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To THE EDITOR or THE uN-sfr: I was vs.y
qiad 10 read tho lettor signed u. A. scribner In
your issue Of this morning. It says some thinRs
that ought TO DO widely known. Thero are
other things which ought TO DO said on the same
subject
The fact IN that the very great majority Of our
college Presidents and professors are Mug
wumps." Imean by that that they do not at
tach themselves to any political party. Az q
consequence they teach that " vote for the best
man " fallacy that leads TO about all the rascal
fly going. Instead Of teaching tho necessity OF
political parties and tho tendency always to the
betterment Of those parties BY s~electins the best
men in them for the offices, the great doctrine
taught by our college professors 10 men, not
measures"
Again, the tendency Of these professors Ia to
rather sneer at patriotism. It 10 liberia"
education, they teach, to admire other Govern
ments and forms Of government than our own.
But even In this they are not consistent. The
courage Of one's convictions 10 always better
than the cowardicc Of the sneer. the slur,
the inuendo about "jingoism" u The fathers
Of 1776 were jingoes.. Washington and his
armies, the Continsntal CONGRESS, the men Of Of
land to be- proud OF. q nation Of continental
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But. say tho college professors, "bo liberal
In your views. See how beautiful, logical,
homogeneous. &C., is the English Parliament,
tho German Reichstag. the Norwegian" some
thing or other. And 20 oni u,-.
We educate the youth to love his country; to be
enough Of q lingo to eight for, his, country
when necessary. Tho children sing tho Star
Spangled Banner" and that banner itself floats
over our public schools. But in our uniyersities
and colleges the flag 10 used on ceremonial occa-
sions only, and then as an Item In the DECORATION.
Students are warned not to be jingoos, that no
literally educated man can be q lingo. The mil
itary drill in our public schools Is going TO make
a magnificent citizen %soldicry for ua Think Of
the manual OF arms! But 1t is pitiful to think
that q percentage of these. in our colleges. arc
to be untaught that admiration of their country
which 10 love of country. For how can one love
taught to pick flaws in, to compare unfavorably
with something elsef Our English friends can
teach us better than this. Imagine q professor
in any English institution preaching down any
thing Englishl.
motto. 1t would cause your contemporary
the EreninD Post. a ut of nervous prostration.
But II is the motto that has made and preserved
us as a nation! 1t is tho only maxim that can
ever win a battle. But am panied to Say It is a
motto not taught in our universities and col,
leges. These professors do not select their laun-
dress, their shoemaker, or their legal adviser
among liberal-minded persons who are open to
conviction upon how a shirt should be starched
or a boot fitted. or how the statutes Of the State
try to teach. Never mind. politics, mover mind
patriotism; only get good men"l 1 am much
Obliged to Mr.. Scribner for his letter.
Boston. June 30. JOHN e. II. SANDER