Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1913 — English and American Education. [ARTICLE]

English and American Education.

Americans educated the mass, while we have always educated the leaders. In England—democracy assenting to the method —we make a point of specially encouraging the promising pupils; we build "ladders” for them, and we believe that our indifference to the question of what class of society they may come from is sufficient proof of our genuinely democratic habit of mind. It has been the immemorial practice of England to train leaders for the nation. This was done when most citizens were receiving no education at all. Americans rather concentrate their attention on the ruck. The exceptional boy or girl, it is thought, will rise in any case. The important thing to do Is to advance the average of education.