South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-16
URGES TEACHING
OF PLAIN FACTS
Dr.. w. {. Chancellor Tells
Teachers Education Must
be ReVOIutioniZed.

LlOu iludy dlLeIuOOn. III. Ondu-
cellor is professor of political sci
ence in Wooster college at Wooster,
o., and editor Of the New York
School Journal. His subject was
Views of World Geography" and
although he made a plea particu-
larly for a broader instruction Of
geography, his talk covered the ed q
vocational field generally. THE
time has come when children must
living them. IL does not matter SO
much nowadays what rivers there
are in a community or in the coun-
try, nor the mountains only insofar
as they are helpful at first hand.
but il is imperative that every
school child in this country be IA
/ miliar with the railroads OF this
country. where they are and what
their policies are There is no war
munitions being shipped on the
Mississippi river nor any of the
other larger or smaller streams,
only in a non-comparative way. but
the railroads of the country should
be familiar TO every pupil.
How TO Study Maps
Further. the study of maps"
continued DIT. Chancellor. should
be taken up in a constructive way.
When a map is being considered,
things should be taught that are
relative truths TO the map that is
being discussed. For instance: If
a map of Ohio is under study, one
I - %
] of il would be the banking centers
OF the state, or the agricultural
centers. There should be a balance
wheel. relative truths should be
/ brought out before the student S
mind so that when he comes across
a certain topic that may happen TO
| be placed in a town in Ohio or any
other state for that matter. it will
| Immediately suggest the other
things TO him"
! DIR. Chancellor's talk was filled
with interesting facts and stats
tics about the present educational
system and his knowledge OF the
war in it's entirety is very complete
for he made continual reference TO
| the present war and its terrors,
urging that children be taught bet
| ter and more constructively than
they have ever been taught in the
past He also advocates longer
school terms.
German War Program.
The frightfulness of the German
war program was laid bare by DR..
D. b. Waldo in his talk. The
Causes Leading TO the War DR..
Waldo of the Western State Normal
school at Kalamazoo, Mich, has
made a careful study of the con-
ditions in Germany that are large
ly responsible for the present war
and his talk, although it related
many horrible instances such as
have been brought here before by
other war speakers. was startling
and convincing.
He spoke of the German schem-
ing and intriguing from the time OF
the F'ranco-Prussian war in 1864,
down through the years. telling OF
! Bernhardi's schemes and plots and
brought out very clearly the sue
cess and completeness with which
the German school has served as a
medium for teaching the people
that nothing was wrong in "A war,
despite any international treaties,
agreements, promises
"Bernhardrs principle is that
anything is right for a nation 10
do If il works out for their side in
the war The killing OF helpless
women and children is right: the
driving Of helpless men and WON
en- in front Of them. razinE a vii
lage. destroying cathedrals or any
thing. is all right for the nation so
long as the destruction serves the
purpose of the nation.
Bernhard says: a good war is
one that gets the country what il
wants That is what Germany
lives by. Getting what it wants,
regardless of the manner in which
it is gotten
Pays Tribute to Lincoln.
DR.. Waldo paid a splendid tribute
20 Lincoln. He opened his talk in
formally by speaking of Indiana S
claim on Lincoln and urged that
every person should go 10 the birth
/
City. Ind. He spoke Of him as be-
Ing a man who in this day would
have said that the people should
get on the right side and stick 10
the end for the right Dr.. Waldo
stated that there is no question but
that the allies are on the right side
Of this war. He spoke OF the un-
forgettable spirit and courage OF the
Belgians; OF how they stood up in
August OF 1914 and said that they
would fight. He gave great tribute
10 France and he said that the
thing that is going 10 win this war
was staying power"
The allies are depending on the
United States. They are looking 70
American TO feed them. Belgium
did not fail and We must not fail
and in order that We do not fail
we must see 10 il that We have the
staying power 10 back up our ef-
forts 10 get help Of every kind 70
those suffering ones ever there for
IL will take staying power OF a pro-
ductive nature. L will take Stay-
ing power TO conserve and 70 sacri-
fee ana give and give and give even
h. - L