Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-08
NATION-SvI SCHOOL
APPROXIMATION
SECURITY LEAGUE

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nationwide educational propaganda Of
Americanization 10 counterfeit the
forces of s0cIaliAtic diaorganizatiOn
and other un.Amerioan influences, II
viii continue this summer the patTi-
otto work among tbs school teachers
on the country which Ii inaagurated
last year. The same method III pro
cedure viii be followed. reaching the
teachers, through their summer
schools held during the nexk few
weeks III All parts Of The country.
The Security League states that this
division oE It's work Ii based on the
idea that the best way of reaching
the parents Is through their children
and that the best way Of reaching the
children IL through their teachers.
Last year the Leagues doctrine be nib.
liant patriotism was carried to 5000
900 school children In all paris Of the
country through the medium Of 1907,
900 teachers at these summer schools.
GOIored Teachers
This year the Security League will
devote special attention to the SAM
mer schools FOR coiored teachers. It
will conduct classes ID Americaniza.
ton and patriotism at twenty OF the
principal summer schools for col0red
teachers III the southern states dur
Ing their coming sessions.
While recognizing the giganKc work
involved the Security Leagae has
made beginning iii educational prop.
aganda among the colored people. In
the hope thar It's efforts. which have
already received the sanction and
hearty cooperation og the leading ed
ucators OF the South, Will be continued
by them. The Leagues plan Is aimed
at combating poor sanitation, thrift
Iessness, illlteracy and Bolshevlsm.
The League hopes TO accomplish its OBJ
iect by reaching the colored popula
tion through their school teachers,
with the concuyEenee OF the State and
local educational authorities.
Ofaclal Sanction
Dean Il b. Moore. of Howard Uni.
yersity, who IL in general charge Of
this work for the National Security
League. was released for this purpose
by the trustees or Howard University
and has already laid the foundation
for the summer campaign During the
winter, he Travelled throughout the
South, meeting the educational au-
thorlties talking to the leading col
ored teachers and organizing classes
of both children and adults. In Miss
issippi he met with such encourage
ment from the heads Of the cducation-
al system M. !. Bond. State Superin.
tendent oE Schools; Bara Hilbun, Sn-
peryisor 81 coiored Schools. and r. s.
Grossley, assistant supervisory that
ne concentrated on that State as q test
for future efforts Working oI Nj
schedule prepared by Mr. Bond and his
associates, Dean Moore was enabled to
reach, through personal contact OF
classes formed practically 1O0, 900 col.
ored teachers. children and adults In
Mississippi alone
Encouraged by this success, the prin-
cipal twenty summer schools for COLI
ored teachers ii the South have been
selected id buses tor concentration Of
the work during the coming weeks.
These schools will include approxi-
nately 1000 colored teachers and are
located as follows Mississippi, four;
Alabama, four, Louisiana, two: Arkan
sas, three: Georgia, two: Tennessee.
three, and Kentucky two. In al these
schools, which will be attended BY col.
ored teaehers from all parts Of the
South. Dean Moore viii Institute full
courses Of six weeks duration. While
laying particular emphasis on patri-
otisIn and ArnerIcanization to counter.
act noishevlst influences, the subject
matter Of these courses will also be
directed at the fundamentals Of educa-
ton.
Not a Local Issue
Dr.. Robert II. McElroy, Educational
Director OF she National Security
League. under leave Of absence from
Princeton University where be + head
81 the Department Of History and Pol.
itics, under whose direction Dean
Moore III working, says of this efforf
81 tire Security League:
Of our cl0red population, over
thirty per cent is iliiteFate, and 9
much larger proportion Is practically
so. This Ii not the problem Of the
south Ii us problem Of Importance
to every citizen Of every section Of this
free land. Education Il not q local is-
sue. ii belongs I'd the whole PEOPLE,
for the welfare Of 81 IS involved IL
Il
iii the natidmal field Os Teachers
Summer schools. the Security League
viii not conduct this year the elabor.
ate system OF courses and lectures
which ii provided last year. believing
that the seed has been sown and that
what IS now naost needed is the sup
pIying Of adequate material for the
teachers use.
N0tMhle y0Eaae
To this end the Security League. will
circulate tree 1T charga among all the
teachers iii the 700 LEADING Teachers
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