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This is only to say what many have said before-There is now a critical need for highly-trained people-There are now thousands of youth with superior abilitỹ who are not completing their high-school education-This is a tragic waste, and Perhaps, in retrospect, this will have been the time when the schools made their most important contribution to the preservation of our culture.

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200public highways. The evidence of the effectiveness of courses in Driver Education is now shown by many studies, although we are still definitely in the pioneering stage. As school administrators, it is our responsibility to give support and encouragement to those Driver Education programs which are now in effect in our schools, and if we do not have one in our own particular institution, to make the organization of a course in Driver Education an immediate part of our program of growth. DRIVER Education is currently winning the approval of secondary-school '*&dquo;-administrators throughout the country. During the past fifteen years, Driver Education has grown from a suggested supplement to the high-school curriculum, considered then by many as an extraneous frill, to a place today of recognized status. In 1951, driver training is a valid part of the total training for citizenship in some forty of the forty-eight states and in nearly all of the larger city public school systems. Moreover, there is considerable evidence to indicate that a Driver Education program can turn out better and safer drivers. A few insurance companies are of this opinion and are giving reduced rates to teen-age drivers who have completed an accredited course in Driver Education.Teen-agers as well as parents know that potentially they, of all age groups, are best able to drive well, but that as a group they are the least able to drive safely. The risk of gaining experience is high. Training is a desirable substitute and less hazardous than the hand-me-down methods which many authorities believe are very largely responsible for our present dilemma. But enforcement of regulations, punishment, and the preachments of parents, while not to be excluded, need to be supplemented by a competent teacher directing pupil activities in an environment where real learning can take place.For school oflicers, superintendent or high-school principals, Driver Education is both a blessing and a problem. It provides an opportunity for the schools to show the community what they can do, clearly and in sharp focus, in meeting another &dquo;pupil and community need&dquo; an opportunity which is perhaps the most significant and challenging within the last five years. The problem is how to administer a sound program with safety, with effective ness, at a reasonable cost, and without sacrificing other necessary areas of the high-school program.The need for Driver Education is crystal clear. There is little doubt that lay leaders in any school community are today unaware of the problem of the teen-age driver. There is ample evidence that nearly all communities are deeply concerned about the appalling waste of human resources which the teen-age accident death rate reveals. Parents of teen-agers are especially con-