New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1916, Page 13

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916 SOCIAL STUDIES "IN KIGH SCHOOLS New Report on Subject Published by Dept. of Education How history, civies and kindred subjects in the High school may be | made to meet the requirements of | present-day citizenship and the needs | of boys and girls as growing oftizens is told in a report on the social stud- ! ies in secondary education just pub- ! lished as a bulletin of the United Distance Shrinks to Nearness States bureau of education of the de- Distance today is no barrier to business. Pabicamyiie s ; ;i { partment of the interlor. Minutes have replaced miles. | This report is the first to appear of B | the final reports of the commission on WESTERN UNION e reorganization of secondary sdu. Day Letters and Night Letters , cation, which was appointed in 1912 , by the National Education association. { The commission, organized in sixteen expand the limits of your selling territory to the margins of the seas. 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The fact is emphasized, however, that the pupil is a member not only of a local com- munity, but also of a national com- munity. “It would be inexpressibly unfortunate if the study of local com- munity life and relations should sup- plant a study of national life and na- tional ‘civic relations, two aspects of civic life should clearly supplement each other * * *. Questions of health, of education, of industry can no long- er be considered in their local bear- ings alone, but must be dealt with in the light of national policy and to the end of national efficiency * * *.” Other topics dealt with in Part IT of the report are the civic relations of | vocational life, the adaptation of civ- ics to rural conditions, and the rela- tlon” of civies to history. TIn connec- (OTTSENUL STRENGTHENS PUNY CHILDREN 'AUTO TIiRES---BIG SALE We have just received $25,000 worth of all standard makes, fac- tory seconds, fresh and every one carries our regular guarantee of 3,600 miles. 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"UNITED TIRE CO. |~ 688 CHAPEL STREET NEW HAVEN, CONN. tlon with the first of these topics it is iald that the chief purpose s}l’:ould be the development of an appreciation of the social significance of all work; of the social value and interdepend- ence of all occupations; of the social responsibility of the worker, not only for the character of his work, but for the use of its fruits; of the op- portunities and necessity for good citizenship in vocational life; of the duty of the community to the work- er; of the necessity for social control, governmental and otherwise, of the economic activities of the communi- ty; and of the part that government actually plays In regulating the econ- omic life of the community and of the individual.” For the last year of the High school the report proposes a concrete study of “problems of democracy.” “These problems will naturally vary from year to year, and from class to class, but they should be selected on the ground (1) of their immediate inter- est to the class, and (2) of their vital importance to society.” “The purposes of secondary education and not the intrinsic value of any particular body of knowledge should be the determin- ing consideration * * *. Tt is far less important that the adolescent youth should acauire a comprehensive knowledge of any or all of the social sciences than it is that he should be given experience and practice in the observation of social phenomena as he encounters them; that he should be brought to understand that every social problem is many-sided and complex; and thot he should acquire the habit of forming social judgments only on the basis of dispassionate con- sideration of all the facts available. This * * * can best be accomplished by dealing with actual situations as they occur and by drafting into ser- vice the materials of all the social sci- ences as ocasion demands fora thor- ough understanding of the situations in question.” Part IV of the report deals with standards by which to test methods, the preparation of teachers, and the availability of text materials. OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN LANDS Possible Effect of Trade Alliance Against U. §. Is Analyzed New York, Nov. 27.—The extent to which the life and industry of the United States depend upon the prod- ucts of the countries now at war is analyzed in a report just issued as a part of the National Foreign Trade Council’s investigation of the possible effect of European economic alliances on American foreign trade. Although it is shown that this country only in rare instances is absolutely depend- ent upon foreign supplies, the an- s establishes the fact that the ef- ficiency, economy and convience of important American manufacturing { and exporting activities have been di- ractly related to the established | sources of foreign supply of crude and | semi-manufactured materials. The report says: “Of 213 commodities, each of an | en, it is Overcoat Time! And this is the Overcoat store where correct, new, stylish Overcoats, the kind of Coats men and young men want are to be found. 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NEW YORK $10, $12, $15, $18 SAMPLE SHOP 357 Main Street, New Britain,_ 161 South Main Street, Waterbury the report. “In other words, if the allies endeavor to draw their raw ma- terials exclusively from among them- selves, neutral sources of supply will be relied upon by other nations now depending upon the allfes.”” “The dependence of this country upon the rest of the world for food- stuffs is such that interruption of sup- ply would not be serious. Importa- tions are mostly in specialties. There is no actual dependence for foadstuffs upon eiither allied group by this country. Tea and coffee are possible exceptions to the practical independ- ence of this country of others for faod. The former is almost wholly supplied by one neutral, Brazil, and the latter could be supplied wholly by other neutrals. “A secure supply of raw materials and partly manufactured goods is es- sential to the future export trade,” continues the report. “The shortage in the supply of several materials used for industrial purposes in this country since the outbreak of the war has disclosed the fact that the United States manufacturing industry is not completely self-supporting.” The report refers to the efforty to create a coal tar dye industry here to replace these products from Germany and describes the sources of other ar- ticles for which the United States de- pends on other countries, Manganese From Brazil, “In the case of manganese where British India and Russia, Quring 1913, were the principal suppliers, supplies are being increasingly drawn from Brazil,” it continues. “For nickel, howaewer, the Upited States is prac- tically entirely dependent upon Allled sources. From 1911 to 1913, nickel was imported only from Canada and to an extremely small percentage, also from Belgium. Also in tin a strong dependence upon foreign sup- plies exists and attention is being given the development of neutral re- sources. 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