ABSTRACT
Most Americans will probably acknowledge the progress that has been achieved in our elementary schools. Not everything is perfect in the grades; far from it. But the elementary school, as the school of younger children, represents a relatively protected domain of educational operation. In contrast, the modern American high school reflects all the diversities of modem civilization, intellectually, socially, and spiritually. All that has been said is not only a matter of "education" in the isolated sense of the word. The confusion resulting from an unprincipled pursuit of the equally democratic ideals of equality and quality has also crept into higher education. Education has the power to change society gradually. But though faith in ideals is the greatest force of progress, only that faith and those ideals can achieve the goal which is in congruence with, and not against, the laws of nature and of mental and social development.
