APRIL, 1923
THE WESTERN AMERICAN
history has no instance of a national
character built up without the aid of re­
ligious instruction, or of such character
long surviving the decay of religion.
Without for a moment desiring the in­
troduction into American schools of a
religious instruction such as is common
in Europe, we do urge upon the consid­
eration of every thoughtful American
the suggestive fact that we have the
only great school system the world has
ever seen which does not include a defi­
nite and formal instruction in religion,—
with the single exception, France, which
relinquished it in 1882; and France has
put in place of its religious instruction,
the most systematic and thorough moral
and civic instruction the world has ever
seen, and is today working with unflag­
ging zeal to make the moral instruction
the most efficient and vital part of its
whole curriculum. Deeper than the mere
absence of religious instruction from
our own public schools is the world-wide
unrest and uncertainty in religious mat­
ters; a topic too familiar to need treat­
ment here, further than by emphasizing
the peril to moral education which re­
sults from the unsettling of religious
sanctions. When the mature man finds
himself slipping away from moorings he
had thought secure, is it any wonder
that the growing youth looks with scant
success for a firm attachment for his
life principles ?
This then is the emergency as we see
it: increased demand upon character, and
diminished care for the cultivation of
character. As M. Marion, French Min­
ister of Education, has said: “The truth
is that we have not yet seriously com­
prehended that the whole political and
social problem is one of education.
Henceforth education alone, absolutely
that alone, can rescue our modern socie­
ties from the perils that threaten them.
I do not know anybody who is not con­
vinced of that. But those who know it
best too seldom reflect upon it, and we
act almost as if we knew it not.”
Fortunately signs are not wanting of
a widespread awakening to the serious­
ness of the situation. We are beginning
to realize that what has been merely
an article in our educational creed must
become a working principle in our edu­
cational practice; that the final question
regarding education is whether it avails
to produce the type of character requir­
ed by the republic and the race. To ac­
complish this we need, not less clearness
I and accuracy of thought, nor any sacri­
fice of the true interests of the intel­
lectual life, but more warmth of genuine
and appropriate feeling and more stimu­
lation and guidance of the will. In brief,
we must fit our practice to Herbart’s
great formula, that the chief business of
education is the ethical revelation of the
Universe.
EMANCIPATION FROM TENANCY
TN MY OPINION there is one thing a
man can best afford to go in debt for
and that is for a home, and he ought to
run into debt for that because it is a
maney-saving proposition to do so.” This
is the opinion of Henry S. Rosenthal,
editor of the American Building Associa­
tion News, who recently discused the
subject, “Emancipation From Tenancy,’
“There is an insufficient supply of
suitable homes. As a result a large part
of the population is housed in a manner
detrimental to the health and safety of
the community. The present crisis is
the result of past tendencies It has been
accentuated by conditions arising out of
the war. “This does not imply that the
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For three generations we have daily giv-
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count.
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