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Show THRIFT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION The recent session of the National Educational Association at Washington, D. C, emphasised the importance of thrift, teaching economy in school administration and introduction of universal savings sav-ings systems. Arthur I I. Ch amberlain, chairman of the National Committee on Thrift Education, advocates courses of study on these lines in the school sj'stems of Our Country. General introduction of school savings deposit systems, with millions of small rlepo- itors drawing interest, are to be introduced in the common schools and colleges. Progressive banking houses are taking up this matter on practical prac-tical lines to counteract the tendency of children learning to spend money before the have acquired earning ability. The morality and stability of character, to say nothing about individual honesty and saving habits, of the child can be conserved by such systems for the welfare and prosperity of the individual, the family and Our Countr |