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The news in this publica tion is released tor the press on receipt. THE UNIVERSITY Of^ORTH CAROU!^ NEWS "" Published weekly by the University of North Carolina tor its Bureau of Extension. VOL. IV, NO. 6 GREEN-CHEESE DWELLERS ^^■ashington Irving tells us «ry ol Manhattan that the 3f the Green-Gheese planet once upon a I him>o-riffs. Which IS greatly to the Si^of the green-cheesc^ dcvellers in^vvi- light times. The mud-planet was doub - in need ol them. But isn’t it time that teachers were set ting out on a similar journey ? Isn t it tinfe we were setting our feet firmly on what Dame Partington called terra cotta ^ In ail it. eons of history this old earth w s never before so near going up in dames , Lver so greatly in need of lire brigades^ Isn't it time that teacliers ceased to be what the average man teachers, innocently or ignorantly aloot from the world of men and events and af- “ide and .,...1 fro.. dons issues of a time hke this. The day is at hand when we need to the best possible teachers, but also to ^ Ttatnredcifcens and patriots as «cll as teachers. Mere teachers are now nedhe S:...rlowU,or*oodP.dl»™J 1» are neitlier masculine nor feminine. They “drr'T,r.“.T«‘oi 'Shiufquid; what George Cram calls the great American third sex. ^gludl we always be deficient in the i - stincts, interests and activities of viU c - tir.onship-f Must we forever be i'vehers on a teuiote green-cheese , not we somehow essay a journey to tlie :aXuow--while Russia collapses, and Italy struggles for existence, and Di g , batUes like a Titan on the western front, Ldlileigium, Servia, Poland and Arme nia starve and rot? If not, shall de serve tWe-full measure of scorn that bliaw burls at us. These that can, do-and those that can't, teach, said he. GREEN-CHEESE PROGRAMS Wetiave been betrayed into ^bis screed ,V the j.rograms of the teachers m their nolthly letings now-a-days-as they inpear in the country press. Tlem are two of them-fair samples of tbe c^t. for the most part: “The Teach er's Mastery of the Day’s Work; The] Elimination of Unnecessary T^'^m^n imparting Instruction ^ ° of the Teacher and the Ear of the , Creating and Perpetuating an Interest in “How to Teach Spelling, How to Teach Penmanship. How to Teach Language. And so on and on. . , Every item of which is important at or dinary time.s; but all of which looks piflhJgatatimelikethis. Not a hint in tiiese programs of anxiety about the trld the^ivein,nosignof interest in it or even of awareness. It hardly seems wssihle, at a time like this-such a time ^ the world never saw before and winch pray it may never see again. He aiof'tUemeiidoua issue, that humanity has ever faced finds no place in these pro- gram.st Think of that! It is almost un- >«.t»it ;i“ 7'“ ” doudnant teacher concerns! Or so TIh hnndr.M years hence, some dry- aa-dust antiquarian will ‘ these,progrtvms, and 1917. cmaturea teachers were in the Hid tlKW 'live in a world at war -the g rr^n all history? were tlteyaw^^^ ovi“«\;;^;/tofithere,he’ll ’■‘i’ttinghis spectacles for a closer . M "L Yes it must be a green wise? l.ater we went out to one of the schools at the time'set for the community coiifei ence upoir tliese vital matters ^''e teacli- er had not advertised the conlercn • was liersolf absent. Only two Pe«P'e present The same tiling happened at ‘ another schoolhouse on the same Satur day The minister who left his study and ga^. his day to this patriotic duty came teck home quite chapfallen. No interest I because tliere was no interest and I 'eadership on the part of tliC teacher. Wliat a cliance tliese teachers are miss in^ to be something more than mere teachers! to be jmd patnote a^ well as teachers! to do the thing at hand for them to do m this great struggle for freedom in the world. If every teacher in every one of our 325 000 public sohoolliouses in men were conLratedly busy pils and people about tbis great ^ War-about what and why we hght, about the needs of our boys anu our allies 1 on far flung battle fronts, about the pr ductionof food enough for home con sumption and surpluses to send abroa. , about the need for economy of every sort, about liberty bonds and savings cert cates and war taxes-then we really could Tope to reach every one of the 22 miUion I homes in the United Stetes wdh neces sary information and instruction critical issues. We could strangle the mischievous misinformation that is com moldy current among the masses, and we coubl cure the dull unconcern of vast multitudes that live away out on the nm of things, far from the centers of activity. Teachers Alone Can Do It And the teachers of America can alone render tliis jiatriotic service ot war time-, education; nobody else, can open the eyes , ami the Che souls 01 die folks down to t ,e Mast member of every bousehold. T ' public school is ttie only civic nviclnnery that reaches every home in the land - other social servant is as close as the teacher to the units of population. If our teachers of every sort, grade, and rank were awake ami alert, alive and ac tive, we would speedily cure the chrome 1 infirmity of democracies—the indiffer ence and the inability to organize. 