Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-12-19


thought in this article is so well stated that we
Gladly give it space:
Qualifications of Citizenship
"A person with powers proportionally devel-
oned. with mental discrimination, aesthetic ap-
nreciation, and moral determination; one aware
Of his social relationship and happily active in
the discharge of all his obligations; one capable
Of leisure, loving Nature, revering human be
mos. their aspirations and achievements one OBJ
servant of facts, respectful of law and order, de-
voted to Truth and Justice; one who while loyal
to the best traditions of his people works and
dreams toward better things and one in whom
is the allure of the ideal and whose life will be
faithful thereto.
After mature study these educators have de-
cided that there are nine situations needing def
Mite adjustment; if the individual can meet them
successfully he or she is a normal person; if not,
q noisft to the extent in which he fails to meas
IRE up in any one of them They have defined
the requirements necessary to adjustment in the
following way:
/. Preparation for Health and Happiness
He must have a clean and healthy body. 1t is
the business of the school working out into the
homes to know that each child has the right
nourishment, invigorating exercise and habits
of cleanliness.
2. Preparation for the Correct Use of Leis-
IRE Time. 1t is we'll established fact that
crimes and misdemeanors in the school and in
the state are caused by misused and misdirected
energies.
3. Preparation for Life in the Group" He
must learn the trick of moving gracefully and
hepfully among his fellows or fail; there is no
ON, community life fol. the racI11ce
4. Preparation for Civic Relations. He
must learn to do his share in the duties and re-
sponsibities of citizenship.
5. Preparation for Industrial and Economic
Relations' He must learn the satisfaction that
comes through productive work the cost in hon
est effort of dollar and its value in an honest
purchase. To see the right meaning of wealth
until coin becomes symbol Of justice and CO.
operation among men.
6. Preparation for Vocation He must
see the necessity that each person is under to be
able to earn a living for himself and for those de-
pendent upon him. This is vital, not only to
himself but to society at large.
Z. Preparation for Parenthood and Family
Life. The Home is the heart of humanity.
Right breeding is the base of the triangle OF life
and pure ideas toward love and marriage the
basis of society.
8. Preparation for Creative Activity. 1t is
every PERSONS natural right to put the stamp of
his own thought and effort upon his work. To
develop individuality is to pass out Of the ranks
of the vast army Of the passive ones who must
be led and fed.
8. Preparation for Respect and Reverence.
The most sensitive of all persons are the small
children None feel as they the wonder and
mystery of things. Their sense of the poetry,
romance and beauty of life should not wither but
should be disciplined and deepened until it be-
comes reverent insight into all the finer things
The above is brief resume of plan that II
carried out will revolutionize the detectives OF
education We are coming to realize the new
philosophy that the culture of humanity must be
through the children. 1t gives the ideal as aim
OF the educators half of the problem. Now may
the speaker from her humble viewpoint elucldate
Ihe part that the influence of the parent and the
nome life must have upon the situation?
Surely all will agree that the above program,
splendid as it is can be brought to naught, or at
least dangerously weakened if the home train
ing and influences do not precede and supple
ment the plan of the teacher. High ideals in the
nome throughout childhood and youth must be
me keynote of the situation. Health begins IN
Ihe nome; the ancient Greeks formulated the
principle OF life when they made as their stand
drd "A sound mind in a sound body.
All will agree that Character building is the
essential requirement. All achievements in life
ana the world are founded upon strength OF
character, and character cannot be built in day
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