Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-09-12 | Page 15 | Schools of Britain to be Reorganized

SCHOOLS OF BRITAIN 10 BE REORGANIZED Lord Haldane Appeals to Teachers to Begin Much-Needed Much-Needed Work. Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, Sept. 11. Already it is time for the schools of Great Britain to begin the work of reconstruction which must necessarily occupy the whole attention of the European world for a generation after aft-er the close of the war, writes Lord Haldane Hal-dane in an appeal to the school teachers of the country, published in the current issue of the "Teachers' World." He writes: I appeal to teachers to consider deeply the problems of l he present and the future, seeking to know how-best how-best they may help their country in the period of stress which will follow the declaration of peace. The proper training of the body is no less Important than the equipment of mental power. I am Impressed by the small extent to which people realize the importance of education as a factor in the nation's na-tion's welfare. This attitude is not confined to any one class, and prevails pre-vails among members of the house of lords in common with every other section of the community. The remedy rem-edy is to remove education from the realm of the abstract, and to regard it as a complex of problems, difficult, diffi-cult, It may be. In themselves, but still capable of being solved. The war will impose severe restraints re-straints on expenditures, but even . within the limits of necessary frugality frugal-ity we can do much to establish a system sys-tem of national education which will have beneficial results on the citizens citi-zens of the future. Based on sound principles such a system will be capable capa-ble of expansion and development as increased funds become available. Teachers can prepare the way by training their pupils in a right regard re-gard for knowledge, and by helping1 to set before the public a well-ordered and soundly-based plan of education, edu-cation, simple In its outlines and arresting ar-resting in its appeal. They may. in short, enlist forthwith In the army of the future the national force which must be mobilized In readiness for the day when victory shall have been won in the fields of warfare.