Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-06-20
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into an American school festival
be heartily commended by thought
minds. The dedication of the eX-
lion buildings and grounds will be
ltional event of browning impor-
e; but in order to emphasize the sig
ancc Of the discovery of the new
ID and to render it Ineligible
ughout the length and breadth of
and it is proposed to make every
olhouse a local center for common
i've exercises. This plan has re-
I'd the sanction of the worlds con-
s commission and of the American
rintendents of education An eX-
i've committee has been appointed
ch thirteen million school children
very village and town in the union
unite in carrying out a sim
but effective programme ON
historic anniversary. There is
ing impracticable in the scheme.
will only be necessary for every
oil TO have a flag of its own to raise
salute on the morning of the cclc-
ion, and then to be prepared to
n to an address and to join in sing
an ode prepared for the occasion
Pr the direction of the national com
Tee. A holiday will be put to the
est educational use if all the school
lren of the country can be brought
Their at the same hour to comIacm-
e the greatest event in the modern
id.
ne voyage of Columbus, says the
II FORK Tribune, was q protest
INST The ignorance of the medieval
The discovery of the now world
the first sign Of the real rcnais-
se of the old world. 1t created lew
'c1s and Il new earth, broadcned
easurably the horizon of men and
ons and transformed the whole or
of European thought. Columbus
the greatest educator who ever
3l, for he cmancipatcd manllind
n the rurrowncs& Of It's OWE im-
nee and TAUGHT the great lesson
human destiny, like divine mercy,
cs over the whole world. If a
Ipcctivc Of four centuries of prog
could have ii)utcd like a. mirage
re the cycG.cf the great diSoovcr2r
Rc was sighting |iun Salvador the
rican s:hoOihouGc would lave
3lcG up as the greatest institution of
new worlds iLS1rc. behind BIN
nd lcfG lncdi2v"l ~imnoTanc" ir@um-
d with superstition and pnralyzcd
m eccl"%iaGti"al pcdant.y which
cd for Earning. Before him lay a
wor; | with the promise of the
ncy Of civil and religious liberty,
education and popular cnliGhtcn-
t. Because the schoolllOuSc, like
own voyage, has been a protest
nst popular ignorance and has.
more than anything else TO make
free America what it is, it would
lowered above everything else in
mirage-like vision of the worlds
rcsS.
te public school celebration on Co
BUS day is to be commended, there
not only as, q unique method Of
using among local ccntcrs Of Amcri-.
life. from Plymouth Rock to the
zen Gate the significance and spirit
memorable anniversary, but also rs
tactical eXpcdlent for emphasizing
value of the most characteristic of
onal institutions, the free school.
n the ncw world was discovered by
nlbrS, Spain was the greatest power
urCpo. and England was an obscure
petty state. During the first cen
after the landing on San Salvador
est Spanish empire was founded
ching from the gulf of Mexico to
G"nio. Slowly and lnboriously the
ii&l-S ocaEing race obtained Il foot
in North Npcrica. Liberty waS
breath "f It's IlEc and free education
ITS most precious. bcqucst To nc
ing generations. Tho Spanish con
o"5 never opened a free school. AS
passed their Cmpirc rcrcltcd
inSt them, ard the constitutional
hs ct the English-spcaiirr race in
orth were roughly copied by one
hcra rcpublic after an0thcr. Popu-
dUcati0n YVES neglected. rs. it had
Under Spanish v~iccrOys, and con-
,cnt'y the moral force of culight-
publ" opinion was lacking in the
4h2r1 hemisphere. What has made