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Show 48 49 training, in hygiene, in temperance instruction, and in geography and all the other branches which are taught in the schools. imbue the teachers with the idea of studying this movement so that they shall get into the spirit of this international conference that we are working so hard in the Peace League. The teachers of the United States have been very active in this movement. I think many of you know and perhaps many of you heard the address of Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer at Los Angeles in 1907, his subject being, "\Vhat Can the Schools Do to Aid the Peace Movement?" It occurred just at the time when the Second Hague Conference was in session, that first Parliament of Man, and so it came at a very opportune time. It was his inaugural address. You also remember that the National Educational Association met there in Los Angeles and sent a resolution to The Hague Conference askingr our delegates to do what they could to promote the cause of international justice and peace. Simultaneously with that cablegram there was sent from Montreal by the American Institute of Instruction a similar resolution, and Mr. Mead down in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the great Summer School of the South, was the initiator of a similar resolution, and those resolu- tions I know made our delegates feel that the great educational body of America was behind this movement United States Commissioner Elmer Ii. Irown in his annual report speaks of the advisability of observing th‘ anniversary of the First Hague Congress, May 18. Most of the schools in the Country are to observe this day. and I might add that on our list of councillors we have twenty state superintendents of schools, and every one of them has written me that the 18th of May will be observed in the schools of their respective states. I believe there will not be a state in this Union where the 18th of May will not be observed to some extent. because in the American School Peace League we have every state in the Union repre. Then we have, besides the Publications Committee, the Com- tww ‘llt‘t'ttttt mittee on Teaching History. Mr. Mead told you that the present history text books would seem to indicate that history was not the decline of war. I am sorry to say that many of our histories do indicate that thought. \Ve have for the chairman of our History Committee a writer of history text books, and several others on this committee are writers of history text books which are used in the elementary and secondary schools. The committee intend to make an investigation or study of the present history text books now used in the schools with reference to the relative space devoted to war and to peace. They also expect to stimulate the writing of a history that shall lay emphasis on the social, indus- trial and economic development of this country rather than on the war campaigns and battles, That committee is going to do a great service not only for the international peace movement, btit for the teachers of the country who wish to teach the ideal of our country. which is the highest development; and the highest devel- opment of our country today is dependent upon its position in taking its part amongr the other nations of the world. As Mr. Mead says, we have at last a Parliament of Man, an international congress, and in seven years more we shall meet again. The United States has a definite part to take in this par- liament. The teachers of the country between now and the next Hague Conference have an opportunity to teach the children this ideal. Then we have another committee, which we call the International Committee. On that committee are people who have taken prominent part in international educational activity. For instance, we have Mr. Clifford \\'. Barnes. who was so prominent in the International Moral Trainingr Congress, and many others on the committee. every one of whom have identified themselves with some international educational activity. I think all teachers know that education is becoming more and more an international matter, as is shown by the international exchange of college professors and the international exchange of students. We are growing more and more to feel and to think in this international Tashion. The Twentieth Century is an international century, and it is to sented, and so it will be observed to some extent. Our Committee on Meetings and Discussions have been very prominent and very active in getting suggestions for programs for the 18th of May, and havingr them sent out. Personally I have sent out some ten thousand all over the country, and I think the teachers at the different educational meetings will see those programs and therefore I believe we shall have a general recogni< . tion of the day. I do not like to say it, but I believe we are a little behind the |