The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-09-28
PRECAUTIONARY CELEBRATION
AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS

The celebration of the 30Oth an.
niversary of the American high
schools, to be opened this fall and
continued through the school veal
1934-35, commends itself to every
Thoughtful citizen. Schools and civic
bodies are busily working out plans
( to make this an outstanding event in
recognition of the potential social
values of not only our high schools
but of education in general. The
plans include ceremonies, orations,
pageants, parades, exhibitions and
other modes of bringing out the
facts associated with the work of
our high schools.
Meantime, a national committee
representing the Department of Sec
ondary School Principals of the Ma
tional Education Association is work
ing on other enterprises, notably a
memorial postage stamp, ceremonies
for national conventions, govern
ment proclamations, a national high
school fair, radio programs, me-
mortal motion picture, an interna-
tional high school art exhibit and
through production of the Booth an
niversary issue of Scholastic, ma
tional high school weekly, to be is
sued in February, 1895.
The detectives of the celebration
as outlined by the National Commit
mittee are: "to present to the public
the aims and services of secondary
education, to emphasize the neces-
sity of public secondary education to
democracy, to acquaint the public
with advanced developments in sec
ondary Instructions and to improve
the opportunities for every boy and
girl to obtain the fullest possible ben
efits from the broad potentialities of
secondary education.
There is a woeful and tragic lack
of intelligence these days as to the
values of education to free institu-
lions in this complex age.
The celebration of the 300th ami
versary of the American high schools
affords an opportunity to friends of
education to graphically enlighten
Mr.. Average Citizen, the taxpayer,
concerning the valuable work of
these schools-their scope ''in build
ing careers developing social con-
seriousness" Strengthening health
background, shaping and directing
wild adolescent enthusiasms and tai
ents toward poise, liberalization
and happy lives for our nearly g.
100000 high school pupils"
Those who, under the guise OF
civic workers or members of taxpay-
er's leagues, have attacked public
education for it's alleged "fads and
frills" will be met fact to fact in q
discussion of the essentials in mod
ern education. They, in the pres
ence of many of those who have beer
misled will be told that knowledge
of the three RS alone is not enough
preparation for child to meet con
Editions in this rapidly changing
world that in preparation as public
Education is restricted in its curricu
la those parents who can afford to d.
so will send their children to private
schools where the so-called 'fads an6
frills" are taught. This, they will
be reminded, will create caste sys
tenn which will retard, if not destroy
the advance civilization has made.
Education, the greatest enterprise
and the greatest undertaking in al
the world, now has most every othel
undertaking dependent upon it fol
success. Our secondary schools
under the circumstances, are no les
important than our elementar,
schools and as the scale of progress
ascends each higher level of educa
ton becomes equally important will
all the others.
There are many improvements tt
be made in curricula and admins
tration of our secondary schools
So there are in all things. Keep thu
schools going and other social prob
lens will grow less difficult.
SIGNERS OF CORN-HOG CON