BUSINESS MAN AND HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATE 79 



other hand, a motorist, though tied to a roadway, makes his twenty-five 

 miles an hour because he sticks to that well-surfaced track instead of 

 trying to wander through bushes, potato-fields and gravel banks. He 

 doesn't leave the road, but he sees and knows the whole surrounding 

 territory. Consequently a fourth essential of speed is thoroughness in 

 one line with an outlook into many lines, with an intelligent interest in 

 many things, and with a broad attitude towards all human interests. 



A fifth essential of speed is the cutting of red tape. Circumlocu- 

 tion, that curse of the law, is being rapidly driven out of business, be- 

 cause a merchant or manufacturer can not afford to waste time and 

 lose headway in doubling and twisting. If there is a short way of doing 

 a thing — be it in business or in school — do it; and save time, money 

 and nervous energy. 



Therefore in demanding of the high school graduate rational and 

 orderly speed, modern business asks the teachers of those young men 

 and women: 



1. That they do everything possible to send into business life sound 

 animals who appreciate the value of good health and who know how to 

 conserve it; 



2. That they give those pupils such studies and exercises and in 

 such a way as to result in activity of mind, thorough coordination be- 

 tween mind and body, well-trained senses and an eagerness to work and 

 to learn; 



3. That all the school work be so carried on as to foster a spirit of 

 team-play, a sense of the value and power of working together for the 

 common weal; 



4. That to this end the teacher subordinate the memorizing of facts 

 to the inculcating of promptness, obedience and loyalty; 



5. That the studies which make for breadth of view and variety of 

 interest be emphasized, and those which make for mere information, 

 technic and drill, be minimized; 



6. That, to accomplish this, subjects like arithmetic, bookkeeping, 

 grammar, rhetoric, etc., be cut down to their lowest terms and fewest 

 principles, throwing out all processes and exercises which are obsolete, 

 little-used or cumbersome, putting in all the short-cuts and labor-sav- 

 ing devices which are of general application; and that those subjects, 

 such as history, economics, political and economic geography, etc., 

 which make for breadth of view; those exercises, such as rightly con- 

 ceived manual training, ordered games, freehand drawing, etc., which 

 make for quickness and control of the body; and those general school 

 relationships which promote team-play, loyalty, the spirit of working 

 together for a tangible and desirable end, be fostered, amplified, and in 

 every way, encouraged. 



Above all, the community high school should be the medium for 

 leading the boy and girl from the irresponsibility of children into the 



