Journal of Education

“The degree is a universally recognized measure of academic achievement, and this, supplemented by the character, professional training and experience of the prospective teacher, should be, and is rapidly becoming, the standard by which teachers are selected.”

“Now is our opportunity to render invaluable service. In order to measure up to what is now demanded of us we must apply in our own lives what we have taught children—the standards of productive living.”

“Who today can say that arithmetic is more essential than music to the happiness or success of our people? … Whatever his special gifts may be, we expect the school to help each child discover those talents and cultivate them.”