New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-09-07
SECURITY LEAGUE
AROUSES PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM
Its Great Campaign Of "Patriot.
ism Through Education" Being
Pushed in All States With
Signal Success.

The great campaign Of patriotism
Through Education" inaugurated sew
eral months ago by the National Sc
curity League to arouse the people o
| the country to a realization of tn,
true meanings Of the war and at tn,
| same time lay the foundations for &
| permanent system of patriotic educa
ton in the public schools, has now
been extended into nearly every state
in the Union. The League is rapidly
completing arrangements, through the
various organized educational agen.
cies OF the country, by means of which
its message of militant patriotism will
be carried into every nook and corner
of the land.
This effort Of the National Security
League, which has the Endorsement OF
all the leading American educational
authorities and has enlisted the active
cooperation Of educators Of promi-
,nence in every part Of the country, Ia
being promoted under the direction of
Ia notable committee, headed by DR..
Robert NJ. McElroy of the Department
of History and Politics in Princeton
University, who is serving as Educa-
itional Director Of the National Sc
curity League under leave of absence.
Mrs. Thomas J. Preston, Jr. formerly
Mrs. Grover Cleveland), is Secretary
Of the committee.
The Security Leagues objective is.
In addition to giving exact informa-
ton on the meanings of the war and
, its causes, to create a more responsive
American citizenship through the me-
dunn Of better methods of permanent
patriotic instruction in the public
schools.
j Twenty-eioht Tons Of Literature.
In order to reach the greatest num-
Der Of public school teachers direct,
the League conducted classes in pa
triotic education and distributed Its
literature giving practical suggestions
on patriotic instruction at 254 Of the
principal Summer Schools for Teach
ers throughout the country during the
past few weeks. The literature dis
tributed by the League as the result Of
the work at these schools has reached
Ia bulk of % tons. The League esti-
mates that it obtained immediate con-
tact with approximately 100000 pub
lie school teachers, who will carry the
message home to classes totalling over
$500, 900 pupils.
The Security League is now prepar.
Ing to follow up these results with .
definite plan Of organized promotion !
among the Teachers Institutes held In
the various states every fall and uni !
fed direction Of the spreading of the /;
propaganda in the separate states. |
The methods followed in the different
states vary according to local condi-
lions and facilities. In some states |
the direct cooperation Of the State De- !
partments Of Education has already |
been obtained by the Security League. |
In other states the propaganda is ham
died through the County Superintend-
ents, State Universities and by sending |
workers into the state from the head
quarters Of the League.
Some of the more prominent educa-
tors of the country who are actively
engaged in the promotion Of the Sc
curity Leagues idea are:
DR.. c. A. Richmond, President of
Union College; Albert Shells, Superin-
tendent Of Schools Of Los Angeles;
DR.. NJ. F. Libby, Of the University of
Colorado /; DIR. Liberty Hyde Bailey,
and horticultural exDert
and author.
Examples Of Operation.
sAn example Of the operation Of the
plan under state supervision is given
in Minnesota, where State Superin-
tendent Of Education Schulz prepared
the. itinerary to be followed by DR..
William A. Prayer, OF the University
Of Michigan, In charge Of the work in
that state for the Security League. In
Colorado DR.. Libby found it more eff
fective and convenient to work direct
y with the County superintendent.
but this with the heartiest approval
of the State Superintendent and tho
Governor.
An important division Of the cam
paign is being devoted to negro teach
ers and schools. Among the men who
have been conducting the patriotic
work in this field for the
Security League are: Dr.. Holland
Thompson, Of the College Of the City
4 New York; DR.. L B. Moore,
Dean Of Howard University; DR.. Isaac
!. Lansing, Of Ridgewood, N. J.; DR..
4. S. Davage. President Of Samuel
Houston College. They have delivered
'atriotic addresses and conducted
ctual classes for teachers in the Ne
70 Summer Schools Of Virginia, North
Alabama. Mississippi Lou
siana and Texas. Dean Moore, him
eli a negro, has obtained the organi-
alton Of more than 400 patriotic edu-
alton classes among negro adults In
Iouisiana and Mississippi.
Laboratory Experiments.
The Security League also has in OPP
ration at Lawrence, Mass, in coop
ration with the local educational au-