Show MADE rADE MEN ME THINK Col Francis W W. Parker who died theother the theother theother other day at Pass Christian has left his mark on the the common school system of ofle fhe le he United States and nd nd gained a a. niche niche Inthe in inthe inthe the educational temple of fame by the side of Horace Hora e Mann A quarter of a century ago ui th the experiments he made In the Quincy schools backed by the iconoclastic Charles C ar s' s Francis Adams served to rouse louse Boston from its scholastic scholas scholas- tic slumbers and t to pr prove ve that no matter mat mat- ter how good a s school hool system may have been it ft becomes bad if not kept abreast of the times Whether the benefits of oft t true the e Quincy m methods have Jave be been n a all that their admirers believe may be open to doub doubt doubt- A flood of German Geiman pedagogical ical philosophy has been poured Into unfortunate unfortunate unfortunate un un- un- un fortunate teachers to be be sure and the cult of the child carried from the kindergarten kindergarten into int higher grades That the products of this this more moie rational and considerate training can read or speak or think as well well as us s the the rough lough h p ou output t. t of the brutal br tal days of the rod lod rodmany rodmany many elderly observers acquainted with both kinds may not be ready to admit Col Parker was an innovator he stirred things u us Ul and made thade men think v New I- I York Sun Sup |