The Springdale news., 1918-01-04
MAKING GO0D CITIZENS
National Security League Would Re"e-
 iutionize Civic Education.

Impressed by a surprising lack of j individual responsibility in the gosern- i meat among citizens in all parts Of tie country. which has been startlingly l demonstrated by the nation wide cam i Daign of Patriotism Through E<ucation Which it is conducting. the National l Security League is taking steps which i 1t hopes will ultimately lead 10 the rev l olutionizing and yitali7ing of the en- 1 tire civic teaching in the schools of the i United States. This question was one l ot the principal matters considered at ] the recent conference Of educators held under the auspices Of the League al the : Bar Association in New York recently. ! Carrying out the eoneensus of opinion i of the leading thinkers of the country ! who attended this conference, the Sc l curity league has laid before the prin- cipal educational institutions of the country a plan for the creation Of National Civic Education Faculty for the consideration of this problem The Leagues idea is embodied in the following letter. which has been sent by f 10 the heads Of the principal uni versailles and colleges Of the country. educational foundations and state edu- cation departments:
 Tn response to an invitation issued by fhe National Security League. de3e. gates from etgatee important cnl- ir=as. universities and other eaura- i tiana, foundations recently met q t1e Association 2f the Bar in New York C.#H The meeting was called b7 he League because three wears Of experiz eaee have convinced us that work O vial importance can be done for America and for the cause of free gov. ernment everywhere f the great edu. cational forces Of the nation can be brought t0 bear upon certain definite problems which ean be evolved only by national and international thinking.
 System Has Failed.
 Our educators have been intent upon local or upon strictly technical problems Of education No consider. able body Of them has been charged with the duty of thinking upon tae educational problems which s7e dis ttnctly national or upon those every day more apparent which may be i called international Our decentralized system admirable in many regards 1 las failed seriously 10 attack the greatest side of public education the relation Of the individual to the Ia ten. and to the nations.
 After a discussion Of various as poets of the problem how to preserve our decentraiized system Of education and yet face these questions. the dele= gates by unanimous consent instructed the officers of the National Security League to request certain O our sres.. [ colleges and universities to consider the question of aelegating for 4 rear with full salary. one of their ablest professors 10 join with those from other institutions iu systematic study os this problem There is a pressing need for this work, and t merits the hest efforts of all institutions estah-
 isbed 10 foster education for a free people
 tft was also the unanimous opinion oftha delegates that tHe problem of h. ternreting the meaning of the var . the American people Is one demanding the constant labor of able leaders c thought and one in which all eduea- tloral institutions are vitallv inter. ested These two lines Of activity seemed 10 the mem hers of the confer ence ample justification for requesting the donation Of intellectual leadership from the great educational establish ments of our country The problems of the war are great bur the problems of the coming days Of peace will be ID less so, and the educators Of the coun. try should form their n1an ot campaign with the least possible de1av
 Public Service"
 This is a public service so great and so imrortaH. as 10 require taa whole tlme and attention of body of our ablpst educators. and we ask you t1 do y0ur part We should be glad Q cooperate in any wa. our sole aib1 being the accomplish Of the work