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Editorial
June 3, 1927
The Weekly Gazette
East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
Editorial contrasts luxurious modern schools with past simple ones, highlighting provided amenities and increased literary engagement among youth, deeming it a golden age without surpassing classics.
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Golden Age of Education
In the present day youth is educated in perfect palaces of schoolhouses; and will it have a palatial education? It has a different outlook on the world than its grandfathers got from the little red schoolhouses, or even the little square brick schoolhouse, two rooms up and two rooms down, of its fathers.
Luxury surrounds the pupil of today. Everything, from good pictures to good music, is provided, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Meagerness of excellence is now unknown in school days.
Knowledge is not come at through deprivation under skinflint methods. With such a wealth of preparatory appliances, it is expected that culture will hum, as the backwoodsman said.
Is it humming? Certainly, as the rising generation rises, it writes more poetry and reads more books. Are the books and poetry better? Perhaps it is enough to ask that literature be more widely diffused. We cannot expect to improve on Shakespeare, Milton and Job.
In the present day youth is educated in perfect palaces of schoolhouses; and will it have a palatial education? It has a different outlook on the world than its grandfathers got from the little red schoolhouses, or even the little square brick schoolhouse, two rooms up and two rooms down, of its fathers.
Luxury surrounds the pupil of today. Everything, from good pictures to good music, is provided, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Meagerness of excellence is now unknown in school days.
Knowledge is not come at through deprivation under skinflint methods. With such a wealth of preparatory appliances, it is expected that culture will hum, as the backwoodsman said.
Is it humming? Certainly, as the rising generation rises, it writes more poetry and reads more books. Are the books and poetry better? Perhaps it is enough to ask that literature be more widely diffused. We cannot expect to improve on Shakespeare, Milton and Job.
What sub-type of article is it?
Education
What keywords are associated?
Education
Schools
Youth
Literature
Poetry
What entities or persons were involved?
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Shakespeare
Milton
Job
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Praise For Modern Luxurious Education
Stance / Tone
Optimistic And Positive
Key Figures
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Shakespeare
Milton
Job
Key Arguments
Modern Youth Educated In Palatial Schoolhouses Unlike Past Simple Structures
Luxury Including Pictures And Music Provided In Schools
Knowledge Acquired Without Deprivation
Rising Generation Writes More Poetry And Reads More Books
Literature More Widely Diffused, No Need To Improve On Classics