The pupils will be given full opportunity to write out statements
of facts they have discovered or to write stories or plays
or poetry which are inspired by the subject matter they have
gathered. These literary productions will not be called for as
exercises in the art of writing or of fact-recording, but as
contributions toward the equipment of the school. The books
which are collected as well as the original compositions will be
submitted to critical analysis and accepted as accessions to
the library if they come up to standards in authenticity and in
literature. The teachers as well as the pupils will submit new
books or other matter and before they are accepted, they will be
subject to the same critical analysis as the material submitted by
the children. This analysis will be the literary experience and
training as it will be participated in by all the pupils who are
interested in this expression of their work.
Not all of this school work is incident to the success of the shop, if
we measure success by usual business standards. But it is all incident
to the development of a creative impulse in the individual, and it
is incident to the development of industry as a socially productive
enterprise. The fact that the school and shop work represent the
planning and the decisions, that they demand knowledge and experience,
does not signify that the young people will assume to carry more
responsibility than they are capable of, or that more will be
expected of them than they are equal to.
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