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Show cation of boys and girls under 14. years of age, and nothing which should serve as an excuse for interference with the prospective development of the school system. Teachers aud pupils should be encouraged to find ways of performing in the schools some service having war value,, such as activities connected with the junior Eed Cross, war garden work. Bov Scouts, war thrift work, and the like." Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and Secretary of the Navy Josephns Daniels are both equally opposed to reducing re-ducing school work. "The army and navy do not want," they say, "'and cannot can-not use, boys under 18 3'ears of age-nor age-nor boys nor men of any age who are not strong and well-developed physically. physi-cally. So far as the army aud navy are concerned, there is nothing more important im-portant that . the schools can do than to keep going at full capacity, and at the same time to emphasize in every possible wav their work in physical education. edu-cation. High school boys will render the best service of which they are capable by remaining in school until completion of the high school course." This movement to maintain the efficiency ef-ficiency of schools is backed by civil . service officials, who say the boys and girls under 18 years of age should not be called upon to make up labor deficiencies, de-ficiencies, except in rare aud special cases of need. |