The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-26
SECURITY LEAGUE
ARouSES PUBLIC
SCHOOL SYSTEM
10 Great Campaign Of ~Patriot.
len Through Education" BENZ
Pushed h Al States With
Signal Success.

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don IN the public schools, hes nv
besa extended into nearly every state
q the Union. The League u lapldly
esnpleting arrangements, through the
various orgsaised educational ageN
eies Of the country, h means Of which
IT. message Of militant patriotism win
be carried into every nook and corner
Of the land.
This effort Of the National Security
League. which has the Endorsement Of
Ill the leading American educational
authorities and has enlisted the active
cooperation Of educators Of promi-
nence in every part Of the country, II
being promoted under the direction Of
q notable committee, headed BY DR..
Robert NJ. McElroy Of the Department
Of History and Politics in Princeton
University, who is serving as Educa-
tional Director Of the National Sc
curity League under leave Of absence.
Mrs. Thomas ]. Preston, Jr. (formerly
Mrs. Grover Cleveland), is Secretary
Of the committee.
The Security Leagues objective is.
in addition to giving exact informa-
tion on the meanings Of the war and
Its causes, to create more responsive
American citizenship through the me-
dium of better methods Of permanent
patriotic instruction in the public
schools. ..t
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
a 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
2,5OOO0O pupils
The Security League is now prepar-
ing to follow up these results with q
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.
tiOns 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:
DIR. C. A. Richmond, President of
Union College; Albert Shiels, Superin-
tendent of Schools of Los Angeles:
DR.. NJ. F. Libby, of the University Of
Colorado; DR.. Liberty Hyde Bailey,
0rhOricultI1raI and rticulturol oxrorl
and author.
Examples Of Operation.
An 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 ef-
fective and convenient to work direct.
ly with the County Superintendents,
but this with the heartiest approval
Of the State Superintendent and tho
Governor.
An important division Of the cam.
paign IL being devoted to negro teach
ers and schools. Among the men who
have been conducting the patriotic
missionary work in this field for the
Security League are: DR.. Holland
Thompson, Of the College Of the City
Of New York; DR.. l. b. Moore,
Dean Of Howard University; DR.. Isaac