Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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ADMINISTRATION

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The Progress of Education A discussion relative to the progress of education cannot 1« undertaken without defining or attempting to define education. Many definitions have been offered, hut the one which appeals particularly to a scientist is that which specifies that education is a irfurss of developing the latent possibilities of an individual to think accurately from cause to effect in economic, industrial, social and political relationships, and to adjust himself effectively and happily to the world relationships within which he lives. This definition is in harmony with the thought that ideas are really the only important things in the world, and that the acquaintance with ideas and the proper use of ideas make it possible for an individual to conduct himself in harmony with the world of nature and with the world of human nature. This definition of education as a process does not permit the use of precision units in the measure of its progress. Space, time and material can he measured with precision units, hut the process called education is so complex and so illusive that it does not lend itself to measurement by any ) revision units yet developed in psychology and in philosophy. The progress of this process called education, however, can be measured quantitatively and qualitatively in the terms of civilization. Quantitatively. the progress of education in America is registered by the dtt.OOO.OOO youth who are enrolled in elementary, secondary and higher educational institutions. and also by the millions of adults who are developing their latent powers to think accurately from cause to effect in response to the press, the movie, the radio, and other multitudinous agencies which operate in social and civic intercourse. Furthermore, the progress of tin educational process