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25 three hundred years later, our purpose remains the same. We still realize that a good citizen is one who is prepared to live a happy, peaceful, and useful life; one who is fitted to meet all physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual needs. One must first be prepared to cope with the physical needs of his life. He must be able to earn a living so that he can provide for himself those neces- sities and conveniences so essential to his physical comfort. He must also know how to take care of his health so that he can remain strong and able. In one scientific study fifty-eight per cent, of American youths failed one or more of six tests for muscular strength and flexibility. The failure rate of Euro- pean children in the same tests was only eight per cent. Statistics such as these indicate that too few Americans are receiving proper health training. Then, too, a good citizen must cultivate the art of social living. He must possess self-control as well as self-reliance, enabling him to live and work harmoniously as a member of his family and his community. He must be aware of his responsibilities as a United States citizen and must be willing to shoulder conscientiously his share of maintaining public law and order. He must clearly see his duty to vote intelligently and take part in public affairs. Likewise, it is necessary that a good citizen be educated intellectually. He must not only possess considerable knowledge, but he must be trained to use that knowledge well and encouraged to seek additional information. He must be able to think clearly, to use good judgment, and to make deci- sions. He must realize that without a highly developed science our nation lacks the power to survive. Since we are at present engaged in an intense race for scientific knowledge, our civilization, our very existence, is dependent upon the continual quest for perfection in our scientific achievements. In addition, he must also realize that modern science contains many new ideas which must be regulated. Charles Lindbergh, in his latest book, entitled Of Flight and Life, states: Scientific truth can bring evil as well as good, destroy as well as construct; its achievements depend less on its own substance than on a guiding Power beyond — a power not bound up in formulas of knowledge. . If our civilization is to continue, we must guide the material power of our science according to the spiritual truths of our God. Finally, a good citizen must be a person of highest character and ideals. He must recognize the laws of nature as God ' s gift and place his faith in God ' s purpose for human life. It has been said that the deeper one ' s spi- ritual values, the richer his life becomes and the more he enriches the lives of others. The good citizen is truly a person of deepest spiritual values. The purpose of education, then, is to produce good citizens for demo- cratic living. This can be accomplished only when all these aspects of man ' s nature, physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual, are taken into consideration. There must be an equal balance of body, mind, and spirit. Our survival as a nation is wholly dependent upon the quality of our civilization, our physical strength, the mind of science, and the balance of the spirit of Christ. Education must accomplish this balance in our people, for the future of our nation is dependent upon good citizens, enlightened citizens, citizens of extraordinary quality.
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24 EDUCATION FOR DEMOCRATIC LIVING Mary Ethel Hurst 1 What a blessing it is to live in America! How wonderful to be a citizen in a nation which believes in God as the source or all power and law! What a privilege to participate in a democracy that gives each citizen equal rights regardless of race, color, or creed. Yet what a grave responsibility this priv- ilege, this blessing, places upon us; for America, in her present position of world leadership, must prove to the world the beauty of democratic living. She can do this only by setting a functioning example — an example so fine and so successful that other nations will follow it voluntarily. The respon- sibility for setting this example rests with us, the citizens of the United States. So great is this responsibility that it can be met only by an enlight- ened citizenry, capable of leading and of selecting wise leaders. Education, the education of all of our people, is the sole hope toward this enlightenment. During recent years much has been written concerning education in America, giving evidence that we are most aware of its vital importance. One reads articles on many diverse aspects of education: the need for em- phasis upon science, the lack of ethical and spiritual values, and the impor- tance of greater self-discipline. One hears arguments both in favor of and opposed to various systems of instruction. It is so easy to become preoccupied with techniques and secondary objectives that one loses sight of the primary purpose of education in our democracy. The primary purpose is to produce good citizens, just as our American forbears resolved when they first established our free-education system. These men of integrity realized that the security and freedom of our nation depended upon the quality as well as the equality of the citizens. They knew that our democratic system itself, to be successful, must develop character. Knowing this, they began an educational system which they hoped would enable all to uphold the highest ideals of our democracy. With the purpose of producing good citizens, our educational system was founded; now, over
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