School: A Film About Progressive Education

[Music] e [Music] no e [Music] [Applause] [Music] n [Music] the the where are we going to put all this stuff the shells are all filled well if we get those new shells and shops done why there'll be plent shells yes but if a whole bunch of us works on them why they'll be done soon enough a I wanted to work on that magazine rack I make with my mother I guess this is more party yeah with all this stuff lying around like this hello Penny hello should we put the pencil special on the cover well are you sure of the priz we got a reduction on pencils this morning H that's fine youi go ahead and put it on the catalog ver and have you corrected the price list in the store baby's putting it up now when can you get them in I now will'll be in Tuesday okay I'll come in then how much your pencil they're 2 cents each or four for five I want three that will be 6 cents but they're four for five I still want three all right how much do we take in this week Phoebe 940 oh gee that's well how much did we take in last week Joan you were storekeeper uh 752 well how much more is this week's sale than last Timmy a dollar 8 figuring in fractions what part is a $188 of this week's sales and 38 are you sure I've got one thir oh you're crazy it's a four is that what the rest of you got y yes yeah considering our profit at 10% how much did we net this week I think you two need some more work see I know but I don't see why it can be this way World always has been what's the matter Marco cat you get it sure 68 at 10% but I don't see why it's 10% but it's always 10% in the stores oh no Richard some stores make as high as 70% don't they H well the rate of profit varies in different kinds of stores there is no set rule about it then what would stores like ours make I've got an idea Marco let's go down to the Village after school and find out let swell Phoebe we'd all be interested in that would you make a report on it okay I think the rest of us better hurry up and finish our arithmetic our time's almost [Music] gone [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey Yi why aren't you over here working on the shelves you said you'd do it this morning why can't Marco do it I got to get this thing finished for my mother's birthday Marco said he'd do it tomorrow I'll do it for you UI if you clean up shop for me okay here ver will you open up this C while I sandpaper okay [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] hi fellas [Music] hi [Music] what are you doing down here I said you're thinking the change today we got to fill this place in why well you see if we don't the water will wash away all the dirt the little kid's platform will fall in what do I do oh you better go up and ask the grounds committee P you're in charge of the work of the trench committee that's right I'll supervise the job down there by the children's play platform Rody you're in charge of the brush okay Dad all right get started where do I work supposing you work on the trench over with Alice down there how long do you think it will take us to divert the street oh only a few days now that the parents are giving their free time and we're all working together I have to know exactly so I can arrange to have the rest of the tile here oh I see well how many fet of trench have to be dug 24 ft I think it [Music] is [Music] la [Music] la [Music] councel that means us [Music] waiters waiters coming coming [Applause] [Music] well we finally got the tile blade how many oh they're about 50 ft of it the weekly meeting of the student council is now in order Carl will you please read the minutes of last week's meeting first motion was that bullettin board be divided into parks for groups Roger would take down material and arrange it unanimous vote nothing has been done about the ash can it was decided that each group should help keep the walls clean for one week at a time the soccer ball was left out and Frozen the lockers must be cleaned up people have been taking rubbers out of other lockers borrowing them and not asking the owners if they could it was brought up by the grounds committee to help pay for the drain tiles to fix the erosion it was passed that there will be a tax on the profits of all group sales it will be 10% the staff and trustees cooperate fully with this the meeting was adjourned council members were to discuss further taxes with their groups and report today while they're taxing everything my children even wanted to tax last month's cake sale what happened did they you should have heard the argument before they were convinced that they couldn't tax something that had happened before the ruer was made how much would they have made anyway about 23 cents well I'm glad all this business about taxes happened it's made our study of the causes of the American Revolution a lot easier it is timely isn't it oh it's made the whole thing much more alive and you he's read everything in the encyclopedia on taxes but H I think it raises other problems I have it from the children that they they're going to tax Joel's newspaper would they really so they say I wonder if he can go on publishing it it might not be bad for him if he couldn't yes but you know Joel he's such an individualist we have heard the opinions of all the groups except group five we will now hear from group five at a special meeting of the students of group five it was decided that a suggestion be made to the student council to put a tax in the independent Observer published by Joel Brown just the same as the tax for the school paper 10% tax me why not private businesses are always tax you can see my books that I make if you tax me there won't be any sense in putting out the order I think we should text Joel don't you sure I think we should but I have to pay for my paper my stencils and then think how much my Labor's worth don't forget that Mr chairman Jo uses the school to make his money he ought to contribute Mr chairman it's getting late let's vote now Mr chairman yeah don't you think Joel ought to have another chance Joel haven't you anything you want to say about this before they take a vote well I'd like to help with the tiles but I I don't know oh yes I guess it's fair go ahead and vote there's no further discussion will somebody please make a motion to that effect I move the jaw be taxed for his newspaper second the motion all in [Applause] favor all opposed the motion is carried I still think it might not be bad for him if his own paper goes it might well then the tax might give his paper a recognized status in which it hasn't had before I hope he can see it that way though well I think we' better watch out for him and I hope he doesn't take it on too personal a basis are you ready Jim ready all right curtain hey pH watch my lines again we show The King against the St we won't pay the S tax didn't ask our permission we'll do nothing of the kind parament must repal it we must show the king we are against the Stamp Act we must all act at once the king must repeal it the king must repeal it the king must repeal it K the king King muste it the king must it the king must it that's lots better we'll do the final seed later now you kids better get busy on your properties if you want to be ready for dress [Applause] rehearsal hey Fe will you get me that book with a declaration of independence in it I want to finish that poster where is it well you had it last oh here it is my Des don't put place on that she isn't a noble lady why not everybody wore a lace no they didn't look at this picture here course the Declaration of Independence is hard to read they use such funny riding how come John Hancock's name is so big cuz he wants to show that he's not afraid of King George where's the Declaration of Independence anyway Pennsylvania independent hall how could it be there if they took us to King George Gee I never thought of that why did it car we have taxes today yes none of our people were there when Thomas passed the taxes why is that any worse than the way we taxed Joel same thing no it isn't we didn't tax Joel we taxed her and besid we didn't tax it anymore and we tax the school paper isn't that right ham yes that's right you Ain Joel was given a chance to vote in the discussion and members of his group were there and you know that we elect two of our group to represent us in Council but that was when one of the main reasons for the colonies objecting to the taxes levied by Parliament there was no one there to represent them then were taxes the main reason of the Revolution well not the only one the merchants started to boycott against English goods and after it was successful it was the people themselves who wanted Independence one of their most active organizations of the Sons of Liberty and Sam Adams shortly after the Boston Massacre and the calling of the First Continental Congress formed oh it's Friday election you should be wao I don't want to be elected let be no Jimmy jimy last me let Jimmy be steper I want to be all right Marco you take over nominations are now in order for [Music] storekeeper [Applause] [Applause] now let's have them and she makes nice displays in the store Jimmy he makes good reports Jon Joan can't be she was star clerk last week W he hasn't had a turn in a long time a he's too slow in making change how do you think he's ever going to get better if he doesn't have his turn well don't you think everybody ought to have a chance that's right if wal ought to have a turn okay uie okay and this election will have a secret ballot all favor van raise their hands all in favor of Jimmy on in favor of Walter [Music] [Music]