Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-18

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times as many students, but
they we're less than half edu-
Gated.
Low could II be otherwise?
The standards naturally had
TO be lowered to take In every
one.
We even got so low in few
progressive educational schools
that today there is no standard
either of scholarship or dis
cIpline except that established
by the children themselves.
Growpup educators, with APP
parently adult minds, today
openly advocate that every child
be passed regardless of his
mental capacity so he will not
personally be ashamed OF his
deficiency.
Imbeciles thus fix our stand
ard.
Nearly everywhere we have
cut our great educational ideals
10 some extent TO cater to the
lowest and the worst of Our
populace
This sort of thing cannot con-
tlnue, The people Will not stand
for IT when they see their chill
dren not being properly edu-
Gated, not being taught 10 think
in accordance with their real
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SOME-cerFeetfenS are obvious.
~ The restoration OF standards
n -clearly demanded ,--------
In colleges, this can easily he
done by abolishing the elective
system, allowing educators 10
fix the courses rather than the
students, This has been started
already in California University,
and must be followed IN the
high schools where those of suf-
flclent intelligence 10 hope TO
go TO college must he required
TO study fundamentals suffi-
GENTLY TO pass college exam
nations.
Also il must be done ia grade
schools in order 10 prepare stu
dents properly for high school.
For those capable Of learning,
our course then is clear. Scholar
ship can be restored in this way
alone.
This way also will furnish the
beginning of restoration of dis
Cipline.
Then we Will at least develop
sufficient leaders 10 handle our
future nation wisely in business,
politics. economics, for. from
this class of those capable Of
learning must come our leader
ship.
As for the rest. ] am not so
certain. ] prefer 10 believe that
the average child IN the United
States is in the first class. but
some educat tors tell me differ
ent.
IF WE are developing such a
i nation of mOrons so as not
to be able to teach our average
child the fundamentals of read
ing writing and arithmetic the
future OF democracy and intelli-
gent decisions by the voting
masses of the people is GER
tainly a hazardous prospect.
L do not believe these claims
can be justified except with
strained statistics. counting
heavily a large class Of back
woods illiterates and imbec1les
everywhere.
But. in any case. they must
be handled in a special way. We
must offer the utmost possible
schooling TO our least educata-
bic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
done IN separate classes or
separate schools.
What their little minds think
about such classification is not
half as important to this nation
as the maintenance of scholar
ship for those able TO learn.
This country cannot be Sacri-
feed TO its mental deficients.
Another step absolutely es-
Sential is the restoration of the
right of punishment 10 the
teachers or principals Of all
schools.
Our youth must he required
10 study and 10 accept a social
line Of discipline and conduct
established by the majority.
Vandalism, hoodlumism, and
sloth must he put down by
whatever punishment is re-
CURED
The standard for punishment
should he that II must be
effective.
Parent teacher associations
must insist upon this.
School boards must choose
high types of men as principals.
men capable of disciplinary
leadership IN accordance with
modern psychiatric understand
ings. Above all chase the crack
pots out