THE ORIGIN AND IDEALS OF THE MODERN SCHOOL BY FRANCISCO FERRER TRANSLATED BY JOSEPH McCABE [ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION, LIMITED] London: WATTS & CO., 17 JOHNSON’S COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C. 1913 CONTENTS PAGE Introduction vii Chap. I. The Birth of My Ideals 1 II. Mlle. Meunier 7 III. I Accept the Responsibility 12 IV. The Early Programme 18 V. The Co-Education of the Sexes 24 VI. Co-Education of the Social Classes 32 VII. School Hygiene 38 VIII. The Teachers 40 IX. The Reform of the School 43 X. No Reward or Punishment 55 XI. The General Public and the Library 60 XII. Sunday Lectures 71 XIII. The Results 75 XIV. A Defensive Chapter 80 XV. The Ingenuousness of the Child 88 XVI. The “Bulletin” 96 XVII. The Closing of the Modern School 102 Epilogue 109 INTRODUCTION