Evening journal., 1920-11-17
news GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Practical Value of History
Study Emphasized by
\ Prof. Snavely
LIGHTS OF CITY
PUT OUT BY STORM
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Sf"'iti 70 Inc ENenlnC Journal
NEW CASTLE. Nov. f7.-Professor
n. p. Snavely. superintendent OF
schools, recently addressed The gram
mar teachers OF the STATE at a meet
ing in Dover. on the subject OF his
tory. lie said in part: %.
"of all the subjects taught in our
schools, history s the least under
Stood the least appreciated. and the
most penlc,entlY taught and studied
History includes everything that
human beings ever has dhoueht or
done and everything that has han
pened 10 them. II deals not only
win The re'gns OF kings and queens.
Nhe lntrlgucs OF mobiles. the admins
rahons Of presid nis. ihe passage and
enforcement OF laws, but also W IN
The creation OF art invention and the
use Of machinery: ihe thoughts. ac-
tivitles,. and conditions Of dhe grea.
> mass or toilers in the ordinary walks
Oi iife, whose obscure but sign fcant
eAploils usually are unrem mbered
and unsung..
An explanation OF the meaning OF
history is practically a demonstration
or us rractcal value.
We constantly deal with Ideas
customs and institutions. whose roots
Ile IN the remote past; but. II we
arr 10 deal with them most intelli-
gently, we must know their history.
our schools and our Industries may
develop millions OF highly skilled me-
chanics; but, 4 hees mechanical go
out into the world without knowing
their places in their particular indus
tries, the places OF their industries in
the world of today, how The modern
factory deve oped, what It's advantages
and d sadvan ages are. what proposals
Tor reform hive been announced, etc.
tey most probably will remain sim
ply cogs In y So industrial machines.
oppressed and submerged units in r.
gantic industi al enterprises over
whose activities they have no direct
conscious control, objects OF pitiless
exploitation. and recruits 10 swell the
O. ransk Of Bolshevsm.
I'm a democracy such as ours is
supposed TO be, in a progre essive So
ciety. IN which the people determine
whether town shall he bonded TO
nnect new school building, whether
the Stale shall 0ecislatc in the inter
esis Of happy childhood and happy
motherhood. whether the nation shall
enter the, "a or no League OF Ma
lions. etc. n wise judgments arc 10
INfnils u lNllNluNdlr are 10 d Nffl-
proved n health. intelligence, economic
Independence. and morality and II the
-eoclal order is TO be ameliOrated, then
the history Of civilization in genera
and the history of living issues In
. particular must becO me the rich hel-
Fage. fhe rasilv available resource
not only OF the few who lead. but also
=. OF the many who are led.
In The highest sense OF tia. .mucf
abused word practical history vs. OF
tremendous practical importance" "
Mrs. Lydia Almira Pierce. 10 year
% age, died at the home Of Mr.. anS
Mrs John B. Msnlove, "a West Fiftl
street Yesterday afternoon. followin,
an Illness OF several months Mrs
Pierce WHO was a cOunsin Of Mrs
Nanlove. had been making h er homl
with the family for more than twl
years. She was a former resident o
MiddleioWn, Delaware and a stauncl
Methodist Funeral services will bl
held from the home OF Mr. and Mrs
Manl0ve at II o'clock tomorrow morn
sng with the Rev. J. r. Bicking. pas
Tor Of the Methodist Church, II
charge lntcrment will be private.
The Misses Lunt, Plat and swan
Tcacicrs In the local schools. hav'
been appointed by Professor Snavely
sunorint ndent as a committee 10 ar
TanCe a program for a public com
memOraliOn OF the landing OF the Pill
fr.ms and the cOnvening Of the frs
legislative assembly in America. Thi
program will be given in the parisl
house OF the Emmanuel p. +. Church
next Tue sday evenng. Pupils OF al
grades and departments OF The loca