And my examiner also has put very tiresome and very heavy propositions to prove." We must remember that these pupils had to do their thinking in one language, and express themselves in another and alien one.

It was a heavy handicap.

I have by me "English as She is Taught"-- a collection of American examinations made in the public schools of Brooklyn by one of the teachers, Miss Caroline B.Le Row.

An extract or two from its pages will show that when the American pupil is using but one language, and that one his own, his performance is no whit better than his Indian brother's: "ON HISTORY.
"Christopher Columbus was called the father of his Country.

Queen Isabella of Spain sold her watch and chain and other millinery so that Columbus could discover America.
"The Indian wars were very desecrating to the country.
"The Indians pursued their warfare by hiding in the bushes and then scalping them.
"Captain John Smith has been styled the father of his country.