The Winslow mail., 1920-01-16
EDUCATORS MAP
THRIFT COURSE
FOR SCHOOLS
n. E. A. Head Urges the Need
of Savings Study in
Our Schools.

San FRANCISCO, Sdl.-BSfOre the enc
Oh the year there will be established i
standardized course in thrift and saw
ing in every public school in the seven
states Of the Twelfth Fed deraA Reserve
Distx 'ct, according to plans worked
out by the state superintendents OF
public instruction Of the West in co
operation with the war loan organiza
ton The superintendent of public
instruction in each state will serve a.
state director of thrift education.
1t is not at all unlikely that as re
suit of this move in the West to founG
a better American citizenship by the
teaching and practice Of thrift in the
public schools that the iuea will be
taken up throughout the United
States. In this connection, Mrs. 10
sephine Colliss Preston, state superln
tendent of public instruction for the
state OF Washington and president O.
the National Educational Association
has written as follows to each member
If the executive committee Of the as
5ociation:
put in every public school a standard
lied course in thrift and attempt to
teach 1t on plane with the funda
mentals Of the common school
branches In the nature of labora
tory in connection with the course
savings societies will be organized in
each school with the idea of making
the course habit-forming.
Il cannot too strongly recommend
to you as member Of the executive
committee that every state in the
Union take steps Immediately to in
troduce similar courses in the curric-
ulum of every public school in Amer
/ ica. We have reached danger point
In the American social and economic
structure and it lies with US who are
charged with the public education Of
our citizens to undertake the RESPONSE
bility of meeting not only the present
artists, but the vital need for perma-
aent thrift as national habit"
First available reports of savings
work among school pupils this term
| come from the San Francisco schools
| through Philip J. Lawler, manager Of
| he school savings department of the
Bank of Italy, which is cooperating
with the government. The report
shows a total of $28,43790 saved and
invested in Thrift, War Savings and
| School Penny Stamps in 73 school
| lays The number of students invest
ing was 65,149.
Within short time Mr. Lawler said
| ne would have a report on the work In
| 375 California schools which have an
| attendance of 10000 school children
0f this total number of schools 174
| ire country schools.
I'VE must have the close co-opera.
ion Of the newspapers of the West
and of leaders Of public opinion In
| his work OF turning out better citl
] ems" said Mrs Preston eve school
4 ;uperintendents, principals and teach
,rs are undertaking this Job because
We think tt is our Job. However, It is
avery true Americans job and we will
need all the help and cooperation We
can get"
Attending a conference called BY
Governor John o. Calkias of the Fed
sra1 Reserve Bank of San Francisco
at which the decision to introduce the
study of thrift to school curr1culae
were the following superintendents
Of public instruction:
W. j. Hunting, Nevada.
G. N. Child, Utah.
MFs. Josephine Corliss Preston
Washngton.
Mass Ethel e. Redfeld, Idaho.
WaN c. Wood, California.
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FORTY million dollarsA worth Of egg,
are destroyed In the United State:
each year through careless handling.