The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-12-27

sists not in the abundance of things
which it possesses"
"The patriotism of the future will
be more discriminatory thoughtful.
1t will be quite as much concerned
for democracy's triumph at home as
democracys triumph abroad.
THE newer patriotism will attack
social injustice with the ardor and
vigor with which it now prosecutes
a foreign war. lake the enthusiasm
that oyersubscribes Liberty Loans,
Red Cross and Y NJ. c. A. funds and
the heroism that faces fearful fire on
the .battleficlds and let these-when
they shall have won the battles of
justice abroad-be directed against
social wrongs and what would be the
result?
"The greatest and most cruel au-
tocracy is not the German autocracy,
but the industrial autocracy which to
a greater or less extent has gripped
the life Of every people.
80 long as a few men have it in
their power to cause large groups OF
men to live in extreme poverty, just
so long we shall not have democra-
cy in its truest sense.
Against such evils the patriotism
of the future will function. Here is
the moral equivalent OF war;
THE patriotism of the future will
be more inclusive. The older patrio-
tism has meant loyalty to the place
of ones birth and ones earliest as.
sociations. Too often it has stop.
ped there Too often the love OF
ones own people has meant the jea-
lousy and superstition of every other
lpeople.
"Nationalism has too often meant
self-glorifcation. 1t has sometimes
been only selfishness wearing a halo
We are at war today with this false
idea of nationalism carried to its
logical conclusion. AS friend OF
mine has said, We are fighting an
all-consuming ego The German
mind, as their literature abundantly
proves, is obsessed with two ideas
the comparative worthlessness of all
non-German peoples, and the calling
by God of Germany to a special world
mission.
"The newer patriotism must have
done with all of this. 1t comes not
to destroy the love of country, but
to fulfill it with the love of man
Higher than American, German OF
English traditions are human tradi
tions. There is no reason why the
patriotism of the future may not be
taught to function in the abiding
state-the world state.
Il know you are ready to call me
dreamer. You say patriotism is es
sentially narrow; it is essentially
confined to ones own country and
immediate interests But is that
so? Today, fighting under one flag
in Europe are Africans, Canadians
Australians, Indians, lrishmen
Scotchmen and Englishmen. Once
patriotism was a vastly different
thing to that Irishman, Indian and
Australian than 1t is today. Do you
not see that patriotism is variable
that it admits of indefinite expan
sion? Because of this i have hope
Because of this l think l see the
day when love and loyalty shall break
the artificial barriers that surround
them and shall engird the human
race. Then shall come the comrade
ship of nations; then must come az
end to that abomination of confusion
We call war
The afternoon session was opened
by vocal solo by Miss Gladys Rea
Wis, to which the audience gave &
hearty encore. The address on DE
mocracy and the Public School, by
City Superintendent ]. o. McLaugh
lin is worthy of our attention. The
following is, in substance, his mes
sage
"The school is responsible for the
Ipresent lack of knowledge and train
ing in democratic forms of govern
ment.
: After the world has been made
} safe for democracy, the school mus
see that democracy is made safe fol
the world. Five things are necess
ary:
Il. That the teacher in himsel
must be true exponent of democ
racy. G. Stanley Hall says that tn,
time is not far distant when all per
J sons wishing to enter public servic,
J will be examined as to their inner
most selves to mako sure tina
} thoughts, tendencies, etc, are wortl
! while in positions demanding publi
/ service.
"2. The present world war al
fords opportunity to correct and re
vitalize our teaching of History an,
Civics. which have become subject
, without life and Importance in on
J schools. The present war should b.
taught to the children as means t,
peace and democracy.
IS. That forms of democrats
government must be taught directl
to pupils by placing responsibility ur