EDUCATION 529 



In the llth and 12th grade, these children begin to under- 

 stand the conflicts that happen when these resources are misused. 

 They go home, and educate their parents, so at our city council 

 meetings in Ann Arbor, we have 150 citizens who protest violently 

 until 12 o'clock at night, when they try to do something about one 

 of our parks that we don't want disturbed. 



I would like to put this book in the record, and there is in it a 

 short statement by the man who has been the head of this work 

 in public schools. I thought this perhaps would help a great many 

 of you. 



STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD 



WALTER S. BOARDMAN. With few exceptions, the teacher train- 

 ing institutions of the United States do not include basic conservation 

 information or man's relation to environment in their curricula. We 

 cannot expect youth to be inspired to love nature by teachers whose 

 own understanding of environmental relationships is limited to in- 

 cidental experiences and reading. Furthermore, the school admin- 

 istrators and supervisors, generally speaking, have neither stopped to 

 think about their responsibilities in this field nor have they encour- 

 aged school activities conducive to such understanding. 



It is recommended that the following steps be taken to initiate an 

 effective beginning in school education for natural beauty: 



(1) The U.S. Office of Education shall engage one competent 

 authority in the field of conservation, to coordinate the efforts of 

 those teachers and schools concerned but needing leadership. 



(2) A library of teaching materials shall be established either 

 in connection with the U.S. Office of Education or at a university 

 willing to devote space and funds to this service. 



(3) The Association of Colleges of Teacher Education shall be 

 asked to undertake a study of needs in conservation and natural 

 beauty as a part of their curricula. 



(4) The National Education Association shall be urged to pro- 

 vide leadership in the efforts of those teachers who seek to do a better 

 job in the guidance of youth toward a better understanding of nature 

 and of citizen responsibility for the total environment upon which 

 man's health and happiness depend. 



ARNOLD W. BOLLE. I suggest that a task force be established to 

 examine the problem of the education of professional resource man- 



