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Show DEMOCRACY DE'IOCRACY DEIOCRACY ' IN OUR SCHOOLSThe SCHOOLS The people of this valley vaHey take a Just pride 1D in 1Dtheir intheir intheir their schools TheyUl1ngly They , willingly \Ul1ngly Ul1ngly \ pay taxes ta\.es ta.es ta .es es ta\es ' \ . to support supporttheIr supporttheir supporttheir theIr educational educabonaI system sJstem and tl'e tle they tl ' ey believe that it isvorth is isvorth Isvorth vorth the money expended"We expendedwe expended expended"We have Ole the Olengbt theright thenght citizens citlzens " "We We " are quite qUlte sure that our ngbt right idea If our schools do their \ work pork ork v . well ell tl1e the tl1ellne1ican themetican theunciican : llne1ican metican systems of government goemment go\ go \ emment will w1l1 succeed and andiemocracy andlemocracy emocracy iemocracy , , as it Jt is understood Imderstood hereill here , \ will \\ill ill prosper and ando o ' will 'MIl MIl its p pople people peopleEducators people peopleEducators ople opleEducators Educators , however ho\\ever ho ever \ , are beginning to complam complain complainust , ust a bit , over o\er o er \ what they term tenn petty 'petty ' . tty dictatorship ' , "leaning leaning Meaning " " the interference that sometimes comes conies from fromne fromnexperienced fromnexperienced ne nexperienced > 'j j . ' > erienced and untrained untramcd persons holding offIce offIcever officesver officevper \ver ver sver \ and superior supenor to the teaching force The educators'o educators 'o o ' 0 not assert that they have e exclusive .clusive clusive > . right to doml- doml domi- domi domlate domi.ate domi-.ate domi.ate domi .ate ate - ate .ate : . ' . the policies of the . school .schooI schooI system sJ'stem sJstem ' but the they ' main- main mainam mainam main-am main am - am that the function belongs to not less than threeroups three threeroups . > , roups , , including incIudmg parents , teachers and children childrenThe childrenThe childrenThe The . inclusion mcluslon of the children cluldren is a sign of progress , narking "IlaI'king IlaIking " ' quite an advance ad\ance ad ance \ from the old autocracy In Inwool inrhool inchool wool rhool affairs It is 15 encouraging encouragmg because the pup pupils pupilsho pupils.ho pupilsho s s.ho .ho ho . , ho go to school might possibly know sometlung"bout somethingbout something sometlung "bout bout " bout the way ' \ wa a'j aj ' to secure better discipline diselpJme , mcreased increased increasediiorale increasednorale iiorale orale and the barriers in the . way v.ay vay of learning what.hey what.hey what hey .hey . . are . supposed .supposed to get out of their coursesWe coursesWe courses coursesWe We are much interested mterested in the recent statementat statementJf statementif statement Jf if Paul PauI J Misner , superintendent of schools in m Glen- Glen Glenoe Glenoe Glen-oe Glen oe - oe , Illinois Ilhnofs Ilhno 5 , , ' who 'who said that his faculty had called in ink in/i in i J / 1 " committee commJttee of ten youngsters to represent a grad grade graden n planning pIanning a mathematics course for the ninth runth grade grade7hat gradeVhat gradet7hat \7hat 7hat Vhat \ ' does this tlus . school .school executive e'tecutne etecutne ' report9 report report9"We ? " "We We " were astonished to find that the opinions opmlons of ofthe ofto ofthe the to pupils were tlie the most valid They understood understoodetter understoodGetter understoodsetter etter Getter : than 01a11 the teachers that mathematIcsas mathematics \ was \\as as \ tru- tru truy truy tru-y tru y - - y functional functIonaI The teachers found it difficult to Jook look JookIt lookit lookit It : the subject matter fairly falrly because theyere they \ were \\ere ere \ so soteeped soteeped sosteeped , teeped m in the traditional tradltIon\l tradltIon l tradition'il traditionil ' \ ' course of study " So , it seems to us that any school system wlll will wlllprofit willprofit willprofit profit bv by b a freely expressed ehpressed opinion opimon on the part of ofleadmg ofleading ofleading leadmg leading pupils The bo boss boys s and girls who have the theJtud thestudying thestudying Jtud studying 'lng lng ' to do doho , \ \\ho ho who \ \ have ha\e ha e \ the task of acquiring acqumng infor- infor information information infor-jnation infor jnation - mation , oujht ought | to Jknow know something somethmg of their problems roblems and probably have bave some SonlC ideas Jdeas as to how their difficul wfticuI- wfticuI wfticuIties difficul- difficul difficulties difficulties - - be lightenedAdministrative lightenedAdministrative lightened lightenedAdministrative ties can Administrative officials OfIlclals , . school teachers and of- of official official of official - welcome "elcome elcome honest criticism criticismand criticismand criticismand ficial boards should always " regardless of their theirsource theirsource it itsource well-Intended well Intended suggestions , and - regardlessfor for ror the useit use of ofdemocratb ofdemocrat great opportunitydemocratb opportunity source There is a in the school s system stem of e\Cry e Cry every eCrycOMmunity everycommunity everycommunity \ democratb ! ! ; processes cOMmunity |