit
ed States can enter some kind of
an association of nations it will not
be necessary to have SO large an
army. l am violently opposed to
the doctrine of isolation"
Delegates to the convention from
practically every state today an
nounced the name of their repre-
sentative on the committee on nom
nations and resolutions.
Three women are known to be
candidates for the presidency. They
are Miss Charl Williams, Memphis,
Tenn; Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart
of Frankfort, KY, and Miss Olive
NJ Jones, New York city.
The nominating committee is ex-
pected to make it's report tomOr-
row morning and the committee
will elect officers on Friday
morning
Teachers Underpaid.
The United States spends more
annually on tobacco than it does
on teachers salaries, the delegates
were told today by D. B. Waldo,
president of the State Normal
school at Kalamazoo, Mich, chair
man of the committee on salaries.
There are 100000 school teach
ers in the United States he point
ed out "Of these, 140 900 have the
equivalent of high school education
and two years professional train
ing. The remaining 100000 have
less training than this" The ma
jority of under-trained teachers is
due, he said TO small salaries.