Show A task for schools deberdt De beret farmer I 1 at the hearings before the dents com commission for the investigation of conditions of farm life th the testimony nil all conversed finally to t one point the need of Iet better tr education and of a higher appreciation of the beauty and value of rural life modern sanitation good roads cheaper capital and the organization of turners these improvements were all advocated the emphasis placed on oil each ca ch one corresponding with the tile order in which they are enumerated here but each caell of these proposals in turn reverted for real and lasting conditions ol 01 success to the necessity for adL adequate quate training amini i ng in the v barlous arious branches ol 01 learning which they embody it became amal apparent that good sanitation is derhae Der hap the most pressing of the immediate problems but it in was as ano made clear that a comprehension of the principles of snit iry try science depends upon several important brandies branches of study the proposition to teach agriculture in the schools was inas heartily endorsed and the work of the agricultural college and the state normal school m this direction was inas highly commended how to adapt alio schools to this work is the grea greatest problem agriculture ri docs does not scorn seem to be easily taught in the lower schools and few of them do much at it lady teachers who mho constitute a largo majority of engaged in school work are said to bo be somewhat dis inclined to the active taking of practical training in agriculture moreover or the large maunty of lady teachers do not remain long enough in ili the work of teaching to become first class teacher or to learn how hon to to present in a really effective way the elements of agriculture and gardening neither eon can it be baid that male teachers have is yet vet shown an marked aptitude toward effective effect iNe teaching in ili this line of work the subject isso is so broad and lu involves volles so much general and scientific knowledge that a specialist is really required for each cp arate divi division ion of alio work in order to make agriculture an available to the pupils in a practical aay w ay at homo home on their own land teachers must mut possess sufficient bunici technical training and be good bogues besides much might be done however ho Never by making the tho science and art of elementary agriculture attract attractive ie to the teachers the study of nature is immediately fascinating to perhaps nine out of ever ten people and among teachers the proportion that would take taki readily to this kind of work must be much gr greater cater nature study including ii cather plant life bird ob arn ing inject collecting and school gardening has already al readi made a I 1 profound impression upon many of the eastern schools and appears to be the most available aNal lable and inexpensive way lay of creating an and sustaining an all interest in ill tl elioe ioe forms of iknou knowledge ledge most mo it e s sentiel to ful agrical turc ture subject appeals ap pals as well to the tile scientific and artistic ci of alie ali child as to the motor activities and tile and so should sori serve e to introduce him to the il work N or of agriculture itself it alf there la is another drawback draiN back and perhaps it Is the principal one to the successful introduction of real as to bookish agriculture in ili the schools the subject re quites so much il learning and foo so much skill hill in be aides that few men can be induced to undergo tile training necessary ary to prop prepare ire fur for it the teachers biages are arc usually much below those of the mechanic in the school review of november prof frances V AV acl cy of the nty of MIL michigan pas 4 4 j ta I 1 S 4 truly tint that in ili the profession of teaching outside of the colleges and universities there is uncertainty of tenure with which is ii coupled insufficient remuneration every car men of marked success with an equipment representing a large outlay of time energy and money are forced out of the profession sion and oung men lien of promise are deterred from entering it because becalm they can foresee no time when the rewards of faithful and successful effort will be assured to them herein consists the whole difficulty it is not difficult to get such teaching as we desire to hane introduced into the school if onla we arc are able ind and willing to pay for it thug thus far either the ability or the disposition seems to be largely lacking |