CRUSADE FOR THE COUNTRY SCHOOL 



which most completely utilizes for educa- 

 tional purposes the necessary ongoings of 

 our life, with least necessity for artificial 

 school appliances, is, so far forth, the best. 

 It is not to our credit as school people that 

 we make and let patrons and parents make 

 so little of home manual training. 



Lest this large reference to manual train- 

 ing mislead, I hasten to add that the school 

 I have in mind is, after all, the old stock and 

 standard public school of America, one of 

 our nation's royal glories. May it continue 

 forever, a trunk current of spiritual and 

 civic influence, basal to all that is best in 

 our social body! I am in favor of agricul- 

 tural and trade schools for all pupils desir- 

 ing them when advanced enough to choose 

 callings with some wisdom, provided such 

 schools are so taken on as not to spoil the 

 unity or spirit of the system. Let not edu- 

 cation for vocations become a craze. We do 

 not wish to supplant our present public 

 school system, but only to diversify and 

 adapt it. 



Sentiments uttered by Dr. A. S. Draper, 



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