Some International Aspects of Public Education: An Address Delivered at the Annual Convention of the National Education Association, Held in Madison Square Garden, New York City, on July 6, 1916

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 - 8 Seiten
 

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Seite 3 - It has none of the spirit of empire in it. It is the embodiment, the effectual embodiment, of the spirit of law and independence and liberty and mutual service.
Seite 3 - ... them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the political history of the world. It presents them as in a very deep and true sense a unit in world affairs, spiritual partners, standing together because thinking together, quick with common sympathies and common ideals. Separated they are subject to all the cross currents of the confused politics of a world of hostile rivalries; united in spirit and purpose they cannot be disappointed of their peaceful destiny.
Seite 6 - Pan-Americanism for which we are all laboring and toward which we are making real progress. The history of the Spanish-American struggle for independence is a most inspiring record. The obstacles that the North- American colonies had to overcome were not so formidable as those which confronted the revolted Spanish colonies. The decades immediately succeeding the first movement for independence present, in the face of almost overwhelming discouragements, a record of devotion, self-sacrifice, and unswerving...
Seite 3 - The moral is, that the states of America are not hostile rivals but cooperating friends, and that their growing sense of community interest, alike in matters political and in matters economic, is likely to give them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the political history of the world.
Seite 4 - We must be scrupulously fair, even to the extent of generosity, in our relations with weaker nations. We must accord them in fullest measure what we would unhesitatingly exact of any power for ourselves. The policies of the President during the last two years, as outlined in his public speeches and his messages to...
Seite 3 - America are not hostile rivals but co-operating friends, and that their growing sense of community of interest, alike in matters political and in matters economic, is likely to give them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the political history of the world. It presents them as in a very deep and true sense a unit in world affairs, spiritual partners, standing together because thinking together, quick with common sympathies and common ideals.
Seite 5 - ... educational system. While this has been the source of some weakness, it has had the great advantage of keeping the standards of public instruction in relatively close touch with national needs. In order that our educational system may perform its high mission, it is necessary that it should reflect every change in our national life, meeting every new need as soon as it arises.
Seite 5 - America during the last fifty years, and of the importance of the civilization that is developing in that section of the American continent. I do not mean to criticize, but simply to record a fact, when I say that the public schools of the United States have not contributed their full share toward inculcating in the youth of the country a proper understanding of the political, economic, and social development of our sister republics. It is this lack of understanding that has prevented the growth...
Seite 6 - I am sure that it is not necessary for me to burden you with arguments emphasizing the desirability of acquainting the youth of the country with the economic, political, and social conditions of the continent on which they live; but I do wish to point out the great national service that can be performed in making our young men and women better acquainted with the history, the literature, and the important cultural elements that enter into the great civilization that is developing in Latin America....
Seite 7 - I have welcomed the opportunity to lay these matters before you because their importance was constantly imprest upon me in connection with the work of the International High Commission. That great body was created by the twenty-one American republics for the express purpose of removing the obstacles to closer financial and commercial cooperation and larger intercourse between the republics of America. Every thoughtful person must recognize the fact that the public schools can contribute effectively...

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