Evening star., 1935-09-08

the tendency now for the home to
pass on to the schools. Child guidance
clinics, nursery schools. and other
services can be developed to help par
ents understand child needs. The re-
lationship Of the home to the school
Is complicated by the increasing num-
Der of married women in gainful occu-
pations. The continued employment
of married women outside the home
Is already leading to the development
Of educational opportunities for chill
dren at . younger age. How far this
tendency should 60 and how far the
school should continue to assume re-
sponsibilities for rearing youth Is a
matter for the American people as
whole to decide.
Business and the School.
The changes in our economic or
ganization which have been taking
place in the last so years should be
given more attention in our schools.
The growth Of the corporation ana
the necessity for Government inter-
vention and control of corporate
MANAGEMENT in the interest OF the
happiness and security Of the gen.
eral public are matters with which
every citizen Of Q democratic nation
must be familiar. 1t will be increas-
ingly necessary for education to help
students understand the principles Of
wise investment as business relations
tend to become less and less q mat
ter of face to face transaction.
Since q majority Of students who
graduate from our schools will be
eventually employed and will be af-
fected by the conditions Of labor in
other occupations as well as their
own. an understanding Of labor con-
ditions Is essential. The youth Of to-
morrow must face even more seriously
and intelligently than we face them
today such problems as old-age PEN
sions. workmen's compensation, child
labor laws. protection Of the work
mans health and his safety in mine
and field and factory. The purpose
and activities OF State labor depart
ments, labor arbitration boards. and
industrial relations committees are
major subjects about which an intel
ligent citizenry should be informed.
A most important problem for the
school OF tomorrow is the prepara-
ton of young people for making q
livelihood. Some occupations in
which men and women are now en-
gagged are certain to be eliminated
in the process of economic evolution.
This situation calls for continuous
and extensive surveys Of vocational
opportunity and the development of q
more flexible type Of preparation for
earning Q living.
Wealth Affected.
Economic conditions affecting
wealth and It's distribution have i'm
portant implications for the admin
tstration and support Of education.
Concentration of wealth in certain
centers has limited educational oppor-
tunity in many others. The wealth.
lest State is eight times as able to
support its schools as Is the State Of
least wealth. Unless the Nation wishes
to penalize the citizens born in GER
tain States, some system of Federal
financial support for schools is in
evitable.
The very increase in human knowl-
edge Is problem which it is difhcult
for the schools to meet. The schol-
astics Of the Middle Ages believed that
all human knowledge might be COL
lected and indexed in one publica-
ton. An encyclopedia of such in
formation was actually begun. Today
it is manifestly impossible for any one
person to be thoroughly informed or
to have achieved q very high degree
Of skill in any more than . very small
field Of human endeavor. Restricting