Educ T729.14.255 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GINN & COMPANY MARCH 17, 1927 COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press U.S.A AUTHORIZED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL PEACE LEAGUE "With Good Will Doing Service." PREFACE THIS Course in citizenship has a significant history. In 1910 the Massachusetts Branch of the American School Peace League appointed a Committee on Methods to devise a practical working outline for teachers which was designed to aid their efforts in giving children an ideal of human brotherhood. Under the direction of Mr. Henry D. Hervey, then of Malden, and the late Mr. B. C. Gregory, of Chelsea, a group of grade teachers in those two cities put together preliminary data for such teaching. Mr. Gregory's sudden death took from us a keen and eager helper. In the later meetings of the Committee on Methods the ideal of citizenship as Good Will to All Men was accented. Step by step the outline developed into a plan which the Committee has called a Course in Citizenship. The Committee on Methods received valuable suggestions from Mr. James Van Sickle, of Springfield, Mr. Wilbur F. Gordy, of Hartford, Connecticut, and Mr. Frank Spaulding, of Newton. The detailed planning and execution of the course is due to the five authors, with much kindly assistance from Mr. A. B. Safford, of Reading, Mr. Asher J. Jacoby, now of Elmira, New York, Mr. Clarence Dempsey, of Haverhill, Mrs. Emma B. Gulliver, of Boston, and Mr. William Orr, Deputy Commissioner of Education for Massachusetts. The wisdom of experienced teachers has been abundantly contributed. When the outline was prepared and every topic carefully discussed as to its best uses in school, a copy was |