The Washington herald., 1922-11-20
HARD|nGSETS
DEG. So ASIDE
0REDUCAT|0M
President Urges Governors OF
States to Lend Cooperation
in Drive Throughout Nation
HOPE OF COUNTRY, Ne SAYS
An Persons Who Have Received
instructions Should Give
Part Of Their Time in Drive
ny Universal Service.

ny Universal Service.
President Harding yesterday is
sued a proclamation calling upor
Governmental agencies and civic snf
reiiRious orsanizations to observ'
the week of December SO az Amer
lean Education Week. The fresi
dent especially recommends tha
enlis. themselves in behau
Of closer understanding between tn'
schooi and the home, with the pur
pose Of mutual helpfulness.
TEXT OF PROCLAMATION.
The proclamation follows:
The ideals Of democratic Gov
srnnent and democratic education
were PLANTED simultaneously in
err 90. The fathers rightly
ss.ls,r.' only a people trained
10 ~ O. Of public needs and
eutiez ,oUld develop and MAIN
1-sa III institutions OF popular
GayelETTis The system OF uni
yessas sducation, established N
i,.e ginning. has developed with
the ~-uutry and become one OF
the characteristic features or our
life, In II We have laid the foun-
dation Of that system Of American
culture which has enabled us to
absorb and assimilate millions who
have come to us from many coun-
tries, bringing the traditions OF
widely varying institutions
in order that ve may keep In
mind the need constantly to i'm
prove our educational system. II
10 proposed that the week OF De-
cember 80, inclusive be set aside
for special observance as Amer
lean Education Week. 1t is recon-
rnended to the governors or the
States that they cooperate with
the educational and civic authori-
ties Of their commOnvealths TO
make the week a period for re-
vival OF interest in the broad work
OF national education.
sREGARDLESS OF SACRIFICE
1T is gratifying to know that
In a time when public burdens
have lain very heavy upon the
people there has been everywhere
Q determined purpose 10 maintain
education unimpaired, in order
that the coming generation may
be equipped. regardless OF sacri-
fees in the present, for the in
creasfng responsibilities which it
must bear.
without vision the people
perish
without education there can
be little vision. OF education 1t
may be said that it is twice
biest: il blesseth him that gives
and him that takes
1T will be greatly worth the
effort II, as an incident to the
observance of Education Week,
we can impress this thought upon
the young manhood and woman
hood of the Nation 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, nowadays are
disposed to give their time and
talents 20 teaching. Education
needs their youth, eagerness.
zeal and enthusiasm. There is
no school OF discipline more ef-
fective than that in which the
teacher goes to school. We could
convincing those young men and
women who have enjoyed edu-
cational opportunities, that they
owe a reasonable share of their
time and energies to teaching.
EDUCATION PUBLIC DUTY.
The strength and security Of
the Nation always will rest in
the intelligent body Of its people.
Our education should implant
private obligation bread enough
to envisase the problems of a
greatly distraught world. More
than anything else, men and
women need the capacity to see
with clear eye and to contem-
plate with open, unprejudiced
mind, the issues OF these times.
Only through a properly mott
vated and generously inspired
process of education can this be
accomplished.
In view. then, of these and
many other considerations, 1 here
BY proclaim the week of Decem-
Der 3-9 as American Education
Week, recommending to the ap-
propriate national, State and 10
cal authorities that they give their
cordial support and cooperation
to making It's observance inspora-
tonal and beneficial. Civic or
sanizatiOns and religious bodies
may render special service by
their cooperation: and particularly
1T Is recommended that parents
Aenlist themselves in behalf Of
closer understanding between the
-schooi and the home. with the