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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. — -1920. 



Upper Standards 



1. Habits. 



(a) How acquired. 



(6) How cultivated and avoided, 

 (c) Harmfulness of juvenile 

 smoking. 



2. Manners. 



(i) (a) Courtesy and respect to- 

 wards all. 

 (6) Self-restraint, 

 (ii) (a) As shown by dress. 



(b) By choice of friends, litera- 

 ture, and amusements. 



(c) By kindness to younger chil- 

 dren. 



(d) In boys : by special courtesy 

 to all women and girls. 



3. Truthfulness. 



(i) (a) Eespect for differences of 

 opinion. 



(b) Living for truth : readiness 

 to receive new truths. 



(c) What men have sacrificed for 

 truth. 



(ii) (a) Conquest of science over 

 ignorance and superstition. 



(b) Progress of truth. 



(c) Love of truth. 



4. Temperance. 



See Syllabus issued by the Board 

 of Education. 



5. Courage. 



(a) Heroic deeds done in the ser- 

 vice of man : self-sacrifice. 



(b) Everyday heroism. 



(c) Chivalry : devotion of the 

 strong to the weak. 



(d) Moral courage. 



6. Justice. 



(i) [a) To all human beings, irre- 

 spective of sex, age, creed, 

 social position, nationality or 

 race; and to animals, tame 

 and wild. 



(b) Charitableness in thought. 



(c) The value of courts of jus- 

 tice. 



(ii) (a) Love of justice. 



(b) Just and unjust relations be- 

 tween employers and em- 

 ployed. 



(c) The rights of animals. 



(iii) (a) The development of the idea 

 of justice from the earliest 

 times. 



(b) The development of the 

 humane spirit in laws. 



(c) The development of the idea 

 of equality. 



(11 to 14 years). 



7. Zeal. 



[a) The value of zeal and energy 

 in overcoming difficulties. 



(b) The dangers of misdirected 

 zeal — e.g. bigotry, fanati- 

 cism. 



8. Work. 



(a) The necessity for and dig- 

 nity of labour. 



[b) The earning of a living : 

 different pursuits — their re- 

 sponsibilities and social 

 value. 



9. Patriotism. 



(i) [a] Pride in one's school and 

 loyalty to it. 



[b) Duty of local patriotism : 

 how to serve one's town or 

 village. 



(c) The value of local institu- 

 tions. 



(ii) [a) What our forefathers have 

 earned for us — e.g. liberty, 

 social and political institu- 

 tions. 

 (6) How each may serve his 

 country and posterity, 

 (iii) (a) The vote : its nature and 

 responsibilities. 

 (6) Local government. 



(c) The nation and its govern- 

 ment. 



(d) Society as an organism : its 

 development through the 

 family, tribe, and nation. 



(e) Universal brotherhood. 



10. Peace and War. 



(i) (a) The value of peace and her 

 victories. 

 (6) The duty of citizens in time 



of war. 

 (c) The evils of war. 

 (ii) (a) International relations : how 

 nations can help each other. 

 (b) Value of arbitration. 



11. Thrift. 



(i) (a) Money : its uses and abuses. 



(b) Economy in little things. 



(c) Wise spending : avoidance of 

 extravagance and wasteful- 

 ness. 



(ii) (a) How and why to save : 

 Savings Banks. 



(b) The cost of drink to the 

 nation. 



(c) Clubs and insurance, 

 (iii) (a) Simplicity of living. 



(6) The evils of debt. 



