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English School Teachers Have A Hard Time In The Social Swim

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Day
28
Month
November
Year
1894
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Public Domain
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J. J. Find'lay, of Oxford, England, wtoo has been seat to th:s country by a coinmission of that institution to investig-ate the school system of this country, gave a very interest ing lecture in the lecture room of 'Pappan hall on AVednesday last, that was d'istened to by a large number of the studente and of the iaeulty. H!s subject was the Englcsh school system. Folio wing are some of the ■interesting facts that he brought out. The educatóonal system in England is practically that of 500 years ago. It ás anclent. It is traditional ; they teach as they always have. It is aristocratie ; the wealthy only are taught. It is ecclesiastic ; the ers are usually clergymen. THe educatkwi of women was not even considered until over thirty years ago. The Engjiah govonuneat assuuies no responsibility in education beyond the rudiment. EngMshmen, aecording to thedr own statements get aiong very well without education. Their crtiticisin of America.ns is thi-i : "They display too great zeal ; tliey make too much of education." TÜie attention of the Eng-iish has been drawn to a consideration of the subject of education because of the vast number of iUiterate poor, who aJso pro-ved to be criminal and a burden to the Btate. The principie of the Eaglteh public school is tliis : "Gh-e tlie elements of an education only, as a charity orasa safeguard ag-ainst vtee." The prlmary schools anly are free. The secondary schools consist mainly of the grammar scJiools, which are ecclesiastic. The educa tlonol problem in England today is : "Are we to have higher education ? Is it the business of the state to próvido it ?" Tlie usual answer is no. The reasons for tliis are as follows. Tlïe 35ngUshman is too independent. He says that educatiion is obviously only the business of the individual. It is urged that it I te a heretical and dangerous piece of eocfeüism. It would increase taxes too much. It would affect vested interests for what would becme of the thousands of educators who are now making tlieir living in that way ?' The Eaigüslunan does not believe that education is a great moral forcé. In spite of all tlife a revival of educatóon is now taking place In Kugl'ind. A la-w was passed in 1881 w&dch estabTtehed elementary schools staUCiar to our first se ven grades. The law is cvaded to some extent About thirty ischools hare been estab'ished that gire their pupila f our years more of study. in general tJiere has recently been au increase in the interest concorning the public schools. The teachers of Englaad occupy a bigher or lower social position accoi-dine as they are lm more or Jess adranced work. A teacher in a lower or primary school is not only inferior, but the opinión is that Iip üe ought not to rose. He is given no opportuni-ty. England established teehnlcal classes in her public schools, because she was being surpassed In commerce and trade by European and especially Germán ïnercfcants. The 'schools were mot, however, so successful as tnose of Germany. The cause of lis, as stated by Mr. Findlay, after an investigation, is that secondary schools must come before technica education. In Eng-land they tried to make tedmtoal education take the P'.ace of secondary education. Mr. Findlay then dw&lt upon the, connection betweea the universities and the secondary schools. The unirersity eends its examinations to the secondary echoo!. An effort has recently been made by Oxford to put iteeJf in touch with tho secondary and pramary schools, to form a course that would establish some UKty of eystem, and would put all the teachers upon a level as educators. The teachers' gnild recently formed, cnohides teachers of all ranks. A poyal comm&slon has beca appolnted to look uto the matter of I eecondary echools but Eiland te not pn.pared as yet for pubMe schools in the American sense of the word.

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