TRENDS IN SECONDARY EDUCATION 5

 grade level certain instruction in family problems
 may be of highest value. This should emphasize
 practical matters such as personal adjustments of
 each partner; family finance including budgets,
 insurance, savings; selection of clothing and food;
 furnishing a home; the care of infants and children.
 The continuing intellectual and social growth of
 each partner in marriage should be stressed.
(4) A health program. Adequate physical examina-
 tions should be followed by immunizations and
 correction of defects. Classroom instruction should
 furnish background for the community's health
 sentiments and practices. The lunchroom should
 serve educational as well as dietary purposes. Men-
 tal and emotional fitness should rank with physical
 fitness as worthy of earnest study and exercise.
 There should be continuous effort to raise the com-
 munity's present health level and to assure the
 future vigor of its citizens.
(5) Recreational facilities. The wholesome experi-
 ences that should be planned for leisure time will
 have many by-products of present and future
 value in physical, mental, and social development.
(6) Courses fundamental to democracy. Earnest
 presentation should be made of the historical back-
 grounds of our institutions, the rights of a citizen
 in a democracy, and a citizen's duties of participa-
 tion in a democratic society. Typical experience
 in the "school democracy" include discussions, de-
 bates, forums, student participation in government,
 student administration of affairs. The business life
 of a community may be studied by visits to stores,
 offices, and factories. Civic administration may be
 seen in courts and councils. Attending the services
 of all churches in a neighborhood should give a broad
 concept of the religious effort in the community.
 Reports of these visits will develop attitudes and un-
 derstanding necessary to a democratic citizenship.