South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-15


dirar.y coa,ef,d ,h4, bul..r- .,.i.
equipment must be up TO the high
est standard. The school board has
been giving preference TO teachers
with degrees as far as their finances
would allow. II is up 20 the citizens
TO show their approval of these me-
thOds 10 obtain the best possible
teaching force. The recent c5ntro-
versy over the site for the new build
ing and the state law along this line
have emphasized the importance Of
suitable surroundings.
1t is important that the people
have a clear vision Of the goal 10 be
reached In eduoation and OF the best
means Of reaching II. II needed a
calamity. in the death Of Mr. Joe
Taylor and the seven boys with him
10 arouse the public 20 a realization
Of the need 10 support the Boy Scout
movement VIII fl be necessary TO
have a calamity to awaken the peo-
pie 20 the importance Of raising the
standards and supporting the high
school?
Part Time school Needed
Employers particularly. and the
public generally. should emphasize
"a the students that knowledge must
be broad TO At one for a career OF
usefulness and happiness. A student
must have a background Of general
knowledge before he can begin 10 do
intelligent work requiring ind 'vidual
thought. After leaving school at least
five years Of actual practice are need
ed before a person can do his work
well in any line OF endeavor.
1T has been said that a mans
judgment is no better than his In
formation. and surely the degree and
breadth Of his education. no matter
how 10 is acquired, determine the eX-
tent OF his progress
The part time system, which has
been used in a small way by some
employers here and extensively else
where. is a solution for the emp 10y
er's problem and that of the student
who wishes TO remain in schco, but
who needs financial aid. BY this,
plan a student may work for a given
short time and then attend school
for a similar time. alternating with
another student.
Z THE part time student acquires
the practical with the theoretical and
sees the application of both To his
own efforts to advance Experience
shows that these students have great
er vision and application of educa-
/ ton. This plan should be more fully
q = \ rro H,,4 - t.
essary to have better cooperation
between employers and the school
administration before this can be
done Facilities should be provided
for following this out in the new
building
The Mishawaka high school Is i'm
proving every year but II is NJ 20
the community TO determine the
standard which the school shall
reach The public school, like the
government. will never be very mach
better than the people demand. II
will only be by real help from the
people of Mishawaka that the high
school will be raised TO place where
II will best work for the good Of the
community, and where all Loyal cit
liens OF Mishawaka would Ike to.
see IT,"
Z In discussing the higher val'ies of
education, DR.. Gross touched OF the
obvious benefits. the lower or cheap
er values that are at once apparent.
Education Dangerously Popular
Stating that education has become
dangerously popular. the speaker ILL
lustrated with the examples OF young
men and women who are mt to
schools because it has become the
fashionable thing, Pupils must de-
fine more carefully their reasons for
desiring education" said DIR. Crosse
Parents must likewise be clearer in
their minds on the purposes for
which they are prepared 10 mako any
sacrifice"
That should be the primary pur-
pose of the schoo, TO aid the Pupil
in this de1nitive choice. DR.. Crosse
stated emphatically. The first great
value OF the school he asserted. us
its importance in enabling the stu
dent TO find himself. 10 discover his
apitudes. his abilities and his short
coming I'm order that he may guard
against the tragic blunder OF mis-
Judgment. There is no more calami-
tous thing than the misdirectlon OF
the energies. and the consecqe"t !oss|
OF years of effort in the pursuit of a
vocation for which one is totally un-
fitted.
1T is the friction of the trained
mind of the instructor OF the -un-
trained mind OF the student which
serves to bring the latter TO a CON-
plete realization of the particular
field for which he is fitted, thereby
saving years Of time"
Another of the higher values of
education. as interpreted by Or.
Grose. is the placing in the hands
OF the student the keen edged tools
My which he may become ecOnom-
icauy independent. "A social and a
commercial factor in the world
The state owes il to every one OF
its citizens" said he. ito prepare
/ him to take care of himself and his
natural dependents. There are al
ready too many dependent on public
/ support in pubic institutions OF re-
/ form and protection. many of whom
are IN those institutions simply
/ through want OF adequate training
No man has the right 10 live of the
. community unless he is peculiarly
( handicapped through heredity and
misfortuaes over which he has no
control"
one OF the most serious handicaps
in the way Of education today. ac-
cOrding 10 DR.. Grose. is the idea
which prevails widely that education
is 20 be resorted 10 as a means Of
esCaning manual labor. "Ynn can't