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FAITH IN EDUCATION

THIS 1S A STATEMENT OF FAITH IN EDUCATION, IT
1S A STATEMENT OF FAITH IN EDUCATION AS ONE OF
THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL INSTITUTIONS RECOGNIZED AS
BASIC IN DEMOCRATIC LIVING, THOSE INSTITUTIONS
ARE THE HOME, THE CHURCH, THE STATE, INDUSTRY,
AND THE SCHOOL, SINCE THIS PUBLICATION IS ISSUED
BY A PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATION, {T
DEALS PRIMARILY WITH OUR FAITH IN EDUCATION AS
ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL, NECESSARY FOUNDATIONS OF
DEMOCRACY, ONLY WITH AN EDUCATED CITIZENRY CAN
DEMOCRACY SURVIVE, ONLY WITH MEN AND WOMEN EDU=
CATED IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF A DEMOCRACY COULD
AMERICA HAVE ACHIEVED ITS MIRACLE OF MILITARY PRO=
DUCTION AND POWER, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, WE WHO ARE
PERSONALLY ENGAGED IN EDUCATION AS A PROFESSION
ARE DREAMING DREAMS OF THE DEMOCRACY THAT WILL RE=
SULT IF EDUCATION MAY BE PERMITTED TO MOVE FOR=
WARD IN WAR AND PEACE AND SERVE ITS PEOPLE ‘EVEN
BETTER THAN BEFORE, TO THE END THAT THE PEOPLE OF
KANSAS MAY KNOW OF OUR FAITH IN EDUCATION, OF OUR
BELIEF §N DEMOCRACY AND ITS ULTIMATE RELIANCE UPON
AN EDUCATED AND INTELLIGENT CITIZENSHIP, AND KNOW
OF OUR DETERMINATION THAT THE SCHOOL SHALL BE EVER
AND EVER BETTER SERVANTS OF THE CHILDREN; IN ORDER
THAT THESE PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE WORK MAY KNOW SOME=
THING OF THE ROADS WE EXPECT TO TRAVEL TO REACH
THIS GOAL OF BETTER EDUCATION THIS MATERIAL 1S
PRESENTED, IT 1S FIRST, A STATEMENT OF OUR FAITH
IN EDUCATION AS BASIC TO DEMOCRACY, AND SECOND, A
STATEMENT AS TO HOW WE HOPE TO REACH THAT GOAL OF
DEMOCRATIC SERVICE,