1 This nation will never be organized from top to bottom, as Germany is or ganized, until the people know far more about this war than they know at pres ent And how can tliey know unless the teachers teach? Not just a few of them, but all of them! And teach not the pu pils alone hut the people as well m eve y community of every county m the whole country. Here is the teacher’s war-time duty. Here is his chance to serve the flag. Here is bis part in tlie supreme patriotic efio of America in the most critical moment l^iihe history of mankind. H-e fad as great minded, great hearted citizens and patriots in this hour of national peril we L shirkers and slackers unshakable. We will he green-cheese teachers w o "'“1,,. in ,..rloti.«l No. once « year but once a day till this war ends Ind daily tliereafter until we establish at ^ home ttie loftiest type of dernwracy our pLle are capable of. Not lessons for lupils alone but for the folks m every LLunity on every public Lessons of blazing fervor if not witli the eloqnhce of Bmk ett, Graham, Ton, Prichard, Bond, B y ant, and all the rest. AN INVOCATION Beatrice Barry That little children may in safety ride Tlie strong, clean waters of Thy splendid seas; That Anti-Christ be no more glorified, Not mock Thy justice with his blaspliemies. We come—but not with threats or braggart boasts. Hear ns. Lord God of Hosts! That Liberty he not betrayed and sold And that her sons prove worthy of the breed; That Freedom’s flag may shelter as ot old, , , ... Nor decorate the shrines ot ttelrt and Greed, AVe come; and on our consecrated sword AVe ask Thy blessing, Lord. That honor be among those priceless things . AVithout which life shall seem o little worth; That covenants be not the sport 0 kings; . That freedom shall not perish from the earth, AVe come; across a scarred and blood stained sod, Lead us. Almighty God! through a text-book review of The War of 1812. Nobody knew much about that war, but—as it presently appeared-t ley j knew even less about The M ar of 1914-17. A musty, fusty, green-cheese bit ofteacl ing I We wondered if there really could be much of it in our schoolrooms these days. If our half million public school teach ers are to inform the minds and inflame the souls of their constituencies—d they are to function witli the highest possible value to the nation today they must get busy with timely topics. To the makers of programs for teachers’ meetings we suggest; Forty Timely Topics in France, (2) in England, (3) in Amen ca. . j 31. Tlie Situation in Russia today. 32. The Italian War Front at Present. 33. The French AVar Front at Present. ;-;4. The Eastern Situation. ' 35. The Problem of Ships. 36. Tlie Organization of Industries. 37 AVar-Profits and Profiteers. 38". AVhat tlie Farmers Can Do to Win the. War. . . 39. AATiat AA’omen are Doing to W m tlie War; (1) in England, (2) in France, (3) in the United States, (4) m my neighborhood. 40. AVhat I can do to Win the AVar. Every teacher ought to have the Lit erary Digest, Current Opinion, Current History, and the Saturday Evening os -these at the very least. AVith these and the current newspapers of the state and county they could be ready (D for ten minute talks to the school daily, IH for Friday afternoon programs by the pupils—brief essays on the war, declama tions from speeches by great men, reci tations from patriotic poems and so on and on; (3) for topics and discussions m I the monthly teachers’ meetings, and (4) : what is most important -of all for et- i fective enlightenment of the people m 1 general in occasional public gathering, i They know too little at present about the i war, the greatest war of all time, _ an I they must know more if America is to ' play her part worthily in winning the war, and in the days of peace that tol- Every issue of the University News Let ter is full O' the war, and it goes free to anybody that writes for it. Tlie Bniver- aity Extension Bureau has estabhsiied a new War Information department. Write for what