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Show NO SATURATION POINT . IN OUR SCHOOLS There are those who question ; . the desirability of Urging sec- ' ondary education upon unlimited numbers; on the one hand, because be-cause of the burden increased - . -enrollments imposed; and, on the other hand, ' because they feel that the saturation point has been reached in graduates available avail-able for white-collar jobs and are concerned as to who will be left to 'hoe the onions." ilt is im-r-ortant to note that the present -objective in elementary and high , s. school training is not primarily toward the white-collar job. ' ' A few years ago the automo-' . bile industry echoed ivith a dia- ) cussion of whethef .the ' nation - ' had reached the saturation point for automobiles. , Traffic condi-tions condi-tions or our streets and highways high-ways may lead some to wonder I if the satutatioripoint1ia3Tiot -7 ' ; only been reached, but : passed. Yet, the year has seen more cars ' '; sold than ever before. Thepub-ption, Thepub-ption, we find "Eatmore" cam- -paign for cranberries; "have you had your iron today?" for raisins; "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," campaigns for apple consumption- .; , ! , " 'As to the school enrollment, n would seem equally- important not to curtail output as if is in . , Industry. If we build more and wider roads to stimulate , auto activity, we might, with , equal satisfaction build or enlarge our schools, if necessary, to furnish an oportunity for every child. - Nor is it the purpose of the public schools to prepare their graduates for a specific type of work'but rather, to discover the " pupil's adaptability as a necessary neces-sary expression of his individuality individ-uality and initiative and prepare him to accept the task for which -he is fitted. That our -, young . people are not educated away from work, is evidence by the rush of high school students to secure J obs as soon as the school year ends. "A careful examina- - -tion of the varied types of work , done by students working their way through college will furnish further evidence that high school graduates have not - generally acquired a distaste for toil. So much for the menace of numbers. ..The saturation point has its application also to capacity cap-acity for mental growth. Who ; will say at what stage a child is incapable of further, development! develop-ment! ,It is not the purpose of j the schools to saturate the mind; j they recognize development as a '. relative term. It is their pur-J ; pose to build sound foundations, to establish attitudes and habits ? of mind that will (lend, the pupil to be alert to the opportunities for continuous mental, growth. That the schools have done effective ef-fective work is evidenced by increasing in-creasing patronage of libraries, night classes, extension courses, cours-es, study clubs, and a multitude of other educational agencies.. 6 Saturation in our schools? Not 'till this country reaches a point of stagnation will it be nnaWe to absorb educated youth. Not 'till we cease rearing our chSdren in an environment of directed self-expression, self-expression, will they fail to respond re-spond to the stimulus of learning. learn-ing. ; So long as the trades, commerces com-merces and. industry, science, the arts and professions, call for skill in hand or coordination of hand and brain, there will be no saturation sat-uration point in- public edue.-K tion. .,1 V.. , . ' |