Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08
Internationalism and Patriotism.

annual losses in hard cash from lack
of sympathy. The school education
| OF commercial race must comprise
much more than bookkeeping, CONNER
| cial geography and the ability to cal
culate In figures. 1t must train minds
to deal with human probabilities quite
| as much as with mathematical GER
tainties about material things. Bitter
ness. rivalry. jealousy, based chiefly on
| Ignorance. are costing In armaments
| and loss of trade fabulous sums an
nually. which only a specific kind of
| education can turn from utter waste
| to constructive purposes
! This education Is new and practical;
1t aims at nothing Utopian 1t sup
| plies knowledge of new methods Of
| preventing latent evil from finding out
let. Just as the latent hoodlumism In
| the child of the gutter is prevented
from coming to the surface IL whole
some activities In good play ground
are provided, just as passion which
once found vent in duelling is largely
side-trackcd when courts are we'll cs-
tabl'shed, so latent antagonisms be-
tween communities may be prevented
from ending in stupid waste of proper
ty and life by the use of methods made
practicable only since democracy and
rapid communication have brought
about new world-conditions
If our country is to fulfil its destiny
the future votor must learn these meth
DDS and believe In them; they are. in
my opinion, OF intellectually more con-
sequence to the republic than his
knowledge of square root, or particIpial
ad3ectives. or tho list of planets or the
number of men who foil at Antietam
The new School Peace league, which
aims to give the teacher the power 10
give the child the new tools which this
practical age of internationalism de-
mands. Is probably the most important
single agency in American schools to-
day.
At its annual meeting. held In Denvor
last July, the National Education as
ISOLATION declared that IL endorses
unanimously the work of tho American
School Peace league. whose object 1t is
to promote through the schools and the
educational public of America the In
terests of international Justice and fra
ternity." The meetings of the league
held in conjunction with the assocla-
tion were largely attended and a pro-
found impression was made by the able
and eloquent educators who are allied
with the movement and who are bound,
through Its splendid organization
which touches nearly every state In the
Union, TO make itself powerfully felt IN
the teaching of history, literature, good
dent of the association is James Fl
Van Sickle. superintendent of schools IN
Baltimore. and the secretary is Mrs
Fannie Fern Andrews, 400 Marlborough
street. Boston. No fee Is charged for
membership and an enrolment Is de-
sired OF teachers. normal school stu
dents and others connected with educa-
tional movements.
The league offers two sets of three
prizes OF $75, $50 and S25 for the best
essays OF from 1000 to 5000 words upon
one OF tho following subjects: 1, ''The
United States. the Exemplar OF 4
United World" Q. "The History of In
ternatlonal Arbitration" 3. 1.-The His
tory and Significance OF the Two Hague |
Peace Conferences" l. THE Opportun. |
ity and Duty OF the Schools In the In |
ternational Peace Movement" 5, "The |
Evolution OF Patriotism Ono set Of |
the three prizes Is open to seniors in |
the normal schools of the United States, |
the other to seniors In preparatory |
schools. The contest closes March l, |
and tho award will be made at the an
nual meeting of the league In July. |
Ample literature for study OF these sub
jects can be obtained from the AmerI-
can Peace society. 81 Beacon street,
Boston, Mass. !