The National tribune., 1896-02-06

| daughter of comrade and then spoke most
effectively of the future of our country, and es-
| pecaly of the training of the children of to-day
in patriotism and how much this grand En-
| pire State New York; had done in that line by
causing the glorious folds Of "Old Glory" to
wave from every school house in her bounda-
ries, and requiring the teaching of the princi-
| Piles it represents a daily duty.
Mrs. NJ @. Reynolds, Press Correspondent.
KINDERGARTEN PATRIOTISM.
Lu Seamans Hadley, writing of the interest
| excited by the illustration of her kindergarten
at West Lafayette, Ind, giving the flag salute,
| and its accompanying article, expresses regret
| that enough copies of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
could not be secured to go around, and says:
| 81 have had returns from all parts of the
country, and from various lines of workers.
| Happy surprises might call them, could any
! thing in the patriotic work prove a surprise to
| me. Such has long since ceased to be posi-
| bility. Having sounded the depths of this
grand labor for the last three years, both as an
educator and patriotic worker, feel that am
| prepared to speak.
"Tho latest return comes to me in the form
of Patriotic Prinsr and Little Citizen, by
our saintcd leader, Col. George T. Balch. re-
vised by his faithful Lieutenant, Capt. Wallace
Foster. upon whom has certainly fallen his
mantel. Having carefully examined the work,
l most heartily indorse it, trusting that We
may be able to secure its adoption as text
| book in every State and Territory.
~ further pray that we may secure legisla-
tive action in the employing o. only live, patri-
otic teachers. / tell you what we need is a
John Baptist in the patriotic work. Sacrelege2
By no means With all reverence / repeat We
need, if ever Nation did, patriotic baptism
for our educators.
~ have sounded them across the continent,
and whom find President of State Normal
in Stafa vho nd he of
civil war from his work as unfit for his students,
who are to become the trained teachers of the
future and in another part OF the country am
met by High School Professor with the OBJ
lection to the flag salute that il is only fit for
primary rooms,' and when / remind him that
the High School pupils are soonest to become
our citizens and voters and further add that
suppose in case of war we must look to the
primary grades for our defenders, find him
speechless; and when in another State l am
told by city Superintendent that he has
adopted flag salute for one day in the year,
/ repeat in thunder tones:
"We need patriotic baptism for our edu-
Gators
"But courage, patience. my friends and CO.
workers; hear the rustling among the null
berry trees!' Press right onward. Continual
droppings wear away the stone and this giant
bowlder will crumbe before US.
"I was in attendance at the National Edu-
cational Association at Denver, attended the
National Council of Education and Kinder
gartcn Round Table, and let me assure you
did not find this class of instructors in the
ranks. The first named are not the live
teachers of the Nation and were off on a Sum-
mer vacation. while our educators, worthy The
name, were taking grand action along patriotic
lines
"Our worthy President, Nicholas Murrey
Butler,--and / would underscore the worthy
unit he he
that they who run may read said to me, /
hope they will adopt the flag salute; have it
daily in my work. and gave me a card Of in
PRODUCTION to the Chairman of Resolution Com
mittee, then in session. The patriotic outlook
is grand, but there is no need of action along
the lines above mentioned.
&c 1t is said A word to the wise is sufficient
Are we wise, or otherwise?
" In her article of Jan. 2, in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE the Relief Corps Editor spoke of me
as one of the first to adopt the flag salute. Per-
NIT me to tell you now came by it.
1t was sent me by one of the boys Of the
Indiana Reform School, whom / was trying to
lift up by allowing him to write me every three
weeks. having found him in Jail at Logans-
port, and persuaded him to take the Chill
dren's Loyal Legion pledge and admitted him
to my Legion. / had from him q letter and
lovely printed program of exercises of Feb. %,
1893, accompanied by the printed address of
Capt. Wallace Foster in connection with flag
salute, as taught them by him the printing
the work of the boys.
81 Immediately adopted it in my kinder.
garten as q daily exercise. The following
April it was adopted by Indiana W.R.C., and /
received an appointment from our President,
Julia S. Conklin, as member of the first Patri-
otto Committee, although had never spoken of
the matter to her. So it was from Capt Wallace
Foster, through the Indiana Reform School
boy, that frat received it,
DEPARTMENT OF RHODE ISLAND.
In Little Rhody," as elsewhere WR.C.
women are awakening to the fact that loyalty
means not only looking after the temporal
welfare of the old soldiers and their dear ones,
but that it means an extension of the vital
principles for which they staked their lives
and fortunes.
Rhode Island GAR. and W.RC., as was the
case with most Departments Of the Grand Army
and their faithful auxiliary, had joint installa-
tons and in some cases the Sons of Veterans
installed their officers the same evening.
Tobin Corps, 20, held joint installation
with their Post, Department Senior Vice
President Ella F. Burt officiating for the
Corps.
Tobin Corps. with membership of 81, per-
formed notable deed when, during the holt
days, they visited the Rhode Island Soldiers
Home carrying box of candy, cake, and
with music and recitations
Babbitt Post and Corps and 8. of v. held a
triple installation followed by Campfire with
its attendant pleasures and collation..
Tower Post and Corps held joint installation,
Department President Emily f. Fish officiating
for the WR.C. Installation public, and
large audience present
Ives Post and Corps had joint installation
and collation., Department Secretary Julia p
Mason conducting COrpS service
Past Department President Celia A. Kinyon
installed Bucklin Corps officers; Post and
THE FLAG IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Jane s. Weed, New Albany, Pa. is one of the
active Pennsylvania workers on behalf of patri-
otto teaching, and she has distributed thou |
sands of flag salute rituals among the teachers of
the district in which she lives. Her son belongs
to the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America
and has assisted in the distribution.
The County Superintendent has declined to
act in the matter of the flag salute, but many
of the teachers have taken it up. The p. o.
S. of A. are to place a flag over every school,
house in New Albany.
ALL ALONG THE LINE
Col. ]. c. o. Redington gave one of his in
imitable programs of speech, song anecdote
under the auspices of the s. Of V. A bean-bake
followed.
Corps 109 Tyrone, Pa, attended the install
lation OF Post officers by invitation, and after
wards served q lunch to the comrades all.
Past President Pharibee Clubine installed |
the officers of Custer Corps Ella Booth, Presi- |
ryi,, hob IF t..