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Show Local Schools Emphasize Importance Of World Understanding by Children Th Importance of World Underloading, Under-loading, as the School iet It "It is my earnest hope that a generation of children, reared under sympathetic and understanding under-standing teachers will acquire those skills in living and working work-ing with others which will mark the end of bigotry, intolerance, and interractial conflict". This splendid hope, expressed by John E. Wade in 1914. Is found in the heart of every good teacher. What a wonderful thought it is to a teacher that he or she may help in guiding the young people in his classes toward sympathetic world understanding. understand-ing. It is a great responsibility and a great opportunity. "SighT now there are few problems prob-lems of more vital importance to this troubled and confused world than world understanding. To lead children toward this great goal Is the sincere purpose pur-pose of the teachers of the Cedar Elementary school. They, with their pupils, are telling stories, singing songs, dancing dances and playing games of other lands.. Many interesting displays of articles of clothing, fine handiwork, han-diwork, and other interesting things from far countries are being be-ing shown in the different rooms. The pupils have been very much interested in several wonderful won-derful talks given by people who have either visited other lands or were born and raised there. To make this problem of understanding un-derstanding peoples who are not Just like us, real and alive, a plan is underway to bring students stu-dents from foreign lands into our community. The children of the Cedar City Schools have discussed the questions ques-tions they would like to ask these visitors. The plans for the visit from these fine jH'ople have been carefully worked out so that not only will the local pupils gain much information from them, but that they will also gain much In return to make their visit worthwhile. Understanding our world neighbors is vital. As Franklin D. Roosevelt said so well, "If civilization civ-ilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships the ability of all people of all kinds to live together togeth-er in the same world of peace." If we could only write in our hearts one verse from "Acts" "God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth", 'then our earth would be a wonderful and peaceful place to live and to raise our children and our children's children! |
