The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-10-26
OBSERVANCE OF
"A NJ e RICAN
EDUCATION WEEK

instituted the observance of the first
week in December as Education
Week." The American Legion last
year became interested in the per,
petuation of such week and took
the initiative in inviting the Nat.
ional Education Association and other
organization to cooperate in the
observance of american Education
Week." This year the Unitsd States
Bureau of Education is cooperating
with the American Legion and the
National Education Association in in.
viting every American organization
club, church, school, newspaper, mag.
azine, theater ard individual and
the individual bodies of every de-
scription to participate in making
the week, Decen.cbr, 80, a real ma
tion-w1de revival of educational en-
thusiasm.
The Americanisln Commission of
the American Legion called upon the
Commissioner of Education to invite
President Harding to isue a Procla-
nation for the observance of this
week. The President has given
assurance of his desire and willing
ness to do this.
The Bureau of Education has
arranged with the Interdepartment
Advisory Committee on Government
Radio Broadcasting to use the Gov
ernment's broadcasting stations twice
day throughout the week for the
material in connection with the weeks
campaign.
The Commissioner of Education
called upon Will H. Hays, president
of the Motion Picture Producers and
Distributors of America, to discover
to what extent the motion-picture
houses of America would cooperate.
Mr.. Hays was very generous and en-
thusiastic and has definitely arrang-
ed for the working out of a program
in which the facilities of the notion
picture houses may be used effect
lively during American Education
Week,
All governors, mayors and others
In places of executive authority are
expected and invited 70 issue procla-
nations and otherwise promote gencr-
al observance of this great move
ment in behalf of education. The
newspapers and press generally have
been invited to issue educational
editions, and if this is not possible
to emphasize education during these
days by editorials, special articles,
and in such other ways as they find
possible.
1t seemed wise, in order that the
campaign might be concentrated up
on phases of education which are of
outstanding significance, to designate
certain days on which topics should
be stressed. These days are as fol-
lows: Sunday, December 3, God ard
Country; Monday, December 4,
American Citizenship; Tuesday, De-
December 6, School and Teacher;
Thursday, December 7, Illiteracy;
Friday, December 8, Equality of OPP
portunity; and Saturday, December
9, Physical Education and Hygiene.
These topics have been selected be-
cause they are considere to be mat
ters of national Importance and de-
sirable throughout the country. It
is suggested that these topics should
not preclude the various States from
emphasizing those features of edu-
cation which need to be emphasized
at this time in their respective States,
nor should they prevent cities and To-
calities form pushing their individual
needs.
1t hardly seerns necessary to urge
upon the schools and those respons-
ibGe for the administration and in
struction in the schools that it is
expected that all will join in the
general observance Of promoting edu-
cation during American Education
Week to the utmost extent of their
abilities. Programs can be effect
lively arranged througout all of our
schools which will materially enhance
the value of this general effort.
At the time of present writing
very large unmber of State Superin-
tendents and State Commissioners
of Education have responded enthus,-
astically in endorsing the observance
of American Education Week and
none have expressed opposition or
indifference. The unity of effort
and interest which has already been
displayed is but an earnest and evil
dence that this bids fair to be the
greatest campaign for education that
has ever been made in the United
States.