| Show REAL AIM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION i by U S BINGHAM connecticut if a republic neglects the careful training of its citizens for th a duties of citizenship then it disregards tha duly of self preservation the aim of public education should be the development of a sturdy self reliant citizenry and the aim of good public schools should not be the acquisition of knowledge but the development of character concerning the one room schoolhouse school houe and its possible lack of modem facilities the professional pedagogue looks upon thia type of educational facility with its single overworked teacher and shakes his heal because of the lack of apparatus and the lack of opportunity for a normal school graduate to put into practice the latest methods of her profession As a matter of fact the one room schoolhouse with its single da voted teacher comes nearer to being a satisfactory successor to tha home school than any device of modem education and fortunate indeed is tha child today who learns to read at his mothers knee and whose choose to take the time to fashion the character of the little children under their care |
