The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-28

.susren, what shall we think ana
v.s, az 20 the course OF action tnat mas
s.~,,1h, ahout this resultf what ana
,her,e shall serve our purpose
,hot the introduction or tnoso
,oto virginia schools was i,teIY
ooons The only plea men MADE 10.
unno ,hs, swinton and Barnes ana
.as especially. were good teachlns ~
,a',,,onts. II was claimed, wne,he, W
tustlv or not. that the truth,,e,l" - ,uore
n which I allude. were our "''u
,o,e,esting. hard TO teacn'
'n'e' icUIEFTAIN'S DAY.
,ha mighty dead, Had we
S"-.,ro hearts in that day 10 put nio
no Inviting that touched that ,ninl'ns
~. FOR myself I have never hao az
s.o,hle In finding a virginia
ia heln me to teach the poys
wno os tho 22d Of February Is ,ne
t,,',es.a,,.s nav for the Eighteenth CEN
go 60 that the 10th OF January
..ch,eftoIn's Day" for the Nine'ecn'n o.,
sho,, thew be celebrated ana sacieu ''
ever - .ht, OWL nrac-
ne o. .a,,,d IN the statement that you
W. =, ueII-writtcn Northern nis'o,S
car, .rac. ,,s errors. have NIUE re-
~ 60 ,,,hot are called "our methous'
a. Tho method that makes n III lVi VI"
..aLae bad 1T for another IL ",as
sometimes happen, however s"1.
..adtcal Northern teacher deVises a
M. ,n.trnment. I did once attempt 10
,sa such n book with class that i ,,,'
siderod safely grounded in the true ~
a class OF old boys. VINO WeIe ~,
noint Of finishing their history cou' 20,
80. temnted by the excellent head
~. summaries and review questions
exceedingly wel-advised eSpe-
49,, Cor making boys remember
a. history. II was one OF tne
roouv skIllful and, therefore, ~,
aan,erous hooks that have been written
Co. Tho North since the war. IL diu zen
tbat "the slave trade was continued oy
Tho votes of two Southern Sta'es' ana
aid omit 10 quote Mr.. Jenerson $50.
rnent that when he proposed pdr1si ap'
~ - necIara,ion of Independence, con-
tanning an Indictment tgtinst George III,
,or anfeoting our Virginia purpose TO get
ia ~ elaves during the Colonial neriod.
"rba nronosition was defeated by the
,.o,os ~ Northern DELEGATES. not because
tbev were owners of that sort or prom
ort,, but because they were large trad
ers in the same.
IT e,on 70 thank the old king. most pro-
foundlv. for defeating purpose which,
1,ad Cf1nH0nd00.
a century sooner Of the inestimable bless
inps ~ that superb civilization that Vir-
oinia knew once. but never will know
AGAIN.
<ror, tb,s Northern history how many
men Grant brought across the Rapidan
nor how MANY he lost in that campaign.
I, ala saw that he found the whole coun-
+rv from the Rapidan TO Richmond "a
network Of entertainments ana dln ror-
got 70 except the Wilderness; WINE you
Lnov, that in that fierce grapple there
$50 M breas.vorkS except the lino over
toward the Brock Road from when YOU
drove the enemy while the timbers were
blazing.
A LESSON.
II was a typical Northern book; but l
thought could use 1t wisely. j ought 10
bave known better. I should have re-
,oornhored that seven ont Of ten boys. yes
nine out OF ten. learn what they perma-
nentlv remember from the black and
white OF the text book. I ought to have
remembered that you cannot touch
bitch and not be 6efiled. Only
once IN my whole life have
ventured upon this thing. 1t was
with n class already taught, class or
BOYS Who had often heard the jacket
or tsTJN-d Class OF boN0 WIZ iit'' OIL n.y.
had their hearts stirred and their char
acters ennobled by many a thrilling pre-.
sentation Of the old story. and picture or
the men we love TO honor. IL was with
n teacher. a man whose heart the slight
est suggestion of anything false TO the
South was as an electric shock we
made a failure of IT. Mr. Chairman
I soon found all the margins OF his class
book full OF correcting errors and supply
ing iudicious omissions. Just this once,
sir. did this wrong. II was very soon re-
pented Whether 7 may be forgiven, I
know not-But for one other wrong that
I have done, I do not hope TO be for
civen-and that Is that ] have
let so many years elapse without
saying what 7 thought and felt
and knew on this subject. The pun
ishment has come home to me. Some
nights ago I heard a song that carried
me into the long ago. The memories OF
the days that are gone came crowding
upon me- | am not ashamed to confess
that my emotion was too strong for me
and had fun sway, until uncomfortable
wrath possessed me 10 find that the young
Virgnians around me thought the singer
meant them 10 laugh. Presently some Of
them, weary OF those embarrassing old
things" rose. rudev rose. 10 leave the
room. 7 turned 10 a sympathetic friend
at my elbow and said. "They have been
studying Barnes History"
A SAD INCIDENT
was perhaps more seriously stirred by