Forests, soils, grasslands, water, minerals, oils, fish, game, and 

 scenic beauty are among the rich natural endowments of the 

 area of the Worth American continent covered by the United 

 States. Realization of the basic importance of these resources, 

 determination to utilize them for the common good through 

 long-range planning, and general \nowledge of appropriate 

 remedial and preventive conservation procedures are among the 

 mar\s of the educated citizen. Since future welfare and safety 

 depend on those things, the schools may well assume consider 

 able responsibility for checking the ravages upon the heritage of 

 the nation made by ignorance, indifference, carelessness, and un 

 bridled selfishness. 



THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY 

 A Report of the Educational Policies Commission of the 

 National Education Association 



