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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY, 15th. 1919
LITERATURE IN THE SCHOOLS
"Why we t< at h literature in our schools" was the subject of a recent
a klnss by Janu s Fleming Hosic. of the t'hicago Normal t’ollege, Chicago
before the Inland Empire Association of Teachers, in which Professor Hosic
voiced the following views regarding the apparent failure of our efforts to
develop a taste for classical literature among our rising generations.
"There has been some misgiving of late as to whether the enthusiasm
displayed in the early 80’s with regard to (he introduction of the English
classics into the public schools has been justified by the outcome. The
theory was that children should read masterpieces of verses and prose and
form a taste for reading of the highest quality. The theory worked very
well so long as it was .applied only to a small selected group, who would have
become readers whether they went to school or not. When it came to the
- the people, the results were, to say the least not up to expecta
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"One reason for disappointment is that teachers have taken the idea of
taste in a narrow sense. Brought up in college upon the idea that enjoy
ment of literature means the enjoyment of literary technique they have pro
ceeded into the grammar grades and the high school with this notion anil
have sought to have immature students revel in the skill displayed by poets
and prose, writers, in discovering The influvmc .»f the writers of one age upon
those of the next. The teachers who sought to have tenth-grade girls discov
er the so-called romantic elements in the first stanza of Gray’s "Elegy” were
given an example of this unfortunate scholar’s labors lost.
"There could not be a better time than the present for revising our
conception of the place of literature in the school. We would do well to
hark back to the remarks of one of the founders of the movement, namely.
Horace E. Scuddor. who declared in one of his addresses that the function of
literature is to quicken the spirit and to cause to circulate throughout the
h-ngth and breadth of America those ideas and ideals which make uq
what we an- as a people. In other words literature is in our schools not
because of the way ideas are expressed, but because of the value of the
ideas themselves. The form is effective in commending the ideas to accept
ance. This is enough. There is no need to insist that the form be appre
ciated for its own sake.
"First of all, then, the schools should seek to develop a habit of
thoughtful and enjoyable reading bv having that sort. It is simply win now
and arrange collections of the best writings to express to our growing young
people those interests which we wish particularly to cultivate. These are
among others, an interest in American landscape, an interest in our past, an
interest in our political and social life and ideals, and an interest In that in
ner lifi of the spirit whieli we associate wiM' morals and religion. Such a
view will give us a new prospective and judgement of relative values, and
will cause a very important shift of emphasis, both in the elementary schools
and in the high schools. In the former, reading is too largely a matter
of merely pronouncing words, while in the latter it is something highly tech
nical and esoteric and tends to make pupils verbally learned but not better
acquainted with life or more fond of great books.”
YOU’VE MET ’EM
"During these turbulent times it’s amazing how many people there
are who are sure they could run the nation better than, those who are now
performing the task," remarked Senator Lodge of Massachusetts. "Some
times one advances a really good idee, but for the most part they are very
much like the two brothers who were entertained one evening at the house of
a rich friend."
"For a while everything went well until the host thoughtlessly asked,
"Do you 1'iko Omar Khayyam?”
For a minute all was quiet, but at length the elder brother replied:
“ Pretty well, but I prefer chinnti”.
Nothing more was said until the brothers were on the way home,
v hen the younger remarked:
“Gee, Bill, what makes you but! in on something you don’t know any
thing about? Omar Khayyam ain’t a wine, you boob, it’s a cheese!”
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licensed, and no person may have in l.is possession more than an ounce of it
lor more than ninety days from October -. 1918. Those possessing platinum,
may however, sell it to authorized purchasers.
Platinum is now much more valuable than gold and even more desir
: bio from the point of view of the government. The ruling is, of course,
due to the war, Wu.\ owing to the seaorf-thfe motif, if fa doubtful if the in
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