The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-26

/ bodies could swallow also the evil
they have done and the example they
leave. we might enjoy at least the
I luxury OF forgetting them. But the
evil that men do lives after them, ex-
ample acquires tenfold authority when
/ il speaks from the grave"
The children alternately read para
graphs from this book, which frankly
rcpudiates the testimony of all the
accepted histories in the English lam
guage. They discussed it freely, and,
with the direct conclusions OF the
child rather than the studied logic, of
| Tie adult, hitched it to immediate
historical happenings with strange re-
suits.
Their teacher briefly sketched for
them the history of feudalism, the
fight of the vassal for freedom. 1t was
that very fight that they were carry
! ing on today against their oppressors
"a fight for the pursuit of happiness,
opportunity and freedom.
A parallel might well be drawn be-
tween social conditions before and
after the American war of indepen-
dence and social conditions before and
after this war, said the teacher. In
every war for commercial gain some
class profited at the expense of the
working people.
/ Keeping up the analogy. the fol-
lowing paragraph was culled from
i OneaPs book:
! This war (the war of American
/ independence, like most wars in his
] tory. was the rich mans war and the
Poor mans fight. Rich men repre-
/ sent a minority in society, and have
never, as a whole, risked their lives
on the battlefield Unless they can
get their slaves to fight for them wars
are impossible. The workers have
thus far fought the battles of every
class, but now the time has come TO
J fight their own battles"
Before leaving the classroom for
general assembly the youngsters were
/ told to pay no attention to anything
that was said in the newspapers. Pre-
/ sumably THE Calf was excepted, as
a surprising number of the children
carried it around with them.
| At the general assembly the direc-
tor of the Sunday school reminded the
children that May day was the inter
national workers holiday,
/ A Song For "Free Russia"
! THE workers will parade" he de-
clared. Most likely we shall be at
tackled by the police.
Anyway, let US now join in sing
ing to that glorious country where
freedom has triumphed. Let us honor
free Russia"
The children rose with will and
sang enthusiastically. Then they
stood in dead silence while the revo-
lutionary hymn of Russia was played.
| The program wound up with the
usual assortment of revolutionary
songs and recitations. The best known
OF the red" songs, which are sung in
all the socialist Sunday schools. in
clude the following:
| Come every honest lad and lass.
Too long we've been kept under
BY rusty chains and fraud and fear.
Wen snap them all asunder!
7 The knave who lives In idleness
/ BY plundering his neighbor
Shall learn to use pick and spade
/ And live by honest labor.
! When the revolution comes
The Social Revolution
/ It's coming fast, our turn at last,
The Social Revolution!
/ The landlord and the capitalist,
/ IL you should wish to see EN-,
You'll have to take holiday
1 And search in the museum.
Then let us hail the coming day
| Inc glorious hope before US,
/ And with brave deeds anticipate
The good time of our chorus
1
! That robbers fiction styled the law
| To frighten honest folk, sirs.
/ Well set ablaze, and fumigate
The country with the smoke, sirs.