Fraternity-Testvériség, 1968 (46. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1968-03-01 / 3. szám
ENGLISH SECTION : President Johnson’s Message On Education "In two centuries, America has achieved— through great effort and struggle—one major educational advance after another: free public schooling; the Land Grant Colleges; the extension of the universities into the Nation’s farms and homes; the unique venture that has placed a high school education within the reach of every young person. I believe that our time—the mid-1960’s—will be remembered as a time of unprecedented achievement in American education. "The real significance of what we have done is reflected, not in statistics, but in the experiences of individual Americans, young and old, whose lives are being shaped by new educational programs. Through Head Start, a four-year-old encounters a new world of learning. Through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a disadvantaged youngster finds essential extra help—and school becomes a more rewarding place. Through the Teacher Corps, a bright and eager college graduate is attracted to teaching and his talents are focused where the need is greatest. These programs—all of them new—are enriching life for millions of young Americans. In our high schools, students find that once- empty library shelves are filled; the most up-to-date laboratory equipment is available; new courses, new methods of teaching and learning are being tested in the classroom. A student who sets his sights on college is more likely than ever before to find help through Federal loans, scholarships and work-study grants. Today’s college student is more likely than ever to live and learn in new dormitories, new classrooms, new libraries and laboratories. Today, thousands of parents who in their youth had no chance for higher education can say with certainty, 'My child can go to college.’ "Above all, we can see a new spirit stirring in America, moving us to stress anew the central importance of education; to seek ways to make education more vital and more widely available. That new spirit cannot be fully measured in dollars or enrollment figures. But it is there nonetheless. ... Yet for all our progress, we still face enormous problems in education: stubborn, lingering, unyielding problems. The phrase, equal educational opportunity,’ to the poor family in Applachia and to the Negro family in the city, is a promise—not a reality. Our schools are turning out too many young men and women whose years in the classrooms have not equipped them for useful work. Growing enrollments and rising expenses are straining the resources of our colleges— and the strain is being felt by families across America. "On January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set forth to Congress and the people 'four essential human freedoms’ for which America stands. In the years since then, those four freedoms—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear—have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the American Republic and for the world. And Americans have always stood ready to pay the cost in energy and treasure which are needed to make those great goals a reality. Today —wealthier, more powerful and more able than ever before in our history—our Nation can declare another human freedom. The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance. It means that every man, everywhere, should be free to develop his talents to their full potential—unhampered by arbitrary barriers of race or birth or income. We have already begun the work of guaranteeing that fifth freedom. The job, of course, will never be finished. For a nation, as for an individual, education is a perpetually unfinished journey, a continuing process of discovery. But the work we started when this Nation began, which has flourished for nearly two centuries, and which gained new momentum in the past two Congresses—is ours to continue—yours and mine.” IT SHOWS IN YOUR FACE You don’t have to tell how you live each day, You don’t have to say if you work or play, A tried, true barometer serves in the place, However you live, it will show in your face. The false, the deceit that you bear in your heart, Won’t stay inside where it first got its start; For sinew and blood are a thin veil of lace, Whatever you wear, you wear in your face. If your life is unselfish, if for others you live, For not what get, hut how much you can give, If you live close to God in His infinite grace, You won’t have to tell it, it shows in your face. Unknown Author 9
