"DRAKE AND MIGHTY NELSON."
WANTED: NEW IDEAS IN SCHOOL niSTOKY. "What is wanted hero is a Hvo knowlrdge of history," declared the Rev. 13. K Chambers, 'speaking at the NavyLeague Conference yoslerdnv in support of his motion dial "Iho location Deliartnient bo requested to incorporate in each number of die School Journal soiuo further information regarding naval history." tie went on to s«y that (ho young of the country and tnoro csivooinlly in a new country like Now //Ciland, should have a deeper undorst-andiucr of die origin and development of (he British Navy from, say, die days of Queen Elizabeth to the present day.' Ho had difcii'scd tho question with educationists of standing, and was eonvineed th.it a nioro inlclliBent appreciation of the evolution of iw. sejit dav now ideals was necessary. Chil. (lrcn could all say something about Nelson, and Trafalgar, but how many of Ihom c.mld point to die rircumstancos which made Nelson's success possible? dial. I/oid St. Vincent was die man who introduced a proper of discipline inro tho navy? The "wooden walls" of England was'a more empty phrase to tho oars of tho younger gcncrnlion. The uiotioii was carried unanimously.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1231, 13 September 1911, Page 4
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194"DRAKE AND MIGHTY NELSON." Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1231, 13 September 1911, Page 4
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