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This effort of progressive education to cultivate the social virtues is in reality, then, a spiritual effort. It is getting at the very essence of the spiritual nature; and end of man and training toward a better society. It is aiding the child's moral development more than sermons and preachments could do. It is producing a very beautiful atmosphere and spirit permeating the whole educational process; and is pointing out the one way, I believe, which leads to character—the habit of daily living in an environment conducive to nobility of soul. Gertrude Hartman sums it up admirably when she says: "The future of democratic society depends upon the socialization of the schools. When they become practice communities In which young people through their growing years are trained to respond in desirable ways to social situations; when students are versed in solving social problems, when the curriculum is enriched by a broad social interpretation, we shall have the hope of creating a society capable of directing social changes instead of being overwhelmed by them." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)