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The teaching body in Russia now holds frequent conventions and congresses, and expresses itself freely on the conduct of the schools, a condition of affairs that will arouse the envy of their American colleagues. And their deliberations. consequently show a depth of appreciation of the problems set before them such as is rarely found among American teachers. Document No. 9 shows how idealistic and yet how profoundly practical are the ambitions of the Russian school teachers. This document is in the form of a resolution passed at a congress of teachers in Moscow, on June 6, 1918.