Gene Jarvis: Quill Pen and Inkwell

Artist: Gene Jarvis
1921 - 1990
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1978
Image Size: 9.5 by 9 inches
Overall Size: 12.75 by 12.5 inches
Medium: Pen and Ink on Hot Press Illustration Board

In the United States, the growth of local, "common" elementary schools continued at a rapid rate after 1850, causing a decline in private schools. As a result of this rapid growth, the popularity in public high schools increased as did enrollments -- specifically after 1870. With increased immigration from the overpopulated and troubled countries of the world, schools were faced with the task of providing a common background for children whose parents came from greatly differing national and social environments. Emphasis was placed on teaching students to read and write the English language. Traditional disciplines, such as intellectual development and moral character common to European schools, slipped away as America recognized the need to prepare her youth for the problems they were likely to encounter upon leaving school. This foreshadowed a radical and new concept of curriculum that was to emerge in the twentieth century. Throughout the world, attention was focused on the need for a working balance between general education and practical training. In those countries whose beliefs in the classics, mathematics, and modern languages remained firm, there emerged a system whereby technical subjects and vocational training were relegated to separate schools of less prestige. In the United States, however, curriculum changes were made on the basis that the needs of a democracy coping with the influx of millions of immigrants remained the priority.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day of Issue U.S. 10¢ + 10¢ John Hancock Reply Postal Card issued June 20, 1978.

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