Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1917 — War Text Book Is Planned For High Schools. [ARTICLE]

War Text Book Is Planned For High Schools.

The members of the state council of defense, at the weekly meeting held in Indianapolis Thursday, discussed a plan which has been taken up by the state board of education of having a “war” text book studied by all of the pupils of the high schools in Indiana. The proposed book would contain articles on subjects perta : .ning to the war and the co-operation needed by the government from every man, woman and child in the state, to carry the struggle with Germany to a successful conclusion. The purpose of the book, ultimately, is to bring to practically every home in the state, through the schools, a broader realization of the purposes of the war and the sacrifices which must be exacted from the people of the nation. The plan was presented to the council by Horace Ellis, state superintendent of public instruction. He asked that the state council endorse the plan, which calls for printing of about 100,000 copies of the volume at an expenditure of about $25,000.