Show hoard in its own defense I 1 the public school system is one of the distinctive features of american life no theory is dearer to our citizens as a whole than tho the theory which un nn der derlycia licia the public school namely that it is is essential to tho the perpetuity of our institutions wit tho state should catyb huh and maintain schools i in in pili nhien fel tile tho oh ildron cf the alio poorest can obtain as pool good nn an english is impossible possible ig to the children of cf ilia richest rich 6 As aa it a matter of fuit fact tho the disel pline mul and moth oils ol of tho ilia publio public schools alier a t they lie y ate well adanga 1 makh the al a superior ipe I 1 or to most private schools and dd ln in tho smaller cities end an 1 towns oh ildr e a from roni all grades of titio ho social soei il sojo to gether on a footing of 0 equality this rhia was the tha first country to such a thi and nn 1 we ita ilava loon been no cus customer tomed on all possible poa occasions to point 0 i 1 I 1 with pride to our public solio ea 1 oli 1 vand an 1 to pity pitr other countries for being loss IOB fortonato und and less enter ing HR then oar solved la thin thia way there came toi to lio be A well veil re bootel doted conviction in tho tha mind of every american citizen that oar public school ii i perfect ns ne perfect at nuy any rate us as any human device ley ice aau be made und to question its perfection I 1 hayo have boomed to amb ponta almost us its great creat ft a heresy as u i to ilott ho inspiration odthe of iho scriptures bat tho BO calkin quincy gave a sail shook shock to this complacent state of mind and since taint liat time criticisms critic isma havo have not been low or moderate our renders readers will remain her bar mr richard grunt grant whites remedy for tho the inefficiency ot of the iho schools which WM to abolish them altogether arnow as now conducted this short anil and easy method seems to us iia to be by no means the fittest ono on 0 to bo be adopted anil and wo we are glad to see so 80 intelligent aul and capable n chain pion of the tha public schools noho ola is mr john 1 philbrick enter tho the liets agno against tai mr rf whits ahito in tho the maroli march number of 0 the tha north no man in ia this thia country knows knoos moro more about conr pall a than mr 11 hilbrick alid an 1 his big article on the success ol of the I 1 free school system 11 will be very un I 1 pleasant reading for mr white mr philbrick is ia WIBO who enough not to attempt to show that the public bohomol is ia perfect perl act he ha would bo be tho the lust last man to deny that indefinite improvement is is possible but bob lo bo demolishes tho the masa of 0 misstatements and fallacious reason tug ing of which mr whiton article mainly cloos consisted isted and allows B tho ilia absurdity ol of its ita conclusions what could bo be it ft more striking testimony tos to the power of 0 the system than this LIB look goolt at boston twenty five fire y years ears ago considerably moro more than half tho the iolia I 1 ladon consisted of foreigners to a largo large extent illiterate so tint that now a 0 largo large of ilia present native born population consists of 0 tho children of illiterate foreigners yet of tile iho native born population of to day lalko 1110 billiter only m n thousand tha public publio school teacher and the ibe truant bofill or havo lone the voik aut this is n not all the ilia public school wits was grappling with this haren loan in task it was M BB keeping lico up to the abo standard dard suited salted to tho the requirements of 0 the children of the well veil to do native mativia citizens and even of it tho the greater part of the wealthy cuss clues somo homo years ago a high english aduca dional official while visiting with me some schools linked it if tho the pro fo teBo ional odonal classes sent their children to ilia iho publio public school I 1 answered 11 in ono one I 1 shall tato take you to see yon will find a eon bon ol of tho the clinef justice of the oom com mom wealth in alother a sou son of the governors governor and in in another it A bon aon ot of the mayor of tho the city the iho son aon of the beacon street merchant is competing for honors in tho the same bamo class with the son of tho the irishman who saws his wood athas it has oven even hap penell that girls from the high eat rank in tho the social scale have been found in a the lie publio public high school whilo while tho ilia population inscribed six BIX hundred per cent tho the number of at pupils tn in private schools actually decreased is bat ono case nearly every a city ity in the union can tell a 11 similar a tor tory yi and oven anil and tois fais governed now york owes moro more than its citizens citi one are etro apt to la ingino to its public so schools bools discussion ul ways clears cleara ilia ha air an attack on any good manor good uon tion rarely does docs ony any permanent harm haria for it is sare bare to cull call forth an aa a abu bla reply and public appreciation is is own anil thai terest interest 0 fIntell intelligent igent men im has been flog flagging gilla ol of or bihli ith regard to this nt have given it a fresh r robein rou usla ein g and an 1 ilia rectal I 1 is almost certa certain into to lo 10 to J 0 o ba to our defects deboo to ta IS a necessity it wo we would 3 remedy thein so long its BI the re was wai a general reeling feeling ol of complacency in in tile rotin lim of our publio public system ev evila ila waxed nud and defects went kareme died but when it was found that man many y of ilin Hs boya and girls who ent throng us d schools could not write a ape i and letter ld not practically all Y apply the simple rules rl ci arithmetic anth netia to busin bug ineas el 5 eions or rebil read aloud in a an it in intelligent telli gOnt wa way y any selection from current libern lure thero there waa a isic n of 0 feeling v which lich in a some borne caari caad 0 has gono gone to ex bromes the result however lio wever is likely to bo be increased bad and better methods of 0 hat ruction rather than any startling chaales reform ral lather ther than roTo lation anew new york examiner |