Newark post., 1915-08-04

pared to answer countless ques
tions asked by children represent
ing all classes and all sympathies;
she must 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 pre-
vent the military spirit from grow
ing beyond all bounds among the
youth of the land; above all she
should see clearly, and teach eff
fectively, the lessons of the war
which bear upon international
peace. Every teacher owes it to
her school and herself to teach in
ternationalism-to show not only
the great ideals of international
brotherhood but the practical eco
nomic dependence of one part of
the world upon all other parts.
1.-TWO great forces face us-the
growing interdependence of ma
tions in economic affairs, and the
deepening consciousness of uni
versal brotherhood. Our history
teaching of the past has not recog-
nized these forces. 1t has been
filled with sins, both of omission
and commission. We have too
often CLOSED over all the evils of
war and carefully developed the
military spirit by false patriot
ism and a distorted picturing of
national greatness. We must find
a place in our teaching for the
tremendous effect of the great
Industrial Revolution; we must
teach that it has bound the world
together in a great unity; that CO.
operation not competition must be-
come the future policy of nations.
with the growing industrial,
commercial, and financial interde-
pendence of nations that is devel-
oping, there develops a deepening
consciousness Of the unity of man
kind. The nation with whom we
have daily intercourse ceases to
have strange mysterious charac-
teristics. 1t is only with increas-
ing knowledge that the prejudices
and errors of the past can be Grad
icated. Science is blasting old
racial ideas. The great blond
| Aryan" who is still found in our
biographies is according to recent
scientific discoveries myth.
There are no so-called superior
races" There are superior civil
izations and nations more FORUM
ate in location than others, but
the old fashioned ideas of 'inher-
emily superior races are dead to
| the mind which can see through
: age-old prejudices and accept the
, findings of the most recent dis
t coveries in anthropology.
"The newer ideal is interna.
tional. If we can see clearly that
the patriotism of the past is not
sufficiently adapted to the modern
age, the new ideal shall be ours
5 If we hold to a morality of the
, days of the stage coach while We
live in an age of airships, we shall
: not be growing aggressive teach
ers. l do not mean to affirm tha
e patriotism has not been a noble
I emotion, tremendous force in th'
development of the world. | main
|, tain that we must go beyond it to ;
e higher internationalism. Th'
: teacher, especially, must acquain
d herself thoroughly with all tn
! prominent proposals to put the in
ternational spirit into practice
= For as the need of cooperation
e among nations increases we mus
}. settle our difficulties in some wa,
f other violence.
l. "The teacher of the future mus
+ have the international vision. Sh
> must touch it daily in all her &C
# tivities in the school. Nothin
e short of this great ideal taugh
l. and lived by the teacher can ri
e the world of the unspeakabl
IS curse of war. 1t is an idea
If worthy of the best efforts of us al
y If the ideal seems to many ne'
and strange, if you are called "
sionary, hold to it all the tighte,
Remember that Galileo and Colun
6 bus and Copernicus, yes Chris
- himself were radical thinkers. Th
old conservatism will of cours
l. seek to kill your new ideas, tn
force of tradition will stand
D. great barrier in your way. Bl
le remember that the radical is tn
L. sail on the ship of human progres
le while the conservative is the ba
r. last. Maeterlinck has shown we
4 the idea | would have all TAX
a with you back to your work:
n 'Let us think Of the great il
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