THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



gradual evolution of education to deter- 

 mine. The probability is that quite another 

 framework will control the school life in 

 times to come; if it does not, then the 

 school will remain relatively stationary. 



As the idea grows of the necessity of a 

 good mental equipment for all persons, we 

 must be increasingly ready to admit new 

 subjects into the school and college course. 

 This means that some schools will develop 

 strongly in one line and others strongly in 

 another line, and that the student may 

 exercise a choice of schools; or, that we 

 shall come more and more to a depart- 

 mental organization of schools. No doubt 

 both methods of organization will develop. 

 The essential point is that there may be 

 more than one route in education : it is our 

 responsibility to see that all routes are of 

 equal value and dignity. 



Whatever may be said or done by the 

 close adherents to the older means of edu- 

 cation, it is inevitable that other means 

 shall come in. This, of course, does not 

 mean that the old subjects shall go out, 

 although the teaching of them may need to 

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