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Show HARDING DATES EDUCATION WEEK Government Officers and Parents Are Urged to Lend Support WASHINGTON. Nov 20 President Presi-dent Harding In n proclamation made public .-it the White House seta aside ; thn week of December 3 to 9 an i American Education week. He recom-mends recom-mends to the appropriate national, state and locru authorities th.it they give their cordial support und co-! operation and hIho calls upon parents to cnllut themselves In behalf of closer understanding between the School and the home. The text of the proclamation follows. "The Ideals uf democratic governments govern-ments und democratic education were planted Simultaneously In our country. coun-try. Th'- fathers rightly believed that j only a people trained to vision of public needs and duties could develop and maintain the institutions of popular pop-ular government The system of unl-versal unl-versal education established In the beplnnlnt,- had developed with the country and become ono of the characteristic char-acteristic features of our life In It We bave laid the foundation of that system of American culture vvh,lch has enabled us to absorb and assimilate assimi-late millions who have come to un from many countries, bringing tho traditions Of widely varying Institutions. Institu-tions. "In order that wo may keep In mind the need constantly to Improve I our educational system it Is proposed that the wicl; of December 3-D Inclusive In-clusive be set aside for special ob-Bervance ob-Bervance as American education week. It is recommended to the governors of the stnt -H that they co-operate with the educational and civil authorities of thir commonwealths to make the week a period for revival re-vival of interest In the broad work of national education." "It is gratifying to know that In a time when public burdens have lain very heavy upon the people there has I been everywhere a determined pur- pose to maintain education unlm-i unlm-i paired In order that the coming gen-j gen-j eration may b equipped regardless I of sacrifices in tho present, for tho j increasing, responsibilities which It i must bear. "Without islon the people perish." NKKD OF TEACHERS. "Without educatlona there can be little vision. Of education it may be said that 'it is twico blest, It blesseth him that gh-es and him that takes ' I It will bo greatly worth the effort If, I iaa un Incident to the observanco of1 Dducatlon Week, we can impress thLs thought upon the oung manhood and womanhood of the nation and re-' direct their Interest and patriotic zeal, to the Idea of making a proper con-, trlbutlon to educational work. It Is regrettable that so few young men and women, equipped for such service, are nowadays disposed to glvo their time and talents to teaching ) Education needs their youth, eagerness, eager-ness, zeal and enthusiasm There Is 1 no school of discipline more effective! (than that In which the teacher goes I to Rchool. We could do no greater service than by convincing those! young men and women who have en-' I Joyed oducatlon.il opportunities that they owe a reasonable share of their time and energies to teaching. "Tho strength and security of the' nation will always rest in the lntelll-1 gent body of its people. Our education should implant conceptions of public' dutj and private obligation broad! enough to envisage the problems of' a greatly dlstaught world. More than' anything else, men and women need, the capacity to see with clear eyes' and to contemplate, with open, un-l prejudiced mind ihe Issue of these times. Only through a properly motl-vated motl-vated and generously Inspired process of education can this be accomplished. In low, thf-n. of these and many' other considerations. I hereby pro-claim pro-claim the week of Oecembor 3 to 9 ns American Education week recommending recom-mending to the appropriate national : state and local authorities that they glvo cordial support and co-operation to making Its observance inspirational I and beneficial. Civic organizations, I and relglous bodies may render specla1' sen Ice by their co-operution. and particularly it Is recommended that, parents enlist themselves with the purpose of mutual helpfulness. "In consideration and witness! thereof, I havo hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of tho United States to be affbeed "Done at the ritv of Washington. p. c. this twentieth day of November, Novem-ber, in the eur of (,ur Lord one thousand thou-sand nine hundred twenty-two and of the Independence of the United States tho ono hundred and forty-i seventh." no |