The Coolidge examiner., 1938-03-10
What Our Club
Expects of the Schools
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ask the schools to strive to de-
velop this quality in these future
citizens. Tolerance is taught better
in the school than in the home be-
cause it can be accomplished in
an impersonal manner. For inst
ance, the quintuplets, according to
Canadian educational men need
more playmates to develop that
quality of tolerance. The teaching
of geography has big field in
teaching tolerance for the people
of other nations.
A group of peoples is not so apt
to rush into a war, if they under
stand the other peoples. Even our
own community would be better
place in which to live, if we our
selves had more tolerance The
proverb says, "To err is human, to
forgive, ulNlue.
Another intangible quality which
we want developed in our schools,
is that thing called loyalty. The
sense of loyalty begins at home,
then 1t is transferred to the school,
and from it to the state and nation.
If a child had been loyal to his
school, we won't find him com
munist nor an anarchist when he
grows up to manhood. Some folks
says that the ceremony of saluting
| the flag or singing the national
anthem is trivial, but this is far
from the truth. In fact this cere-
mony is one of the milestones on
the road to citizenry.
The teachers have an excellent
chance to develop the sense of
teamwork, that sense of working
together for the whole. That is
the reason we have teams for
athletic contests and our orchestras.
They develop the art of teamwork
rather than each one working in
dividually. In games, the player is
not playing for the team if he tries
to make all the scores. He must
do what Is best for the squad. Even
in this age Of rugged Individual
ism, each one of our children must
find his cog.
We want our children to be able
to master the problems of life, and
we know that they will have en-
ough of them to face. The old
educational adage that subjects like
mathematics and Latin were good
mental discipline is not out of date
We need to retain many of the old
fashioned school methods. There
will be nothing to take the place
of the old fashioned multifica
ton tables or the A, B, Cs
Instead of paying too much atten
ton to the I. Q. Intelligent quot
entl of a child, more attention
should be paid to the P. Q.(person
ality quotienD. The school Is like
boat pulling against a cur
rent. On one side of the boat Is
the child's heredity and on the 9th
er side is his home environment.
We are glad to see the sciencS
of health being taught so well il
our schools. In our day the sub
ject was cut and dried. We learn
ed the bones of the body from the
fibia to the phalanges, and what
good did it do us? Today the chill
dren are aware of that thing called
healthy living, and they are getting
philosophy of life in connection
with the hygiene. They should be
taught the cleanliness of mind as
we'll as body. The censure of the
group Is strong, we know this from
seeing the children so careful abou
brushing their teeth when all the
names are on the school chart. The
Home Economics courses are teach
ing healthy living. Our girls arr
learning what foods to buy anc
why. We are glad they are being
taught with the idea in mind thai
they will be the buyers and con
sumers of the next generation
Safety on the road should be taught
along with healthy living. l an
glad to say that many schools have
put in courses whereby the chill
dren are taught to handle cars.
We want teachers who are in
spirations to our children, and not
merely drivers. If we think back
to our own school days, that teacher
stands out in our memory who
taught US the art of living. She not
only taught us the tables, but she
showed us why we should learn
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