Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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I. P. CRODlAN, A, M., Superintendent EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRACY A characteristic of American life has been the aspiratien Of Our Citizens for life, liberty, and happi- ness. James Truslow Adams has called this longing the American Dream, that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for every man, with opportunity for each according to his ability or achievement. The maintenance and the development of this democratic life are dependent primarily upon universal, free education. Government by the people depends on the ability of the people to govern. To prepare citizens of the new country for the day of self government, the nation's founders established public schools. For more than a century American statesmen have encouraged the extension of equal educational opportunities and have called upon the people to protect this inherent right Whenever it has been threatened by self- ish greed or financial difficulties. In the present emergency, the friends of democracy will not weaken the support of the public schools upon which popular government is built. They will preserve the schools in the same faith and for the same basic purposes for which they were established by the nation's founders. BOARD OF EDUCATION Y . I. H. IENKINS ROSCOE COOMLER ARTHUR C. BALDWIN GLADYS McDOWELL President Treasurer Secretary Clerk

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,. V. F. DAWALT, A. B., Principal outa Eoucfxtlorxlf-xi oBLloATloN Society is ever in the process of changing. An educational philosophy which met the needs of organized community, life twenty-five years ago no longer meets this need. At the present time many new ideas concerning education are being advanced. It is, indeed, a difficult problem for one to determine the educational scheme that is best fitted to solve present day social, economic and political problems. Because of this condition it becomes necessary for one to approach the problems of modern life with an attitude of mind that is open for conviction. Of the plans advanced for the betterment of humanity, education of the citizenry in useful and satisfying living stands far above all others. Consequently, it becomes the duty of every youth and adult of the land to formulate in his own mind a philosophy of life that has as its foundation the creation of an enlightened and intelligent nation of citizens. Let us then, one and all, do our part to support education, work out better educational philosophies, and to make use of the educational opportunities offered to all. VIRGINIA GUISINGER Clerk

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