Show GOOD ADVICE Th The following appeared in inthe the Omaha Bee News on September September Sep Sep- I 23 1932 The writer I is is- is isa a well veIl known columnist A uA year twelve-year-old boy i j hanged himself 1 in N New ew Jersey I yesterday because he had b been e told he must attend the public school instead of contin conti continuing ui g at the select academy u Some one would have exp ex- ex p to the boy that the pu public school better than any ot other er would give him a better dJ haute of becoming a first- first class American In Ith the public school ChOOl n a bO boa boj I meets fleets all kinds of Americans I tarns arns to understand them i end and nd to realize that he is not net I 1 jetter fetter than sonic some other boy f j his father happens to toj t a little money I I The public school is the ireal I real school i iThe IThe r I The so called select school tends to separate the citizens jf f our country into distinct so- so soI J I ial ial classes which is contrary to the spirit and intent of our Doubtless there Are select schools in some communities which are better than the pub- pub 1 1 b lit 41 4 h t. t U the s OJ c loos LoU 1 lOj s an UH C. C ex- ex eption t to tb the rule The public school system has I developed the best teachers And ind writers on educational sub subjects subjects subjects the world has ever had The me private school teacher is constantly observing the classroom classroom classroom class class- room work of our public school schoolteacher schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher and consulting our best public school authorities for progressive matter in education edu edu- cation cation- What is needed to bring every public school to the highest possible level is a Department of Education with J. J i Secretary in the Presidents President's Cabinet Such a department through research and analysis of educational material will wili make a available to all teachers and school authorities the latest latest latest lat lat- lat lat- est and best practices in the profession The private primary and secondary school is maintained maintain maintain- ed largely for three reasons For or or exclusive religious tra training training train train- ning n- n ing for an opportunity to choose subject matter not always always al al- al- al ways available in public school outside the regular courses and to cater to a class of citizens citizens citi citi- zens who think that their children fare b better for one one reason or another in private schools The first reason can not easily be overcome in public schools because of the religious convictions which prevail The grounds for the second reason ore are gradually growing loss lees as the public schools grant gratt pupils election of nf subject n i |