East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-11-22
DEMOCRACY OF EDUCATION
SUBJECT OF HIS LECTURE
DIR. GEORGE REBEC GIVES IN
TERESTING TALK AT HIGH
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.

DR.. George Rebec last evening
preached the democracy Of education
to an audience in the high school au,
ditorum. Speaking on THE Possibil-
tiles of the High School" he unfolded
his idea of what should be done to
make the high school OF maximum
service to it's community.
The first thing he would have done
is the freeing of the schools from the
rigidity of its courses so that it may be
of benefit not only to the boys and
girls between the ages of 13 and 10
but will be in reach of every man,
woman and child, regardless of
whether they have the time or ca
pacity to make half-creduit or a
dozen.
Man is strange animal" said the
speaker. You may hold out to him
benefits and advantages but he is
10th to come to them. He must be
dragged within reach. It Is in recog-
milton of this fact that the university
had entered upon its extension work.
In Salem last year an agent for a
correspondence school took away
$4,000 In subscriptions for courses in
his school in spite Of the fact that the
university Is offering a whole budget
of correspondence courses without
cost. You must peddle your goods IL
you want to dispose of them and that
is just what the high school must do.
1t must organize its machinery to 20
out after the people 1t would bene,
fit"
DIR. Rebec would make of the high
school social center and especially
a center for all activities that are edu-
cational in their function. He would
make the high school an agency to
furnish the commercial clubs and like
business organizations with a fund OF
accurate information relating TO the
resources of the community. He
would have the schools assist the citi-
zenship in securing data on political
questions such as commission govern
ment in order that a burden be not
imposed upon one Or two busy men.
He would have tho school cooperate
with the city authorities In the analys-
is of water, in the gathering of sta .
tistics and facts from other towns, In
assisting in the municipal celebrations
in short to be the first aid in any civic
undertaking. 1t :s right and proper
he said, and will he the fulfillment OF
the schools highest function.
In conclusion. Dr Rebec declared
the greatest need of the present day
Is for the citizens of community "a
join together in the education of each
other. In this connection he made his
most striking statement of the even
ing. Man has conquered the last OF
the physical frontiers" ne said. "bn.
he is confronted with many spritua'
frontiers never yet crossed The situ-
alton today demands pioneers no less
than did the opening OF the ives: t.
civilization. And these pioneers too
musr learn the spirit Of sacrifice and
rartyrdom before they can hope tc
blaze a path. The age Is crying q,
unselfish leaders who will show .ht
way toward the education that Is the
fulfillment of a many-sided human.
ity. the kind OF education wlthou
which the millennium will never ar.
rive"
DIR. Rebec Is profound and deer
and his address last evening was ar
intellectual treat. That there were ne
more out to hear him is a matter o
regret but the empty seats only serv.
ed to emphasize his contentious To-
the needs of the community.