Show A School Problem Earnest Larnest Educators throughout the United States are giving ser ions thought to i a reform of cure cula with a view MOW lew to better adapting adapt- adapt adapting I ing mg them to the needs of pres pres- present present present ent day student No current ques ques- question question tion desel deserves descries es more thoughtful con consideration It is no reflection upon our edu educational educational leaders that present methods methI methods meth- meth methods I are arc proving inadequate to the demands of the times time With the ever er increasing store of avaIlable I knowledge e it becomes more and more dlf difficult to choose choo e that whIch be taught in m the limited time that can be to formal formalI education by the average student I But the problem is not new As Asfar Asi I far back as 1758 the pre prevailing Ihn system of education in m England came in for drastic criticism b by Thomas Sheridan who labored wIth little success for its reform I Sheridan contended that the established es- es es established system of oC that day dId not fit the young youny for their duties m in life hie that it was uniform for all alland alland alland and profitable for none He also alClo alli i stressed the importance of impart impart- imparting ing m ing a better knowledge of rt I the langua language c The latter point at nt least mIght wen well be taken to heart today It I would be a great step forward if I our children might emerge from hIgh school with a reasonable ac nc 1 with their mother tongue I |