New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-20
TEACHERS AT NASHVILLE.
THE NEXT MEETING TO BE HELD IN ST.
PAUL
AN ADDRESS BY GENERAL DARLINGTON ON THE
STUDY OF HISTORY AS A STIMULUS
TO PATRIOTISM


TO PATRIOTISM.
Nashville, Tenn July ia feature OF the pros
ent meeting of the Educational Association IS 'ne
unusual interest manifested IN the subject Cd hiuer
garten training. The doors Of the Masonic Theatre
had TO be closed this afternoon to keep back Por
ton Of the throng. The proscenium boxes were io"
with Sisters OF Charity. Department President Sncuo"'
Of Massachusetts, read a congratulatory telegram nun
the wife of Senator Stanford, OF The Oouen o"
Kindergarten Association OF San Francisco 10 "n0H
a suitable reply was ordered sent by the convention
kindergarten IN its relation TO MOTHERHOOD was u'
cssed by Mrs Sarah Cooper of California, ana MIS-
Putnam of Illinois Colonel Parker, of Chicago spoho
on the importance OF the system OF lhsruc'ioi - 49,
kindergarten and schools which would preserve uo
natural innocence and purity OF early ciiiu"o 49,,
The Board of Directors Of the association Volou 'n'
afternoon to hold next years meeting III o. -,
Mimi. II favorable arrangements can be mauo W.
the railroads and ample local facilities are iui'suc
The Committee on Honorary Members oil inc W.
tonal Association added the following naulcS " nv
roll Mrs James K Polk, Governor ROBERT IL i"'iol'
Of Tennessee John NJ. Lea, president oil tne A.,
Society Of Tennessee; G. NJ Fogg, president VI '1'
Nashville Board of Educauoh, anu O'
Colyar, Of Tennessee.
General Darlington made address TO inc asSo
citation on History Patriotic Force In the schoois
lie spoke in part as follows: a.. ..ov
How then can we so interest the youth tnsa nncS
win study history as Joy i SIa we know this
grand fact, that there have boon no t!PeGe veoped
bV moral forces and the latter Christian civilization a
some who have been our peers IN an that that
lovely LET the youth OF land UNDERSTAND ui" ,
such deiyerances from the abiect aud degraae1c no
only unity history but Donor man as It's sdbIece rnder
details and magnify only defects and bot Anu 5 All
the reference OF all distinctive petsOhal anu
struggles 10 the cardinal periods OF human ~ ev
viii 6ar@onze ali essential iva facts S Of a Re null
and -
turtles have been toward fraternity and right, an f.
CONGRATULATIONS must supplan' ,S Het The centennial
celebratlons of 1876 and 1854 almost snde udence
record of the principles upon wniGn our But the
Constitutional memorial OF 1887 and mat OIL Ap I
took up the whole century ut once, anu 30 ,tnsc
notrnc n,rnose non-sectonal. universal and lhn9c:
Ibis GENERALIZATION has still broader scope HeVsIaPy,
win and more furnish the oeeeei OF that river
Euphrae which floats the history Tc OF tHS ber Vosa
Pbine Danube Thames, Clyde and Dee reflect the
experiences OF states and peoples lar more tha 81
Centuries The ST. Lawrence, HUDSON, Dela"alo, ~
Johns and Mississippi memorabilia the work OF trencni
English Dutch, Swede Portuguese ana spanlau. IN, a.
what does It mean that more than 1000 cOun t
the names OF Lafayette Dc kab, kosclusko, ht
and Others who deRa1g a Of k@ Or al night
at once the beacon ana asylum ir an as eompre-
eOPiSs q. the 9b tyP Po1d ff fssf Oh
Neither does this grasp of man. as man. lessen 9
value 81 He rS S by any
citizen Of the home of his ancestors. but enhances
that appreciation by wise estimate Ui 1 have
tending experiences out Of which pIosent lercS nav
developed 1t does, indeed. make oil hnglIsanhSvin
shmen, Germans and other n-sGmeFS S more FAMILY S
"Penates." Herein lies the solution OF our mus ,h
difficult problem In no age and nowhere on on t tbe
patriotic force which history applies as WIN US
today It Is the bright the elas nc, ana t ,I and
its triumphs by stlll grander deverance ana pniPd
race 10 the manner born with no oiher @ onia
rftnlf
by nature faithful in service and generous IN haPn
Is to be adjusted TO conditions when lniu irdils 9
PEOPLES claim through d0micie with us. Is nOC
mis- African American element 10 be the reserve oco
by which to neutrage and overcome me soclansuC,
comnunistic and nihistic dangers which accompany
foreign immigration? Here Is native Anlcr r
element with numbers and capacities that can, can hd i
empoyInent In our National expansion Without I'M
pairment Of any social relation Or domestic comfort
The South through its aid. can utilize Us vdss
far less friction than where at tho North foreign
Obligations, prejudces and languages postpone for
This sssociaton already ooextcnsivo with vast
domain VIII soon be moulding the youth OF one hun,
thing live and labor in and for the land OF wash
lngon. But it is not from his exceptional ne atone;
nor even from the marvellous record of our National
experience, that history is 10 be invoked IN behalf OF
the young, and its patriotic force applied to shape
their destiny The grandest Incentives are by reviews
of Gods dealings with all nations while cheriShng
with Jealous care His special favors to rs as people
We absorb life from all nations Therefore, make
monumental His special dealings with those whose
we adopt
space for the swiftly accommodating details of local
history Generalization Will become AMI more
vital 10 sound teaching. Rut in proportion as In
timacy with other nations shall blend their interests
with our owns and our language already the com
mercal language Of the world shall enlarge our re-
sponsbllties aud the force Of example. shall
reverence. loyalty and fraternity first crystalline and
then illuminate the vast array of minor facts, until
plendent whole shall indeed enllghten the earth
Then shall Victor HuCos picture OF the united states
Of Europe be enlarged 10 the grandcr conception OF
the departed Wuoscy. and the united Sta'es OF the
world be the elimination Of the work Of the United
States Of America.