8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, April 10, 1939
Asnerscan Schools Living 3n Past,
Noted British Observer Declares
By LOUIS CASSELS ; j
UPI Correspondent
New Brunswick, N.J. OPB
The trouble with America's
schools, according to a distin
guished British observer, ' is
that they are living in the past.
This critique may surprise
Americans who are accustom
ed to blaming "progressive"
modern methods for all of the
ills of U.S. education. It is,
however," the considered view
of Prof. Denis W. Brogan of
Cambridge University, a pep
pery and perceptive critic of
American life who is some
times called "the foreigner
who knows America best."
Brogan is on his 31st or
32nd visit to America (he has
lost count of the exact num
ber). He is delivering a series
of lectures at Rutgers Univer
sity here on "The American
Crisis."
Part of that education crisis,
he believes, lies in the failure
of U.S. schools to respond to
the new challenge that now
confronts them.
From here on it will be
Brogan talking:
In the past, the primary job
of American schools was pro
ducing "good, loyal American
citizens," and equipping them
to earn a good living.
An Old Idea
This dedication to the school
system to social and economic
goals was not a new idea
cooked up by modern advo
cates of "life adjustment edu
cation." It was the dominant
philosophy of American edu
cation from the time the first
colonial schools were estab
lished. '
These early schools "aimed
at producing a bible-reading
society, a society with com
mon ethical standards, with a
common attachment to Ameri
can political institutions."
The "democratizing" func
tion of American schools be
came ever more important as
waves of immigrants poured
Into the country. The schools
deserve great credit for the
outstandingly successful job
they did in "making Ameri
cans out of millions of the
children of immigrants who
had come to the golden shore
with inadequate preparation
for a way of life so different
from what they had known in
Europe."
What is unfortunate is that
American schools today are
still concentrating on their
original function, and have
failed so far to rise to an ur
gent new challenge that con
fronts them.
Senate Gives OK
To Uninsured
Motorist Bill
Salem -(DPD- With only five
negative votes the state Senate
Thursday passed and sent to
the governor House bill 391
'requiring an "uninsured mo
torist clause" in all automo
bile liability policies issued in
the state.
Sen. Andrew Naterlin (D
Newport), said in support 6f
the bill that it would cost far
less to Oregon motorists and
give much wider coverage
than would compulsory insur
ance.
Study Mad
Sen. Anthony Yturri (R-On-tario)
said that a study had
been made and a report issued
just a month ago on compul
sory in surance, long in effect
in Massachusetts, wherein it
was declared that tflis method
of insurance had not proven
satisfactory.
, Yturri said that the rates
charged for insurance in that
state were far higher than in
adjoining states which did not
have compulsory insurance.
Opposed by Dimick
The principal .opponent of
the bill was. Sen.Dan Dimick
(D-Roseburg) who introduced
a compulsory insurance bill in
the Senate which Is now in
committee.
Dimick said that the insur
ance fraternity in Oregon was
not in favor of the uninsured
motorist clause, and that it
was being promoted by only
one company.
This was denied by Sen.
Richard Groener (D-Milwau-kie),
himself an insurance
agent.
Senators voting against the
bill included Dimick. William
G r e n f e 1 1 Jr. (D-Portland),
Lloyd Key (D-Milton-Freewa-teri
Robert Straub (Spring
field) and Monroe Sweetland
(D-Milwaukie).
SCALPER FOR RUSSIANS
New York - (CPD - An office
worker for the national
council for Soviet - American
Friendship, once accused by
the U.S. attorney general of
being , a Communist front or
ganizaton, was given a city
summons Thursday. She was
charged with scalping tickets
to performances of Russia's
famed Bolshoi Ballet.
"The United States is now
rich enough, unified . enough
and mature enough to ask its
schools to. lay less stress on
making good Americans and
more on making critical, tech
nically competent citizens.
Life-or-Death Significance
"The United States today is
living in a new, dangerous, un
pleasant world, and its educa
tional system is involved in a
competition that ultimately
has life-or-death significance
for the nation. If the present
school system is not producing
an adequate supply of first
rate scientists and technicians,
it is by that fact condemned.
This may be a new job for the
schools, but it is assuredly one
that must be tackled soon if
the United States is to sur
vive." The most conspicuous short
coming of U. S. education is
that "the boy and girl at the
high school stage is not
stretched enough." Even if all
of the curriculum reforms pro
posed by Dr. James B. Conant
in his recent report on high
schools were put into effect
tomorrow, "the pupil in the
American high school is not
going to be overworked."
