The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-04
AMERICAN
\LEGION)

In an article specially written by
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia university, for The Ameri-
can Legion, he says of Education
Week: Education Week should be a
time for re-examining the foundations
of American education, for increasing
our understanding of those founda-
lions, for strengthening our confidence
in them, and for resolving to do all
in our power to make our schools.
both higher and lower, better able to
justify the nations faith in them and
their influence"
Education week has been set by The
American Legion, The National Edu-
cation association and The United
States Bureau of Education, to be OBJ
served nationally from December 8 to
9. Different programs for the days
of the week have been arranged.
Another quotation from Or. Buffers
article follows: From one point of
view the faith of the American people
in education is sublime, while in an
other it is pathetic. 1t is sublime in
their best, in the fun expression of
their faith in the progress of mankind,
in their unshakeable confidence in the
power of intelligence and disciplined
character. Their faith is pathetic in
that schools, colleges and universities,
do what they will, fall so far short
of their own ideals and of what the
American people have - right to ex-
pect of them"
DR.. Butler closes his article by the
following: Judged by the standards
of history, democracy is still an ex-
pertinent. In its short lire it has ac-
compIished wonders, but its steady
march has developed many and grave
difficulties. Let me repeat sentence
which 1 first wrote years ago: The
difficulties of democracy are the op-
portunities of education
+of Of oio oh iad
ers at the recent convention of the
InteraIlied Veterans association in
New Orleans, agreed upon eight points
to pin their hope of ending war The
Cohen of Great Britain, representing
the Fidac. to The American Legion
national convention are:
l. That all international agree
ments among governments affecting
the entire people shall be open and
above board, with full publicity
2. That treaties make the law be-
tween nations, and they must be exc
cuted in good faith.
3. To oppose territorial aggran-
dizement.
A. 10 vigorously suppress within
our boundaries all persons and propa-
ganda seeking to overthrow by force
government existing by will of the
people.
S. That the financial policies of
the allied governments must have as
their aim the stability of exchange
and the resumption of international
commerce, and we recommend the
of trade relations with
countries maintaining armies organ
lied for aggressive purposes.
s. In view of the distorted political
reports, tending to unbalance the pub
lie mind, we recommend that there
shall be established a news dissent
mating bureau with representatives in
every member country, that this
agency shall receive the official sane
ton of the governments of the re-
spective countries. that it shall collect
and issue news designed to offset de-
structive and inflammarory propa-
ganda, particularly the propaganda
put out by the proponents of boil
shevism with the intent to change
other forms of government
z. That an international court be
established to outlaw war.
s. To proceed as rapidly as con-
ditions permit and when the DEGREES of |
such court become Operative Except |
for machinery necessary 10 maintain |
them and the n1iDimum police forces) !
TO disarm entirely and disband our |
land, sea and air forces and destroy !
the implements of warfare