Show EDUCATORS TO INSIST UPON CHARACTER Cultivation of Citizenship I Sought by Washington Washing- Washing 9 ton Association WASHINGTON April 10 The Tho The recent action of at the American Bar association In promoting an active campaign for a n. law to compel the teaching of ot citizenship In the public schools of ot the land Jias ms re received wide spread od comment Thero There might even seem Hem to be an Implication that educators have not been looking after atter this very Important phase e of ot school work but such is not the case declares the Character Education Education Education tion association of ot this city Research on the problems of education education edu edu- f cation for tor citizenship has been carried carried carried car car- ried on by educators for tor several everal years year and at the forthcoming world i I I conference of on education to be held I In San Francisco next June when delegates from all parts of ot tho the world orld will meet this subject will viii willbe I be discussed it was said Thero There is however declares the associations association's statement a larger i movement going forward than mer merely ly the tho teaching of or citizenship This Is character education which has as its fundamental purpose the I cultivation of ot the disposition and purpose to act right as as citizens and not merely or chiefly a knowledge knowl edge of or government KO Statistics show that half of ot the notorious criminals and citizenship pen perverts per crts of ot tho the nation na- na naI I tion are well Informed regarding th the the- United States constitution and I Ithe the tho laws of the states These peo peo- peo-I peo plo pIe take Jako advantage of ot their legal knowledge to contrive ways was and i mean of breaking brooking tho the laws of ot the theland I land without subjecting themselves to the tho danger of suffering the penalties pen pen- allies alUes of their grimes crimes The educators of or America realize that character forming should beono be one ono of ot the principal alms of ot our schools Inculcate in n tho the child the will to do right and act right and he ho will grow up to be a worthy citizen Ignore the moral side and there Is Js always the possibility that the tho more knowledge a person re receives re- re whether It be In citizenship I or anything else the greater criminal crIm- crIm i Inal will he turn out to be event event- I If It the will to wrong wrong doing Is i j i present Many a defaulting bank I president would be only a second secondI story worker but for an education I that has neglected the tho moral element clement etc cle ele I ment meat I IThe The Character Education association tion was organized organize to give ive Impetus I r HUs to the movement for or character training It Is under the control of or a aboard aboard aboard board of ot trustees all federal educators educators educators tors and the state commissioners and superintendents of education is 1st Is non-commercial non and works under un- un un under under un- un der endowment It recently completed completed completed com com- a competition for tor a a. code of morals for tor children and awarded the prize to William J J. Hutchins president of ot Berea college This code is now used extensively In n various various va va- va rious school systems through the country |