Images (12)
दस्तावेज़
| id |
id
73984718
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
document
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (6)
Extracted text
OCR Page 1 of 12RECORDING *
I speak to you today of some national and international problems of
education, but*let me speak first of a great American achievement. This
remarkable accomplishment can be best expressed in terms of pupils. For each
1,000 pupils enfolled in the 5th grade in the United States in 1942, our high
schools graduated 505 pupils in 1950. For the first time in the history of
any nation, the high schools of this country in 1950 graduated over half the
young people of the appropriate age. This is an amazing fact' No other country
in the world even starts into the high school half of its young people.
This record-breaking achievement, carrying us further toward the
American ideal of equal opportunity for all, is one of the bright spots on the
present scene. Though I am going to speak to you of a number of educational
problems, it is proper to lift our eyes to larger perspectives to see some
of the promise of a better life for all of us through education. It is a pleasure
to know therefore that we have so far realized the American dream that the
average child now completes a high school education.
Some of the credit for this record should be given to our free enter-
prise system. Thanks to our inventors, investors, and the highly productive
labor force in this free system, the average wage earner has been able to make
a living for his family without sending his children into the labor market
at an early age. In brief, machines have freed children to go to school
Enlightened business leaders have led the people in a remarkable faith in education.
* By Earl J. McGrath, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Federal Security
Agency, Washington, D. C., for use in series to be made available by Educational
Recording Services, Los Angeles, California, Recorded by U. S. Recording
Company, Washington, D. C., January 8, 1953, 1:30 p.m. EST.
Relations
belongs_to