English in the School

English in the School.

"And English must come to stand not for chill exercise exemplifying principles of rhetoric, grammar, and logic, but for the application of it's mother tongue in all it's accuracy, vigor, and beauty to other fields of study, in order that we may speak with persuasion and effectiveness. ++++++ + I concede that the work should be specialized in academic as in vocational courses, but, on the contrary I insist that the specialization is in large measure unprofitable if its weak.

originates and terminates in violation from the problems in related subject matter. Dr. Elle Happ Young in "The Reciprocal Relations of Subject."

The present situation as to English in school and out is deplorable. So much we are all agreed upon. To discuss this among school men and women merely to get an appreciation of the fact would be waste of time. When it comes to a question of causes and remedies, however, divergent

judgement begin. 92 is as if causes and remedies then that discussion may be profitable, and it is to these points that this paper is limited. The primary cause of our present weakness and confusion, and general ineffectiveness, as I see it, is wide-spread failure to see the true nature of English and its consequent relation to all other subjects. This failure is moreover a contributory cause to much of our ineffectiveness in teaching these other subjects

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