It was a most noble sentiment which President Wilson gave utterance to when he said that the purpose of this war is to make the world safe for democracy. The people responded to it instantly, all over the country, and it inspired thousands of brave souls to give their all to establish the principle which his words •expressed. And when one comes to think about it, the words contain much more than appears on a first reading of them. What one first thinks about in reading them is that the particular democracy the President wants to have the world made safe for is that of government, and that is probably what he meant, in especial. But there is far more in the thought than that! The fact is that every whole which is made up of different parts, every one of which is necessary to the efficiency of the combination, is a democracy! My automobile is a democracy, and if I try to make any one part of it run the whole machine, I very soon get into trouble! Every part has its place, and one is as essential and as worthy as any other ! There can be no Kaiserism in any machine if it works successfully ! And the world is full of machines, all the way from a mouse trap to the human body! And the world must be made safe for every one of them! Think that through! It is in accordance with this principle that education must be exploited as a democracy and not as a monarchy! As a matter of fact it has been but partially managed in that way, up to date. For a good many years there has been much of Kaiserism in our schoolrooms. Our pupils have been compelled to study certain things, just those, and none others, if they stayed in school and studied at all. And if they could not do this (and many of them could not) they were dropped out, and the select few were kept in the favored places. But it is the business of education to fit all the children of all the people for such places in life as each one is severally-capable of filling successfully. That is Avhat democracy in education really means. Think that through ! It is in accordance with this principle that the school board of Peoria has come to the front and established a special school for those of the city's children who could not conform to the regularly established order as it is formulated by our school system. That is, they have made our city safe for democracy in education, to the limit of the meaning of that expression, a piece of pioneer work which is worthy of the highest praise. That their example will be followed by other boards of education, all over the country, goes without saying. Let us rejoice that we have lived to see the day !