Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-20
HARDING FIXES.
DEC. 8 To 8 AS.
EDUCATION WEEK.
President Asks Citizens
to Cooperate in Aid
ing Schools.

Washington, Nov. 19-President
Harding, in a proclamation made pub
lie Sunday at the White House, sets
aside the week of December 3 to 8
as American education week. He re-
commends to the appropriate national
and local authorities that they give
their cordial support and cooperation
and also calls upon parents to enlist
themselves in behalf of closer under
standing between the school and the
home. The text of the proclamation
follows:
''I'he ideals of democratic govern
ment and democratic education were
planted simultaneously in our country.
The fathers rightly believed that only
people trained to vision Of public
needs and duties could develop and
the institutions of popular
government The system of universal
education established in the beginning
has developed with the country and
become one of the Characteristic fea
lures of our life. In it we have laid
the foundation of that system of
American culture which has enabled us
to absorb and assimilate millions who
have come TO us from many countries,
bringing the traditions of widely vary
ing institutions.
In order that we may keep in mind
the need constantly TO improve our
educational system, it is proposed that
the week of December 80, inclusive, be
set aside for special observance MS
American education week. It is re-
comm mended 10 the governors of the
states that they cooperate with the
educational and civil authorities of
their commonwealths 10 make the
week a period for revival of interest
in the broad work Of national educa-
ton"
Schools Well Protected
1T is gratifying to know that in
time when public burdens have lain
very heavy upon the people there has
been everywhere a determined purpose
TO maintain education unimpaired in
order that the coming generation may
be equipped regardless of sacrifices in
the present, for the increasing respon
sibilities which it must bear
Without vision the people perish.
tie vision. OF education it may be
said that it is twice blest; it bless
eth him that gives and him that
takes. It will be greatly worth the
effort If. as an incident to the observ-
ance of education week. we can i'm
press this thought upon the young
and womanhood of the ma
ton and redirect their interest and
patriotic zeal to the idea of making
a proper contribution TO educational
work 1t is regrettable that so few
Young men and women. equipped for
such service, are nowadays disposed
to give their time and talents TO
teaching. Education needs their
youth, eagerness, zeal and enthusiasm.
There is no school of discipline more
than that in which the teach
rr goes to school We could do no
greater service than by convincing
those young men aud women who have
enjoyed educational opportunities that
they owe 4 reasonable share of their
lime and energies to teaching.
Means Strength to Nation
THE strength and security of the
nation will always rest in the intelli
gent body of its people. Our educa
ton should implant conceptions of
public duty and private obligation
broad enough to enyisage problems Of
\ greatly distraut world Men and
women need the capacity to see with
clear eyes and 10 contemplate with
open, unprecedented mind the issues Of
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