The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-11

some OF them Will take homesteads ano
settle hero when their term OF enlist.
lnent expires" Truly, IT ~ inspiring
tp see how these patriotic Hawaiians
them iii making citizens Of The genuine
American PATTERN.
Hopeless as the task OF intoxicating
American ideals into Oriental MINDS
lcnge or centuries and Is trying man.
fully to accomplish what is all but
impossible. Churches and schools bear
the burden Of this work The church
who arc ali hominally Christians OF
Mormons, and are devoting their en-.
|crgies to extending the Christian faith
reans. With religion these missiona
ries preach the doctrine Of Western
civilization and American ideals. They
are making progress. as such things
go. built Is slow, slow. slow.
The school teacher In Hawaii is
perennial Fourth or July Grafton. Even
Tho New York public schools. where
thousands and thousands OF European
children are annually transmitted into
Americans, have no notion OF tho
workaday patriotism of the public
schools OF these faraway islands Con.
glomerate classes of children OF every
blood and color known from Green.
lands Icy mountain to midas coral
strand are daily drilled " exercises
that sound like popping firecrackers.
South Sea Islanders and Molokans from
Russia Join with the Japanese and CHI
|nese in singing our dear old ridiculous
New England anthem:
Land where my fathers died
Land of the Pilgrims pride" stc
Then they all. with appropriate gos:
lures. salute the Stars and stripes ana
swear I'VE give our hand, our heads
country, one language. one flag" Then
there comes the shorter catechism OF
the Truth Faith. What Is our couu.
ltry?" THE United states OF Aiheri-
ca What is our language?" Eng
lish." What is our fiag?" The STARE
and Stripes. Hip, Hip, Hurrah" Has
our flag ever been conquered in war
Never. What Is the greatest COM nm
United states OF America" I'm what
Is + the sfea TEST, IN wh freedom d T.
the greatcst?" Because its people are
edncated2" IN good schools. both
in these schoolsq" knowledge OF
and good citizenship" Then they all
lsug "Hurrah for the schools of Ha-
wall" with rousing chorus:
Then hurrah for the schools of our
dear native land,
For the free public schools OF Hawaii
All honor, we viii pay, to the noble
patriot band
Who founded the schools OF Hawaii"
! This Is sample OF what is done
! In one small public school. Exercises
| OF similar spirit and import are held
In all the schools. Americanism. is
drilled into the children day after day,
along with the English language. But
\ MOI nj q
| schools OF the territory are Amert-
cans. Many schools have not sin
| gle American child. But the great
majority OF the teachers are Americans.
land those who are not American by
/ birth are thoroughly naturallZed In
sentiment
/ What the results of this systematic
training in patriotism VIII be In ten
wears from now no one may say. but
there can be no doubt that the genera
enect VIII be good. The doctle ma
Tive Hawaiians. while retaining their
local pride, ndop, tho American pa
guese and Spanish children do so ma
lturaiiy. just as European children do
Iall over the United States The Ghi-
nese have never known the feeling
Iof patriotism, and perhaps cannot un-
Iderstand 1t. But to some extent even
the Chinese become enthusiastic over
the Stars and Stripes. The japanese.
but that Is another story. They are as
imay be. and salute the flag with mani
fest pride and devotion. But TO even
1.-THE tiniest OF them the one country
on earth is Japan. and he knows that
he owes supreme allegiance to the
sacred Emperor yonder in Tokyo.
! One country. one language. ont
lnag.'' That is the doctrine of Ameri-
oanism which has been successfully
taught to the millions who have come
Ito our shores from Europe since the
great tide OF immigration set in In
.lls2O. For ninety years the army OF
Europeans has been steadily increas-
ling. but the American influences have
been strong enough to swallow them
and asslmilate them. 1t Is one country.
one language. one flag. But always
these foreigners went to places where
There were Americans all around them
land about them, always In tho ma
Ijority In Hawaii there is but pitt
i ful minority which Is seeking to &C
oonplish this task. But the work
/ goes on. American the Hawaiian Is
lands are. and American they must
i remain.
i (Copyright, 1905, by Frederic j. Has
l kin.)
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