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Show • THE JORDAN JOURNAL to 2..., e • DC USIVe America Fears No Enemy But Ignorance .... "THE BETTER THE TEACHER, THE BEITER THE SCHOOL" The school is the foundation of democracy. In 1924, there were 24,500,000 pupils in the public schools in the country. Two hunderd fifty million dollars was lost due to irregular attendance Religion, morality and education are necessary for good government. Ten million children of school age were not attending school. Progressive civilization depends upon progressive education. Five million people over ten years of age--that is more than ten times the entire population of the State--were illiterate. Calvin Coolidge says: "It is not too much to say that the need of civilization is the need of teachers." Education is making men and women. Visit and encourage your school • • ' • • |