The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-29
DESTINY LIES IN SCHOOLS,
 EDUCATORS SAI
Demand Program Which
 ! Makes Offensive War
 | Impossible e {
INCREASE IN COST OF EDUCATION EXPECTED
22 Billion Luxury Bill Cited 10 Show U. s. Can Finance $ Educational Program

CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.--:Declar ring thai "the destiny of the public schools -is the destiny of the republic" the de partment of supefintendence of the National Education association adopted resolutions at the closing session of iti convention today calling for, a broad. ening program of education to be of | fered tn the American boy and girl Increased educational costs must De expected by the American public il proper training is to be- given tke youth of the land, the resolutions state They outline, at the same time, the de. pArtment's indorsement of American education week, its support for plan to make the school system of WAshine.
 ton, D. C., model for the nation, ita
 backing of the Sterling Reed bill, pro.
 viding for | cabinet department of elu- cation, it's support of plans to bettsf rural education, to avoid war through education of youth and to bring law observance through education.
 F Future Rests With People'' ~The nation of the future must pasa through the school room where the tra- ditions of our free institutions are con. served and transmitted, What the flu. \ ture shall be rests with the American people" the resolutions say, in ex- pressing the educators position against any reduction in school costs that would hamper the training of Ameri- can children. ss. gs,s. ! If the schools are to Americanize the 13,0O0, 900 foreign born in this country and the millions yet to come, | if they are to banfsh illiteracy, if they are to take over the care of the health of childhood and do the other things people expect of them, then tlrere must be no expectation of reduction in ap- negotiations for public education, either state or local,
 The resolutions quote federal statis. ties to show that the nations luxury bill in 1920 was twenty-two billions of dollars, "a sum approximately equal to the cost of the government from the adoption of the constitution to the declaration of war against Germany z This is taken to indicate that the ra ton can finance m educational pro gram.
 Education to Banish War
 I've demand program of education which, by bringing about q better un- derstanding among the people of the world, will produce n situation in which offensive wars will become i'm.
 possible" the school superintendents declared in their resolution. The ap- PointEenf of committee of 1o0 by the National Educafion association to de- ysse Nrlys tfN solve flie fif0sIepl cf rsFal ftIsir4 lon $ SiIe he xoa 2f4 E fyufli the same eduea tional adyantages as the city youth. was ifdurssti. Expressing the opinion that tour civilization is in danger of being uu- dermined by failure to observe the laws of our country" the superinten- dents urged that the schools of Amer ica stress as never before the funda- mental principles of American citizen ship; participation in governmental activities and complete loyalty and obedience to it's 1aws.n
 F. Fl. J. Paul. principal of Dewitt Clinton High school, New York, City, in one of the concluding addresses urged that school training should be SO organized to educate the pupil in the proper use of leisure time outside of classro0ms.
 Federal leadership in educatio was advocated by J. NJ. Gwinn, superinten- dent of schools, San Francisco, as n means of strengthening educational methods and producing more effective results.