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Federal Bureau of Education Gets Re­
porta From Americana Who Are
Pursuing the Home Reading Course
—Interesting
Comments on
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Classics—Divergence
of
Opinion
Over "Alice In Wonderland.
The concern with a cheaply and poorly constructed
machine mv $ “Just as good as a De Laval and costs less.”
But everywhere the De Laval is recognized
by experienced creamerymen and dairymen
and even by makers of would-be competing
machines as the World’s Standard.
If the shade of Shakespeare. of Ho­
mer or uf any of the other immortal*
ever wants to know what the twentt
eth century thinks of his works lie
The cream separator is more
i cun And out by referring to the ni<«t
reports of 12,000 average American-
frequently used than any
Easiest who are pursuing the home reading
other machine on the farm,
to turn, courses of the federal bureau of mlu-
and for that reason, if for no
easiest to> cation.
wash, skims
other, only the very best
There are 17 of these courses, but
the cleanest •ully three-fourths of the govern­
should be purchased,
lasts the longest ment's readers are registered for the
and that’s
[ course In classical books. This fac«'
the
| might pleasantly thrill the authors of
SOONER OR LATER
the classics. for If they keep tip with
DeLaval.
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<he times they must notice the du«t
i* more apt to gather <>n their liiniior
lal works than on the novels of Rob­
ert W. Chamtier» and Ethel M. Dell.
The. Immortals would doubtless be
pleased with the comments on their
art. Most of the readers record their
Impressions In terms flowery and Hal­
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Now nml a ;:iln however a tnor»1
daring mortal <i- part« from adject'e-j
nml superlative« to m« •»» >>n original
lih-n Into n rv|H»rl. pih 'I i u on«' I
young woman who think« the
chupter of Homer’s llind must
lieen lost Iwfore it got to the prlntei
liecause the fate of Troy and that of
Priam are only vaguely explained
It Is lianl to say what Sluikesp« .ire
would think of the re.i'h-r who thinks
It interesting to compare Hie Insanity
of Hamlet with that of Ophelia
Per
hnps he would sav rarelessly • “Well,
perhaps I did mem Hamlet to he cra­
ss l»m I forvio now. You see. I—or
was It Boemi?—have written so many
plays."
Most Iiti|tres»lons Inspired by the
classics are mom u i imiii-l y fu vorn lile
None of the reml-rs seem« to be per
ins over antique 1P< rntttre for the tin
holy Joy of unburdening a ph'llstln-
«ottl In n «cn'hlng report. The horn,
reading <’lvl«'on wonld certainly no’
accept any report written In »lander
ous vein. On the pther hand. It doe
feel that the American public Is pron
to put on a fixed attitude of mind. i<
sort of nfous prvl tillce. when If open-
a classic
Thin precludes any unto
used or original thinking
Open Mind Recommended
“If people would only take up these
books a« If they had never heard r>
them!” said Miss Ellen Lombard, dl
rector of home rending “If the rend
er would come tn Shakespeare an-’
Mlltoti with an open miml. lie wouh
begin to like them for the qualiHe
which aiqieal to him ami not »per’1
hi« time trying to see what other pro
pie hare found.”
Still. Miss Lomb.-inl believes p<opl
are getting a great deal out of til
xiursea. that they read thou :htfn!h
tnd are «Incero in their conventional
fdtmrntlon. All nre resiling the rm
.»rimendml IlMs. because It will add r<
•heir knowledge and enjoyment. Thon<
who »end In reports do sot because p
1» rv<|ulred. If they are to receive a
■ertlficrfto from the bureau on com
pletlon of the course. Many more out-
«Ide of the 12.000 now registered a*
trying for certificates send for the inf.
lines and read without making re-
ports.
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Some of the government’s reader«
are children as young as nine or ten
years of age. Others are more ihnn
seventy, Some are college graduates
and many more never reached high
school. The children’s reports are es­
pecially Interesting.
They are not
yet overawed by the fact that “hnu-
hoe” or “The Merchant of Venice" are
on the Immortal list and they say
what they think In emphatic terms.
They All Look for Morals.
The greatest divergencies of opin­
ion seem to lie over "Ailce In Wonder­
land." which Is on tile Hat of books
for girls. One girl of thirteen think»
i Im book Is clever, hut very mid and
queer. Another learned from It that
"when people are out In the open alt
rliey hnvr good dream«.” A girl of
around ten tlilnks Alice a good enough
I took for young children who like tally
Ties. Inn that It Is riot Interesting tor
older children; while a fourth gather»
i moral from Alice's adventures with
iiiHglc bottles mid cakes, and says ’"It
tenches me not to he curious and to
’Link before doing things."
The boys and girls nlmost invariably
iwlsr a moral out of a story and hold If
up as their Justlflcatlon for the book’s
existence. ''Evangeline" teaches a boy
of thirteen thnt "people ought to fie all
kind to one another " a girl «ay» oí
"Llltle Women": "If has many thing«
In It a girl could learn. I Ion rued to bn
patient with children, and I alto
learned many good morals." The oft
en repealed opinion about "Little
Women" 1» thnt “II Is s good book for
girls to read." A few boys nml girl»
rankly «n.v they do not like a book
'belike is attrlbntml mainly to to«
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Mothers Are Studious
Vuliimmoua reports from »he par­
ent* reading isiurse Indicate eiirvtul
study. Iti otir California isminimitiy
l.'.n lumbers tumd<<l iheniselv,-» mm *
club and have met regularly tor tour
ieur to read mid discuss in turn euvli
l»»»k <>n the purents course. It tin*
mother« rrmemlier and practice all
that they have mid of child arrlfnrr
their children should tie exceptionally
healthy nml hafipy.
The course for pnrvnt*. Mttrteit all
year» ugu, was the beginning "I the
bureau of eihx'flthnj Koine muling Hr.
i-le. One course sutfgHHtMl unoihor.
mol now* tlwn* nre, iiniong thi* IT
courses In um * u I! mî for boy* : niiothor
for girls; llm* on Amprimn lieroe« ;
heroe»;
hlNtory: world
American
American literature: famous tti I h m :
rhe world's great literary lilblesr great
literature; French literature; as well
us Hie original parent* revised i-our«,-
A course In modern literature seem-
tn be needed as n »tiimlaril for up to
rlnte rending.
Maliy readers of *h
classical mid famous Action course«
compare lite books rend with modern
novels to the detriment of the latter.
The Idea 1« always expressed In «licit
» way that It Is obvious the reader re­
fers to the worst no» el« published
from the literary standpoint.
The division 1» now arranging "aft­
er war" or vocation course- on such
subjects ns shipbuilding, steel work
trig, machine shop and navigation.
Selection Left to Committee.
The division, by the way con«!«*»
entirely of the director. Miss Lomtaird.
who rends and flies all the reports
answers her correspondents’ question*
and plans new course*. The actual
selection of books has usually been
left to a committee of college profes­
sors or other recognized authorities on
the subject at hand, but with an ninny
renders In its chnrge nnd shout 8tM'-
more starting every month, the one
woman division has more than It cn't
handle. As It has no appropriation
for extra clerks, It Is now planning to
turn over some of the work to Imllvld
uni states.
Virginia, North and South Dakota.
Arizona, Iowa. Kentucky. Indiana and
South Carolina have already arranged
to co-operate with the division by con­
ducting their own correspondence
through extension departments of the
state universities.
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