ORGANIZING THE COMMUNITY CENTER
int to support the office adequately. it seems clear that the office of Community Secretary is the key to the worthier support of the school. It will magnify the function of teaching, give a new civic status to the teacher, and make more apparent the patriotic and constructive service which the school renders the nation.
Board of Directors.—Since the Community Center is a coöperative enterprise, it is necessary that it be democratically organized. The next step in its organization, therefore, should be to provide the secretary with a cabinet. It may be called a Board of Directors, or a Community Council, or an Executive Committee. Its first function is to give counsel and advice to the Community Secretary, to form a forum for discussion, out of which may develop wise methods of procedure. Its next function is to share with the Secretary the responsibilities of the work. In every community there are men and women who have the ability and leisure to render public service. As directors they would have a recognized position and a chan-
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