Excerpt from Educational Aims and Civic Needs The common title, Educational Aims and Civic Needs, given these addresses, represents their main purpose. The themes have been chosen in view of modern problems, and em phasis is placed on the relation between school and society. The appeal throughout is to the teacher, the student, the sociologist, and to the citizen interested in the means of progress. If the lesson is sometimes drawn from ancient history, it has a modern application; if from our inherited philosophy, it has a practical bear ing. The New Humanism and the New Idealism are treated as vital factors in our civilization, and the romance of the day's work is applied to every sphere of labor. The relation of higher education to democracy is made prominent. While the several chapters are complete in them selves, they are placed in logical order, and each contributes to the general subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.