| Show I 1 MAGAZINES 1 The rho Youths Youth Companion for this week weck comes with en artistic over dover de do design sign In hI the way of ol a beautiful be autumn scene showing sh a forest path strewn n n with leaves white the lislE halt denuded brunches branches of the time trees tree aho hoW lio ly I havo hare In tho time afternoon light The Tho opening story stor IB Iii Ii entitled In Iii time tho Great Marsh by hy Edward Wil Vil William 11 liam ham and und n It special feature Is IH an article entitled Winter Visit Visitors Visitors ors ers by h Bradford Budford author of or ofa It a number of notable books bool 8 on outdoor lifo life and und objects of or nature A thrill thrillIng thrillIng Ing lag story ton 1 ii h Tile Night the tile Douk Came and another though of or a different kind 1 ln 1 iri Delivering it a r Load of or Wood rood by Fisher Ames Jn cs Jr JI t S S What is iii I the tho matter with the tho pub piTh public pUblic lic lie schools s Rhota Rheta Don Dorr In Inthe Inthe the October Delineator The head of ot tile the preparatory prep depart department department ment of o of the largest secondary schools in the tho country Wind was VI examining an applicant appU ant for admission lona a fine well grown lad of IB 16 years carl The Tho boy bo was an Americana American a descendant of or an au old New England family Ills His elementary education ho said had hind been secured scoured iri id the tho Now York City public schools and he lie had spent a year In Iii a Connecticut high school 55 The Tho principal han began Ills his liI examination with tho the question Well Veil Potter Hotter I suppose you know something about geography Where is I Egypt Eg Egypt E repeated repealed the lie boy bo I know about aboul where liere it is but I dont remember I bar ber whether it Il Africa or Asia It is in Africa said the tho principal patiently Do you ou remember tho the name namo of tho the great reat river that flows lows through Egypt Oh yes sir replied the tho boy bo bright brightly ly iy I the tho Congo Conso river flows through Egypt Eg pt Is that boy bo a fair fall sample ot the tho graduate I asked later hater laterA latorA A very er fair fall sample was the reply rep The Tho average product Is the thio most Ignorant little animal on omi onearth earth carth He Ha knows absolutely nothing His Ills mind Is In a perpetual state of fog tog He lie cannot concentrate he cannot think lie he cannot even evon cemi remember Is this a ml new nm thing I asked od How Hov do 10 the tho boys bo s who apply for fol admission now compare with the boys bors of 10 or 15 years ago v There Is I no comparison said the thO th principal I I have been hero 37 years and I ought to know Up UI to a dozen years ago we e will say sa the boys bo s came camo cameto to my classes possessed of some ac no actual knowledge They The knew arithmetic they the knew elementary geography 1115 Ii Is and grammar They The could spell spella a little Now they tho know about where Egypt Is and they thoy have a a dreamy no notion nolion lion tion of the least common multiple They dont know anything an not oven how h w to read r Oh Olith th y can read t I protested They The can translate printed words Into speech sp och But Dut you ou give gle an average graduate a 11 book Irvines tales or om any good goo clear Eng English En lish prose open the book bool at mit random ask ak the tho child to read a page then close tho book and amid ask aak him to tell you what ho hll has boon been reading Just try it all |
