Hence, it may be reiterated that one of the prime
functions of the vitalized school is to invest words with the largest
possible content.
QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES
1. To what extent is education the process of enlarging the content of
words?
2. As a concrete illustration of the differences in the content of
words, compare various definitions of education. Choose typical
definitions of education to reflect the ideas of different educational
periods.
3. Suggest other methods than the use of the dictionary for the
enlargement of the pupil's content of words.
4. How may words be vitalized in composition?
5. Should the chief aim of language work in the grades be force,
accuracy, or elegance in the use of language?
6. Add to the author's list of words, other words the content of which
may be expanded by education.
7. How may the vitalized teacher encourage in pupils the formation of
habits of careful diction?
8. How remove unnatural stilted words and expressions from the oral and
written expressions of pupils?
CHAPTER XI
COMPLETE LIVING
=The question raised.=--That education is a preparation for complete
living has been quoted by every teacher who lays any sort of claim to
the standard definitions. Indeed, so often and so glibly has the
quotation been made that it is well-nigh axiomatic and altogether trite.
But we still await any clear explanation of what is meant by complete
living.
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