. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal . al conceptions and promoting good will among thenations of the earth. Entirely new values and standards for judging needto be created among the different peoples. In particular the school histo-ries need to be rewritten and the teaching in history and geography in theschools needs to be entirely re-directed. The emphasis now placed on thedeeds of the soldier should be shifted to thos
. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal . al conceptions and promoting good will among thenations of the earth. Entirely new values and standards for judging needto be created among the different peoples. In particular the school histo-ries need to be rewritten and the teaching in history and geography in theschools needs to be entirely re-directed. The emphasis now placed on thedeeds of the soldier should be shifted to those who have created the bestof our civilization and rendered the most lasting benefits to mankind. By one of its resolutions the Association congratulated the Panama-Pacific International Exposition on having made the official series ofcongresses the central feature of the Exposition, with education the mostimportant feature of the series. In the interest of world harmony webelieve the splendid work of the Department of Congresses of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition should in some form be continued as auseful means of securing a concert of action among the nations and inter-national WHAT SHALL THE WORLD BE TAUGHT? 83 A suggestion for educational attaches of legations and embassies camefrom the representative of the Argentine Republic, Ernesto Nelson, andin the view of many participants represented the most progressive ideathe congresses generated. The topics of prime importance pressing on the attention of educatorswere indicated by the Resolution Committee to be, in brief,child welfare, rural education, school supervision by trained the Needssupervisory officers as distinct from teachers recently begun byuniversities, colleges, and larger normal schools, adequate salaries, security oftenure and retirement annuities for teachers, with more helpful workingconditions, differentiations in instruction to meet individual needs, enlarge-ment of the educationa
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