Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-09

Claim Made that Disregard Of Law Il
Becoming Characteristic.
GRAFT AND DOODLE DENoUECED
Elemental Virtues Must Be Inculcated
IN Childhood and Youth
THIS CENTURY MARVEL OF AGES
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eAN FRANCISCO, July s-''Dfsregard
for law is fast becoming an American
characteristic" is the finding Of a report
made by the committee on a system on
teaching morals in the public schols at
the first session Of the National Council Of
Education OF National Education society.
Declaring the nineteenth century to have
been the marvel of ages, especially in the
accumulation OF wealth and the capitalistio
oentralization and control Of the output
and distribution Of comforts and neces-
saries OF life,' the report declares the chief
problem OF the twentieth century to be
ito control these gigantic enerEies."
''Ths pernicious practice OF giving re-
bates and discriminating against shippers;
the prevalence OF graft. boodiing and brib-
cry. the white slave traffic. mobs. riots,
whitecappines and lynchings are cited as
instances Of lawiessness.
New Course IL Suggested.
To meet this situation. the report says.
certain elemental virtues must be incui-
Gated in childhood and youth" and ten
tative course Of instruction to this end is
Offered.
1t starts with the teaching IN the kim
dergarten Of tidiness, obedience and self
sacrifice. considers in the grammar grades
the inculcating of individual virtues like
patriotism, courage and determination. and
concludes with high school course cover
ing the relations of the individuals to So
eiety, to avocation and the state. and the
study OF the family as the foundation Of
society.
The report Is signed by Chairman James
NJ Greenwood. superintendent OF schools.
Kansas City. Mo-. Martin Brumback,
. superintendent OF schools, Philadelphia;
: John w. Carr. superintendent Of schools.
Bayonne, N. J. William Lowe Bryan,
president of Indiana university. Blooming
ton, Ind. and clifford w. Barns. chair
man Of the committee on moral training,
Chicago,
standard of Efficiency.
A committee to begin work on the sub
ject OF tests and standards OF the effi-
cheney Of schools and school systems IL
recommended in the annual statement o:
Charles III. Keyes Of New York. president
OF the council and executive secretary OF
the COMMITTEES on safety Of the city OF New
York. s3
I'm other fields" says the statement
I'VE have physical. chemical biological
and economic standards. We have every
thing necessary TO have them. but educa.
ton we have hardly begun scientifically
TO measure efficiency"
The report also recommends that ths
nnational council meet In mdwinter in.
bead of summer. because OF the demands
made upon them by summer terms OF va
rlous educational institutions
The days program included an addres:
on Improvement OF Teachers I'm Service ir
City Schools" by Harlan Updegraff spe.
cialist in school administration Of th'
bureau of education at Washington. and 8
Joint session at night with the Religion:
Education association. at which addresses
were scheduled by Prof. George A. Coz
of Union Theological seminary. New York
and President David Starr Jordan Of Stan
ford university.