Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
PHOENIX OFFERS UNEXCEL[ED
EDUCATIONAL ADvANT ACES IN
EVERY BRANCH Of SCHOOLING

more leisure to devote to the pursuit
of learning. Not only in this is the /
growing child well-cared for but the
adult who has had to pass up some |
cherished ambition in youth, can, in
more mature years, take up the study /
and have the satisfaction of succeed
ing.
The grade schools offer every
chance to bring out. in the youth, |
any latent talent or budding genius. |
Nothing is omitted in these schools
to give the undeveloped boy and girl
and opportunity to choose from the |
occupations of life that which is most |
interesting and most suited to his
needs. This choice is watched and
fostered by the teachers, and by the
time high school is reached the stud
ent has a half formed idea, at least,
of what he wants to do in life.
Excellent Higher Education
In high school this particular thing
is taken up more carefully. The
student is studied by specially trained
teachers, faults of habit are cor
| rected and, if possible, eradicated,
and technique is taught in all it's in
teresting branches. Four years of
this sort Of coaching. and the pupil
is then ready for college-or, If he has
chosen agricultural or domestic sub
jects and financial difficulties pre-
vent this, he is ready to take his
place in life with a greater assurance
Of success.
The Junior college offers the next
best attraction to the serious minded
who realize the increasing advantage
of education. Here two years of typi-
cal college work is given, along many
and various lines, and when the stud
ent has completed this training he
begins to believe that he doesn't know
SO much, after all, and that perhaps
he might be able to scheme out some
way to go to college. and still pay
his own expenses. This is the very
spirit Of education, and that for which
every teacher strives, from tie first
! grade up. When this desire has been
formed, knowledge is no longer an ac-
cessory Of life to the ambitious stud
EMIT has become a necessity.
Night Glasses Popular
The high school night classes offer
| opportunities to those who work dur
ing the day,-those who, before the
advent Of the night school were forced
either to dig it out for themselves or
to go untaught. Here the three RS
hold an important place. along with
domestic science, manual arts, draw
ing and languages. The French and
Spanish classes are especially popu-
lar, offering as they do chance to
acquire the speaking and reading
knowledge Of another tongue at a
minimum cost. The value of this
school cannot be reckoned in mere
dollars and cents, nor yet in the
amount Of knowledge acquired. 1t is
the association with fellow beings, the
chance to converse with educated and
interested instructors, the tempta-
uons OF night-life removed which
must all be taken into consideration
when summing up the value Of
night school to a community.
Beside the public schools, which
must of necessity be the most i'm
portant in American life, there are
the parochial schools, offering spe-
cial training to students of Catholic
parents, or of those who believe their
offspring can advance quicker under
private instruction. There are two
business schools, giving all the most
up to date methods of business train
ing and turning out men and women
who are capable of taking an active
part in the business world. There are
several private instructors in lang
uages, painting and drawing, and
there arc teachers who train one in
the dramatic arts-elocution, dane
ing and stage technique. Nothing is
overlooked or omitted to round out
the education Of child and parent
alike.