Literature in the School

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Excerpt from Literature in the School: Aims, Methods and InterpretationsThe American public school, its best aims and right uses, presents a serious problem to every right-thinking American. It is a problem yet to be solved, but a problem which demands defining and to which bounds and limits must be set. The many vain attempts to graft on to our public school sys tem the ideals and practices of the Old World bear witness to the confusion existing in the minds of educators as to the real aim and function Of the public schools Of this country. The latest attempt to import aims and ideals defines itself under the caption Of trade schools. That there is much in our school life which demands change is beyond question. That an efficient man is a worthy return for money invested no one will deny. That the trade school, in connection with elementary school work, equals efficiency or even approaches it is a debatable proposition. TO present the question squarely it may be permissible to make a contrast between the aims and ideals of the Old World and those of the New.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.