Harding High School - Folio Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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THE STYL S PRINCIPAL RALPH W. HEDGES E 12 1

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THE TYL S students, who, through representatives chosen by the student body, have some part in the government. Such a contact between teacher and pupil tends to make for friendly relations, to award due consideration to the rights to all, and to develop character. While life in England is less of a democracy than that in America, the English students en' joy certain liberal privileges in that games, the school magazine, and debates are almost wholly managed by the students. Again we see just the reverse in Germany. The idea of develop' ing in the boys and girls of the higher class a sense of responsibility by intrusting them with some degree of authority is foreign to the pref vailing spirit of education in that country. France has coupled with her system of learn' ing an excellent plan of moral education, whereby the pupils are prepared as future 7 5 Q QW-V ffvl X s w' Y Cf.. , l-i,,F,,.Jag U Mr' .. 'll ,Kyl ix A J. lm kai ' ' 5- -f citizens to consent to the law, to love and obey it,because merely knowing that ir is right to obey does not suff Hce - a desire to obey must be def veloped. We might well gain a lesson from the experience of France in meet' ing a universal edu' cational need. Schools exist to prepare us for life. It is difficult for them to perform this duty when the conditions of social r ,..4i 'Ui s Q-is A' ff' W 1- Q . - -.,- -2--1 --a ' -4 U 43- ' ,. 5- ,:.- -w'Tn R'la.nr-- . ,,..,7-,,!, f-Hp., f ... M.. v lu - - - rjlllull. I UI an I I ' VV' fl -75 it n V A l ' a 5 1 tf l Y' . X p .1 , -- S J I 'l V Mfg , x X f Al' E .- , '- ... , and economic forces are changing with such startling rapidity. England is not adapting her' self very quickly to the new situations of the last ten years, because she will not sever herself from the old ties or dispense with old guides, who are loved for their own sake as well as for their devoted service. England, however, ad- mires our swift educational advance with the rich variety given the life of every boy and girl. In America the schools are striving to get into true gear with the present practical needs, tearing out in all directions those por' tions of a curriculum which seem unessential. The speed of development has been made pos' sible by the liberality of the American people due to a recent widespread appreciation of the value of education and of the student to the future of the country. i 11

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