Teachers  who  teach  such  courses  of  study  have  no  responsibility  for
the  content  of  the  courses,  nor  for  the  educational  results.  They  go  about
their  daily  tasks  with  little  regard  for  the  educational  significance  of  what
they  do,  provided  only  their  pupils  learn  the  facts  prescribed  for  their  par-
ticular segment  of  the  course  and  retain  those  facts  in  memory  until  after
the  stated  tests  are  made.  Principals  keep  order  and  keep  records,  and  have
little  further  responsibility.  The  supervision  of  such  a  system  is  merely
inspection.  Here  and  there,  in  a  very  few  school  rooms,  may  be  found  teach-
ers whose  grasp  of  the  subjects  taught  seems  much  more  comprehensive  than
the  narrow  limitations  of  the  courses  prescribed  for  their  grades.  Their
merits  are  conspicuous  by  comparison,  but  their  excellence  is  not  due  to  the
Influences  of  the  system  in  which  they  are  working.
