O. P. A. bulletin, no. 4

              FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 
                   ISSUED BY THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES BRANCH 
                   DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION 
          
          
         WASHINGTON, D. C., NO. 4 -    -  -   -  -   -  -   -  -  -               - SEPTEMBER 1943 
          
          
               OPA’s Educational Services Branch Salutes the Schools 
          
           Schools are at the beginning of another year, a year 
         more crucial to us as individuals, to our communities, 
         to our Nation, and to the whole world than any we 
         have ever experienced. The stresses developed by 
         a world at war are being acutely felt in even the most 
         isolated community of America. Our accustomed 
         ways of life have been disrupted but we gladly adjust 
         as best we can to war-imposed conditions, for that is 
         the American way. 
           War has brought to schools many new problems, 
         many new responsibilities and withal many new oppor- 
         tunities to be of greater service to their communities. 
         How to do the wartime job which needs to be done 
         confronts every school administrator and teacher. 
         Most schools have lost, at least temporarily, many of 
         their personnel while many new and intricate tasks 
         must be performed. Yet, as never before, communities 
         are looking to the schools for leadership, for assistance, 
         and for even greater accomplishments. 
           The achievements of the schools and of the teachers 
         who “man” them have been truly magnificent during 
         the past year. Such achievements, however, call for 
         yet greater efforts. In the light of problems still 
         unsolved and jobs to be done, the past is a guide and a 
         challenge for the immediate future. It will require 
         that we school people undertake new duties while we 
         continue those we customarily perform. 
           Among the mog significant of our immediate under- 
         takings is that of helping the people in each American 
         community to understand the meaning and methods 
         of price control and rationing. Teachers especially 
         have been eager to do their part in this economic 
         program for they recognize that all Americans suffer 
         grave hardships if prices are allowed to spiral upward 
         and if scarce goods are distributed inequitably. A 
         sharp rise in the cost of living, teachers also realize 
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         from personal experience, seriously impairs the living 
         standards of persons with incomes which have re- 
         niained relatively fixed during the war. 
           Understanding of price control and rationing is 
         necessary to the successful operation of these measures. 
         Undoubtedly, the schools of the Nation are uniquely 
         and strategically set up to help perform this job in 
         every community. To do this task well requires that 
         each administrator and every teacher (1) acquaint 
         himself with the meaning and significance of price 
         control and rationing, (2) plan the procedures he will 
         use in developing understanding of these measures, 
         and (3) work at the job continuously. Applicable 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
         here is the saying, “There is no royal road to success 
         other than that of hard work.” Yet school people 
         will recognize that this task represents a tremendous 
         responsibility—a glorious opportunity! 
           During the past school year the Educational Services 
         Branch has enjoyed the opportunity to work with 
         schools and it welcomes the opportunity to be of more 
         service this year. We await to assist you. We 
         pledge you we shall do our utmost not to let you down, 
         to aid you to the limit of our ability. 
                      WALTER D. COCKING, 
                 Chief, Educational Services Branch. 
                                      CONTENTS 
         OPA’s Educational Services Branch Salutes the Schools       
         Schools and Colleges Intensify Study of Home Front Economy. 
         Elementary Schools Demonstrate What Can Be Done         
         Secondary Schools Stress Rationing and Price Control         
         Colleges Lead in Study of Wartime Consumer Economics      
         Adult Education Is Doing Its Part                         
         What OPA Means to a Typical American                
         OPA Bright Spots on the Educational Front    Recent Publications on Price Control and Rationing     
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