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i ---- A = 1 m------ February 26, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 19 DECLARES PUPILS MUST LIVE IDEALS IN CLASS Kindergarten Teachers Told Ac- tivity Teaching Is As Impor- tant As Book Study "Considering the school as an Ameri- can agency means that we have some kind of notion as to the kind of people we want the school to produce--what we mean by Americans," said Dr. John E. Stout, dean of the School of Edu- cation, Northwestern university, in speaking before the students of the National Kindergarten and Elementary college last Thursday on the question, "How can education contribute to America becoming the place we would like to have it be? "One of the most frequently spoken of characteristics of the American is freedom, but we must find out and educate the people in how to be free, how to exercise freedom," he contin- ued. "One of the difficult things is that freedom is a social thing, not merely individual, because what I am able to do will depend largely on other people. Free America can rest only upon the co-operation of the people living to- gether. in their desire and ability to secure those conditions where life may be lived in the spirit of freedom. Close- ly connected with this freedom is the ability and disposition to assume re- sponsibility." Teach "Livable" Principles "The objective of our education must be the teaching, in terms of character traits, those qualities that we wart Americans to possess, and they must be so explicit and well defined that they can guide us in our .educational procedure. Life is made up not only of ideals, but of activities, and when we have defined the objectives of edu- cation in terms of character traits, the next question is, 'What are the means we would employ to secure the kind of action we want?' "We are introducing activities into our schools which will give pupils an opportunity of living in accordance with the principles they are being taught. We introduced these into the kindergarten and primary some time ago, but unfortunately the higher up we go the less we have of activity, I believe in the careful selection of the subject matter to be learned," said Dr. Stout. "Boys and girls must be taught by word of mouth and by the books they read concerning the ideals of life that we are trying to implant, but we need to stress particularly the activity side of education, that the school is a place where life can be lived in actord- ance with the higher ideals. We must choose the activities as carefully as we choose material for the other subjects, and use them for the purpose of devel- oping those character traits that we want thegpupils to possess." Dr. Stout suggested that we have been teaching too much about Ameri- can citizenship and too little American citizenship, and that in the future we must do on the moral side what we are now doing on the intellectual--that we must know more of the moral needs and capacities, the handicaps and limi- tations of those we try to teach. Teachers Must Have Ideals In conclusion Dr. Stout emphasized the fact that if schools are to function in the task of Americanization, teach- ers must imbibe the characteristics es- sential to becoming true Americans. "We must have developed for ourselves the ideals that are essential and our contact in our various contacts must be of the kind that meets the standard of a good citizen. We must be able to function as teachers in such a way as to carry across into the lives of boys and girls those things for which we stand. The teaching of arithmetic, writing and spelling are easy compared to the teaching of ideals in such a way that they will become a part of life, and we must have introduced into our training and our experience those ele- ments that will enable us to be teach- ers in this great task of character building." Mr. and Mrs. Ira C. Darling, 256 Kenilworth avenue, are leaving Nassau Saturday after a several weeks' stay and expect to return to Kenilworth March 1 SD Rev. and Mrs. Leland H. Danforth, 333 Warwick road, Kenilworth will be host and hostess to a dinner party of twelve this evening. 68th Anniversary SALE Feb. 14th to March 1st Several Numbers of Luggage to be on Sale at Wholesale Prices 9, 28 E. RANDOLPH ST. NEW YORK . EST. 1859 CHICAGO LUC IN EVANSTON PE PO CATHERINE RECKITT Furniture, Linens, Bric-a- Brac, Draperies, Pillows 2 and Lamp Shades made to order. ann y 4 '. m HOVSE& GARDEN-SHOP: Catherine Reckitt's House and Garden Shop, Inc. 1720 Orrington Ave. Orrington Hotel Vz \ \ \ \ \ N\ \ \ \ N \ N\ \ \ N\ \ N \ \ \ N\ N\ \ \ \ N\ \ N\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HAPPINESS ~IS WHERE YOU MAKE IT: ¥ all depends upon your fuel --the behavior of your fur- nace and the comfort of your home. Buy dependable fuel and add to your happiness. "May we serve you?" Phone Winnetka 452 We'll do the rest For All Your Needs in Lumber and} Building Material Winnetka 451-452 Phones Glencoe 1400 From Basement to Roof