THE CLASSROOM -- A DEFENSE UNIT.

This article focuses on classroom as a defense unit in the United States. The American people are determined that they will defend themselves and their institutions against whatever dangers beset the nation. They are agreed that every effort will be made to defeat the philosophy of military force and the totalitarian state. Out of this crisis, they sought the universal establishment of four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear. The immediate war effort as well as the longer view demand the full cooperation of every citizen and every institution if one is to assure himself of victory. In the light of such an all-out endeavor, this article attempts to sketch a few suggestions for the part that the public-school classrooms might play. Possibly the greatest contribution which the classrooms of United States of America could make would be to establish and maintain a high order of morale among the citizens of the United States. Most of the people recognize the probabilities of `serious disruption to normal community life due to the war.