| Show i t U HIGH H 4 SCHOOlS PAY e la is an extract from a a. rei re- re i of ot article articles no noW v appearing appearing- In Pictorial jets feW by Ella Ell Ella Frances Lynch Inch the tho well el eln u n educational Investigator guch uch general statistics as ac I have havo been to to gather r Indicate that the num- num t pupils pupae a attending attending- high school lathan la Is than Pr per cent of or th the total numb number r frillS frillS' school chool The other 93 p per r cente cent e a as soon coon as thc they have ve arrived d at var kings age age a o or earlier 0 Of or the small pere per- per tire tare e who ho start th the high school course complete It The figures taken tron district are Ms pIle attending high schools schools First r r 1 second year r ar third year ear r. r fourth year 5 ear 2400 2 graduating 2600 there Thue here here- are ale on an n average four tour grad- grad to eAch ech of or the the- COO 00 high schools Only Irth of or the pupils entering are aro on list What It costs theto the tho to turn them out Is la difficult to come com- com e t. t because of oC the fluctuations In at- at nce V y Is 15 It Jt so man many pupils drop out cause ause of or the th Inability of or th the parents finance th their lr schooling Undoubtedly Undoubted ft yea ew drop drof out for or this cause But thet the tat fat t majority as 48 any hl high h school t teacher acher fir t testify leave lea because they cannot ep up with th the studies demanded bee boese be- be ese e their Momentary training tans has given Riven Iven em fin neither r the training and knowledge e ea arS for a high hl h school arse r fi nor the habits of or work and of ild essential to high school chool success y cannot study Th Therefore r Core they do care arc to stud study and find rInd th the high P I bourse oune stupid uninteresting and Boys and girls who hl ha have v. v never done of their onn own volition but haon have hao an n forced to cram ram under the tho watchful elof of a a. teacher whose ho c position depends defends on their successful rul promotion are art badly ted to b benefit by bv th the freedom dom of or the dern high school course e. e The high pool assumes 1 for knowledge e R and nd bits bit of study Tho The boss boys and girls comfortable through h a term or oC v se see the thc number of or their conditions junt and I leave c avo because h aue the they cannot teh up But while In lat large t measure elementary schools are responsible for or clack of ot h habits o of work the they are not nol Pon ible for tho the hl high h school course o Itt It- It f t t. t or rather for or the various high school Irr trees fI for or th the high school proper s become submerged In th the shallow t of or business colle colleges es and nd voca- voca nal schools Summed up the situation presents a a. estate of affairs for a 8 democracy We Ye Weve ve 0 established esta fre free c schools for a small of oC our population 7 i p per r cent for fOT Ich th the other 93 per cent help to pay re r th these thep schools a attended b bv by boys hos and nd i ls b because ca use of or their p peculiar peculiar fit fit- tor scholastic education and for or tho the In life lICe to which t it load leads these might still till be termed demo- demo tlc But Just ont ono f factor actor tor determines presence of the majority o of high school dents the dents the ability or of their parents parente to sport port them through comfortably pro pro- sed td ed schooling Bad Badly equipped by br the methods of or the elem elementary finding little In tho the high school ire to attract them m the pupils drift 11 1 awn away from It ft while the expense turning out the f few w who who remain mounts nd jid we foot tho the bill Courtesy of oC Plc- Plc lal al I Review w June 1911 1914 I |
