, 1922-03-18
THE DOPE THEY GET.

-Eczin referrinz TO the Muzzey school history and
the things it teaches and the things it does not teach,
it can be truthfuIly said that It is wholly lacking in
incidents calculated to inspire patriotism in students
In a book Of 625 pages only II are devoted to the
Htory of the Revolution The brevity rs excused by
the author because page 1860 "a detailed descr1p-
ton of battles and campaigns Is profitable only to ex-
perts in military science" On that statement he omits
entirely all reference 20 such Revolutionary heroes as
Marion, Sumpter, Pickens, Anthony wayne, Israel
Putnam and Light Horse Harry Lee.
There Is no mention of Nathan Hale, whose sole re-
zret when on the British scafold was that he had only
one Fife to give for his country. The state of Con
necticut and the city Of New York have seen fit to
erect etatues to his memory, but the history textbook
at the national capital cannot even mention his name.
There is no mention of the Battle of Bennington,
The Green Mountain Boys, and Cen John Stark That
battle marked the beginning Of the downfall of Bur
goyne, which ended in his surrender at Saratoga and
induced the French TO send armies and fleets to the
assistance of The American army.
Page $50. SIN June, Cages army stormed the
American breastworks on Bunker Hill IN three desper-
ate and bloody assaults, and burned the adjacent town
of Charlestuzns1
That sentence Is Che sole reference TO the Battle of
Bunker Hin. Nothing of the heroic defense and the
death of General Warren, or of the command of Stark,
sDont fire until you' see the whites of their eyes"
Page 1873 The British captured Philadelphia "in
spite of Westinghouse plucky opposition at Brandy
wine Greek and Germantown"
That is the only reference to those two important
engagements.
Page 13S. The Britixh made merry in Philadelphia
~wiule Washington's destitute fragment of an army
WIS ehfverng and starving at Valley Forge"
Those few words are all that is said of the winter at
Valley Forge, the full story Of which constitutes one
of the most inspiring pages in American history.
Page 1872 "John Paul Jones, the intrepid sea fight
en-, was fitted but with five vessels in France, and fly
ing The new American flag from the masthead of the
Bcnhcmme Richads, attacked the British frigates in
their own waters"
This is the only reference 60 Jones' What happen
ed to said frigates is left to the conjecture of the
reader. Jones first few the American fag from an
american vessel, the Ranger, built at Portsmouth, N.
II. In the battle between the Ranger and the Drake
the latter was decisively beaten, the first time in his
tory that a British ship had yielded to inferior force.
A later engagement between the Bonhomme Richard
and the Scraps was one of the most bloody on record.
Jones coming off victorious although his ship was sunk
under him Jones is looked upon as the 'Father of
the American Navy" All these facts are omitted from
the book.
The history is "An attempt to spread class hatred
by ~arraying the poor against the rich"
The quotations from Pages sos, 526, 53S, SOL, 55s
and GIL sufficiently establish that charge. So-called
trusts, captains of industry" and capitalists are held
up to scorn, and the impression clearly conveyed that
they are further e~nriching themselves at the expense
of the poor.
The paragraphs on socialism, too long to quote herr
are at once an apology and an argument FOR that no.
htcal heresy. The author says that socialism nfas
been unjustly associated in the public mind with VIC.
lence, revolution and a hateful war of the poor against
the rich.7
That statement Is false. The public is perfectly