Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1922-09-06
What's Wrong With Our Schools

Having asked the pertinent question: whats Wrong
publicity of the of which there more
than six thousand And these there
information r1.' '0,''
The gist of most of the that schools
doing much That they negectng the
the real humanes and giving undue attention to specializing
Here is strong protest made by Miss Caroline NJ
Searle of Rhode Island
"Edacation. up to certain age, is State affair,
spoed By the State, and compelled By the State What
then has the State right to expect? Trained mqthe-
COOKS typevriter stenograpRers? No; enphaticay no!
The State has right to demend edIcoton m ITS pabhe
the inigrant and the Herican-born safe to ve ooth
ina democracy aohch alone can be safe democracy
aOhen its citizens haze been taught to be healthy ntel
gent, laO-obiding"
The main arguments for the numerous decided innova
tons that they to t the children for the practical
duties of fe"-in word aid them in earning living but
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purchasing department of Western State. Every day
America men professedy at their best they out
against competition to land order Despite busnesske
ignorant of business essentials know we are inaccurate
inarticuate, unorigna, willing to follow cut-and-dred
know these things largely because in schooling
taught by faddists to value tre We served
in dabs and instead of acquiring efficiency we learned to
p0tte III, .;,u+o ,o,a. that ooo+o, +no,nin ,;,o
it has failed to genuine competence nevertheless has
sharpened the animal instinct of sefpreservaton the
pense of other faculties have possessed And this
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that the existence of depends upon ne
gent civic interest; upon willingness among its members to
upon sympathy, charity and benevolence this writer
tends that these qualities departing from at time
when our need of them is the greatest He continues:
"To regain the and to secure for the individual the
larger in business comvnced that should
hrow out of public schools the purely vocational
subjectsthe experimental farms, the nechancal arts,
the shorthand and typeaOrng and bookkeeping the
clutter educational systemand in their place. from
concentrate
fundamentals vtal to American life and hving.
by Fundamentals zeean: FIRST, the English LAM
take delight in the lovely things that haze been done It,
Second civa gouernment and its responsibilities. Third,
IDEAS Fourth groundwork in geography mathematics
and natural SCIENCE Fifth IF at last to carry
By the aoay that may be as easily begun IN the ioaver
grades IN the higher Sirth the structure and
the 1G Nd BODY ssvsn and most pGon
American and dates and political chickering's, but
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alike on the broad hga0ay and ON the marrow ortuous
J 1sT Sy So seoT e ag tersS 9d her
of this America but not public schools. My lesson
began IN the American Enpeditionory Force
"These fundamentals, these hunanities, should
schools Training them aoM enable Children both
immigron qnd natve-born. to vaue those things other
than bread By Dhich lives; to see life steadily and
it whole. We may then set them to learning their
craft vhout either for their future for
that of America, because their feet avU be planted on
solid foundations and their gaze directed the
a0ider spaces"
Other contributors express views similar to the above
in manner that suggests considerable amount of confirm
ato testimony Other alleged defects the present system
ers lack Of intelligent cooperation by parents lack Of
proper discipline; too pupils to teacher; over
spicuousy serious prevalence of bad spelling among the
pupils