“What are these boys studying Latin for?” said an English
visitor at a manual-training school as he looked in upon a class
reading Cæsar.
“What did you study Latin for?” was my illogical but American
response. “Why, I am a bachelor of arts?” was his prompt
reply, with the air of one who had given a conclusive answer.
“Perhaps these boys will be bachelors of arts by and by,”
I added cheerfully. “Then, what in the world are they in a
manual-training school for?” he exclaimed, with almost a
sneer at my evident lack of acquaintance with the etiquette
of educational values. I tried to explain my theory of an
all-round education--and my practise of “putting the whole
boy to school”--but he would not be convinced. He could not
see the propriety of mixing utility and tool dexterity with
culture--CALVIN M. WOODWARD, _Science_.
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