The New York herald., 1922-01-08


along with the tremendous educational
plants in the cities. The seat for every
child" slogan would be relic. The new
battle cry might be: "a bottle OF pills for
every citizen"
The various local governments would find
as many useless buildings on their hands
as the brewers had when the half of l per
cent bill passed through Congress. The
Government would have a taste of its own
medicine. It might find it difficult to step
out on an open real estate market and get
rid of some tens Of thousands of buildings
that had nothing to ensnare purchasers but
good light, heat and plenty. Of blackboards
Teachers in Gland Age
Must Adopt a New Calling
The real blow would fall on the teaching
profession. Every board of education would
give way to a board OF health; all
faculties would give way to medical
boards; elementary teachers would hnd
their places taken by young internes;
tutors and gover1lesses would resign in favur
of white capped nurses. 1t would be topsy
turvey exchange for while, but ultimately
every one would accustum his life to the
new order and no one would complain.
And we for one can't see why the teach
ers should resent the change. 1t would all
be for their own good. Down through his
tory reacnerS nave Deen uDQerpald, u1lder-
rewarded. Yet year after year the normal
schools and colleges have gone on turning
out teachers and more teachers who have
gone into the profession solely because e
presented the least wall of resistance With
the doors to the teaching profession closed
and hermetically sealed, why shouldn't they
give three cheers and jump ioyfully out to
meet a career that gives man and woman
an equal chance to make regular living
FrI. .INI
do with the children. The average child
spends between ten and fifteen years of his
youth getting his education. Some way
would have to~-be found of occupying the
chlds time. He couldn't be left just to
grow up with nothing on his schedule othel
than an occasional dose Of desiccated tablets
Besides. most parents bank definitely on the
school hours to relieve them temporarily
of the duties of parenthood
Useless as IL is to cross bridges before
we get TO them. it seems entirely safe to
assume that substituting some other form
Of diversion for the school periods would
be easy matter. Instead Of the hap
hazard play of youth, organized sport might
be instituted. Why shouldn't youngsters be
professionally trained marble shooters
What's the matter with a little expert ad-
vice now and then on mumbletypeg? There
would be an opportunity to start every boy
at golf at the age of and keep him at it
daily until he could shoot any course in the
country in ~ or under.
The little girls would have to have some
diversion, too II the doctors couldn't fnd
any animal gland that would give or q
course in domestic science, il might be
profitable to start girls at the cook stove
when they normally would be cutting out
colored papers in the kindergarten. Then
when they advanced beyond the kitchen
stage, there could be professional advice on
the rearing of dolls, dolls dressmaking and
associate trades. And it wouldn't be a bad
idea to make the golf lessons compulsory for
the girls as well.
The fortunate aspect of the present move
ment to put our educational system on Il
medical basis Is that II is in the hands OF the
Government. II the idea had been cornered
by a private individual and rushed through
the patent office. the result might have been
calamitous. Our educational system could
have stood almost any shock other thar
having ii turned over into the hands OF on
unscrupulous patent medicine concern. II
would have robbed the nation Of the asi
vestige Of democracy it could boast.
Doubtless the first move of n private con
Germ controlling the rights TO the world
gland product would be to boost the prices
or all higher education tablets. While -
might be necessary during the first few
years 10 mark the price down below the cost
OF college education, once the colleges
were forced out Of business, back the prices
would go. We would still have our litter
ates and our ditch diggers. The innovation
OF the desccated tablet would count for
nothing as far as the general welfare Of the
world was concerned.
In business with the possibilities OF this
naturally there would be series OF quack
doctors, Offering something just as good
There would be limitations, patent thefts and
plain misrepresentation. No one firm could
expect to go ahead and educate the world
without opposition or rivalry. There would
bc foreign competition as we'll as domestic
infrinrements