Evening journal., 1915-08-04
URGES Teachers TO
WORK FOR Peace
Special to THE EVENING JOURNl

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Del, Aug 4-"The
Teacher and Her Relation to the
Peace Movement" was the subject Of
an interesting address by Raymond
Moley, instructor in International Re-
lations at the Delaware College sum
mer School to the students of the
school at chapel yesterday. The talk
was al the more interesting ana ap-
propriate because of the fact that
many of the students are either teach
ers or prospective teachers of the
schools of Delaware Mr. Moley said
in part. --
"One Of the most pressing problems
that viii meet the teachers Of Amer
lea this winter is the relation Of the
Great European war to the United
I States. She must answer countless
questions asked by children repre-
senting all classes Of sympathies; she
must wisely avoid unnumbered temp
tations TO destroy the effect OF her
teaching by leaning perhaps too far
to the one side or the other. She must
work constantly to prevent the mill
tary spirit from growing beyond all
! bounds among the youth of the land.
Above all she should see clearly and
teach effectively the lessons of the
war which bear upon international
peace. Every teacher owes il to her
school and TO herself to teach inter-
nationalism to her children. To show
not only the great ideals of interna-
tional brotherhood but the practical
economic dependence of one part Of
the world upon all others.
Our old history teaching has been
/ full of the most pronounced errors
| Its sins have been of both omission
and commission. We have glossed
over all of the evils Of war and have
! carefully developed the military spirit
/ by false patriotism and distorted pic
| turing Of national greatness. Our
| teaching of the future must show the
tremendous effect of the great in
/ dustrial revolution. That il has bound
the world together in a great unity.
I Cooperation, not competition. must
be the future policy of nations.
The teacher must thoroughly ac-
quaint herself with all the prominent
proposals to put the international
spirit into practice. For as the need
Of corporations among nations in
crecses we must settle our Difficult
ties in some way other than vio-
lenoe.
'The teacher of the future must
have the international vision. She
must teach it daily in all her activi-
ties in the school. Nothing short Of
this great ideal taught and lived by
the teacher can rid the world Of the
unspeakable curse OF war II is an
ideal worthy OF the best efforts of us
sll II the ideal seems to many new
and strange, If you are called vision
airy. hold to II all the tighter. Re
member that Calico and Columbus
and Copernicus. yes Christ himself
we're radical thinkers. The old Con
servatism Will. of course. seek to kill
your new IDEAS the force OF tradition
will stand a greater barrier in your
way But. remember that the radical
is the sail on the ship Of human
progress while the conservative is the
ballast Well has Maeterlinck showr
the idea would rave you all tak'
with you back 10 your work
Let us think OF the great invisible
ship that carries our human desti
nies upon eternity. Like the vessels
of our confined oceans. she has hei
sails and her ballast The fear tha
she may pitch or roll on leaving th'
roadstead is no excuse for increasing
the ballast by storing the fair white
sails in the depth Of the hole. The,
we're not woven 70 moulder side b.
side with cobblestones in the dark
Ballast exists everywhere. All th'
pebbles Of the harhor. all the sand o
the beach will serve for that. Blu
sails are rare and precious things
their place is not in the murk Of the
hole but amid the light of the tai
masts, where they can collect th'
winds OF space
w. c. T. 7. MEETING.
4 w. c. r. Il. meeting will be held