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Show A SCHOOL PROBLEM. Earnest educators throughout the United States are giving serious thought to a reform of curricula, with a view to better adapting them to the needs of the present-day student. No current question deserves more thoughtful consideration. It is no reflection upon our educational educa-tional leaders that present methods are proving inadequate to the demands de-mands of the times. With the ever-increasing ever-increasing store of available knowledge, know-ledge, it becomes more and more difficult dif-ficult to choose that which should be taught in the limited time that can be given to formal education by the average student. But the problem is not new. As far back as 1758 the prevailing system of education in England ame in for drastic criticism by Thomas Sheri- dan, who labored with little success for its reform. Sheridan contended that the established estab-lished system of that day did not fit the young for their duties in life; that it was uniform for all and profitable profit-able for none. He also stressed the importance of imparting a better knowledge of the English language. The latter point, at least, might well be taken to heart today. It would be a great step forward if our children child-ren might emerge from high school with a reasonable acquaintance with their mother tongue. |