Really bright boys and girls
are the principal victims of a
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school system that subjects all
students alike to "the lockstep
of promotion by age and the
temptation of snap courses."
For their benefit and for the
future of the nation, high
schools must begin to bear in
mind that "hard work and
great effort are not un-Ameri-can.
Even at the college level,
there is "a great deal of waste
effort in American educa
tion." High Education Mis-Directed
"To be brief and frank,
much of higher education in
America is designed to soothe
envy, to gratify social ambi
tion, to train manipulators of
not very difficult techniques."
There has been a notable
indifference in American edu
cation to the achievement of
"true excellence, as contrasted
with mere competence." Na
tional pride has tended to
hide the results of this atti
tude. Few Americans realize
"how comparatively little the
United States has contributed
to the basic scientific ideas of
the world."
Brogan concludes that
American schools, in order to
do the new kind of job that
now confronts them, must ov
ercome a distinctive American
aversion for recognizing that
"there is such a thing as 'un
democratic' superi o r i t y in
mental equipment."
"Some people simply have
more brains than others, and
a nation that expects to sur
vive in this competitive world
had better be prepared to give
exceptional people exception
al educational treatment. If
that be treason, makes the
most of it."
TEN YEARS OF YOUTHFUL PROGRESS How young car
enthusiasts have kept pace with automotive styling trends is
shown by comparing a winning model car from the 1949
Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild competition with a recent
winner. Ten years ago the short hood and "bulbous" surfaces
of the car shownat the top represented futuristic thinking.
Today, American boys are building model cars with the long,
low look and sculptured surfaces of the bottom car in their
efforts to share in $115,000 offered in the 1959 competition
which ends June 5.
22 Foreign Cars Available in Area
Twenty-two different for
eign cars are on sale in the
Medford area by 15 local deal
ers. They are part of the "Live
Better by far with a Brand
New Car" campaign April 6
18. Foreign models available in
Medford include the Metro
politan, at Lea Motors; Hill
man, Parsons Motors; NSU
Prinz, White's Cycle Shop;
Volkswagen, Morse Motors;
MG, Morris, Jaguar and Aus-tin-Healy,
Stevens Auto Sales;
Taunus, Medford Motors, Inc.;
Simca, Dick Knight company;
Mercedes-Benz, DeLeigh Mo
tors; Renault, Volvo and Peu
got, Dean and Taylor Pontiac
company; Alfa Romeo and
DKW, Keith Schulz garage;
English Ford, Crater Lake
Motors; Lloyd, .Courtesy Chev
rolet; Fiat and Borgward, Jay
Allen company; Opel, Skinner
Buick-Cadillac, and Triumph,
Hamlin Motor company.
Wage Earner Works
Less for New Car
Detroit-The average Amer
ican wage earner today can
make enough money to buy a
new Plymouth by working 180
hours less than was necessary
in 1928, according to Harry
E. Chesebrough, general man
ager of the Plymouth division.
Today's car will last twice
as long and travel nearly three
times as far before it is worn
out, he said. It has nearly half
again as much passenger
space, more than 60 items of
standard equipment which
were not available in 1928,
and will out-perform by two
to one the car of 32 years ago.
Salzburg, Austria-dJPB-Tour-ists
signing the guest book
at the home of 18th century
musician Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart noted today that an
other well-known musician
had signed at the top of the
page-Elvis Presley.
Wall Street Chatter
New York -flJPD- W. E. Hut
ton & Co. says the more con
servative market almost in
the wake of official efforts of
curb speculation probably
"came ust in time to prevent
a run-away speculative binge
that was probably destined to
end in a sharp correction that
could have spread to the gen
eral market.
Humphrey B. Neill, in his
letters of contrary opinion,
says the bulk of the material
warning against thoughtless
speculation and tips is becom
ing so great as to suggest to
many that it's merely "wolf,
wolf and done so 'the big
boys can pick up cheap stocks
on a break in the market.'
This could lead to a postponed
reaction."
Lehman Corp. reported
percentage of total portfolio
invested in common stocks
dropped to 93.5 per cent of
net assets as of March 31 from
96.5 per cent at the end of
1958 .while cash and holdings
of U. S. government obliga
tions increased to 4.9 per cent
from 1.9 per cent.
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