The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-14

Educating the Children
Of the South.
American history has strung thel
names Of Southern statesmen on al
card that has endured all the tests Of !
time. and today, to the Student, those
names illuminate the records Of this
oountry's past with . light that gains
In briIliancy from IL tragic back
ground.
The children u he South today
know little Of the real history Of the
South. The names Of the men who
have contributed most to American
history since the early days Of this
country, have been Southern born.
But the children Of the South today
are not sufficiently familiar with
these facts 70 honor the men who
have made IL, II . countryss debt Of
loyalty. But are The children Of the
South really taught what the men Of
the South have been to America, in
the mal<ingf
Washington ard Jefferson and Lee.
These are to them, perhaps, familiar
heroes, figures Of men who held
honor high and whose valor was nm
questioned. But do they know Of
others---men Of the Revolution and
the civil strife, men Of the days Of
peace, no less brave because not
called to bear arms do they know
the records Of these men who made
: nations history, as every Southern
child should know it?
The state president Of the q. d. c.,
in an address delivered in Pensacola
few days ago, stated it as her con-
viction that great responsibility de-
volved upon the women Of the South
in the education Of the youth Of this
country, in wiping from the South
the stigma Of illiteracy. That stigma
rests upon the South today and It is
. storm that should be eradicated,
and can only be eradicated through
the efforts Of the women Of the
South. For It is the women that .
section must look for the inspiration
and the interest that are needed in
this task--a task Of stupendous pro-
portions, but also Of marvellous pos
sibility.
No one would decry the work Of tn.
women Of the South. since the civil
war, FOR they were given . task 81
great and . responsibility so heav,
that the results Of their labors hav,
been the marvel Of the world. N,
one would 'decry their zeal in placing
Monuments to their heroic dead, fol
heir devotion has been . balm tina
rs gone far to heal the wounds o
th3 South. No one would decry thei
wozk for the soldiers, for these ar,
their sacred trust, and the duty tina
they perform with deepest love.
But the state president Of the q
D. G. struck q responsive chord il
many harris when she stated that
great rs1ponsibility faces Souther
women inAthe education Of the yout
Of the Soath--the boys and girl
whose heritage since the war has no
been such q to give them the fight
ing chance bat every child shoul
have, and thu state president wa
right when shA said that along wit
the practical EDUCATION that thes
children should Ahave to meet til
needs Of the day they should b
taught Southern history and Soutf
ern literature. And she pointed OF
that this, too, is duty Of the worne
Of the South, to keep themselves ii
formed and to aid in research worl
Southern history cannot be Studio
from Northern textbooks, but It ca
and should be taught and studied
Southern homes. Sectionalism dol
not enter into this at all, If on
means by sectionalism to EXPIRE.
harshness or rather between the tx
sectors. There is certain amou,
Of pride, faith, honor one must fe
toward the land Of birth, or the me,
sure Of true manhood or true woma,
hood cannot be reached.
Let the women Of the South, n
the men working with them, give Il
youth Of the South their chance f
an education; let them give the