THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES
Teaching Of History. It is generally recognised that the influence exerted on young jieople in the schools by the history taught may lie a powerful influence in moulding national understandings, and at the same time, mav keep alive ancient grudges and breed intolerance for other nations. It is a matter of common knowledge that the history books of the United States schools played no insignificant part in cherishing the resentment felt by Americans towards Great Britain long after the occasion had passed. Similar criticism can he directed against France, and especially against Germany, who deliberately used her schools for the development of a spurious type of patriotism founded on .contempt and hatred for rival peoples, and the upholding as right and just all that country had done in the past or proposed to do in the future. The British are not so wholly free from this sin that they can afford to cast stones at others.—Lyttelton Times.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1927, Page 2
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161THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 27 April 1927, Page 2
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