you need in such a pro gram as we have suggested. FOOLING THE FOLKS CBEEN^HEEiETiACHERS Tl.o»U.er,lM ”» l‘“"“ ,j,eet the cou y “"T 4,1; campaign, the registration of mod-pledge pa g TMtherty bonds; to arrange definite- f ® ; gaSerLg the people of every com- ^ tfat the Lhoolhouses for instruction r:;:^i^::idwarRmtisnowwa^. .Iry'mrBarMy half the teachers were resent. WAR-TIME PROGRAMS Instead of or along with the noses of teacher’s meetings month by month, we might be ^ AVar-Time Topics, studies, and discus ' ”or'-much more-th.o mo.l people ' about the causes that produced this war AS ltocoor* of w.re..Pt.7,17.7 and they must think sanely and con- s uc ive^y about the world we are to hve 3trucu\cij ■iictively aDouituc we,..- u„ in in tLwaris over, if they are to be high priests of right reason m their schoolroom and community realms. The . thcr day we sat tbrough a dietary hiedi school lesson m history, teacher and pupils were stumbling along 1 AVhat we Eight and Why. 2. German Kultur and American De mocracy. ^ 3. If Germany W ms AAhat. 4. What our Democracy Is and \V hat it Might be. 5. The Needs of Our Allies. 6. AVhat America is doing to Win the 7. AA^hat our State is Doing to Mm the War. 8. Liberty Bonds; What and iw- 9. Thrift-Stamps and Savings-Certifa- cates: AVhat they are and Their Sigmfi- 10. More Home-Produced Food, and The Hoover Food Pledge Cam paign ; 1. Its Purposes, 2. Its o’" Failure in my Neighborhood, and Why. 12. Economy in AVheat, Pork, and Su^ar. and Why. IL America—a land of Scandalous AVaste; Isitso? 14. The State Council of Defense. AA’hat it is and its Activities. 15. Our County Council of Defense. AVhat it is and its Activities. 16. The Fuel Administrator; What and ^7.^ The Food Administrator: What and I ^vhy ' 18 ■ The Red Cross: (1) Brief History, (3) AVhat it is doing today, (3) AA hat it is doing in my neighborhood, (4) R nothing, why so? ,4. 19. The Army Y. M. C. A.. (D H e AVork it is doing and the Need for it, ( ) AVliat it costs and the value of its work, (3) AVhat tlie State has contributed, (4) AVhat my county and neighborhood have given to it, (S) If nothing, why so? 20 How the United States is paying for the AVar, and Where the Burden lies. 21. Hie Home Guard; AVhat and '22.^" German Frightfulness in Belgium. 23. The Story of Armenia. 24. The Story of Poland. 25 The Submarine Menace. 26. The Air-Plane; Achievements and t Significance. 27 The German Spy System. 28. Pro-German Treachery m Amen- ^29. Pacifism in America, and its sigm- ^30. Labor Houble in War Times; (I) There were seven of us in the smoker of a train going into AVashington City tlie other day. One member ot the party fussily asserted his ,patriotism. He was thoroughly anti-German and w-anted this fight fought to a finish, he said; but 1 And tlien he jumped on Congress for leaving the rich to get richer out of tlie war. Poor folks are the tolks that will pay these war taxes, the rich are not paying anything to apeak of, he said; and so on and on, ad infinitum, ad nauseam. Two-cent postcards, three- cent letters, movie and railroad ticket taxes and the like were cited to show hoTthe plain people were being taxed ^'^'The'^aiarming thing was the quick aoreement of five of us to all the tommy- rot the fool was talking, and thejow level of intelligence that a group of well dressed people represented. AAte stood it as long as possible, and finally we asked.him if he had read the AVar Revenue Bill. No, he hadn t, S- nor had he read Commissioner I>oner’s detailed account of who would She two billion eight hundred and sSy six million dollars this bill was contrived to raise. The Simple Truth Then we told him that two billion ^ Unndred and fifty million of the flT -mdd oMd by the rich and the do the luxury-loving and pleas- re ^A SopIe ofthecoimtry. And we slmwelh^r the fagures of \^afSTptrrv Woo,000 ’"“rd’S'pLsr-" - i.«,«,ooo Alcoholic Bevel ages ^ ^ 65ioOo’oOO Tobacco Taxes - 4. „ Commodity Revenues-autos, films, jewelry, drugs, and the like - - - - Club dues, show tickets, etc. Munitions Manufacturers Miscellaneous - Total War Conditions at the Front, Some Aspects of German Psychology, Applied Science and the AVar, The Love of Coun try 'The Responsibilities and Duties of AVomen in AVar-Time, The Mann acture of AVar Munitions, Russia, the Unknown Factor, Some Economic 'ibs of the Great AVar, AVhat Chemistry Must do After tlie War,—these are some of the lecture topics which will be members of the university taculty toougliont the state. These war ectures are in addition to the usual lectures offered by the State university faculty, and