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good work outside the school, particularly such 

 work as contributes to the prosperity of the 

 community. The high-school bears a marked 

 responsibility in this way, because it has greater 

 equipment than the grade-school and deals in 

 more particularized subjects. The influence 

 of the high-school should be felt not only in 

 the school grades, but in the whole daily life 

 of the people. It should set good ideals of 

 public service by enabling the people to meet 

 their problems. 



What shall we do with the children in the 

 summer vacation? 



This is an exceedingly important question 

 and very difficult to answer. The teacher has 

 no control of the child during this period. He 

 can suggest what the pupil may do, but the 

 probability is that the pupil will merely drift. 



I am convinced that there is a great loss of 

 efficiency in the over-long and undirected sum- 

 mer vacation for both child and youth. The 

 colleges are beginning to feel this, as shown in 

 the development of four-term systems. The 



