Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-02-10 | Page 1 | Upheaval in the Public Schools

oo , m UPHEAVAL IN TSE .( PUBLIC SCHOOLS New York, Feb. 10. An upheaval , H in public schaal methods in New York jH Citv is the aim of a campaign launchod j jH hero by Frank .D. Wilsey, a member J H of the- board of education, and others. H "Our present methods are defective i IH hecause unstable and superficial," H said Mr. Wilsey, explaining his plans. j jH "We do not teach fundamentals. It Is J H a pity that our educators do .not re- , jH alizothat a child's demand is raoro ,' H or less like his stomach and almost , jH as casv toovercrowd and, where over- IH fed, mental illness reults. Tho New, ' H York curriculum is now a hodgo- H podgo of a lot of useless stuff. When, , jH a now method or course was adopted H something Inferior should have been , H removed to make a place for it, but H instead, for twenty years we have ! H been adding without ever dropplns H nynthiug." jH