This paper is reformatted and reprinted as part of the 40th Anniversary of the American Journal of Health Education. (originally School Health Review) Health Education--Our Heritage series. The original article appeared in the inaugural issue of School Health Review (Volume 1, September 1969, pp. 4-8). At the time, Joseph H. Douglass, Ph.D., was Chief, Interagency Liaison Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, D.C. and was serving as staff director for the 1970 White House Conference on Children and Youth. A commentary on the 2010 relevance to health education of Dr. Douglass' paper immediately follows this reprinted version.