The School of the Future 101 



No one subject can have the monopoly of 

 learning, unless we wish to restrict education. 

 The theory of the choice of subjects is now 

 well established, but we still need to liberalize 

 the teachers and the schools. The difference 

 between " technical " and " cultural " education 

 is essentially one of intention rather than of 

 subject. 



Application to life. 



If one subject may be as effective as another 

 in training the mind, it will naturally be asked 

 why it is necessary to introduce the new sub- 

 jects at all, inasmuch as the old are already 

 well established. The answer is that the mere 

 " training " of the mind is not the only purpose 

 of education, but that education should make 

 the man efficient and useful. It should put 

 him into sympathy with common affairs and 

 the questions of the work-a-day world, and it 

 should give him usable information. Educa- 

 tion should have a tendency toward something 

 definite ; for the educated man, if he is to help 

 and lead the world, must not stand above and 



