Film and Radio Guide (Oct 1945-Jun 1946)

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MESSAGES TO AMERICAN SCHOOL TEACHERS Commended for Classroom Use hy Leading Edueators from Coast to Coast 10NG EXPERIENCE aiiJ pcrsonal observation have led educators to the sources of knowledge _/ which best inspire in today’s youth a deep loyalty to the ideals of democracy. The followung excerpts from recent signed statements testify to their appreciation of The RcaJer’s Digest ... as an effective classroom aid in perpetuating these ideals: Wc must raise a generation committed to the improvement ot our democracy and constitutional government. Accurate information on significant current developments is a necessary adjunct in this task. The Reader's Digest provides a concise, readable handbook of world events and trends. — Alonzo C. Grace, State Commissioner of Education, Connecticut. The youth of our land should be given abundant opportunity to inform themselves on current social, economic and scientific matters, and 1 know of no better or more pleasant way of securing such information than through The Reader’s Digest. — Elizabeth Ireland, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Montana. The Reader’s Digest is a fortress of defcn.se against ignorance of what IS going on in our own and other lands. . . . 1 should like to see it in the hands of every high school student, and of many in the upper elementary grades. — James Haskell Hope, State Superintendent of Education, South Carolina. For use in schools, a magazine such as Tlic Reader’s Digest, which offers accurate and interesting summaries of significant events and achievements in the social, scientific and economic fields, is of high value. — Francis B. Haas, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania. The Reader’s Digest is a continuing and impartial “diary” of the American way of life and the actual workings of our democracy. At a time when world welfare is to be so influenced by our course here at home, its value as an aid to the teaching of good citizenship increases the need for Its use in our schools. — John Callahan, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Wisconsin. As never before , pupils in our schools need to read widely if they are to think clearly on many and varied topics. Because Tlic Rcajer’s Digest presents up-to-the-month information on current events and personalities, this publication has come to be a valuable and widely used supplement to our reading in many high school and lowergrade classes. — Esther L. Anderson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Wyoming, One of the first, and certainly one of the most important duties of every school teacher today is the planting of Lincoln’s sort of Americanism in the hearts and minds of our youth, ... I feel that the School Edition of The Reader’s Digest should be classed among the valuable mediums for aiding this vital task. — Vernon L. Nickcll, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Illinois. I would place Tltc Rcailcr’s Digest at the head of the list of required reading for teachers and high school students. — John A. Shaw, Superintendent of Schools, Spokane, Washington. TIic Rcflilcr’s Digest is a fascinating record of events and trends, which broadens the outlook of students and gives them a more comprehensive grasp of the principles and meaning of good citizenship. — Arthur E. Thompson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Dakota. As an auxiliary aid to classroom instruction in the building of bedrock Americanism, the value of Tlic Rcaifcr’s Lbgcst IS very high. — Burgin E. Dossett, State Commissioner of Education, Tennessee. Tlic Reader’s Digest is making a contribution to the maintenance of our form of government, especially by implanting in young minds the concepts of desirable human relationships.— Rex Putnam, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oregon. The teacher who understands the scope of her assignment, and sees her objectives clearly, will value The Reader’s Digest, which keeps its readers in touch with the forces which make TOMORROW. It offers information — common knowledge for common understanding for common citizenship in a common world: one world. — John Fred Williams, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Kentucky. Tlic Reader’s Digest is in an especially unique position , because of Its wide use in the schools, to play an important part in strengthening the walls of democracy. — Wayne O. Reed, State Suf^rintendent of Public Instruction, Nebraska. Statements like these are more significant than anything we ourselves might say about the place which The Reader’s Digest holcis in the hearts and minds of teachers throughout the country who are molding a new generation of Americans.