The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-02-17
LOOKING AHEAD in EDUCA-
TION

ture undoubtedly. will strive
for much the same detectives
as at it's best it seeks today.
1t will continue it's efforts to
equip children for useful and
happy living. 1t will endeayor
to teach children to read intel
ligently, compute accurately,
write legibly, and spell correct
ly. There probably will be
little significant change in the
subjects offered, but there will
be continued experimentation
and Improvement in the tech
mic of teaching, in the correla-
Ition of interests, and in the
methods of evaluating results.
There will be a continued and
increased emphasis on the de-
velopment of desirable atti-
tudes of mind, capacities, hab-
it's, and ideals. The school
will continue to be the chief
agency for the Americaniza-
ton of the foreign-born. 1t
Twill be, as in the past, the ma
TONS most potent influence in
the development of punctuali-
| ty, cleanliness, courtesy, and
obedience.
! Education in the future will
bear a very direct relation to
the education of today. Real
progress will not be made by
rejecting too readily the accu-
mulated experience of the past.
New theories of education will
be tried and generally adopted
only as experience proves their
genuine worth. / do not be-
lieve we are going TO throw
away the textbooks, destroy
the desks, burn up the courses
of study, or embark upon any
such educational harakiri as
sometimes has been predicted
in the name of progress. Or
CARNATIONS and system will be
just as necessary in the future
administration of public edu-
cation as they are in the pres
ent successful management of
any other enterprise. | do not
look for the general adoption
of an educational theory which
lpresumes that every child will
study only those things to
which he is temporarily at
Etracted. / do not expect to see
general approval of an educa-
tional theory which fails to
teach a child the distinction be-
tween work and play or which
endeavors to inculcate the
principles of worthy citizen
ship and sound character by al
lowing pupils to do just as they
please. | hope that education
in the future will pay less at
tention to the preparation for
examinations and give greater
emphasis to teaching children
how to study. | hope to see
less subservience in our Sec
ondary-school procedures to
college entrance requirements,
and greater attention to indi-
vidual tastes and aptitudes. I
believe there will be continued
an enlarged attention to the
subnormal, defective, stammer-
ing, anemic, truant and delin-
quent, and l sincerely hope
that there will be much
greater concern than we have
at present for the normal and
the supernormal. There prob
ably will be continued and i'm
| proved service for the safe
Iguarding of health, continued
and increased attention to the
needs of individual pupils, en-
larged and much more intelli-
gent attention to the teaching
of citizenship, reaffirmation of
Jour fundamental obligation to
develop character, with special
Iemphasis on the inculcation of
! habits of honesty, thrift, in
dustry, and fidelity in the dis
! charge of responsibility. l
| hope for the development of a
better understanding of the
1 theory of representative gov
| eminent and of the obligations
Of each individual citizen tow
lrd its maintenance. Better
preparation for leisure time
lnquestionably will receive in
creased attention.