Show 1 TOOl TUO MAN I Y FIGURES One linc ot of the big colleges of or the country has haa decided that public school pupils are treated to too much arithmetic The Manti l man who wao has haG to help his kids get their lessons at night probably ably reached tills this conclusion a long time ago But seriously the investigators declare that l loYB in short pants and girls in short socks are taught more i t kinds of calculations r and computations than the average grown man or woman ever everI I needs needa or uses Many lany hours hour are spent on figures and subjects we ve know will not be necessary later on It is pretty much like forcing a boy to take piano lessons until he grows to hate music There is no reason to regard the school curriculum of i the past or the present aa as perfect But there is no question that much time is lost in teaching that which will never be use- use usef f f. f l- l la a and d that which will h have ve no Dearing bearing on the meat bread of the boys boy's life when he grows to manhood el elia ol l average |