Evening star., 1926-02-21
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Six Prominent Educators
Answer Question BEARING
on instruction.
"What is the biggest thing In

What is the biggest thing ir
American education today"
Six prominent educators. including
John j. Tigert, the United States
Commissioner for Education, who
will participate tomorrow in the con.
vention of the Department of Super.
intendenCe of the National Education
Association. answer the foregoing
question as follows:
The improvement in rural schools:
reorganization of the curricula; the
opportunity to outlaw war: the
Nationwide movement to have every.
child who enters school for the first
time 100 per cent free from remedial
defects; making the proper points of
contact between the work of the
school and the work of the home
and community and the threat of
Intellectual Imperialism by certain
colleges 'is the biggest challenge on
the horizon
These answers We're given. reSpec-
lively. by DIR. A. T.. Winship, editor
of the Journal of Education. Boston,
Mass, and for more than 80 years
active in educational work as
teacher, lecturer and editor: Commits
sioner Tigert; Katherine d. Blake
principal of l.. D. Blake School, New
York City. and who will be given "a
special testimonial dinner tomorrow
evening In honor of her long service
in education: Mrs. A. II. Reeve. presi-
dent of the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers; }. W. Crab
tree, secretary of the association, and
NJ. L. Wright of Greenville. n. c..
editor Of the North Carolina Teacher.
Curricula Worn Out.
DR.. Winship. in referring to the
improvement in rural schools, de-
clared the consolidation OF one-room
schools and township and union
schools gives tens Of thousands of
country children as good school privi-
leges as city children have. Commits
sioner Tigert explained our curricula
are largely outworn and out of date.
A good many agencies are at work
upon 1t. I hope that we will make
greater attacks upon this subject in
the immediate future than we have
in the years just behind US"
THE great need in our schools. de
clared Miss Blake. rs a Willingness &c
face fearlessly the facts of life. tc
listen to the voice Of youth and tc
have the courage TO tell the truth nc
matter what tradition is thus assailed
Unless the teachers Of every country
combine to teach the truth that war is
not the defender but the enemy Of the
home; that the only hope Of civiliza
ton is world cooperation: that al
mankind are brothers and equally en-
titled to life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness: unless the teachers sc
combine. we shall jazz on to destruc
ton"
Mrs. Reeve pointed out the contri
button that can be made by parents to
education. THE first definite move.
ment TO place squarely where it be.
longs-upon the home-the RESPONSE
bility for sending to school a child
ready to be taught, has been made by
the National Congress of Parents and
Teachers in its Summer roundup of
children"
Celebrating on his point of proper
contact between the work of the
school and the work of the home and
community, Secretary Crabtree said
I'VE have attached Importance to the
matter of acquainting the public with
the schools. Equally important with
this is the matter of acquainting the
teacher with the public and it's essen
tial needs. The purpose of all this is
to work out policies and curricula and