| Show CHARACTER EDUCATION FAVORED character education and training tor for citizenship were the problems dis cussed ln in many ot of the meetings ot of the tha national education council said mai ton bennion Benn lon dean of 0 the school ot of education at the university on his bis return from the conventions ot of the educational cat ional association hold held in cleveland february 24 to march 1 there Is general recognition among leading educators ot of the necessity ot of giving primary attention to this phase of education continues dean benmon even in higher and professional schools it Is recognized thit character education is more fundamental than scholastic attainment this statement however is not designed to disparage in any way the value of scholarship much aluch attention was gly given to the de construction of the course of study that it may contribute more fully to the development of the social and moral qualities ot of pupils while the american people generally are arc having trouble in financing their school systems they are recognizing it as primarily a question of the return that they are to receive tor for the money invested that Is does 1 not consist in spending less but in getting greater values |
