Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 46365-h.htm or 46365-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46365/46365-h/46365-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46365/46365-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/ourschoolsinwart00deanrich OUR SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME--AND AFTER by ARTHUR D. DEAN, SC.D. Professor of Vocational Education, Teachers College Columbia University, and Supervising Officer Bureau of Vocational Training, New York State Military Training Commission Ginn And Company Boston · New York · Chicago · London Atlanta · Dallas · Columbus · San Francisco Copyright, 1918 by Arthur D. Dean All Rights Reserved 518.6 The Athenæum Press Ginn and Company · Proprietors · Boston · U.S.A. FOREWORD It is not an army that we must shape and train for war; it is a nation.... The whole nation must be a team in which each man shall play the part for which he is best fitted.... Each man shall be classified for service in the place to which it shall best serve the general good to call him.... The significance of this cannot be overstated. It is a new thing in our history and a landmark in our progress. It is a new manner of accepting and vitalizing our duty to give ourselves with thoughtful devotion to the common purpose of us all.--WOODROW WILSON, _Proclamation, May 18, 1917_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. BRINGING THE WAR INTO THE SCHOOLS 1 II. WAR AND COMMUNITY USES OF OUR SCHOOLS 17 III. THE FIELD FOR INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE SCHOOLS 53 IV. OUR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES 80 V. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MANUAL AND HOUSEHOLD ARTS 115 VI. THE WORK IMPULSES OF YOUTH 135 VII. ORGANIZED BOY POWER VS. MILITARY DRILL 165 VIII. RED CROSS AND OTHER COMMUNITY WORK 192 IX. REËDUCATION OF THE DISABLED 211 X. FARM CADETS 234 XI. THE ORGANIZATION OF A CADET CAMP 272 XII. A SUMMARIZED PROGRAM OF ACTION 304 INDEX 331 OUR SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME--AND AFTER CHAPTER I BRINGING THE WAR INTO THE SCHOOLS