The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-07-01

men should be able and ready to rem
der every possible assistance. It
should be remembered that the num-
Der of students in our universities,
colleges, normal schools and technical
schools is very small as compared
with the total number of persons of
producing age-little more than one
half of one per cent. The majority
of these students are young men and
women who are becoming more ma
ture and fit for service. The older
of the 60,000000 men and women of
producing age are growing more un-
fit and are passing beyond the age of
service. 1t should also be remembered
that the more mature the young men
who volunteer for service in the army
the more valuable their services will
be.
Therefore a right conception of pa
triotism should induce all students
who can not render some immediate
service of great value to remain in
college, concentrate their energies on
their college work, and thus be all
the more ready and fit when their
services may be needed either for war
or for the important work of recon
struCtion and development in our own
and other countries when the war
shall have ended.
"All schools of whatever grade
should remain open with their full
quota of officers and teachers. The
salaries of teachers should not be
lowered in this time of unusual high
cost of living. When possible, sal
aries should be increased in proper
ton to the services rendered. Since
the people will be taxed heavily by
the federal government for the pay
ment of the expenses Of the war,
teachers should be willing to continue
to do their work, and do it as we'll
as they can, as a patriotic service
even if their salaries can not low
be increased. All equipment neces-
sary for the best use of the time of
teachers and students should be pro-
vided, as should all necessary increase
of room, but costly building should
not be undertaken now while the
/ prices of building material axe ex-
cessively high and while there are
urgent and untitled demands for labor
/ in industries pertaining directly and
| Immediately to the national defense.
/ Schools should be continued IN full
! efficiency, but in most instances cost
| ly building may we'll be postponed.
During school hours and out Of
! school, on mornings, afternoons, Sat
urdays, and during vacation all older
children and youth should be encour-
! aged and directed to do as much use
! full and productive work as they can
without interfering with their more
important school duties. This produc-
tive work should be so directed as to
give it the highest possible value, both
economically and educationally For
children and youth in schools of all
grades there will be need of more
effective moral training, and provision
should be made for this. While the
war for the safety of democracy is in
progress and when it is over there
will he greater need for effective ma
chinery for the promotion of intelli-
gent discussian of the principles of
democracy and all that pertains to the
1 public welfore of local communities,
counties, states and the nation. To
this end every school house should
be made a community center and civic
forum with frequent meetings for the
discussion of matters of public inter
est and for social intercourse"