Show FUTURE SCHOOL PROGRAMS PROGRAM acts to say sa It Is entirely v the that among all tb tb th enterprises ot of o the outranks that of edu- edu people ople no other In Its poten- poten potential potential atlon either cither In n its lt size or results day there goes Into the elementary secondary collegiate and professional lonal schools chool of d this Nation practically one of our population writes rl s Dr ot of Commissioner ol Smith Massachusetts In tho the United States Dalley Dailey jIe Ie continues In part Vvo V So 0 may with ith great pride note the achievements of the past It Is possible een to at nt least east to some extent what tho the schools of the future ft be beIt beIt It Is clear that those thoe schools will place emphasis upon the Individual And Dd life his needs Fixed and dl a Iv the O D v g n same requirements of or every child ar already being belne discarded In favor ta of programs that thai make for the Infinite varieties of ot taste and aDd capacity which exist among The schools ot of the future by the tho lessons of o the past will III place l Ise stress upon preparation and more growth groath gro tb and devel development f jt education will Increasingly bo bl bote bito t te bring to bearS bear upon the child those Influences and agencies which nih will Ill help him to attain the highest physical men men- mental mental mental tal and moral stature which I 4 Is pos pos- possible pos sible aible for him to reach Observant par par- parents parents parents are finding that the schools are organizing their work ark ork so that these those ends may be bo reached The old fashioned school whose praises are so often oHen sung deserved many many of the good things that were ere said of It Its most enthusiastic admirers hoever would be bo compelled to admit that Its Instruction In matters of ot Imme- Imme Immediate immediate diate concern was nas often oHen far more theo theo- theoretical theoretical than It was practical Take for tor example the matter of health All will agree that an education education tion which develops de the mind at the expense ex- ex expense pease pense of the body may be of doubtful value In contributing to a n life lite of ot happI- happI happIness ness flees and usefulness It should be therefore a source of satisfaction that the modern school Is paying so much attention to the tho de development of play pla and games In which all can take part and in bringing children to understand how to care for those bodies which arthe are the temples of mind and soul Among all the contributions to be made through education there Is none more Important than that of sound moral character Schools everywhere both public and private arc are a major challenge of the present dy dt di which v hl b Is that of bringing youth Into the most Intricate social and Industrial life lite that the world has bas ever known n armed with those powerful weapons pons which alone will Ill be bo sufficient namely sincer- sincer sincerIty sincerity sincerIty Ity straightforwardness thoughtfulness honor recognition of the rights ot of others and a zeal for tor justice Every v well oil wisher Isber of America must rejoice that the tho schools ot of our Nation are bending bonding their efforts so to programs of character education Let LeIt it not be supposed that this v work ork Is being done In a pu purely elY academic fashion Every recitation every exercise and demonstration every gamo game on play play- playground playground playground ground and recreation field contributes each Its opportunity for the tho develop of these characteristics of v which the orld will always stand In so grea great need In greater degree than In the past past our schools of the future will help young men and to find the tho vocations for which they are arc adapted and will help to train them tor toe their life lite work The Industrial life of ot our age Is so corn com complex plex and Intricate th that t youth stands per r In the fact tact of o the great question as to what work ho he Is Js best beat fitted to do doand doand dand and how to get Into that work after he be knows knovs what bo ho w wants to do This means of course that opportunities for trade technical and S professional education Hon tion must be bo greatly Increased |