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Show oo EDUCATORS ENGAGE IN SPIRITED MEET Chicago, July 6. High school education edu-cation throughout the United States was branded as generally "bookish, scholastic, abstract and Inadequate to meet the practical problems of life, ' In a report submitted today to the national council of education of the National Education association. The trouble with high school education, educa-tion, declaicd David Felmly, president presi-dent of the State, Normal school at Normal, 111., in reading the report, "is that It Is regarded too much as merely a preparation for the university. univer-sity. Instead of dealing with the problems prob-lems of life today, the students are taught to deal with tho problems of language, politics and customs of 15 centuries ago. About all tho high School teachers are college graduates who havo no adequate knovr ledge of affairs outside of colleges. Their teaching is, therefore, bookish, scholastic scho-lastic and abstract. "We need a change of aim In high school eachings, a look In the direction direc-tion of the farm, shop and homo. While we do not recommend, an education edu-cation entirely vocational, we urge a departure from the college Idea.7' As a means of "modernizing" high schools the report recommended that In a four-year course two years of vocational study should be prpvldcd J. Stanley Brown, Joliet, 111., high school superintendent, a member of the committee, dissented from some of the criticisms. Ghicago, July G. The first meeting of delegates to the flfteonth annual National1 Educational association was, scheduled for today at the Congress hotel, where the national council of education had planned three sessions morning, afternoon and evening. David Felmley, president of the state nroraal university at Normal, 111., was to mako the final report of the committee on high school preparation prepa-ration of students for normal schools Every member of the council has been invited to participate In the discussion of this report At the afternoon session the le-port le-port of the progress of tho committee commit-tee on "rural schools v,aa to be made by B. T. Falrchlld, state superintendent superintend-ent of public instruction of Topeka Kan., and at the evening session" J. A. Shawan, superintendent of schools of Columbus, Ohio, was expected to ditBcus "educational p'rqgress o( tho year." The council meetings were to bo presided over by Charles H. Keyes .of NoW York city, its president The regular sessions of the National Nation-al Educational association will he hOjld In tho Auditorium theater, beginning be-ginning Monday afternoon. rtn2 |