The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-02-29

local StuOcS ana tnat We Ciliillbt
our constitution and make a state.
wide blanket 6 mill levy for all
schools. Mothers, this proposition
will be put before you for your en-
dorscment and vote by the next state
election. You are being asked to
hold your rights as mothers and de-
mand of the state that your child,
he citizen Of tomorrow, be not only
Gecently educated but properly edu-
Gated. Does the child say. "The
Statc-lt Is -" He is right, tomor.
row he will be the governor the leg
islator, the supreme court, not only
II citizen, but the state.
'"rhis being true social education
is salient feature OF our present
civilization. for the state handles
not only the problems of the individ-
ual but of every group in the geo
graphical limits Of the state
I'VE arc nation of sixth grad
ers. a prominent educator viewing
statistics claims that the average
citizen has only q sixth grade cdu-
cation. And with this miserably in
adequate supply of trained inte'ii-
gcnce we are called on to settle by
popular vote the great issues Of the
| day.-managcrial form OF city gov
ornnent, the issue Of income tax
war debt, public safety, higher cost
Of living, bolshevism. interrelation'
ship of capital and labor, interna
tionalism VS.. nationalism, federal con
| ,rol, state control, federal support
and state support OF education, and
! increases pay for teachers. issues
that involve national welfare. not
only OF its generation but Of genera
tons yet unborn.
u tell you the problem Of Ameri
canlzation in Oklahoma ana Ardmor'
is a problem of citizenship, and the
problem of citizenship win be SOLVED
only in the place society has determ
ined shall solve these problems the
home and the public school
What is the solution OF this prob
lem? The solution Is simple but the
administration OF the solution re
try. 1t being n problem of cduca
ton, 1t resolves itself into these
three clomcnts The What, The How
and The VINO. What are you COINS
to teach in the schools, how are
YOU going to teach 1t and who u
going to teach it? OF course ever
if the What is the best in the world
the How depends on the Who. an'
the What, before It gets to the child
also depends on the Who. Permi
me a few words on the What.
History is again revealing thu
tragedy of materia,istic living. Nil
lions of men are tearing out hear
and conscience in the stampede TO
luXurios and necessities. Tho worl'
is suffering from inflated values
False ideas Of living run wild. Why
even in the city Of Ardmorc, TN
children of the schools spend II
amusements and luXuries more thai
the city spends on their education
Relief viii not come chiefly from In
crease in salaries. II will come onl,
from "A nObler attitude towards on
nciEhbor; a loilticr conception ~
what 1t means TO live. The schOo
must teach the real significance ant
means OF the real business Of liv
ing-and the business of living is Tia
greatest business in the world, an
it will not be done until the agcn
Of teaching, the teacher, is engage
in the business of teaching am
people who love their children, In
future state, love to pay for educa
ton as well as n teacher is SUP
posed to teach for the love Of teach
ing. because so few today teach TO
the love OF money there being praC
tically no money to love.
"The business OF living is n grea
civic enterprise--no one can live unit
himself. We shall continue to teac'
English history, mathematics, mar
ual training and domestic scienc
and arts and other subjects, but W
shall teach them with new objccti'c'
Today the schools are training ind
viduals who seek rewards for sell
seeking; tomorrow we shall train cit
ems who believe in the doctrine tina
the individual attainments are 10 b
valued chiefly for the service the
render the state. And this natlo
does believe in that-we spent bil
lions of dollars and $4,000 lives I
show the world that we not only be
leve In that doctrine but we Tough
for il.
Therefore we must include In on
course Of study those subjects whicl
teach practical Living, economies, Sc
ciology. political science ethics. II
other words we need and must nav
a department OF social sciences il
our schools and we in Ardmore hav'
the greatest chance in the history o
our schools to introduce this--in III,
Junior High School.
And it seems to me that whil'
our children are studying the prin
ciples and practices Of society in al
intensely practical way they shal
be good citizens. Let me illustrate
In the Ben Blewett Jr ii. $. OF st
Louis, one of the really great JUNO
! High Schools, the social sciences
are made the center around whici
all teaching rovolves and the idea
constantly held before the pupils an,
practiced by them on all sides is tina
they are good citizens of Ben Blew
EFT Junior High School And tho,
are growing into socially valuable ad
ults.
And to my mind the motto OF th
scouts 10 do a good turn every da,
is surely the application of citizen
ship. Would to God 1t were tn
practice and motto OF the adult worl
as we'll as the scout world.
"That is the What in mahin
citizens. Rut how Is this 10 be c1l