represent a part of the war time ex tension work. These single lectures are designed chiefly, for places cannot have the extension centers, which have recently been described in the press of *'^^Any community can have these ad dresses by arranging in good lime tor them and by paying the traveling ex penses of the chosen .speaker. Alembers of the university faculty have chosen special topics upon "’bicL they «rp thoroughly informed to preseni t-> the people outside college walls who may desire lectures on problems of the war. Captain Allen is giving four lectures: AVar Conditions at the Front The Mode of Fighting m the Trenches and Effects of the Attacks, The Present Crisis Due to the Present Ger man Power, and Personal Experiences at HrFr^. Prof. J. M. Booker wdl dis cuss Imperial Ideals—English and Gm- man; Prof. E.. C. Branson, Some A B 0’s ot Democracy; Prot. H A\. Unate will treat certain psychological aspects of the AVar; Prof. Collier Cobb will give illustrated lectures on F.ngland, t rance, and Italy. Prof. P^H. Daggett will con sider certain scientifac aspects of the war ^SenfGraham has chosen as his lecture topic: The Heart of the Great Struggle Prof. J. G. deR. Hamilton has one kHure on LaFayette and another on Democracy in the United States. Prof. C L Raper will interpret certain eco- noniic problerns of the ar. Other members of the tacnity who wi I deliver war time lectures are tollow^ife ' Prof. Edwin Greenlaw—A Nation .mie in its Literature; (2) Literature and the ^'prS ^.r'll. Hanford-The Love of Country; a lecture with readings on the spirit of patriotism M sho"'n literati^. Prof. Archibald Henderson The Rc sponsibilities and Duties of Women in ProT G®‘m. AIcKie-The War For You “prM®■ A. H. Patterson-The Manufac ture ot AAMr Aluiiitions; (2) America and ''pro? w"w.^pIerson, Jr.-South Amer ican Relations Now and After the AVar, United* States Owes to En^and; (2)Some TTnderlvinff Causes of the Euro^an Prof I H Whooler-Whal Chemutrj MVo? Y'?' Wi£.-Pob»c E^e,. tion aiid Democracy;, (2) Teacher s Part in this War; Some Effects of War on Education. 60,000,000 50,aX),000 25,000,000 100,000,000 $2,866,000,000 Onr nenny increases in posta^ will to about 75 million dollars a vS.r. Which is to say, for ^ u M 1CP nav in increased postage, the riSTn^wK^do pay 97 do'uars. Mne- tonths of the persona) income tax^ in Sh CaroUna^ll be paid .by two of our Tmeri'ea’^v^di eacrpaV pVr'^nal Scome ^out the only way many of us can help A Hot nf niir new war taxes will be s;„d ss* government purposes. Giving More than Taxes Daviiison of the M.orgaii Banking uom- i.oa closed his New York cesa, SJ.iThi. Si.,« »U.rj, ■» 8"- iiicr all his time and genius to the ^ Cross in AA^ashington, for a dollar a year. Otto Kahn gives up his share of profite in a great banking business and surrend^ lil income freely to patriotic P'^pos^ Vanderlip of the City National Bank of New York gives practically bis tmm to floatinf Liberty Loans and AA ar bavings Sificates. Henry Ford turns over his great factory to the fuses a cent of profits. Hurley, Willard, Harrison and hundreds of other rich men are in Washington City working day and night at gigantic war problems without a C6iit of pay. . The time, the genius, the income, and the sons of these g'fn rich men are being given W the Flag in supreme sacrifice. Our University Glee Ghib ran across young Gould and scores of other rich young men Snartaiiburg the other day. iuey are Stes in the ranks, taking pot-luck with half a million other privates in our *^™h6se are some of the things we said to this little group.. And they had a very Drompt and definite enect. ^ The drummer apologized t« tbe com pany, saying, AVell, I guess 1 talked too much Mischievotis TalK Here is a fair sample of the th^ is common everywhere today. It is mia Sievous because it weakens the support of our government in a perilous houro, and it is^talk that spreads like a praRie Lb The deadliest lie that is going the rounds today is the saying that tbis is a rich man’s war and a poor man s figbt. When an ignoramus says it, you can forgive him; but when it is said by a man that ought to know better, you like denouncing him as an agent of the Kaiser and a traitor to his country. It is a problem whether or not a de- mocraev can anywhere surviv e gullible SLoranL ontheLe hand and design- infr knavery of the other. 14 ourLountry’s sake, let us have only the truth these days. Hero s a fine chance for demagogues to foo 'he lolks, Ibut let us hope that it will not be at 1 tempted in North Carolina.
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