Show Train Tomorrows Tomorrow's Drivers Today High schools throughout throughout- the country are being called upon by leading educators to enact a major major major ma ma- jor role in solving the tile automobile accident problem Theirs Is the task it is sa said d to put a more careful and competent generation of motor car drivers on the streets and highways by making ions in safe driving a credited part of the regular scholastic curriculum As a contribution to this tills cause and to give the schools definite tools with which to work the Education Education Education Ed Ed- Division of the National Safety Council in New York City has prepared a textbook on the subject called Good Driving Driving- A Manual for the High Schools The book was prepared under the tile direction of a secondary school committee consisting of such men menas menas menas as Dr Thomas Gosling Director of the Junior Red Cross Francis L L. L Bacon principal of the Evanston Evanston Evanston Evan- Evan ston Ill Township High School Prof E K Fretwell of Columbia and Prof Robbins B. B of Yale In brief the manual attempts to describe what an automobile is and how to operate it It is Illustrated illus illus- with charts and photographs photographs photo photo- photographs graphs and contains a list of re reference reference reference re- re ference material for those who wish to develop special topics Six units of instruction are arc outlined outlined outlined out out- lined Automobile in modern life the tile automobile the driver the operation operation operation o- o of an automobile on the highway accidents and accident prevention The Importance of this tilis work is emphasized by the fact that in in some states there is no law to prevent pre vent a child from stepping from the tiller of or his kiddie car to the wheel of a high powered automobile automo automo- bile In no state is there any legal le legal legal le- le gal provision requiring pre license instruction Last year automobiles killed nearly persons The opportunity for high schools to perform an invaluable service to humanity could hardly be great great- er |