The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1901-08-10
THE TRUTH MUST BE
TODD
THE


The old soldier has served notice
on the school authorities and the
people that a. long ~ he lives he
will do all in his power to have
Southern schools teach histories
which do not libel the South and
the Corfederacy- The Memphis
reunion registered a strenuous OBJ !
lection to the use in Southern |
schools of histories which not only |
lied about the Confederacy, but
described the Southern Statesmen
and patriots as ''traitors," "rebels'
Maclay school of historians. The
Baton Rouge reunion, which was a
representative and eminently re-
spectacle body, supplemented the
good work Of the Memphis meeting
| with an excellent report of the his
torical committee, disclosing the
ins,dious methods of Northern
history-wri,ers to prejudice the
minds of Southern youths against
their forefathers.
The survivor of the Confederate
army, can not, during the evening
of his life, be engaged in a nobler
cause than that Of insisting that the
simple truth he told his children
and grand children. 1t is unfor-
tunately true that the educators of
the South have endorsed histories
which are calculated to impress
upon the mind of the Southern
child that the Confederate soldier
was not a patriot who fought for
principle, but rather fellow who
was willing to bring about the des-
truction of his country if he was
permitted to retain his black slaves.
If it is intended to instill in the
minds of Southern boys and girls
that the valiant followers of Lee
and Jackson and Gordon were en-
gagged in an ignoble strife for peif
and disunion, then the untruthful
histories of North rn authors should
be taught in Southern schools, but
if this and future generations should
know the truth of the s'rise and fall
of the Confederacy, the grossly
misleading accounts of that great
conflict should be expunged from
the curriculum of every school in
the South. The veterans Of Louis
lana are to be praised for their
patriotic action taken at the Baton
Rouge meeting. 1t is edifying to
| ha ~
cation is thoroughly in accord with
the veterans in their righteous cru
SADIE against the Objectionable his
torres.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the veterans:
Resolved, FIRST, That this committee. after
full examination, recommend that the fol-
lowing books be declared from any of the
schools of this State, public private:
ssTIistory of the United States,'' Mont
gomery.
:sStory of the War; John Laird Wilson.
s.Build,ng the Nation,' Charles Carleton
. Coffin.
s.The Children's Third Reader,'' CHM
civilians Choice LITERATURE Butler,
Sheldon & Co. Book 2, intermediate.
s'New Century Fourth Reader" Rand,
McNally & Co.
| ''LlShtS OF LITERATURE, DOCK 4, NanQ,
McNally & Co.
ssBrumbaugh's Standard READER - Christie
pher, Sower & Co. CThe above used by the
State Normal School.)
ssHistory of the United States,'' Fiske.
| ssGrammar School History of the United
States,' Field.
ssThe Beginners American History"
Montgomery.
ga First Book in American History"
Eggleston.
History of the United States and Its Peo-
ple,'' Eggleston.
ssEistory Of the United States,'' Barnes.
| ssStudies in American Literature,' Noble
Introduction to American Literature, -
Matthews.
ssYoung's Government Glass Book"
Second-.We earnestly request that all
parents of children throughout this State use
their best endeavors to exclude from the
{ private schools the books disapproved above
by us.
Third-Resolved, further, That in our
opinion no histories other school books,
which may treat of questions involving the
respective merits dement's of the North or
South, should be taught in Southern schools,
unless written by one in thorough sympathy
and utilization with the South and its people,
and unless intended to be used solely IN
Southern schools.
Reflections of q Bachelor.