Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-01-31
PROGRAM OF LEAGUE
TO ENFORCE PEACE
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100000 a day in the conduct T
war. We've had art, you say:
Behold the treasures of Europe
We've had education? The librar-
les have collected the knowledge
of the world since it was first
carved on tablets of stone. View
had the ceremonies of religion?
The spires Of cathedrals pointing
heavenward are found in el
land. Why, then, War? l believe
the chief cause is failure
child culture. Do we teach our
children the proper relation
force; do we teach them tina
force may be made power of
righteousness, but that force has
chained and led the world?
specialists tell us that first
impressions are the most lasting
ones. Examine the picture books
we give our child. How many of
the illustrations found exalt force
and the power of might? Many
p ople thought in the BEGINNING
of the great war that only the
leaders in Germany were inter
ested; that it had been brought
about by few militarists. Blu
such was not so. Germany hat
taken whole generation an
taught them a conception of
tional honor and greatness. She
had nodded the plastic mind of a
child to her conception.
History of course must be
taught; it is the lamp that lights
the path; we learn by the ex-
perience of others. But does not
the teacher of history too often
take the child to march with tn
conqueror, exalting him as the
hero of the world? At present my
daughter spends most of he
study hour trailing through Gaul
with Caesar. It is very necessary
that the mind be trained in per-
ception, in memory, in analysis
but it is also necessary that we
do not poison the mind. If tn
angels song is a heavenly mes.
sage, isn't it high time that in a
really scientific way we sci
upon the mind of child, arc
teach it to him."
The speaker related the i
stance of two school boys in New
York who got into an argument
recently over the words, "scarlet
tanager.' One declared it to be
the name of flower, the other
bird. The teacher, upon seeing a
disagreement, advised the boys tt
go to the gymnasium, put on the
boxing gloves, and fight it out
But they might keep on fighting
forever, without changing in tn,
least, the facts about a scarlet
tanager. Yet this is just the in.
ternational attitude; this is what
today absorbs the nations.
About a year and half ago.
Judge Wadhams resumed, "a
group of men, profound thinking
men, met in Independence Hall
Philadelphia. If we are ever tc
reach solution, if we are ever tc
learn to handle our international
difficulties it is now, with tbs
great spectacle before u.s. they
said, calling upon each other tc
r resolve that out of the bursting
she'll and agony of death there
should be born new era. They
were men with governmental ex.
perience, the thinkers of the
country, searching for reason
able and logical solution. Anc
E the value of the program they
, adopted lies in it's moderation
, That program has gone across thu
face of the world. Every diplo-
; matte note has mentioned it. Dur
, ing the recent presidential cam
paign Hughes endorsed it; Presi
I dent Wilson has recommended it,
, Chambers of Commerce, Organ
lied Labor, the National Grange
f the United Church Organization
, all have lent their support. The
t movement begun in Independence,
Hall has brought about anothe,
( declaration, statement made b,
? the head of great nation, a state
f paper to be looked upon as tn
, greatest pronouncement ever ut
: tered. l consider President Viii
sons recent message the creates
state nanar in tho hi ctor,r of IL.