The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-03-10
PATRIOTIC TRAINING IN
HOME AND SCHOOL

Paper read by Mrs. koy b. Hern.
don before the Salmon WGman's Club
March 2, 1916.
When began to think of this sub.
iect had many. mis9ivings as to my
ability to give you anything at all
interesting or helpful on it, b !
Fl ally picked up book from our
library on Patriotism, and read SO
many inspiring articles on the sub
ject there, that | felt truly filled
With the spirit of the patriot, and
l am going to try, here at the be.
ginning OF my subject to pass some
of this inspiration on to you bv quot
ing a few Uf the thoughts that 50 I'LL
ed me with interest and enthusiasts
:" Pa riotism-lOve Of countrywide
votion to the land that bore us!"
''What is it to love ones country? Is
it to carry banner In procession?
Is it to shout as we SEE the flag? Is
it to fling bunting from the tups of
she buildings and send off sky rockets
in the evening? Vastly deeper than
this is the love of country deeper
than soldiers uniforms or pictures
of battle ships To love your country
Is to love that for which your coun-
try stands" REV. W. ii. p. Faunce. }
"The man who loves his country
loves the nobility, the freedom for
which his country stands. He loves
the ideal enthroned in his country S
history, the principle which runs
through all the story of his country S
past, the ideals which were set be 70
fore his fathers, their institutions for
which these fathers lived and suffer
ed. The man who loves that for
which his country stands, he and he
alone is the man who loves his
country"
"What Is it TO love your homer Is
1T to love the house or the furniture.
NJ, 1t is to love the. ideas FIR which
your home stands; to love the way
things are done there: To love THE
people who dwell there, the princi-
Piles upon which the home is built.
And so it is with eur native land. {"
"Nhat Is this country this mo. h.
er country-this fatherland that we
are hidden 10 love aud serve and
stand by at any risk and sacrifice.
| S 1t the soil? the land? the plains
and mountains and rivers? the fields
and forests and minesY no doubt there
Is inspiration from this very earth.
But land is nothing without the
men. 1t is the nation, not the land
which makes the patriot ii the ma.
tion degenerate the land becomes
only monument, not "A dwelling 3"
Arch Bishop Ireland says, Patriot
ism is innate in all men; the absence
of it betokens a perversion Of human
nature; but it grows its full growth
only where thoughts are elevated
ana heart bsatings are generous
The wise parents know that patri.
otisn is the result of growth, and
knowing this he will endeavor t.
train his children from their earliest
years in service for the common
good.
The faithful performance of reg
ularly recurring duties will lend to-
ward this training Always soGie-
thing easy enough tn be we'll done if
essayed with good will; always some
thing Just ahead little more exact
ing. novel enough to ne interesting
and useful enough to spur the ambi-
tion. From helping mother foI love
Of heT in little tasks, to helping in
tasks Ct consequence for love OF the
family :theh tn tasks OF his own for
which lac al ne is responsible, ana
then when he has proved his faith
fulneSs To tasks of such Importance
that the con fort and health Of others
depend OH his fidelity to duty.
Another step toward this growth is
cooperation between parents and
teachers. The child Is to be purctu-
al, not for his own sake, bur for the
peace of the home ia the mDrnin-
aud for the good of tue school he j.
to he cleanly and neat for the healt ]
and happiness of all his schoOlmats ;
he is To tike pride in good lessons
aud right behavior; hs Is to remen-