Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-06
BABY BONDS BEST
FOR THRIFT HABIT
NOTED EDUCATOR TELLS VALUE
OF REGULAR SAVINGS FOR
CHILDREN OF The
NATION.
PATRIOTIC AND PRACTICAL
Thrift and War Savings Stamps Offer
Opportunity to Teachers and Pu.
pills to Aid Country.
BY JOHN D. SHOOP,
superintendent OF Schools, Chicago.


superintendent OF Schools, Chicago.
Those occasions are rare in which
lie training in habits OF thrift and The
teachings of practical patriotism are
80 closely RELAXED rs We now lind them
ia the general plan for the sale and
distribution oi The baby bonds.
Training toward habits of life that
make for the independence of the iu-
dIvidual in the social world has not
Kept pace in our public schools with
me march OF progress. The economic
isctor III education will give strength
ahd pcrmanency To- the structure. and
y ipe core around which mental, NOR.
al and social development is conferred.
Training for citizenship in all which
The term implies must include thrift
frngality and individual independence.
Ii is 10 he regretted that accentuation
" these facts aud The correlation of
these two agencies fundamental To
GOOD citizenship have waited for the
present nalionaf crisis To bring them
into prominence.
The movement of modern education
is along the lines OF the realistic and
The practical. Il must con>ide" the
right of the child TO that knowledge
which provides the ability for icde.
pendent. economic existence, a. web
IS 10 those elements In education
which have been accepted as disci-
tlnary and cultural. The appeal from
our national government for the as.
,iStsnce of the children in financing
through The purchase of the nations
securities in minor denominations
should be considered one of the most
important educational opportunities
thsl have been provided for our
schools.
Aside from the features that are
considered as contriGut0ry To- thrift
anu to discharge of public duty there
comes the promise that through efforts
of this nature, once realized. there is
born in the consciousness OF the boy
"r girl feeling Of partnership with
the country Of which he is To be a
citizen. out of this consciousness OF
personal association in a financial way
with governmental affairs will grow
al intensified devotion and an increas-
lng interest in the prosperity, achieve.
inents and destiny Of the ration.
Time that is accorded by the teach.
ers OF America IN imrre@siug these
thoughts, and in urging these duties
on the young people in our schools
cannot fail in results that have dis.
tinct educational value. Through The
lnIDgling of the patriotic, the academic
and the practical in the general curri-
cniulu of public school instruction we
may hope for the type of manhood and
Womanhood that will assist in promot-
ing The public welfare, and that will
accelerate our forward movement in
he direction Of the attainment OF the
American ideal.
The plan for The distribution and
sale IT The stamps, which are hut in.
sediments received ia payment fer
bond, brings the opportunity for
thrift and saving to every boy 2nd
sirl IN The Chicago schools. A cen.
lEal depository viii be established AZ
The board Of education from which
principals of schools may receive
stamps on credit, necessary payment
for which may be made when these
stamps are sold by the children. The
features which commend This method
Of encouraging thrift are Tie CuuNen.
fence OF access TO the form OF invest
ncnl, the ca>y-palment nstallmcnt
method the liberal returns on safe in
yestmentS and the stimulus which this
net will afford TO the development I'll
patriotic impulse in the education OF
the child.
The Importance Of the development
Of habits Of fruaalty and economy
lustlfles the teachers in giving every
encouragement to the children to avail
themselves Of this method of savings.
While this measure encourages such
prudence in the habits Of life as will
lay the foundation for economic in
dependence, it will rs well form a con.
meeting link between the interests Of
youth and the interests of the ration.
out of this connection, early cStab.
Nished, there will develop sense of
the responsibilities OF citizenship aud
IN order and devotion of loyalty to
the country, and TO the mission of
America in The great struggle in which
we are now engaged
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