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Show NORMAL Clli Unfortunates Get 7i! icli, 1 Prof. Engler Makes Ra cal Argument Before f Principals. He Denies That Great Men of World Have Risen From tho ,1 Lower Claase3. m Moro money for tho education an trnlnlng of the normnl boy and glrlTt the American school?, and less for t5 children who have been unforturiat enough to be born blind or deaf or dun'' tills, In substance, was the plcamal by Prof. Engler of the Agrkuhu college at a meeting of teachers an! principals held In this city yesteruai afternoon. The speaker said he nwS the plea after due consideration andjbl cause statistics show that more mo& Is spent In proportion on the unforTu nate children of the country thanfo the normal, alert children. It is by latter, he argued, that the world nut. expect it's work to be done, and ht?B fore these children must not "have ttiel! wings clipped." v Povorty and Groatness. M The teacher, continued Prof EniK knows the mental qualifications ofW charge, and should give the dullaroli more than a fair share of his attentloi Rather, the ambition of the tachi should be to let the normal boy" sou He said that the statement which Hi gained general credence that the grit men of the world have risen fromftj lowest classes is unfounded, that w rare exception, the world's best ml( have come from homes when? the lw are well educated, well clothed and wi fed. Co-education between the ages ot and 12 years was advocuted by Pro Engler, who said, however, that co-edi cation should not be allowed durlncftj years from 12 to IS. To oppose It I ah earlier period,, said Prof. Engler, wou be In direct opposition to all pedagog cal reasoning1. His Own Theories. . W .In. beginning' his remark-, Pro Engler said that his suggestions repri sented the teachings of no lnaututioi of no class of men. but had reached by himself after devotlngihj life to the study of social problems!! education. Pedagogy, he said, has a study of individuals, according!! Ideas presented by masters long ag sociology recognizes ihe school asls institution which Is fostered bj soclelj and Is for the good of all society. The purpose of study, continued Pjp Engler, Is not to produce a hous wife; nor is the purpose of nianw training to produce a tradesmj Rather, every effort of the Instrucldrjl made with a view to bringing the call In direct contact with as large an Srk of society as possible. Every child raw learn the elements of civilization, u any system of education which almali unythlng less Is bad for the child, m |