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Show I DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC SCHOOLt One of the greatest issues before the American people is whether oui public school system shall remain democratic, or whether it shall U used more and more in the direction of equiping a professional class. The newspapers are full of pro tosts that high schools, colleges ami universities emphasize too much ac adorn ic and professional equipment when about nine-tenths of the citizenry citi-zenry of Our Country must work foi a living in industries, in homes ant on farms. A remarkable union high school in California the San Mateo Burlili-game Burlili-game district is attracting wide attention at-tention of educators by giving employment em-ployment to more than half the high school boys outside of school houn at good wages, doing all the work 01 maintaining the school plant. For about 15 years, several hundred hun-dred high school boys have built new buildings, maintained all repairs and kept the grounds in a model condition condit-ion doing actual manual labor ami learning the ordinary trades that make community life possible Principal Prin-cipal Glassooock has accomplished this and the community likes it His ideal is a useful contented self-respecting self-respecting citizen, who can earn as honest living, build a home and sup-ort sup-ort himself and family. |