Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women - Wise Acres Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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J. JACOB SHANNON CO. SS1744 Market St. 1744 » d EQUIPMENT PHILADELPHIA W. C. Evans Coal, Feed, Grain, Hay, Straw, Etc., DRINK WATER PUREST OF ALL WATERS Both Telephones AMBLER, PA. PUROCK WATER CO. 1228 PARRISH ST., PH I LA. The Methods of the House of Burpee Should make a strong appeal to those who wish success with their Garden of Beauty or their Garden of Plenty. The Horticultural School for Women Has given you an insight of the proper methods to apply. Let us start you on the right road by mailing you a Copy of our Annual, and also our 35th Anniversary Supplement. Write today “lest you forget.” A post card will do. W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. Burpee Bldgs., Philadelphia

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WISE-ACRES JESSIE T. MORGAN. Director of School Vol. i. June, 1914. No. 2. Subscription. $1.00 a Year. Single Copies, 35 cents. Edited by the Students of the School of Horticulture for Women, at Ambler, Pennsylvania. Application has been made for the admission of this publication to the second class of mail matter at the Ambler Postofficc. PUBLISHED QUARTERLY STAFF Edilor-in - Chief, Emily ExlBY. Associate Editor, Frances Gardiner. Business Manager, Sara Deming. Art Editor, Frances Shinn. Secretary, Caroline G. Peeler. Advertising Editor, Eleanor Lawrence. EDITORIAL There seems to be nothing materially wrong with our present educational systems, so far as they apply to those able to take advantage of the excellent opportunities afforded by the extensive and varied courses of our colleges and universities. Many of our high schools are also equipping for successful careers earnest boys and girls who have not the opportunity for higher education. But let us ask ourselves here, what is the real value of our educational system and what proportion of our boys and girls have the opportunity for a college training, or even a high school education? Statistics show that of those of school age only 1.71% secure college educations; 5.35% take the high school work, and less than half of the rest reach the eighth grade in the elementary schools. By the present system the students in our elementary and high schools, and to a large extent in our colleges, are required to take largely abstract work, particularly that of a literary character; most of this does little toward preparing the student directly for the work of life, and results in a numerous aftermath of failures and non-valeurs. Vocational training gives the student opportunity to ascertain his fitness for the vocation he looks toward following, or helps him to find for what line of work he is best suited. The education of the hand is one of the best ways of educating the mind, and helps greatly in creating an attitude of interest toward their life work. In Germany the predominant characteristic of education has been the love of learning for its own sake; in France, it has been the