Chapter I: Foreword

It is not an army that we must shape and train for war; it is a nation.... The whole nation must be a team in which each man shall play the part for which he is best fitted.... Each man shall be classified for service in the place to which it shall best serve the general good to call him.... The significance of this cannot be overstated. It is a new thing in our history and a landmark in our progress. It is a new manner of accepting and vitalizing our duty to give ourselves with thoughtful devotion to the common purpose of us all.--WOODROW WILSON, _Proclamation, May 18, 1917_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. BRINGING THE WAR INTO THE SCHOOLS 1

II. WAR AND COMMUNITY USES OF OUR SCHOOLS 17

III. THE FIELD FOR INDUSTRIAL AND TRADE SCHOOLS 53

IV. OUR COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES 80

V. THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MANUAL AND HOUSEHOLD
ARTS 115

VI. THE WORK IMPULSES OF YOUTH 135

VII. ORGANIZED BOY POWER VS. MILITARY DRILL 165

VIII. RED CROSS AND OTHER COMMUNITY WORK 192

IX. REËDUCATION OF THE DISABLED 211

X. FARM CADETS 234

XI. THE ORGANIZATION OF A CADET CAMP 272

XII. A SUMMARIZED PROGRAM OF ACTION 304

INDEX 331

OUR SCHOOLS IN WAR TIME--AND AFTER