The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-08
PROPER BOOKS FOR
AMERICAN SCHOOLS

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'The American people are grateful
for what the British did in the world
war, and there is every reason why
the close associations Of that period
should develop into mutual under
standings in the future for the good
of the two nations and of the world.
But the realization Of that desire is
no. dependent IN any way upon the
rewriting of the early history of the
United States Or upon the silencing
O. -, : illiant stories of American
&C.. W.. which that period
is r~eplete.
"Uni ,aa':' there have been
anu are el.-.... Influences at work
in England that seek TO make public
opinion in this country receptive to
the suggestion that the two nations
should eventually constitute a Brit
ish-American Union The ~biographer
i0f the late Cecil Rhodes states that
the first draft of Rhodes will di-
rected tho endowment of a secret So
ciety having for it's object, among
other things, the ultimate recovery
of the United States of America as
an integral part of the British en-
pire.' That original idea of Rhodes
was never carried out, but we have
instead the Rhodes scholarship fund,
unded which American young men
are given instruction in Oxford Uni
versity. 1t is doubtful if four years
OF teaching under such influences
gives the student any better educa-
ton than he would have received IN
our own universities, but the effect
of a course under those auspices is
rot calculated to increase the fervoT
of his American patriotism. The
late Andrew Carnegie once uttered
the following: 4 say that as sure
as the sun in heaven once shown
upon Britcns and Americans united
so surely is it to rise, shine upon, and
greet again the reunited states, the
British-American Union
Lord Northcliffe does not openly
preach the reunion of the two ma.
tons, but he urges the spread of thu
British-American gospel to such al
extent that if his ideas were followed
out they would inevitably lead t.
the extinction Of American independ
ence. In an American Issue of tn
London Times f6f July 4, 1919, thi
eminent British editor suggested tn
following methods for application t.
! our country: TO mobilize the press
the church, the stage and the cinema
! press into active service the Who'll
educational systems, and root tn
: spirit Of good will in the homes, tn
universities, public and high schools
and primary schools. It should ais
provide for substituting the best me
e to write books and articles ION speci;
n subjects, to be published in cheap ed
t tions or distributed Tree. New book
should be added particularly in til
private schools. Histories and tex
IS books should be revised-the end
h view being that the public lin Il
IS United States) may be subcol
scious!y absorb the fundamentals
a complete understanding
IS Powerful influences of that so
# have had the desired effect. The
T. is a well-defined movement in t.
United States to introduce textbook
ne especially histories, into our schoo
ir that will give the rising generate
an entirely new idea of the circul
stances surrounding the birth of t
re Republic. It is openly asserted
- the authors of some presented
American histories that the stirri
incidents of the Revolution which
- have been accustomed to read VOL
b better be omitted, and the VIII
story tof the period has been
changed as to be hardly recOgnil
BILE. Fortunately school officials
awakening to the dangers that thre
en-, and are taking measures to
punge such books from their cul
culums."