Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-02

and Frank Aydelotte. president of
Swarthmors College. were other
speakers at the afternoon session OF
the convention.
The educators motored 10 the du
Pont estate in about ono hundred
automobiles provided by various clti-
zens OF tho city.
Entrance Qualifications.
CharleA Huntington Smith Of the
Morristown School Morristown, n. j.,
does not believe that the present time
is ripe 10 make any change In the en-
trance qualifications for Latin stu
dents. Professor Smith presented the
only paper offered In the section de-
voted to tho consideration OF problems
by the classical nssocint tion - the At
lantic States this morning. Mr.. Smiths
paper went into many dctnils OF his
subject which was as\"I;xpcriencc with
lntin Classes." He said in part: MY
experience with Latin classes have led
me to think that ~ was free TO do
40 without limitations imposed by col
leRe entrance requirements. college
State courses OF study &c, I would
make no change In the kind of ma
terial read I'm my present Latin course
MY experiences have led me to he.
lieve that Latin as II may be taught
under present limitations is about IN.
most interesting and practical subIec
taught In the schools.
Long ago'I stopped trying 20 be
lieve that IL pays to study Latir
merely for the sake of It's literature
IL seems to me the widest folly 10
the average boy or girl 90 spend fou
years studying Latin ipst for the sek
Of the immediate content OF n M,l
dozen books OF the Aenid. as man,
orations OF Cicero, and four books q
Caesar, when the full value OF tn
content could he mastered easily 4,
four months.
mo mere academic pronouncement
will make you. choose Latin for tn
sake OF Latin, Most OF them take
, merely for college entrance and the
leave n at the fitting school as gladl
as tho cripples leave their crutche
at the church OF st. Anne du Beau
pre-.
, tendency today In 10 let the chill
choose for himself. Otherwise we hin
/ der the free development 81 his bud
, ding powers. The wisdom Of the axe
, may have decreed that milk il IN
proper food for babies. hut n the
prefer lollypops. what are we tina; W
, should dare to deny 10 immortal SOU
, the right Of self-expresslon and self
determination?
MANY of our young people choos
this or that subject solely because
is easy. II IL one of these modern ter
dencies and I try TO combat g."
Teh Elective system.
The Elective System and the Sc
enco Curriculum I'm the Secondar
4, school," was discussed by Henry
Snyder. head of the science depar
I. ment, Wilmington High School. IN
morning. Professor Snyder sal,
Does or will science hold her ov
u under the best regulated and prop
]. Counseied elective system? | am su
. thar this system will meet the speci
. needs of all children In our his
!. schools as well IA any system ev
l. put into our large high schools. / n
i aware that the elective system is
dangerous system unless II is supe
/, vised by well equipped counselor
- Give science teachers a salary no tn
:, they viii he able 20 equip themselv
for this most responsible task. Sclen
= IL as Important as English or math
matics. IL therefore deserves W
e equipped teachers TO properly impa
IS II 10 the students. I do not think IN
r, we ~cience teachers should be pref
x diced against English and mathema
J. les. since these two subjects on
al make II possible 20 properly and ~
cessfully teach our special scienc'
n The expression that all knowledge
10 co-relative is very true when y
= teach physics and chemistry. Studer
i taught by the very best mathemati
teachers are weak in the applicati
Of mathematics To science. Why blaf
mathematics teachers. when We KIN,
/" that the application OF any knowled
= in a new relation II difiicult? Here
a place where the greatest patien
l. and thought on the part of ins;rJ
lie tors IL necessary 40 that the stude
OF gets over this difficulty with a SIN
and not discouragement nor a disll
OF for the subject but a wholesouled {
y. sire for more science. Oh, how ea