Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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Schooling for Constructive Citizenship It is not a difficult task to chart the business gains for any given year. Such is not the case with education. The growth of boys and girls in learning, attitudes and charf acter is elusive, intangible, and difficult to measure. To be sure, trends in education can be shown in number of pupils, teachers, buildings, and total school costs. Yet, these are only surface trends. Schools in a democracy exist for something far more fundamental. They exist to bring about changes in the way boys and girls, men and women think, feel and act. ln l937, we are unable to answer the question, What did the schools contribute to the nations advancement and culture during l93E5? Time alone must answer this gues- tion. .Schools are of vital importance in creating and maintaining a democracy. Although the depression hit the schools a severe blow, the public of today, with more money in workers' pockets and with bigger profits from industry, is coming more to the support of the new educational programs. Progressuze schools realize their-the citizens of-tonrofrow musfbe trained to solve the social, economic and political problems that they will eventually faceg they realize that knowledge of subject matter alone does not prepare boys and girls to solve the many perplexing problems that arise in a complex social order. The most useful schools in creating an intelligent and enlightened citizenry teach life problems. They place a new emphasis upon the study of crime, politics, money problems, home relations, distribution of income, campaign issues, world politics and many other such topics. American schools are changing. No longer do they plod along on the three Rs They deal directly with life. Will todays children, grown-ups of tomorrow, vote, buy, live with more understanding than those of today? The answer lies in the support given the schools by the citizenry of today and the way in which the schools react and use this support. -V. F. DAWALD. Our Principal Mr. Dawald was born and received his early education in this county. His first two college years were spent at Indiana University, the latter two at Manchester College where he received his A. B. degree. His desire to keep abreast of teaching requirements is shown by the fact that he afterward spent a year at Indiana State Teachers' College where he received his I-X. M. degree. Mr. Dawald has completed a years work beyond the Masters de- gree, preparatory to a Ph. D. degree at lndiana and Wisconsin Universities. Combined with his zeal for teaching is a keen interest in public service, for much of his time has been given to civic betterment, He has been president of the local chapter of the Red Cross and a member of various committees on public welfare and civic development. The modern requirements of community service and public interest which must be combined with teaching ability ar well shown in Mr, Dawald, our princ - pal.. Miss Helen Greiner of the class of l936 is clerk in the principals office. MISS HELEN GREJNER V. F. DAWALD, I-X. M. fill N 0

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