Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-18

United States, as in other cOun
tries, the age of individualism
and laiSseZ faire in economy and
government is closing and a
new age of collectvIsm Is
emerging, Up. 16) =. the spe
cific form which this collect
vism will take is by no means
clear. 1t may involve the limit.
ing or suppIanting of private
property by public property or
it may entail the preservation
of private property extended
and distributed. among the
Masses" (16)
Adjust Aims
"Organized public education
in the United States, much
more than ever before, is now
compelled, if it is to fulfill its
social obligations, to adjust its
detectives, its curriculum, its
methods of instruction, and its
administrative procedures to
the requirements of the emery
ing integrated order" 1851
"The writer CT text books may
be expected to revamp and re-
write their old works col
leges and universities offering
courses of instruction for teach
ers will review their current
programs and provide courses
of instruction in general har-
mony with the Commissions
frame or reference. CAD
NEA Supports the Plan F.
On March 1, 1894, the Associ
ated Press reported "A warning
that a dying laissez faire must
be completely destroyed was
voiced today at the NEA con.
vention.
"A large degree of social con.
troll is necessary and education
should be geared TO the New
America" said a report present
ed to the associations depart
ment of superintendent by Will
lard E. Givens, chairman of
General Subject Comm. w.
And SO one sees Progressive
Education, not as method of
better educating, but as a social
movement. Hence, the conse-
quential end is a generation OF
children with social habits mold
ed in the school-but with little
intellectual accomplishments. Is
it any wonder we are worried
about our lack of professional
people?
Group Work
Individualism is impaired as
a social habit by orienting the
child from kindergarten through
the third grade by stressine
group work. The child sits at
a table in a group-not in q
desk where he alone will be re-
sponsible for his work. This
is indoctrination at its best.
From the letters that have
been written to your paper,
gather that people think the
above goals and values are
prevalent in Montgomery Coun-
ty. Since I do not KNOW
shall not state it so. However,
if the influential educators in
the County are disciples of the
Frontier Thinkers and New Ed.
ucation, 1 trust that the people
of Montgomery County will be
persistant in finding out what
is being taught to the children
in the classrooms. This will
not be easy for it is typical of
the New Education to draw an
iron curtain between the par.
ents or lay people and the pro-
fessional or teachers and ad.
illustrators.
I warn you! Read your chill.
drens' textbooks, those they
bring home and those they are
not allowed to bring home,
Spend as much time in 1860 in
the schools as you do at the
bridge table or in front of the
TV screen. Read your county
papers. Do not be dismayed,
afraid or discouraged, for the
schools belong to you-refuse
to pay for them and see.
If there is an organization in
the County which is a watcf
dog for the public join it, ant
demand that they educate yol
as to the things they know. II
New York State the organiza
ton of this kind is known as
the Council for Educational
Needs, but I fear they waited
too late to stop the tide. At any
rate, they are still trying to sal
wage some sort of good intellec'
tual education for their chill
dren. Are you?
Eugenia Carter.