Agriculture and Its Needs 73 



justify forcefully overthrowing an estab- 

 lished order. 



The elementary schools are to teach 

 the elements of an all-around English edu- 

 cation. They can not specialize much, and 

 they are not to be in any sense exclusive. 

 They are to aim at fitting children for the 

 choice of any vocation they may prefer and 

 for beginning the preparation therefor. 

 They are always to preach the gospel of 

 work, and to use books, objects and meth- 

 ods to stimulate quite as much interest 

 and in the country perhaps more interest 

 in agriculture as in any other industry. 

 This should be guarded in making the ele- 

 mentary syllabus. The work of the ele- 

 mentary schools in the country as in the 

 cities, should not dawdle and waste time 

 through the multiplicity of books and the 

 idle exploitation of pedagogical theories 

 and methods. It should be definite quan- 



