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public education. The State board can serve to maintain

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for education the place it deserves and has rightly

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occupied in the structure of the State government.

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Education is no longer the three R's.- With

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the passing of time the tree has grown, and many branches

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have come forth. -The State board continues to meet

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challenges in discovering new social demands in devising

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effective ways in meeting them. As a matter of internal

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operating, the board has chosen liaison among its mem-

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bers, not blind agreement but rather an atmosphere of

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mutual understanding; by extending this atmosphere to a

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geographical area where board members live, each board

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member comes to look upon his community as a part of a

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whole, rather than a walled district whose social interests

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must be defended.

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The layman and educators, each portion of the

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State could be headed to this end by their educational

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interests where they are part of the concern of a State

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program of high quality.

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A State board has been a part of the history of :he

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State. In 1870 the General Assembly established the State