tf-osiew-a id pHE phrase, “a great national invest¬ ment”, has sometimes been applied to the monies that are spent in democratic countries on the building, equipping and operating of schools. This means that communities and nations expect to receive a fair return on their annual expenditures on their schools. These anticipated re¬ turns, however, are not so much in terms of money—although an educated man is generally a greater asset to a community than an illiterate one—but rather in the greater usefulness, stronger character and better quality of citizenship which will be shown by persons who have passed through the schools and have taken ad¬ vantage of the educational opportunities offered in a present-day community. To be a good citizen today, and during the years in which students now graduat¬ ing from Central High; School will live as F. G. Buchanan, M.A., LL.D. adults in Canada, requires considerably more from a person than in the past. It means not only paying taxes and avoiding difficulties with the law, but several other very important things. First of all, good citizenship requires that a ; person be well informed not only upon matters of current concern at home and abroad, but in regard to the origin and development of the institutions that are basic to our present social and political form of living. This latter information has been acquired in school as have, we hope, the tools and the stimulus for the former. A second requisite of a good citizen is loyalty. Today, in our era of ‘‘one world”, this means not only that he support steadfastly and intelligently the plans and actions of the governments within his own country, but with equal zeal and thought support the United Nations Organization in its long and difficult task of securing permanent peace in a badly disrupted world. Good citizenship today means, too, that one must work at his job as a citizen, must take seriously his duties as a member of a community, and must participate fully in the many activities devolving upon him—voting, attending meetings, sharing community responsibilities, making decisons on men and issues of his day. As a citizen of a country with a representative and demo¬ cratic for m of government, every Canadian must try to make his government really representative by taking part in the choosing of his representatives in the various governing bodies, and must make it really democratic by sharing in and assuming responsibility for local and national governmental actions. With the increasing role that governments are playing today in the lives of all their citizens, comes the need for increased understanding of and participation in public affairs. (Continued on Page 25) 4
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