Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-06
NATIONWIDE MOVE
EoR MORAL EDUCATION

the need of greater attention t.
character building in the education
of the young A national organiza
ton to promote character education
is just now making a special effort
to arouse interest and obtain results
in this matter This is the National
Institution for Moral Instruction
with headquarters at Washington, d
c. The real founder of the institu
ton, and its handspring of action is
Mr.. Milton Fairchild, who has de-
voted his life to this great work for
the last twenty years.
! Other distinguished persons in the
directorate of the organization are:
Philander P. Claxton, u. S. Commits
sioner of Education; David Snedden,
State Commissioner of Education,
Massachusetts; Henry Churchill King,
Oberlin College; Thomas Ne'son Pare,
Ambassador to Italy; Mary Emma
Woolley, Mount Holyoke College.
Code of Morals.
The plan now being proposed by
the National Institution is that
large number of morality codes
should be prepared For this pur-
pose the Institute has arranged for a
representative from every state in
the Union, carefully selected by edu-
cational leaders in the State A
generous friend of the movement,
whose name has not been made
known, has provided prize of $500
for the best set of codes
The story of the movement is told
thus:
"a Business man, who has had
large experience and who is sincere
y interested in the welfare of the
Nation, has come to the conclusion, |
On the basis of his own experience
and his study of human affairs, that
he moral education of children is
he fundamental need of the Ma
ion.
ion to educate children into honesty,
,rder and thrift. We are paying the
expenses of charity to look after
PEOPLE who have not character
enough to look after themselves. We
,ay a numerous police force to CON-
,el lawless people to refrain from
hieving, murder, gambling, and vices.
''The purpose of the competition
S to determine intelligent public
opinion in the United States in all
walks of life as to what ideas should
e taught children and youth in
american schools and homes. The
odes should be based on and include
UGH cardinal virtues as wisdom, JUS
ice, courage and temperance, and be
q two parts, one for elementary
chools and one for high schools,
hat is, for children from to IA
ears of age and youths from Ia to
8 years, both parts together not
0 exceed three thousand $4,000
vords"
Idaho Representative.
The code writer selected for the
tate of Idaho is the well-known
chool administrator, superintendent
'. R. Siders, of Pocatello. Co-operat-
lg educators for Idaho are Com
lissioner E. o. Sisson and State
upeTintendent Miss Bernice Mccoy.
Suggestions and Advice Wanted.
The latest announcement from the .
ational Institution includes the
blowing interesting paragraph:
Enclosed is the last edition Of
IT announcement giving list to date
: appointed State Morality Code
Each State representative is
interpret intelligent public opin-
n in his State as to what moral
cas- ought to be taught children
I'd youth. He needs, therefore, ad-
ce from hundreds of people, es-
,cially from parents who have been
Iccessful in developing the moral
Iaracter of their children"
The state Department of Education
glad to commend this movement to
Q people of Idaho and to urge
EN- to give the benefit of their
perience and study of the subject
the code writer, Superintendent ST.
RS, who will be glad indeed to re- 4
i've such suggestions and advice, 1
that he may be enabled better to
terpret the best public opinion OF
Is State with regard to this
eat question Of the moral educa-
n of the children and youth. {