The Glenwood post., 1925-01-01

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spseialiaatioa. Today eur esrplaAsat
is ten times as great and our output
fourteen times that Of thirty yeaxs
ago, with NO aim toward the white,
collar job for the majority. Democra-
cy's high school today has standards
which require the coverslls, the apron,
and the work -a-day clothes. Our stAAd-
ards today demand that attention be
fixed upon the actual activities Of man
kind. AS secondary education has
been pushed down the human pyramid
to the masses we find pure science,
pure mathematics, and logic giving
way to applied science, applied mathe-
matics, fundamental principles Of busi-
ness. Chemistry Of the home, shop
mathematics, and stock-raising are
courses in democracy's high school. It
is not difficult to justify such courses
in our broadened curriculum.
The standards Of, demoeracy's high
school win continue to demand At least
three years Of English, for this il the
vehicle Of advancement in an voca.
tions and trades as well as profes.
sions, and at the same time lays
right foundation for the proper use Of
leisure time. The standards Of dem.
ocracy's high school will continue to
demand training in citizenship through
knowledge of our government and its
history, and q participation in the
democratic training offered every
citizen. Aside from these require
ments, the democratic high school
should say, "Pick your field"
At all times the school should guide
the student in the selection Of subject
matter which will make the student q
course constructive, but we must al
low opportunity for change. It il Of
ten necessary to advise change, for
every student should be engaged in
work which impe1s expression and de-
velops initiative.
For this reason, it is most important
that inter-curricular activities Of
broad and diversified type be organ
lied in every high school. This .wsrk
should come during the regular hours
Of tuition and should offer the best
opportunity for the study of interests
and abilitiea of students. The stand
ards of democrscy's high school de-
mand study Of the students, activi-
ties, and this With a survey OF his class
work and vocational questionnaires
should form background for voea-
tional guidance direction.
Democracy's high school win some
day be veritable Workshop where our
youth will be technically trained. What
wholesome thing it would be to find
workshop by the side Of each recita.
tion room. Americas boys and girls
need to be taught to work and to feel
as well as see the relation between Tho
classroom lesson and the project in life
itself.
The English should function in de-
batting, public speaking, writing, and
the art of conversation. The mathe-
matics should function in the shops,
laboratories, and fields. The languaR.
go should function in club organiza-
tions. The commercial work should
function in dozen different ways for
the development Of the school a. q
business institution. These are but
few of the ways in which democra.
cy's high school will standardize its
work as training in life.
In conclusion, the standards of dem.
ocracy's high school cannot be set by
the schools of higher learning. One of
these yard sticks must be at hand to
measure for these schools, but a dozen
other measuring sticks taken from 30.
ciety's laboratory, "THE woRKA-
DAY WORLD" must be used in es.
tabiishing norms of achievement for
our modern high school-the second.
ary school for all the children of all
the people, and the finishing school
for most Of the children of most Of the
people. Democracy . high school must
function more effectively each year for
that large majority which does not and
cannot continue its training in college,
but which should continue its training
and education in higher type Of SER
vice in the common vocations Of life.
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