The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-09

tempt merely to combine old ele.
ments In new ways to stimulate
your thinking and, IL possible, 20
arouse in each Of you q feeling Of
greater responsibility In connection
with the tasks which now confront
you. wish to do three things.
First, to show why the school OF
tomorrow must be different from
the type Of education now being
given; second, to outline four
fold program Of action for teach.
ers In tho schools Of tomorrow; and
third, to point out certain factors
which believe TO DO necessary to
the successful achievement Of the
four.fold task outlined.
A new type OF education Is dc.
manded because Of recent changes
In our social and economic life.
Tho succession Of events in the
past few years has been unusually
rapid. We have entered and are In
tho midst Of q period which has
been termed, "America's Third
Revolution" Day by day history
Is being made before our eyes. OF
course, change has been charac-
since the founding Of the republic,
UuJ tHO CtlhHACb Va ttlG DubN INV
months, and those now in progress
are undoubtedly the most rapid of
any yet to be effected.
A Striking Change
I shall point out but ono striking
change that has occurred merely
by way Of illustration. The most
obvious change, Of course, IL In tho
field Of industry. We have passed
from an economic order In which
mon rolled principally on their own
cndcavors, to one In which very
few men produce any considerable
part Of the products necessary for
their existence. Relatively few
mon now build their own homes.
or raise any considerable part Of
tho food products needed for their
families, Or supply themselves with
any Of the goods needed for their
comfort and satisfaction. The mn
chino ago In indeed u reality. We
have engines operating at nino mill
lion times the output rate OF hui
man beings. Ono man can now
tend textile machines capable of
producing 1900 square yards Of
knit silk In ono day. Hundreds Of
products arc now untouched by
human hands" II used to take 90
man hours to spade nm nero Of
land. n tractor docs II IN .0ss man.
hours. Or In the ratio OF moro than
1000 TO /. SO II Ia In other lines
Of production. An engine, ma.
chine of clever design. q skillful
neutrality-suspicious. grows moro
and moro rapid with this combinn-
tion. Ono has but to contrast tho
steam. shovel with the hand spade,
tho machine hoist with tho nod,
the derrick with tho simple pulley,
tho transport airplane with tho stage
coach to begin to appreciate the
changes that science and technol-
power Of prime movers (that IL,
has increased moro than 2G.fold
during tho present century. with
their machines, tho $4,000, 900
gninfully occupied people In Amer
len arc equivalent to u forcc OF be-
tween 600. 100000 and 900, 900, 900
men working without machines
Problems Created
The Industrial change just men,
toned has created n great variety
OF problems, such az that of the
distribution Of wealth and income,
tho orgn nization and control Of In.
dustry, the relations OF private In.
dustry to public utilities, govern
mental control In industry. and coll
loctivo bargaining on the part Of
employees. by far tho most impor-
tnnt problem, however. In that Of
unemployment. problem that IN
now n veritable spocter. stalking
our civilization. Our economic and
social institutions have been unable
to cope successfully with tho new
circumstance which have arisen,
and no we have the spectacle Of
starvation In tho midst OF plenty;
OF all types Of commodities and n
great lack Of purchasing power on
tho part Of tho people.
Ono Of the things which tho pub
lie school has contributed during
this period has been tho presorva-
ton Of faith In democracy and
democratic institutions. A college
president recently commented at
length on this fact. He pointed out
that IN no other civilization had
such far.reaching changes as those
witnessed In our own land heen
accomplished 30 peacefully. There
nave DVeH reItuThuDiy INV uSthVh-
STATIONS OF violence In any form,
In spite Of tho great amount OF pri.
walton ana suffering that we have
been relatively few in number, and
for the most part conducted with
out serious trouble. This observer
pointed out that undoubtedly tho
forccs which have contributed most
toward the preservation Of peace
ana security are education and re-.
ilgion. Since tho present crisis ID
by no means passed nor It's prob.
IONS solved, tho schools Of tomor-
row have an important RESPONSE
billy In continuing 70 inspire the
faith Of America In the ideals and
institutions Of democracy. This
task 10 the first and one Of the
greatest Of those which shall
propose for tho teacher In tho
schools Of tomorrow.
Teachers Mean Leaders
A second problem which con-
fronts the profession 10 closely rec
lated 70 the one Just outlined.
Teachers must ASSUME o more az
gressive type OF civic leadership
than they have thus far shown.
9ScUuBC VI tHOh tE0siHb3g bSS0aoS
OF their position In the commun.
ity, and because they have at their
disposal professional organizations
through which they may work Of
fectivcly, teachers arc undoubted.
iy obligated to participate actively
as citizens In national affairs. II
il their duty to be well informed
on civic. economic, political, and
aaAlai NRAhlamN. 10 assert their
energies in helping 70 place IN
public once men and women Of
tho highest integrity, and TO par.
ticipate actively In all types OF
community work having to do with
the betterment OF their respective
communities and states, and that
Of the nation.
Redirect Education
A third task for tho teacher Of
tomorrow IL the development Of .
school system adequate for the
needs Of this new era. Someone
has said, III the schools OF the