Evening star., 1926-04-19

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be attained not by frequent change
and amendment, but through stead
fast adherance to the principles laid
! down by It's trainers.
There should not be a high school,
college or university in this country
that neeiects to offer an inspiring.
ably presented. prescribed course of
study In citizenship and government.
The enemies of our institutions have
always recruited their ranks from
among those ignorant of the true mean
ing of the principles of justice, liberty
and equality under law--the cardinal
tepets of our national confession of
| political faith. AS daughters of the
| American Revolution ii is our high
privilege to serve as sentries, guarding
| the Nation against such peril from
within; TO foster and to protect and to
pass on unimpaired the sacred heri-
tage bequeatheG us in the Declaration
OF Independence and the Federal Con-
| 5titution.
Moreover, the time is at hand to
! inquire searchingly if business and in
dustry. education and government can
withstand indefinitely the studied and
| unremittinS assaults that result from
! loose thinking and thinly-guised So
cia Iistic teaching in the schools and
colleges of the country. If we fail to
shield our young people from these
| false lights; il we fail to warn them
| against these W-ill-o'-the-w -wiSps, are we
not neglecting our duties as parents
and elders responsible for the educa
ton, character building and citizen
ship of our children? This is some
| thing fellow members, we cannot and
must not overlook.
! q hope, too. as l have previously
declared, that the time will not be long
| postponed when the coming into the
| luli estate of citizenShip-itS rights,
! duties ana pririlegeS-on the part both
Of the native.born and the natural
lied. may be tittingly observed as an
event OF high significance in the life
Of the individual and one of equal i'm
portance to the welfare of the Nation.
Proponents Of radical doctrines are
| alert and adroit in their attempts to
make our schools and the text books
of history read by the school children
of the country vehicles for propaganda
in support of their pestilential
theories.
World Problems.
We would be poor citizens indeed
if we should stand in the way today
of any honest efforts which are being
made by governments or by individ-
ualS TO reach a common understand
ing of world problems or of those re-
constructive measures which are likely
to bring about world peace and pros
perity. But. in my opinion, it be-
hooves us to beware of the disloyal
pacifist dreamer who desires hear
ing before our church circles, our
lshOme and school organizations or our
club organizations with the plea, 4
| am sure you will be open-minded
enough to hear both sides of the story
to have a forum as 1t were, eX-
pressive of current opinion
AT this juncture in our national
| life we would do we'll to heed the ad-
| monition OF Gen. Washington to his Of
ticers upon the eve OF one Of the great
pivotal crises of the Revolutionary
War: Put none but Americans on
guard. Let that be the watchword
Let that be the test of fitness for those
who are to choose text books for the
| instruction OF our school children.
Only by this precaution shall we dis.
arm the enemy within the citadel.
The statement has been made re-
Gently that because of the food Of
cheap literature which has inundated
the land, our young peoples literary
appetites have been so stultified that
| they are incapable of reading through
| TO its conclusion really worthwhile
book. Perhaps the remedy lies not
alone in the judicious suppression of
harmful reading matter or in a censor
ship over the press, but rather in the
| erection and maintenance of more
public libraries which shall make ac.
ceSsible and attractive to our young
people that type of helpful, beneficial
| adventure In fiction, history and BIZ
| ography which they demand from
books just as they crave 1t from life.
III America Is to hold leadership
in the world: If America is to meet and
solve her domestic and internal prob
lens. more thought must be given to
public education. And a more gener.
| Gus policy must be pursued in appro-
| priating funds for the building and
equipping of schools and for the pay
| rnent of salaries commensurate to the
invaluable service rendered by teach.
ers in the public schools-those to
whom is intrusted the most vitality re.
sponsible function in government
| the training Of the future citizen of
| the Republic. 1t is indeed a far cry
to the covered wagon of the pioneer,
yet, in all too many rural sections.
school facilities and equipment and
teachers salaries are but little in ad-
| vance OF what they were in the primi-
| tive days.
Landmarks Of Progress.
From our earliest times, the school
and the church have been landmarks
of American progress and prosperity
Our generation must not prove der
elict in its responsibility to train the
mind, health and character of our
young people through educational and
religious training. Only thus may
| they be equipped to cope with the
rapidly changing demands of modern
| life and thought.
Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton are continuing with more vigor
and effectiveness than ever before
their organized effort to bring new
vision and the advantages of education
and re-created environment to that
splendid strain of pure American
stock resident in our Southern noun