The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-17
Security League
Unites Schools in
Pro-Americanism
Organize Teachers and Students in
Thousands of High and Paroch-
iaI schools To Combat
BOIShe ism

New York April 5--A camprehen-
slve plan for combating the menace
or F7jsheVtsm IN tbs country through
q new medium. the youth OF the land
IN the high schools and parochlal
schools, - announced today by the
/ National Security League In a state
ment in which it sets forth wide
spread preliminary results
The League declares that the cam
paign is hased on this idea: that the
best antidote for Polshcvism IL Amer
I icanisn1, and that Americanigm IL
purely a question Of education. The
League is carrying forward this
American ization doctrine in various
ways. one OF the principle Of which Is
the prom otion of a nation wide ceIe-
hration Of the birthday Of tho Amer
ican Constitution on September 18th
next Working mp tn the celebration,
, the League ts engaged in a great
campaign Of Constitutional popular
ization and Interpretation, which Is
being conducted through a notable
committee headed by Dr. David
Jayne Hill. historian and diplomat.
Through Miss F,tta V, Leighton
well known teacher OF civiCs, who
| has been for some time Civic Sccre-
| tary Of the Nationu Security Leagues
! and who conducted the League S
| correspondence course IN I'atTiDl~
| ism" for teachers. during the war
! thousands of hieh-school teachers
were already enrolled in the Security
! League work and have Immediately
! Joined in the new effort
Miss Leighton has obtained the CO.
! operation in this good citizenship
| teaching of nearly 100 parochial
schools distributed in 90 states, from
! Massachusetts TO Kentucky through
the middle west to California Many
Of the teaching sisterhood in these
schools Were enrolled in the Cor
1 respondencc Course in Patriotism. "
and are using the Security League s
Americanization literature in their
daily classroom work.
Many letters from Catholic insttu-
tons have been received by the Sc
curity League commencing it for its
efforts. The South Dakota Bencdic-
tine Sisters write. Wishing you ev-
cry blessing for this noble work and
undertaking" Bishop Glass, of Utah
closes a letter tn the League as fol
lows
Wishing the great work in which
you are engaged every possible sue
cess, and placing myself at the dis,
posal OF the League for any service
that I an render
Miss Leighton Sums up the WORK
which she is doing as follows
/ The ultra radical forces have Ions
known that any doctrine of seemin4
humanity appeals 10 the hearts O.
young high school people afiame Will
, desire to quickly correct all tht
evils of the body polite and TO re
form The world over night They
have not only provided these younf
people with radical literature ans
| h4 va a,sf
of these ardent young souls for self
expression. and have encouraged then
p | to preach radtCtl doctrine and have
provided opportunities in forum meet
ings.
The National Security League be
Z lieves that the only antidote needed
, fer the poison gas Of sedition is
clear knowledge of the Fundamental
ideals of our government.
Besides becoming thoroughly IA
miiiar with all that America stands
= for, these young crusaders plan to ~
forth and explain 10 others the fal
lacies of class doctrine and the fail
| ures of Bolshevist rule A plan fol
the cooperation Of all community
organizations in providing audience.
/ and opportunities TO speak is being
presented to the clubs Of the cuun
try. These young high school stu
!
. doctrine OF all camoufiage; they viii
show the difference between fun
blooded democracy and the rattlin&
? skeleton of the Dictatorship of The
| rroletariat,' they viii prove that every
necessary bit OF industrial develop
ment and every needed reform can he
obtained under our Constitution
> through the orderly process o.
amendment
They will apply the Acid Test O
American doctrine. Liberty and Jus
tice for an to every new preach
ment, and the only revolution they
win stand for is such as Lincoln
meant when hc said Ravolutionize
through the ballot box and they
viii follow his motto and rest secure
in his belief Let the people know the
truth and the country is safe. Nei-
Their Bolshevlsm nor any other false
doctrine can win out against these
welI-tnformed young high school cru
saders"
The Security Leagues appeal to
the high-schools TO engage in this
work reads as follows
Il W ". and Bolshevist doctrines
are rampant in The land subty ap-
realing, IN false phrases. to the de
( sire q all of US for social beterment
/ They menace the foundations of tho
Republic and can only he met and
! conquered by continued and earnest
preaching Of American doctrine which
exposes their fallicies and proves
that dictatorship l,v the proletariat,
AZ by any other single group. brings
4 tyranny. not freedom.
Must Rally
High Schools must rally their
forces, relyinE on the splendid patri-
otic spirit OF their students 10 carry
on their Junior Four Minute Work.
making their speeches answers to tho
anti American radical doctrines.
"A great need of the country now
IS information ar To he fundamental
iaoalS Of our government, especially
as these are contained in the Declara-
uon OF independence, the Constitution
and other documents which Ameri-
cans should know and reverence.
High School teachers and pupils
should make study Of the Coneti-
tuition and the basic principles Of our
( Government in order to prepare
simple talks explaining how the radi-
cal reaction4ry doctrines, which are
At present making so much progress,
ere opposed TO cur American institu-
ticns and calculated TO overthrow our
representative democracy In this