The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-06-20

from more American colleges or
universities without having had
any work in English, except on the
composition side-that is, no work
in English or American Literature
as such, no great essays, no great
poetry; no work in American his
tory as history, but only as part
of so-called social, economic and
political trends; no basic Sciences
like Physics and Chemistry; no
Mathematics beyond that of high
school grade; no Languages, an
cient or modern; but instead large
ly courses in political and economic
theory and in sociology and psy-
chology-with the result that many
college students for nearly gener-
alton have missed the discipline Of
the definite and exacting studies
and the intellectual and moral dis
cipline that comes from work in
Science, Mathematics, Literature
and particularly History - taught
not as political or social theory but
as the actual record of mans aspi-
rations, his achievements and his
failures.
Instead of History as history, the
oncoming generation has been
taught the philosophy of COLLECTIVE
ism under the noble title of social
justice" and internationalism
under the noble title of achieving
human rights for all the peoples
of the world" The United States
Government, with its millions of
dollars of tax moneys, is itself en-
couraging the indoctrination of
American school children with
false propaganda about the United
Nations and its so-called "Bill of
Rights" program. The very schools
that are SO conspicuously failing
to teach American History are
being b o m b a ride with United
Nations propaganda and urged to
set up special courses in the pro-
motion of the United Nations and
the Declaration Of Human Rights"
which later documents sets up a
collectivist concept of government
for all the peoples of the world
and which, together with the pro-
posed Covenant on Human Rights,
contemplates by and through
"treaty made law" changing and
destroying many Of our funda-
mental rights under our own Con-
stitution and Bill of Rights.
Priceless Heritage
1t is matter of history that for
centuries men strove to obtain re-
lief from the tyrannies of Govern
ment to secure recognition and ac-
ceptance of the concept that Gov
ernments, whatever their form,
should be the servants and instru4
mentalities of, the people and not
their masters. A student who has
been deprived Of any instruction
concerning this fundamental his
torical struggle naturally cannot
be expected to have any realization
or understanding Of the fact that
our written Constitution and the
Bill of Rights, with their provi-
sions protecting individual human
liberty, constitute, in fact, the
priceless achievements of this age
long historical struggle.
To a student who has not had
adequate training in American
History the immortal words of our
Declaration of independence that
Governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the
governed" are a mere high-sound-
ing rhetorical phrase. It is not
surprising, therefore, that such a
person is easily, in fact almost
inevitably, susceptible to an ac-
ceptance of theories of Government
and economies which inevitably
tend to destroy these priceless
achievements which represent the
struggle of centuries.
Poor Record
The basic justification for the
expenditure of vast sums for pub
lie education is that schools and
colleges shall teach each oncoming
generation the fundamental prin-
ciples of our form of government
and give them an appreciation Of
their citizenship in a Constitution
al Republic. Tested by this STAN
dard, more of the taxpayers
money has been wasted of educa-
ton during the last twenty years
than was ever wasted on the WPA
and similar projects. But in spite
of this vast expenditure of money,
many educators and, of course,
many politicians now want Con-
gress to allot large sums from the
Federal Treasury to our public
schools. Such an allotment of fed
eral funds to the states can only
mean that the government at
Washington henceforth will direct
and supervise matters of education
throughout this country both
policy and content. If colleges then