Show THE COURSE OF STUDY does our school system call tor for too long a time Illi roller tor TrI tribune bulle the papers lave I 1 c acon somo some salol lef will ali you do roe me ill alio faor to publish the fol following loning I 1 think la Is of tile the contest irnest ei consideration of nf tin till silious men slid ami public gelet lalY tin n 03 of tile the secnah Selo crith annual kipurs or of tile the public schools fur for the year ending june solli ia alu io Is a tabulated q tat ui ement sh otting the average axe nira rage ii ao age of lail in iho file kiad t taken ken at tint the time thine of admission it 1 upon jlou thul As aa a i basis I 1 have con coil thal if follow 11 herh sitting ahat w luit the th ages of tile the 1 pupils ito now in tile the grades will 1 in m wh 1 if hiis they enter till alir high school laid and what hit their ak mill be albert tile they graduate front from elie high ahi unities Uril ps ur or will will ivill kel at al U 1 ret broo ewt it 5 3 I 1 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ars yrs i imo me it 14 abut bcd that tile the pupils nill 1 the ilia full course tt without gain ur or loss or of time jn fix r that thai matter should be clealle ly it mut must mu t be boine boi nu ira in mind birst l arsi lach of the foie foregoing going el citi be half a hihun ath aur and tile total 01 ia Is eight c and om half hair yen second high school course is four resist making in all twelve und load ono one hulf half years third its as are arc lid act milled to the grade mat only y i the clial lur goa aci ee ka s of each h half year sonio some allowance illow since must be made for delays in getting started fourth there are arc no promotions to the high school tit the middle of ftc t the he school real alch cauer ts a delay of half i a years time to all pupils alio cimpl te alto AS grado at the middle of the ahr school year yar I 1 jf therefore it li 14 fair to assume that one on half tin tile pups mill in lose we alc month in if tit lh krado grade and that another an rither half mill lost jose sly alx lx months at the ino close of the AS grade eral tt it ja I 1 s evident that the ilia nominal time from tho the admission age to graduation ii 19 title teen reels arid and it Is probable pio piti bable that the actual time lime by reason of sickness or other oilier unavoidable delays aill bo be sonic v n hat hal greater in any event nc lie ate aie forced to the foll follow m conclusion viz if u etc aim it to 0 make inake the admission adm lylon ape age 7 beai eais 9 in order to set get the benent benefit of our tir prose present not course or of instruction ale ftera ruize iro pupils must ie be kept in fit the iho public schools until unell they are alre at avart fat 20 lears eara of oc aire age tills partly explains fit lii facts as a shown shon by the preceding tattle for by reference to lo page 63 of the annual re rc aboe referred to it will be seen that the average age ae of pupils entering the beginners lit geode Is to years yean anti andl 10 months la Is this ihla advanced age at filch pu pits can frong from the high school it a defect lei in the system if tl it Is as a defect how can it bo be remedied rim SPECIAL coal TE E on page pae 30 and again on oil falge sl 81 of tile annual ieiri revolt t above refereed refe ried to I 1 N I 1 11 b P f found ou nd of cl lugo 7 of I 1 th he of a L P ae c h I 1 1 commil ommittee tee apala appointed lite it to ini n vesi v est gate leate and rev re love IKC the course of study milli a mew few to 10 shortening if possible life ali course coure which solos says vc rv b lieve an elgha ear cor course best suited to tile maj majority arity of if pupils this i will enable a pupil nho neither gains nor bottos time lime to enter the high school at the iho ape age of fourte tn with to lo this ahl report attention Is called to two eno things malch they ie ommond commend by imelli allun abill they rt beginning at al the iho size aee of 6 cypara an avier a crape crage pupil mill tt not pet get into the high school tit at thi the as act of it I 1 years second they recommend nd the aba abandonment n oc C tte tile nth or crigle ise me e it ill not ila ahme e nn an eight years yeara course co urL lost l o tv to tile the majo illy of pupil Ins fill the commute Is I 1 without doubt cor car lert feet in fit its statement lilt tho majority of nf fills annot cope cilla successfully nith lari high school studies ni at an all eather age than it II the ile I 1 m coill h to lo ie joe in this article 14 1 that ahat a carnal get our lift hll treat dren into the lite hilgh school ol at it 11 yea beira H of age field under out our tires tit system th that it I 1 at best tile great ir at maint ritY of pupil will ile li not les han all 13 15 and then fix the 0 age of beginning cal luied at must liu be G it 11 seems to 10 tile mp that thai it if cott coull ill lo be arrall ged so that purlas could begin at 7 a und and eni duote bican lite hie high school lit iu tile ih ngo age of IS 19 it il would b be e u glear gain eoin it Is hoped chit this question will nill br eu aarm nemly atly lead and thoroughly discussed certainly the saving or of tho eno years I 1 time ur or tile pupils it 14 nn ilia matter matto fr flir alvI aam lIt froin its it COllI IC fukio DIU to it 11 nill undoubtedly re a lion powerful erful for gaail in tin the attitude of tile bubile rub ll bonard nil the hie schools Moi klo coer leoer it 11 does nm follow that in 10 save this lh time allm will ill place ally restrictions tit tile the ya or impair llie life 01 clency of the t b N cly nokie GI nO XIII KiK GJ W N SNOW |