Evening star., 1932-02-24
D. {. SCHOOL CUTS
HELDU. S. MENACE
N. z. A. Head Warns Con.
gress Action Here Will
> Set Precedent.
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literature are luxuries in the school cur
riculum which may be omitted with
out great damage to the welfare OF the
child.
In defending these intangible sub
iects, Miss Hale said that. first OF all,
the critic must answer the question OF
the aim of education, which, she said
is ito teach a child how to live 1t
is generally realized, she declared, that
most of the valued things in the world
like honor, love and reverence are viz
tues hard to describe" So it is with
these subjects, she continued, when, in
these days with the noise and perpleXl-
ties and the rushing life we lead. it is
absolutely necessary that. in our edu-
cation, we teach our children to build
up resources within themselves.
Pleads for Culture.
Referring pointedly to the coming
hearings on the 1888 school estimates
in the District, Miss Hale said:
I'VE hope this program may have an
influence upon those pending issues III
our great Capital City SO that, from this
source of all inspiration in our life, shall
go out strong arguments for culture, Tor
the spiritual values of life and for those
things which give the peace OF GOD that
knows no understanding. and through
which alone can we in this day find the
solution of our greatest civic problems.
Miss Hales' address was followed by
speeches by dorado Taft. famous sculp-
tor of Chicago, whose subject was Art
in Education" and John H. Finley, as
sociate editor Of the New York Times
on Literature in Education" Walter
Damrosch, orchestra conductor, who
was to have spoken on music In educa-
ton. was Ill and his lecture was read
by his understudy.
In his address, DR.. Weaver contended
that the unemployed man actually Is
a sick man.
THAT man who, because of economic
changes or because Of mergers or poor
markets, or more commonly because OF
his own personal shortcomings, finds
himself continuously. out OF employ,
ment.' DR.. Weaver declared, lis an III
man. He is suffering from disease
which, if unchecked, will destroy his
social. cultural and economic worth to
civilization Just as surely as malignant
disease will destroy his body. In such
an emergency it is the obligation OF
society to diagnose this disease, pre-
scribe the remedy and place the man
on a pay roll as quickly as possible"
Outlines Four Steps.
An educational program which un-
dertakes to rehabilitate the unemployed
man must contain four steps, Dr.. Wea-
yer continued diagnosis, training
placement and follow-up.
Diagnosis, he said, is based on the
assumption that behind each case OF
chronic unemployment there is a def
lolo TRAINING
is carried on in separate classes limited
to unemployed men. These classe!
would meet at the convenience OF
the men, usually in the evening, SO
the men may have their days free fol
the daily quest of work. Placement, de-
scribed by DR.. Weaver as perhaps tht
most important of all the steps, In
wolves the employment by the schoo
system of a full-tirne co-ordlnator tt
keep in constant touch with the indus
tries of the city so that work demands
may be met with greater facility.
The follow-up step, the WILLIAMSON
educator explained, Is designed to givt
the newly placed man an adequate op'
portunity to demonstrate his worth
The co-ordinator, who interviews tht
foreman, seeks to arouse interest O!
the superiors in the employed men.
Tribute Paid Jefferson.
In the fifth general session last
night at Constitution Hall, the super
intendents regarded the past, present
and future American education.
DR.. Francis G. Blair, State superin-
tendent OF public instruction in 1lli-
nois, who looked back to the infancy of
education on this continent. paid
tribute to Thomas Jefferson as the one
man who saw the matter more clearly
and acted more directly and more ef-
fectively to bring about the establish
ment Of this wide-dung system of free
schools than any other one man" DR.
Blair reviewed Jederson's efforts on
behalf of education in the colonies, de-
picting how that patriot foresaw a
truly national education for the
building of citizens who were. IN fact
heirs apparent to the American seat
Of government.
Addressing himself to Jefferson'i
principle that education should be pro-
vided for every boy and girl" DR.
Blair said that preSent-day educators
might well question whether current
education is that broadly applicable.
we found" DR.. Blair asserted "a
scrap heap CT humanity accumulating
along the highway Of human progress
In that heap were children with dis
torted bodies. with blind eyes, with
deaf ears, with palsied tongues, chill
dren with feeble minds. They were
calling to US asking If they belonged
to the every child category and tht
question constantly REQUIRED, what OBJ
legation does the Nation and the sew
eral States owe 10 these unfortunate
children?
Declares Leaders Are Needed.
THE last fifteen years have seen y
marked eXpanse in the opportunity af.
forded by public education to thi'
group of physical detectives. We have
established classes for the blind anC
the near blind, for the deaf and dumb
for the infIrm Of body, in most Of oul
educate every child every boy and girl
whatever may be his physical condition
and We have not yet stopped with the
mere youth. The States have made
provision for the education Of the adul
blind and the adult deaf. Thus VIZ
have been approaching the conception
that education in a democracy Is o.
all the people, by all the people anc
for all the people"
In his conclusion DR.. Blair uttered
q prayer that we might have Wash
ington and Benjamin Franklin, Thoma,
Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, The
Adamses, the MorriseS, the Pinckneys
the Rutledges, the Lees standing
around us to infuse in us some of thai
vision and courage that it required II
the dark days of the Revolution" a.
American education struggles in 'tht
worst financial crisis that the worlc
has ever seen"
DR.. Frank p. Graves, State commits.
sioner of education in New York. dis
cussing the present, asserted that eau
cation lis tending to realize the ideal
and the aspirations of democracy,
primarily aiming Ito establish insti
tutions that will safeguard a free so
ciety, but at the same time " endeavor'
ing TO afford each citizen the oppor.
tunity to lead a more significant life
DR.. Graves said American education
Is being constantly modified to NEE
CHANGING conditions ie concerned witt