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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Feb 1927, p. 21

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Eebruary 25, 1927 I WILMETTE LIFE DECLARES PUPILS MUST LIVE IDEALS IN CLASS choose the activities as carefully as we choose material for the other subj ects, and use them for the purpose of developing those character traits that we want the pupils to possess." Dr. Stout suggested that we ha\'e Kindergarten Teachers Toid Ac- heen teaching too much about Ameritivity Teaching Is As Imporcan citizenship and too little American tant As Book Study citizenship, and that in the future we must do on the moral side what we "Considering the school as an Ame.ri- are now doing on the intellectual-that we must know more of the moral neeli~ can agency means that we have some and capacities, the handicaps and limikind of notion as to the kind of people tations of those we try to teach. we want the school to produce-what Teachers Must Have Ideals we mean by Ame!icans," said Dr. John In conclusion Dr. Stout emphasized E. Stout, dean of the School of Edu- the fact that if schools are to function cation, ~orthwestcrn university, in in the ta.sk of Americanization, teachspeaking before the students of the ers mu£t imbibe the characteristics esNational Kindergarten and Elementary sential to becoming true Americans. college last Thursday on the question, "\Ve must have developed for ourselves "How can education contribute to the ideals that are essential and our America becoming. the place we would contact in our various contacts must be of the kind that meets the standard of like to have it be? "One of the most frequently spoken a good citizen. \Ve must be able to of characteristics of the American is functiot~ as teachers in such a way as freedom, but we must find out and to carry across into the lives of bov!l educate the people in how to be free, and girl. t.hose things for which ,~-e The teaching of arithmetic, how to exercise freedom," he contin- stand. writing ancf spelling are easy compared ued. "One of the difficult things is that to the teaching of i.deals in such a wa\· freedom is a social thing, nQt merely individual, because what I am able to that they will become a part of life. do will depend largely on other people. and we mu=-t han introduced into our Free America can rest only upon the training ancl our experience those ele co-operation of the people lidng to- ments that will enable us to he teach gether in. their desire and ability to erfi in 1hi" great ta:>k of character . ccttre those conditions where life ma·y building." he lived in the spirit of freedom. Close~.fr. and ).fr:-;. ::\ o rton Hamllldt nf j ly connected with this freedom is the ability and disposition to assume re- 1105 Greenleaf avenue announce the 1 birth of a dau~htcr, Barbara Ruth, on · :-;ponsibility." Sundav. Febrnan· 20. at the St. Francis Teach uLivable" Principles hospit~l. . "The objrctiYe of our education must -ohl' the teaching, in terms of character Re\·. ancl ~frs . Leland H . Danforth; . traits. those qualities that we \\'atit Americans to possess, and the\· mu st 333 \\'an\·ick road. KenihYorth will be he sn explicit and well · dcfin~d that hn:-;t and ho=-te:-> :-; to a dinner party of they can guide us in our educational tweln' this c,·ening. procedure. Life is made up not · only oi ideal~. hut nf acti,·itics. and \\·hen " ·e have defined the ohjccti,·es of education in terms of character trait=-, the next que stion is , '\Vhat arc the means " ·e wendel employ to secure the kind oi action we want?' "\\' c arr in traducing acti\'ities into our schools ,,·hich .will give pupils an opportunity of li,·ing in accordance with the principles they arc hcing taught. · \Ye introduced these into the kindcrgartt:n and primarv some time ago, but unfortunately the higher up \\'C go the ks. \H ha,·e of activitY. I he lien· in the card ul selection of the subject matter to be learned," said Dr. Stout. "Boys ancl girls must he taught hy wnrd of month and lw thr hooks they read conlerning the ideals of life that \\'C arc trying to implant, hut we need to stress particularly the activity side of education, that the school is a place wl1crc life can he lived in accorcl:u~L'l' ,,·i~h the higher iclrak \\'e must ITall depends upon you r f uel --the behav ior of you r furnace and the comfort of your h ome. B uy dependab le fuel and add to your h appiness. 68th Anniversary SALE Feb. 14th to M~rch ··M ay we serve you . ?" 1st Phone Winnetka Several Numbers of Luggage to be on Sale at Wholesale Prices 452 N~W YORK · EST. 1859 CHICAGO IN EVANSTON IIIIIII UIII III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIII Your Needs in Lumber and · Building Mat erial Phones · Winnetka 4 51 -4 52 Glencoe 1400 · Furniture, Linens, Bric-aBrac, Draperies, Pillows and Lamp Shades made to order. l J From Basement to Roof Catherine Reckitt' s flouse and Garden Shop, Inc. I 710 Orrington Avr. OrriRgton Hottl

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