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Show When a distinguished college president lately ventured to question the truth, of the statement that the public schools of America were the best iu the world his patriotism and his judgment were both called to account, says the Philadelphia Jlnid. Yet substantially substan-tially the same question has been raised by several of the school commissioners of New York, who declare that the course of studies in that city Is radically defective and wasteful waste-ful of both time and brain tissues; and they suggest that ornamental branches be lopped off, and more weight attached to the peculiarities pecu-liarities aud circumstances of the pupils. These views may be more pertinent in New York than elsewhere; but it is a good thing to have a free expression of opinion from those who are iu a position to speak intelligently, intelli-gently, and the more discussion of this sort the better for all concerned. |