To many irate parents modern education, a" they have seen it ex-amplified Jocally, is a delusion and a snare, It offers no guid pro quo for the cherished tails of their off-spring, indeed they would vote unhesitatingly for the preservation of the one, and the abolition of the other. I have seen few of the new primary schools anywhere in the Villages that have dared to introduce reasonable hours of study for the rising generation, or acquiesce in a day of rest once a week. These luxurious innovations are for the city, but are anathema to the country side. The "proper" hours for study, one is told, are from dawn to sunset with the hour or more interval for morning and afternoon meals, and woe betide the teacher with advanced views who advocates, says, an eight hours day, or relaxation' from the daily round one day in seven! Public opinion would soon range itself against him, and his rice bowl be jeopardized.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.