London Normal School - Spectrum Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

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Threefold Task... Today, in our society, education is considered the right of every child. Students are trained for an almost innumerable variety of positions, many of which were unknown only a few years ago. Auto- mation and increased mechanization in industry have made possible the shortening of the working day and the working week, so that a considerable amount of leisure time is available to the majority of the population. To show this new and vastly larger leisure class how to use their free time for their own benefit and for the benefit of their community is once more becoming a concern of education. A threefold task faces the school today, namely: 1. To lead each child to seek to understand the nature of his surroundings. 2. To encourage each child to choose and accept as his own those ideals of conduct that a Christian, democratic society approves. 3. To assist each child to master those abilities that are essential to living in a changing, modern society. Practice teaching has provided you with many opportunities to observe how various associate teachers are endeavouring to cope with this task. As you go forth to put your shoulder to the wheel of progress, your successes will be a source of continuing pride to me. J.G. Elford

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Mr. R. M. Andrew B. A. Miss R. J. Bartlett B.A., B.P.E.D. Mr. C.E. Birchard B. A.