The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-20
No CHANGES WANTED
LACK OF THE G. AR. UPON SCHOOL
. HISTORIES NOT RELlsHEo.
=, authorities OF New York Say That
ana Propy..d Revision Would Create
ness--A An Era of Peace That should
-. ne disturbed.

prop..,d Revision Would create
,,,,erness An Era of Peace rhst shouid
xot He disturbed.
The criticism by comml''ee Oh ,ne
p Of the histories in use in the |
" Of. New York because IN the
sraittce's opinion they do not fairly !
'o' lily state the cause of the conflict |
Sat,yeen the north and the south created |
stir in educational and military CIR
",es The general opinion seemed to be
oi,1 go tho committees criticism was un-
- and that the only result of
;ts action would be to arouse Ill feeling.
TN 10 two years ago the books for the
Lie schools of New York were select
~ bv tbe committee on course of study
WI obstruction of the board of educa-
tion Then by resolution OF the board
the selection of the books was turned
oyer IN the board of school superintend-
outs The plan now is for the matter
% no referred by the board of supelin-
tordents TO its committee on school
hooks. which makes up list which Is
srbmitted TO the board of education's
committee on instruction. This latter
committee adds to OF takes from the list
and then reports it to the full board for
odoption or rejection.
The American histories now III use III
tbe public schools are Anderson's Jun
Tor Glass United States and New Gram
mar school," Barnes brief History of
fine United States, Eggleston's First
Bool1 In American History and History
Of the United States Fiske's " History
Of the United States, Higginson'
"Young Folks History of the United
States. :" Hunters Narrative History
of the United States" Montgomery
Beginners American History and
Leading Facts of American History"
scudder's History and Short. History
Of the United States" "Studies In
American History" by Mary Sheldon
Barnes, Swinton's First Lessons In
Our Country's History and School His
tory of the United States" and Thorn
as History of the United States. :"
at is impossible to satisfy every
body" said Superintendent Jasper re-
GENTLY. "If these critics don't like the
histories in use, why don't they pre-
pare one themselves"
Assistant Superintendent Edward ID.
Farrell, who is one of the committee on
schoolbooks of the board of superintend-
ents said that he did not consider the
q. A. r. criticism wise or i'll keeping
with the sentiment of the times, LET
us have peace. No good was to be
gained by introducing the words
traitor, " treason and "rebel'' into
our histories. Years ago histories OF the
war were noted for their bitterness. AS
time elapsed this bitterness gave way
to a kindly feeling, and it was on the
recommendation of brave Union officers
themselves that the word secession"
was dropped from the histories and the
title Confederate" was substituted for
"rebel'' and TRAITOR.
Another great change was brought
about by the publication of Green's
History of the English People, " which
attached more Importance to the masses
than to princes and kings. This work
had a decided influence on American
writer's, and histories of our own people
were constructed ON similar lines. II
was time that the old war feeling was
allowed to die out. How would it do t(
60 to one of the public schools and refer
to the southern people as rebels and tt
see the tears start in some child's eyes
and to learn that his father had lost hi
life fighting on the Confederate side?
1.-THE G.. A. r. committee" said @
B. Rouss, who fought in the Twelfth
Virginia cavalry, "seems to think tina
the school histories are incomplete ant
in error because they do not make TIN
Confederate side sufficiently odiou
and because they do not define tn
southern man both as rebel and traitor
II that committee would carry its III
designations further or to the bottom, j
would find the reason why these histo
ries do not contain what it would lik
them to contain. Lincoln and Grant
the committee would find, granted sue
liberal terms to the south because the
had learned from the highest judicia
authorities, including Mr.. Chase, tina
upon constitutional grounds the sout
was right and that in their estimatio
there was no place for treason, gibbe
or guillotine.
These critics would also find tina
Grants magnanimity came of an assul
ance upon his part that justice demand
ed it, and that he knew full well froi
his own dearly bought experience thf
southern valor entitled the Confederate
10 the most generous treatment. The fl
ture historian who will go into an elal
crate discussion of the late war wi
surprise prejudiced enthusiasts of tn
sort. ="
1t is said also that propositions fC
like revisions in the textbooks of oth'
states have been met by objections sui
stantially the same as those enume
ated above.-New York Journal.