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Show WAR, HISTORY AND THE SCHOOLS Superintendent Young Is qulto right In rejecting tho demand of certain pa chlsts that no reference shall bo mado to war In tho teaching of his tory in tho public schools. It cannot bo done and teach history at all. As Mrs. Young Bays: "Wo can't teach, the advanco of tho human raco and lcavo out war. It has had two great a part In tho progress pro-gress of tho world for that. Many nations have been ablo to assert thoir rights In no othor way." I Especially does it not Ho In tho mouths of Americans to assert that war, though always regrettable, is always "wrong." Without -war we might bo here, as Individuals, but we would not bo Americans, nor would this nation exist, as such and bo tho powerful Influence for peaco that It Is. What Is especially needed In all civilized nations teaching tho war phases of history Is clearer distinction distinc-tion about motives and causes of wars. Moro of this, and less of tho "glory" aspect, would bo desirable. However obedient wo may bo to tho laws, thero aro times when we cannot as Individuals, avoid taking measures of self defense, which nro "war" measures, or appeals to physical phys-ical force. Neither can nations, how-over how-over desirous of peaco, always avoid war. What wo really need to do Is' to ellminato tho conception that war is a legitimate method of national advancement ad-vancement a proper Instrument of political action. That Is a mediaeval falsehood which still dominates tho ruling classes of somo countries. Our own pcoplo aro not altogether free from this delusion. It they were wo should not hear arguments for In terventlon In Mexico on the ground that tho Moxlcans stand In the way of Uio material development of their own country. Chicago Horald. |