Show SHALL WE ACCEPT THE NEW LIGHT it 11 V 0 cn en tr 31 1 clington Hii iton j hav havi i we been shooting to hit lilt an in our scho schools have lave we hc held ld the child or the curriculum most sacred granted th thit t in theory theor we have ha had as our aim in education the ilu ing of our children chil child dien ten for better citizenship still hac lime we realized this aim in practice far from it there has bits been a chasm chasin between school and life which up to no now has renu reina ned unbridled thank fortune a chang t foi fot the betteis upon us A it sudden but ne erth olei welcomed re resolution in mattir h his is found its wai a into ou schools no one welcome it more than those huse future we are ft to rivine se curt cum is on thi arg of realizing reali zinK its aim aini the old mold into which e eich tah child was 9 pout ed at lit six ai years of age ind and t iken out at the completion of thu tho eighth arade grade the stereotyped liken tsi cf avii other child holds s I 1 no ion conr r we are bending the cut cuin culum to lit the child enste id of the child to it tit the curricula curri cul Lul um life is 14 on tho the verge of beine being introduced into the school room I 1 wonder how it would act sureh surel it will b a str stranger angor in tit s a orange lind land can it be real something of value alue is thrust upon ua us think of it parents and teachers tea cheis shall we stand idly bi and see those subjects which traditions have mido m ido sacred sac red to us torn from the schools and something new und untried forced upon us 1 I aio ate we willing to see bee our Lh children ildren stop the states and their capitals ui and learn mich nonsensical thin tiling 9 as the value of steam and elec electric triv powers and their influence luence int on tho of this great commonwealth Lommon wealth or how to conserve In increase creast add control our present cod food 0 shill 0 ne o per mit gramm ir to be cast out and auppl anted b subjects aich teach the alue of nation ia interdependence and how each child c cin ta best th into the work of his tits comm in ity N 1 it not lo lowering ering our dignity as parents ard teachers to have fa nitie educators a delab i ettely tiko take one half of the time used usa in learning to spell which no ono one crept tho the school ever to se or hear bear again and supplant it alth r ith subjects which teach the child how man his harnessed the forc forced eb of na ture and anti mado made them to work and the affect this lias has had on modern life surely wo ie must needs change our views if we permit this what factor has hafi been leei af a work that shattered in one blow our icing lon cherished ideas about education who wo is 13 it that daies dates suggest that we e h ive bean in in educational rut who dares ba thit our children shoud learn othir thines things than the dates of the b ittia fought in the bitet Keio lution ar and qi vi il wars the genet genitals als on both side and the movements ot ol ea ch arm the answer tu all these theae questions is clearly evid eld nt tit granted that the vie chan cluna re ehas has conic m we e will hatto ad mit further th it the great war forced it upon us ohp th v ar to the rescue I 1 that sounds odd but never it Is a fact it took the w r to show us that we were ere missing the mark it took the war to tetch us that we must shoot to hit lilt the scourge of atri bicke in lit upon us and reve revell it the f fut it t that our strength as a n is measured b our hu man and leso ieso and our success defendi upon the wise ind and economic use of il re the cry toda is eloncia conservation the w ir burst upon as like it cinnoti ball and ui with the riv iLlation that e were the life blood atoni oui out na tion by wastefulness and ignorance in the use of these gifts of nature to teach the child these facts that he ma become a better mm mem bei bet of society and th thac it he lie ma bet ter understand his relationship to the comm community unit and the nation is 13 the aim of this new ner work how wonderful wonder full well it Is accomplishing this aim while having had these inspiring leaflets leat lets only one month the change thea the have hae wrought in our school is trul astonishingly ine to the pupils school is no longer a mill for grinding out a cut and shied routine th mannet annei iri in which thea the attack the le it leat leaflets lets in an earnest bearch search for boil ething tangible something all alive for something which they see a it living inc need for is certainly nl a source of joa j 0 to the teach teachers erg the re search work to ansti i the sia i s fagIna fascinating ting to the pupils ind to see them read reference boblis ind ask questions tring to learn something applit applicable ip able to ever da life s ample proof that education has not carried 0 over er our teachers tea cherb immediately imme diatel the spirit of the new work nork and feel satisfied that it ft N ill mean the I 1 lebirth of oui out notional nit irit ional school s ss tiu mi the good work go on ind practical education idu cation come to me mein tn les lei strife and better citizenship citi enship |