Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-12-27

as much as so cents less than the eual
anteed price,"
EX-GOVERNOR BRuMBAUGH.
Governor Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania
in his address before the conference re
ceived many manifestations of approve
when he declared that the "Prussianize
American cult in our higher institution
of learning" must be brought to an end
that we ought to insist that the thing
taught and learned in the public school
of the country be taught and learned il
the English language and in no other. ant
that moreover, every immigrant coming
to this country should be made to learI
the English language or leave the country
His declaration in favor of higher pay 70
teachers was also applauded.
ITO the schools. he asserted. I'VE mus
now turn for the rehabilitation of broker
and crippled civilization :" that whateve
is visioned as the good in civilization mus
now be turned into reality in the lives o.
the people by the school teacher, and that
upon the solid and substantial service o.
the school rests the destiny of mankind
the fate of nations and the hope of the
race"
He pointed out the difference between
the public and private schools of the coun.
try and continued: THE public schools
are avowedly agencies to conserve the re.
public by fitting each citizen to use the
tools Of democracy-reading, writing and
reckoning. These practical and essential
subjects in the curriculum we shall always
cherish and if wise we shall see to it that
they are taught and learned in the English
language and in no other. One cannot be
a completely equipped citizen Of this re-
public that does not use the English Ian
guage fiuently. We assuredly do not need
nor should we permit instruction in the
public schools in the German language.
Governor Brumbaugh then submitted six
propositions for changes in the educa-
tional system Of the States which he
thought worth while as a result of the
war period.
First" he said, the school must widen
its sphere of service. We sell citizenship
in this republic at a ridiculously low price.
We welcome immigrants and we give them
home and haven. But we should insist
that every immigrant must within five
years master the English language or
leave the country. We should also every
where enforce by compulsion the educa-
ton Of all native-born people. We shall
be wise if we at once establish continue
ton schools and enforce attendance there
in of all youths above the age of IA who
are employed legally in industry, and these
continuation schools must have more init
mate particularization with industry. What
right has any one to obtain work in Amer
lea If he love her not enough to master
her language.
Each citizen should master defined
trade. He may never resort to it for a
livelihood, but he is the better citizen be-
cause of this special training. This is true
of women. as well as men. Moreover, the
day may come q hope it may no) when
the nation will need artisans far in excess
of the demands of industry in time Of
peace, 1t has perfect right to have in
reserve and on call when needed a vast
army of skilled workers who can on occa.
sion turn to the serious and vital service
of serving in an effective and practical way
the nations needs. 1t follows that there
must be a more secure tenure and more
nearly adequate compensation throughout
the school system if the teacher is to meet
the newer expectations and needs of the
nation.
I'VE are a wasteful and extravasant
people. We have had the humiliatine ex-
perience of being exhorted to save in food,
in money, in fuel, in all the essentials of
life. The schools must teach thrift and
train our people to save and conserve. In
the keen competition that will arise after
peace is secured we must not only increase
our production, but we must likewise de-
crease our consumption of all forms of
commodities.
The school must set a new ideal of ma
tional loyalty. Some such quality as that
which led men, naked. cold and hungry to
endure at Valley Forge must re-animate
our people today. We must serve the
nation more willingly than we ask her to
serve u.s. We must be taught to serve her
and not to be served by her. The national
will is nearer to US now than ever before.
Let us teach our people gladly to support it.
"fhe school must be not only passibly
but ageressively moral. We want men
and nations that will regard compact or
agreement or treaty as a sacred thing 10
be kept inviolate and not as a scrap of
paper to be tossed aside when selfshness
or greed possess a people or a government.
There can be no code of morale for an in
dividual that is not equally binding upon
nations. The school is the supremely i'm
portant agency to set these standards in
the souls Of the people.
I'VE have had Prussianized American
cult in our institutions Of higher learning. II
must be banished forever. 1t is not suited
to the soil of free America. For more than
a generation we have been led to believe
that our most talented youth should com
plete their education in German uni
versity. This war has made an end of all
that. No American parent will dare, when
this cruel war is finally over. to send his
son to German university.
Where. then, shall the best minds of
our nation and those Of our Allies receive
the higher cultureY Those at all CONVEX
SAINT with educational systems abroad know
it cannot be done in England or in France
or in any other friendly country. 1t may
well be, indeed must be. that in this Oldest
democracy of the world. which in His
wisdom God has hidden away behind the
,o,,nI;nd aao tho hidhar Iaarnind ohoIl In