Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . he schools and of the instruc-tion that friends of education go there from far and nearto find out how. How can Philadelphia do it ? First,lind a man who has studied education as a science ; payhim a salary consistent with his value, and give himsuch paid assistants, the best he can find of either sex, ashis work demands, thus giving the force of one concertedmovement to the thirty-one little independent forces noweach pulling its own way. Xext, organize in like man-ner the action of all the divisions in one scho
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . he schools and of the instruc-tion that friends of education go there from far and nearto find out how. How can Philadelphia do it ? First,lind a man who has studied education as a science ; payhim a salary consistent with his value, and give himsuch paid assistants, the best he can find of either sex, ashis work demands, thus giving the force of one concertedmovement to the thirty-one little independent forces noweach pulling its own way. Xext, organize in like man-ner the action of all the divisions in one school, bygiving to the principal at least a part of his or her timefrom actual teaching for general supervision. Last, butnot least, insure in each school committee an intelligentco-operation with the general plan, by removing the 294 A SYLVAN CITY. choice of directors from the pot-house to some highei-source—by instituting some test, ahnost any test, of lit-ness; then ability to read, if notliing more ; and let usstipulate furthermore that no school director shall runa A eKIMAHV A MASTER BUILDER Aftep. the. first astonished hour in Xantucket, tliestranger who seeks a reason for things as they are, andwho, if a true American, sees also liowtlie}- should havebeen and plans instinctivel} for what they had betterbe, pauses, considers the facts, and insensi1)ly becomesconvinced that, amazing as certain aspects may be, thearrangement is reasonal)le ; in fact, the only one admit-ting comfortable life. The stranger is intent uponmeeting the ocean face to face. The townsman hasother views. To him the sea is good only so far asit serves as a storehouse for food or a highway be-tween him and prosperity. If this l)e so for tlic men,a deeper reason influences their women. Too manybrave ships have gone down, too many high souls lookedtheir last toward home across fierce waves piling upand sweeping them into a harbor not laid down on anychart, for those who waited at home t
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