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schools should do something to train youth in 

 the individual art of living. Still another step 

 was taken when manual training and domestic 

 science were brought into our city schools, be 

 cause these studies emphasize the fact that the 

 schools must do something to train workers. 

 And finally we have at present the idea gaining 

 a strong foothold that the schools must train the 

 child to fill its place in the world of men ; to see 

 all the relations of life; to be fitted to live in 

 human society. This idea really embraces all 

 of the other ideas. It implies that the schools 

 shall not only teach each individual the ele 

 ments of knowledge, that they shall train for 

 citizenship, that they shall train men in the art 

 of living, that they shall aid in preparing for an 

 occupation, but that they shall do all of these 

 things, and do them not merely for the good of 

 the individual, but for the good of society as a 

 whole. 



And not only is there a feeling that the pupil in 

 school can be brought into closer touch with the 

 life of the community, but that the school as an 

 institution can be made more useful to the com 

 munity as a whole. This double thought has 

 been expressed in the phrase, "Make the school 

 a social center," and practically it is being 



