Show Encouraging Warfare With l histories stories replete with thrilling descriptions of battles and campaigns and with the warrior described as the hero of the nations naturally the pupils of the public schools learn to look I upon war as the most glorious part of their country's history They are apt to forget that the fortitude and faith shown bythe bythe by bythe the ragged regimentals amid the snows of Valley Forge were as steel compared to iron when laid side by side with the courage of Lexington and Yorktown For fortitude is the finished product nf ff courage The Montreal 1 Star tells teUs of receiving the following communication communication cation from the principal of a Western school on this subject I I should like Jike to ask why your society does not at s set et t to work to edit histories o of all aJI countries that arc are in school use and ab ab- omit every detail of a 3 battle The pages and pages that arc are occupied with descriptions of or tho the countless battles o of our Civil V war could all an be summed up in the tho statement that thero there was a war I at a certain date with its causes and effects In doin doing this all names lams lam s o of generals general would be pe omitted but they could al always a s bo be found in ln histories of reference It seems scorns to me the thc sooner this is JS done tho the sooner Booner shall shaH we be ablo to educate educato tho the youth routh to ideas of peace kven in this girls girls' school tho great reat headlines of the press about war with ith Mexico arc are exciting the tho girls and many of thorn thom say thoy they wi wish h they old enough to go o as flea Rea Cross nurses because of the tho excitement it it would be Others wish they were boys bos so that they thoy could go o as i. i soldiers I i have talked to them and asked them not to read about the battles in rn their text books but almost without exception they sa Why the wars are the most moat interesting part of the whole book i II if TTO wo had bad to omit that it would be bo such a a dry subject Children take J books as they are If schools universally adopted I pence peace histories histories I Ithen then than in in- ono one generation wars would be a thing of tho the past If they were not not Dot allowed to read such things I very ery much doubt if when t grown own they thoy would take the tho trouble to read the tho present day histories But unfortunately with more men under arms in the world today than ever before it will be a long time until the dove of peace can discard its spurs |