OLD ANTHEM.
STILL GOOD ENOUGH
LONDON, May 22. -‘The same old blood, the same old speech “The same old songs are good enough for each.”
“A revised National Anthem, in a cord an cc> with present-day .sentiment, national loyalty, and world peace,” was recommended by the Council of the National Association of Headteachers, at the annual conference.
Miss Broom, moving the resolution. said that it- would facilitate the teaching of the anthem in schools. She objected principally to the expression, “Send him victorious.’’ She had found that the idea in the children's minds was that it meant that he should be victorious in war, and that Hi.; enemies should l>o wiped out. Mr Murray, seconding the motion, said that lie desired children to b c educated in strong patriotism, but not seeking to make Britain the mistress of the world. He wanted the spirit of universal peace inculcated. Miss Taylor moved ail amendment, providing for the dclotmn of the second verse. The mrJ.i' n and tile amendment were negatived.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10912, 1 June 1929, Page 3
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169OLD ANTHEM. Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10912, 1 June 1929, Page 3
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